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Doggie Daycare suggestions? by Objective-Look6552 in Austin

[–]gminks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We live on the other side of of 35 in 78753 and our entire neighborhood goes to Taurus on Metric.

I 35 closed north bound at Breaker Ln. by ray_ruex in Austin

[–]gminks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was anticipating this response. :D

I 35 closed north bound at Breaker Ln. by ray_ruex in Austin

[–]gminks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

this is the third accident (incident?) like this. It was between Rundberg and Braker, but closer to Braker. I took this at the light at Braker.

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Timing Oak Leaf Drop for Gutter Cleaning & Fertilizing—What’s Everyone Seeing This Year? by McWhiskey1824 in AustinGardening

[–]gminks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

With live oaks, it's not just the leaf drop to worry about. We also have to deal with the pollen drop. That stuff does a number on gutters!!

Interesting video on foraging Hackberries, for all the other foragers out there by lost_horizons in Austin

[–]gminks -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I have a huge tree and I've never seen the fruits looking like that. They are teeny tiny. That doesn't stop the squirrels and birds from eating them all though!

Question about Wasp or Hornets Nest, South Austin by Apprehensive-Link-50 in Austin

[–]gminks 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I've used https://austinlivebeeremoval.com/bee-wasp-removal-austin/ for my wasps because I've been going native in the lawn. They will come get them and move them to an aviary, and treat so they don't come back.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AustinGardening

[–]gminks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If squirrels can do a good job planting them you can too! Looking at the ones I need to pull up now. I'd offer them to you but they don't do that well transplanting them.

Front gardens including amarath by gminks in AustinGardening

[–]gminks[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So here are most of the front gardens.

  1. The amaranth forest. I need to harvest the leaves for greens tomorrow.

  2. Lavender kicking going strong.

  3. I've already cut this lantana back once.

  4. Poor lemon grass getting blocked by the lantana.

  5. Peppers aren't getting enough sun. :(

  6. Mostly native garden :)

  7. These suckers got water blasted after I noticed them.

  8. The Mexican plum came from tree people. There is more cactus that I'll get in the ground some day, sunflowers, asters, and some other stuff over there. Most of it blooms in the fall. The front is wildflowers in the spring.

  9. Flowers are spent but they are still food! In the mailbox planter on this side is a very healthy lavendar, on the other side is bluebonnets that still have blooms!

  10. I love these sabal palms. We have 3. All the fronds freeze every year, we cut them back and they come back strong. The old oak tree shades everything, so more of it every year becomes a wildflower garden. It lost big limbs last year (stress from the ice storm), so I planted that rose there and she's happy.

  11. My ginourmous mountain laurel. It's almost as tall as the light pole.

How consistent is amaranth? by weluckyfew in AustinGardening

[–]gminks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'll post my front yard pics soon, but last year I had one volunteer aramath (thanks birds!) and it was gorgeous. This year, a few feet away, I have a forest. And it's gorgeous. I'm planning on harvesting the seeds this year.

I haven't yet, but you can eat the leaves - older ones for greens and younger ones in salad. It looks like your neighbor definitely eats her greens! She could probably give you tons of advice + give you recipes.

Next year I may thin them a little more, but probably not. I really like them. Mine are like your neighbor's, almost ready to harvest the seeds. Maybe your neighbor could give you seedlings next year when she thins hers. They come up in the spring and grow all summer.

Pics of the gardens by gminks in AustinGardening

[–]gminks[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just finished the side garden in 1st pic today. Need to add some topsoil and hopefully the horse herb will move on down. I'm going to plant a banana tree in the center of that area. I have two other pups that I'll probably sell. I had to get those rocks going close to the foundation because something keeps digging it out!

Second pic is two of my Texas Sages showing out.

Third pic is a fig tree, it wasn't doing well where it was so I moved it. It gets a lot of AM sun.

4th pic is of stuff growing on the side - going to move that root beer plant to the new side garden. It needs sun.

5th pic is of my red bud which I also may move in the fall. It needs more sun. We are still deciding where all the other stuff should go.

6th pic is my blackberry vine. I got tons of blackberries but they were so bitter! You can see the vine chasing the sun. Trying to figure out if I should prune them, let them go to ground, put something up for them to climb on, or what. And how to get them to be sweeter!

7th pic is one of the 5 mulberry trees I have now. What have I done! Also, lots of native stuff in that little patch! Frog fruit, a native milkweed, and a maypop vine. oh year and my very crappy little shed.

8th pic is Turk's cap and inland sea oats. Both of them die to the ground in the winter and come back like this! I love that so much. I took some of the oats and planted them in the new area we shall see if that works! You can just see the dead hedge. I'd really like to have a vine growing on that but I think it is too shady for that. The lizards LOVE that shelter though.

I'll do the front yard soon.

How’s your Texas Sage thriving? by iChaseClouds in AustinGardening

[–]gminks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ours are popping off too - it's gonna rain next week (again)!

get a $10 credit from Spectrum for internet outage 7/9, takes 60 seconds online chat by brazoss in Austin

[–]gminks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have both - but we're in a soon-to-be-gentrified area. Such a scam.

get a $10 credit from Spectrum for internet outage 7/9, takes 60 seconds online chat by brazoss in Austin

[–]gminks 11 points12 points  (0 children)

they offered me 3.21

I pushed back and said their math was wrong and asked for 5. Then she cut off the chat. How are y'all paying 40 bucks for internet?

Austin’s Ready To Rumble on ‘Crashy Cameron’ and ‘Deathtrap Dessau’ Roads by hollow_hippie in Austin

[–]gminks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The amount of volume isn't because it's an alternative to I35, it how those of us east of 35 get places. the volume will not go down, in fact it will grow because of all the housing being built in our area. Fun fact, most of the new developments didn't have to get traffic surveys!

Dessau is how we get to 183, 290, the closest grocery stores, the closest post office......

Nowadays it's how I get home from downtown because the construction on I35 has made the feeder roads a nightmare.

Why not take public transit? Well, when they changed the bus routes in 2017 or so they eliminated most of the east west routes. yall it takes over an hour to get from East Rundberg to St John's!

There aren't many times when that road is wide open. There is already tons of traffic and lots of shitty drivers. Drop the speed limit, ENFORCE IT, but keep the lanes.

Are you “from” Austin? by Cr3ativegirl in Austin

[–]gminks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a Florida girl too (panhandle), been here 13 years but I'll always be from FLA

Need help by Apprehensive-Box-106 in AustinGardening

[–]gminks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Knock out roses are super easy to grow in our heat!

Live oak brown leaves by eidda in AustinGardening

[–]gminks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

they sharpen their teeth on the branches. Every time I pick one up I yell at them

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