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Post by Beth on Mar 22, 2015 21:50:24 GMT -6
We saw our first bluebonnets of the season today. They are sparse at this point but people were still out with camerastheir kidsa and dogs in our neighborhood park.
Also blooming are Texas Mountain Laurel, Redbud, as well as our peach tree in the back and the holly up front. The holly seems to be the favorite of every been in at least a five mile radius. I have never seen so many bees going at one plant before.
Spring has sprung here. Hopefully it will head north in a timely fashion.
Beth
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Post by dave on Mar 22, 2015 22:24:55 GMT -6
Beth Is is illegal in Texas to hunt deer over bluebonnets? Or is that called a baited field? Regards Dave
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Post by Beth on Mar 22, 2015 22:53:12 GMT -6
Beth Is is illegal in Texas to hunt deer over bluebonnets? Or is that called a baited field? Regards Dave I'm not a hunter so I didn't know what a baited field was. Now that I am newly educated, why do you want to shoot Bambi and soil our precious bluebonnets with blood? ?? That may be worse than mowing them. BTW I checked it seems that bluebonnets must take terrible which is why they are so profuse in field, horses and cows won't touch them and deer will only eat them if there is absolutely nothing else. I suspect a lot of Texas wildflowers are grazer unfriendly. Beth
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Post by Colt45 on Mar 23, 2015 7:52:07 GMT -6
We finally had 1 bluebonnet in the wife's flower bed open up. She is frantically watching facebook, looking for places where the blooms are good, as we are planning a trip into the hill country in a couple of weeks to see the bluebonnets. This year's crop in the flower bed aren't doing much, even though we have had a lot of rain. Last year the flower bed was covered in bluebonnets. Maybe hill country will turn out better this year.
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Post by Beth on Mar 23, 2015 7:58:38 GMT -6
One of these years I want to get out into the hill country to see the bluebonnets. Perhaps next year.
Beth
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