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Doing Time in the Garden

By Spike Gillespie It’s early afternoon on a gorgeous autumn day as Municipal Judge Ronald Jones drives around Smithville checking on four community gardens. There’s one by the ...

Edible Landscapes

By Amanda Moon There is a growing trend in this country to get back to the basics when it comes to both eating and landscaping. One way to combine both of these ideas is to incorporate edible ...

Gray's Anatomy

By Jeremy Walther Some might say that of all the colors, gray is the most befuddling. Gray can be gloomy, dull, sullen, boring. It’s the color of haze, noncommittal, inconclusive, wishy-washy; ...

Flock and Roll

When Josh Hudgins was a kid, his family lived near North Lamar and Rundberg Lane—an area, at that time, considered outside the city limits of Austin. Things have changed a lot since ...

Just Between Us...

By Tootie J. TootumsPhotography by Carole Ann Sayle Even though I, Tootie J. Tootums, am educated and wear gold-rimmed glasses to prove it, I don’t type. My farmer, Carol Ann, has fingers ...

Herb Appeal

Story and Photography by Judy Barrett One of the great things about autumn in Austin is that we get to experience the whole range of the seasons within about a 24-hour period. It’s winter when we ...

Unity Park Garden

By Helen CordesPhotography courtesy of Lori Ferris Round Rock has been bustin’ out all over in recent years, with folks flocking to the booming burg north of Austin at record rates. But while ...

Persimmons-in-Texas

By MM PackArt by Greg Martin Possum up in a ’simmon tree, raccoon on the ground,Raccoon said, “you son of a gun, shake them ’simmons down!” —American folk song Possums, raccoons, ...

Shared Earth

Community garden space is a precious and scarce commodity all across the country. Many popular community gardens have waiting lists filled with anxious gardeners twiddling their green thumbs for ...

Green Bucket Composting

Composting was a way of life for Katy Eakin, until she got married and moved into her husband’s Travis Heights condo. With no green space to compost in and reluctant to add biodegradable waste ...