Drought recovery

We're still way behind where we should be at this time of year for rainfall,
but Central Texas has been blessed with some mild temps and a little bit of rain that has
helped my yard discover it wants to live!

One day I mercilessly trimmed the landscaping and re-mulched.  

Everything is coming back so pretty! 

The lantana is spilling over to the sidewalk.

 

 You can't kill Wandering Jew - it's an invasive species here and once you plant it, 

you've got it.  But I love it, so I don't mind it one bit.

 

These salvia plants I thought were goners for sure. 

And now they look like they are spreading.

 

All the sage required was a trim and they filled out nicely.

Pretty soon they will be attracting hummingbirds and bumblebees.

And butterflies! They are everywhere!

 

The jasmine the neighbor planted on a trellis scents my yard with the most incredible perfume.

I feel a little guilty that we're the ones getting to enjoy it. 

 The fig tree has gone wacko. 

Really, at the end of the last two summers I thought it was dead. 

 And that was with me watering it a lot...

More Wandering Jew.  I love it under the trees.

*****

I still have a lot of lawn maintenance to do - spreading top soil and seeding some bare spots.  But if this trend of a little rain here and there keeps up, we should be able to hang on to our yard fairly easily this summer.