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The Enchanted Birds of Texas Blog #9
06.15.2013
The Enchanted Bird of the Blog: Osprey Osprey in flight The Osprey is a fairly large raptor, with dominantly dark brown coloration on its upperparts and white lowerparts. It has a dark, strongly hooked bill, and a dark stripe across [...]
More on Kevin Billings & High Octane
06.11.2013
Kevin Billings, owner and chief chilehead of High Octane Sauce Company is not your average hot sauce maker. His culinary background of 20+ years enables him to think outside the box in the creation of High Octane’s line of hot [...]
Enchanted Teams Up With Chick-fil-a for Kid’s Night
06.03.2013
We were so pleased to spend some time at Chick-fil-A’s Rosenberg and Greatwood locations helping children plant up their very own herb containers. Great to see some familiar faces as well as plenty of new ones. We hope all the kids [...]
Enchanted Bird Blog #8
05.31.2013
The Enchanted Bird of the Blog: Anhinga Anhingas Anhingas are quite common around our Greater Houston area, especially during the warmer months. In the winter they get rather scarce as they head for the coast. Unlike ducks, Anhinga have no [...]
Closed Memorial Day
05.22.2013
Our Recipe for a Memorable Memorial Day Weekend: 1. Plant a patriotic container–red, white, and blue! (White Vinca + Blue Daze + Red Salvia) 2. Watch for hummingbirds. 3. Have an old-fashioned family get-together. (We love churning our own ice [...]
Judy’s Summer Landscape (Part 1)
05.21.2013
Judy’s Summer Landscape — The Beginning Judy, the tallest (and blondest) of the Lenderman clan and one of the owners of the Enchanted Forest, recently began working on a new landscape for the summer months. She doesn’t have the biggest [...]
The Enchanted Birds of Texas Blog #7
05.15.2013
The Enchanted Bird of the Blog: Black-Bellied Whistling Duck Black-Bellied Whistling Ducks Black-Bellied Whistlers are a sociable and congenial sort of duck that are extremely common here in the Gulf Coast Region throughout the year, though they may retreat toward [...]
Fairy Garden Festival
05.08.2013
We had so much fun at Enchanted’s 1st Fairy Garden Festival this past Saturday. Fairy or miniature gardening is all the rage! It is fun to create on a small scale. The seminars at both location were totally booked last [...]
The Enchanted Birds of Texas Blog #6
05.02.2013
The Enchanted Bird of the Blog: White Ibis White Ibis White Ibis squabbling over perching space at Cullinan Park, Sugar Land, January 19th, 2013. These birds are actually very sociable – they prefer to hang out and feed together. In [...]
Shade Gardening
04.24.2013
We often think of gardening in the shade as limited and think little will grow without Mother Nature’s direct warmth…but there are many choices you may not be aware of. While leaf texture and the color green dominate shade gardening [...]