<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Herself's Houston Garden</title>
	<atom:link href="http://herselfshoustongarden.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://herselfshoustongarden.com</link>
	<description>Gardening for fun and wildlife at the edge of Houston's piney woods</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3</generator>
	<language>en</language>
			<item>
		<title>Mercer Botanical Gardens</title>
		<link>http://herselfshoustongarden.com/2008/11/mercer-botanical-gardens.html</link>
		<comments>http://herselfshoustongarden.com/2008/11/mercer-botanical-gardens.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ljmacphee</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[out and about]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://herselfshoustongarden.com/?p=1516</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mercer is a place I often go visit, sometimes for classes, sometimes for plant sales, and sometimes just to wander about and take photos.

In the late 1940s, Thelma and Charles Mercer purchased a beautiful 14.5 acre tract of natural land along Cypress Creek. Thelma was an avid horticulturist, and she and Charles did much of [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://herselfshoustongarden.com/2008/11/mercer-botanical-gardens.html/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Thrips</title>
		<link>http://herselfshoustongarden.com/2008/11/thrips.html</link>
		<comments>http://herselfshoustongarden.com/2008/11/thrips.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ljmacphee</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[creepy crawlies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://herselfshoustongarden.com/?p=682</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thrips are so tiny you&#8217;ll need a magnifying glass to see them.  They average about 1/25&#8243; long. Color is anywhere from yellow to black.  Males are wingless, females have four wings that are fringed.  Adult females do not need males to reproduce.  They appear only in very large groups, there&#8217;s never just a few of [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://herselfshoustongarden.com/2008/11/thrips.html/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Rebuilding the butterfly garden</title>
		<link>http://herselfshoustongarden.com/2008/11/rebuilding-the-butterfly-garden.html</link>
		<comments>http://herselfshoustongarden.com/2008/11/rebuilding-the-butterfly-garden.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ljmacphee</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[garden help]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[how to]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://herselfshoustongarden.com/?p=754</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The butterfly garden took the worst hit of all the beds not flattened by trees during Ike.  Most of the plants local butterflies love are woody flowering shrubs.  The wind tore off their leaves, and broke their branches.
I cut most of them back to almost ground level.  Some are slowly leafing back [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://herselfshoustongarden.com/2008/11/rebuilding-the-butterfly-garden.html/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
