The place I'm renting has kind of an overgrown jungle feeling to the back yard. Well, actually to the whole property. There is no lawn, just a lot of trees and ivy and ground cover plants (and some flowers) that all grow without attention. I guess this is what zero-scaping looks like in Austin ( Read more... )

Cockroaches anywhere are not a pleasant thing. Here in Austin, they're bigger than the ones I've seen in California. I met my first one today. It was in my car. I was driving. *Shudder* I was stopped at a stoplight at the time, and I actually put the car in park and jumped out momentarily. It was crawling across the floor on the passenger ( Read more... )