Gardening progress since February – Reddit Post

Exciting to see the progress of my yard garden project! Before pictures are from early March, after are from May 22. Zone 8a, Texas. I really wanted to reduce my lawn area and plant as many natives as I could, plus veggies and herbs. And the sunflowers are intended to hopefully be a shield for some of our intense western sun, but also sunflowers are great for me and the critters! While not quite as native as maybe I’d want, it’s been really amazing to see insect life start to gather around my yard as things start to put out flowers. My biggest frustration is accidentally planting cursed invasive tropical milkweed that our native plant nursery sold! I didn’t know what this evil version looked like and of course there was only one type available and it was probably just labeled ‘milkweed’. Ugh. But anyways, it’s been fun! I have a plant problem and kept shoving more in until my bank account told me to stop 😅