§ I Source Field Notes

Observations from the ground.

Dated. Sited. Short. Longer essays in Source.

Publishing schedule Every other Friday Latest: Jun 12 · 2026 Next: Jun 26 · 2026
A Noon native install at dusk, where the land defends itself.
JUN 12 · 2026

The Truck Comes at Dusk

On mosquito season — San Antonio & the Hill Country

Fogging kills the adult mosquito for a night and the dragonfly for a year. You haven't solved the problem. You've put it on a subscription.

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A finished native front-yard install replacing conventional lawn.
JUN 12 · 2026

A Square of Obedience

On the lawn & the native meadow — central Texas

The American lawn is the only crop we grow specifically so that it may never accomplish anything. A native meadow is the presence of a memory.

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A rain garden built in Alamo Heights that catches the storm.
JUN 12 · 2026

Give the Storm Somewhere to Go

On stormwater & rain gardens — Alamo Heights, TX

We spend a fortune engineering rain off the property, in a region that goes to church to ask for it. Water is the one guest the desert prays for.

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A Noon install with mature canopy structure framing the front yard.
AUG 19 · 2025

Shade Is Infrastructure

South-facing residential property — Stone Oak, San Antonio

On a bare caliche surface at noon in August, we measured 142°F. Under native canopy fifteen feet away, 87°F.

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The Lotus fountain at Johnson Ranch, Bulverde.
MAR 04 · 2026

Lessons From the Lotus

Texas Hill Country

The form is admired. The mold is what made it possible.

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A working Noon bioswale during rainfall.
OCT 08 · 2025

What a Bioswale Actually Does

Residential drainage retrofit — north central San Antonio

A bioswale is not a decorative ditch. It is a living interface between water, soil, plants, and time.

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Noon crew mid-phase on a multi-acre Hill Country build.
JUN 08 · 2025

Why Properties Need Sequence

Multi-acre Hill Country estate — early planning phase

Most failed landscape projects begin with action before assessment.

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