Tejas Prairie

Tejas Prairie A South Texas momma, Navy veteran & native plant nerd.
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Restoring prairies, growing natural habitat, and raising the next generation of land stewards: one seed at a time.

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Texas added over 130 data centers since January. 30% more, in 5 months. What's it going to look like in 12 months? Back ...
06/24/2026

Texas added over 130 data centers since January.
30% more, in 5 months.
What's it going to look like in 12 months?

Back in January, I shared a map of data centers operating and under construction across Texas.
There were roughly 448 at the time.
It is now the end of June.
There are now 582.
That is a 30% increase in five months.

Left: January 2026. Right: June 2026. Five months apart.
The red bubbles are planned. The yellow are already operating.
The size of each bubble represents capacity in megawatts — meaning some of these facilities are enormous.
Bigger the bubble, bigger data center!

Notice where they're targeting: rural Texas. West Texas. South Texas. Communities with no zoning authority, no legal mechanism to say no, and water supplies that were already under stress before any of this started.

This is not slowing down. Find out if one is planned for your county with the linked map below. The comment period on several of these projects are still open!

June 2026 Map Credit: Texas Tribune — full article and sources in the comments.
And please check out the interactive map the Tribune built.
It'll shock you! 👇

06/23/2026

The feeling I get when seeing this many butterflies is indescribable. Euphoria maybe?✨✨✨

06/23/2026

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June is National PTSD Awareness Month — and I feel a need to share my experience here so please bare with me while I go ...
06/23/2026

June is National PTSD Awareness Month — and I feel a need to share my experience here so please bare with me while I go off topic briefly.

Last June, when bombs started falling on Iran, I wasn't just watching the news. I was *back there.* A Post-9/11 Navy veteran who spent her early 20s in the Middle East, watching another war on unfold in real time. My nervous system didn't know the difference between then and now.

The flashbacks were paralyzing. And they sent me straight to a VA therapist asking for help.

That was one of the bravest things I've ever done.

Not all wounds from war are visible. PTSD is silent trauma wrapped in memories your body refuses to let go of. Triggers don't announce themselves. They just arrive.

If you're a Veteran struggling with panic attacks, anxiety, or flashbacks — *please don't suffer in silence.* The VA isn't perfect, but asking for help saved me from a spiral I might not have climbed out of alone.

I went through months of therapy. I'm medicated. I have coping tools now but I’m still here.

Nearly 20 Veterans a day take their own lives not able to fight the war still going on in their head.

My nervous system survived a war.
It gets to have a little pharmaceutical backup.

My daily reality includes an SNRI, Hydroxyzine for anxiety, and THC/CBD to take the edge off what the rest can’t reach. That’s not weakness. That’s a veteran who finally stopped white-knuckling it and started actually managing her nervous system.

Please get help🙌

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06/23/2026

That “giant mosquito” might not be a mosquito at all 🌿 A few things I’ve learned:
🦟 Crane flies look scary, but the adults don’t bite people
🌸 Many adults are harmless and short-lived
💧 They’re often seen near damp soil, lawns, or gardens
đź‘€ The long legs are usually the easiest clue
🚫 I don’t swat first unless I know what I’m looking at
🌱 Some larvae can bother lawns, but the adult flying around isn’t after you
This is one of those bugs that looks worse than it really is.

06/23/2026

Here's a look at the time it takes water to travel to Lake Corpus Christi. The water that's flowing through Tilden now will arrive in lake Corpus Christi 2 days later. These numbers come from the National Weather Service.

06/22/2026

Use Organza bags to capture milkweed seeds🙌

This is Zizotes milkweed in my yard. A single Zizotes milkweed (Asclepias oenotheroides) seed pod typically contains between 60 to 100 seeds.

Be sure you capture as many as you can if you want more milkweed plants for yourself.

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