We will use that land for community gardens or more cultivated landscaping. Erosion control is one of our big jobs. Those who take comfort from or find joy in the records and surveys that humans make to classify and identify things may want to take a look at some excerpts from the Gillespie County Soil Survey that describe our soil types in great detail. Walk on, or click HERE to go back to the beginning of the tour. Also present are raccoons, foxes, ringtail cats, skinks, oppossum, and other furbearers.
Common predators are bobcats and coyotes.
Intermittent lakes, streams, ponds, and grain fields attract ducks and geese during migration. Most farm and ranch ponds are stocked with channel catfish, block bass, and sunfish. The Pedernales River and creeks afford good fishing. Fish and wildlife resources are of great economic importance to landowners in this county . At QFC, our only open water source is a stock tank.