Cultivating ideas, fall vegetables, first Garden Pet of Week!
Thursday, July 21st, 2011 Posted in Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Pet of the Week, Seeds, Tools, fall plants, garden design, garden projects, herbs, master gardeners, vegetables | 4 Comments »Congratulations to Mojito, our first Maude & Augie Doggie's Garden Pet of the Week! This Maine Coon is the proud owner of Tina & David Poe. While supervising them in the garden, he chews on lemongrass (which has anti-bacterial and anti-fungal ...
Summer romance, sizzling color, The Grackle on tour
Thursday, June 9th, 2011 Posted in Insects, Nurseries, Summer plants, garden bloggers, garden design, native plants, patio plants, tomatoes, vegetables, wildlife | 10 Comments »I'm in love with my first little potatoes. I always get some from the compost pile, but these were "sort of" planned planting. I didn’t do this the right way at all. In late January, I had grocery store taters sprouting. ...
Freeze-dried meets sunbursts; Succulent design; Kale nom noms
Thursday, February 24th, 2011 Posted in bulbs, garden design, pruning, recipes, roses, vegetables, wildlife, winter color | 8 Comments »Well, geez, here we go again. Hottest summers, coldest winters, what's a gardener to do? For one thing, don't freak out! Wait a month or more to prune back those frightened cycads (sago palms). Garden designer Sue Nazar (who will be on ...
Get set, prune, sort of + free design templates
Thursday, January 13th, 2011 Posted in garden design, pruning, vegetables, winter color | 9 Comments »Sharpen those pruners! But the Chrysanthemum pacificum gets a reprieve for now. The Butterpat and Country Girl mums finally got a trim the day after Christmas to reduce their urban sprawl and entice their December buds to give it a tentative ...
