Drought tips for planting wildflowers, native plants, and seeds
Thursday, September 29th, 2011 Posted in Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Late spring flowers, Pet of the Week, Seeds, Tools, butterflies, fall plants, garden bloggers, garden design, garden designers, garden projects, native plants, shade plants, wildflowers, wildlife | 10 Comments »Drought can be tough on Lycoris radiata. Obviously, these refused to miss their chance to radiate joy! I thank the raccoons for this. These Lycoris are blooming next to the kiddie pool. The raccoons have been getting drinks from it (along ...
Garlic galore, peach tree disease, success with seeds, on tour in Jarrell
Thursday, September 8th, 2011 Posted in Pet of the Week, Seeds, bulbs, daylilies, disease, fall plants, fruit trees, garden bloggers, garden design, garden projects, wildlife | 16 Comments »Well, what do you know? My oxblood lilies didn’t let me down in the toughest weather year of my life. Sure, it won’t be a blockbuster performance this round. But they’ve seen worse since Scott Ogden notes their Texas foothold in ...
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 ...
How far we’ve come in garden philosophy|Cheryl Hazeltine insight
Thursday, July 14th, 2011 Posted in Insects, Seeds, Summer plants, books, garden design, garden projects, mulch, native plants, philosophy, ponds, water features, wildlife | 6 Comments »We take a lot of things for granted. Uh, like rain. Long ago, I learned that just because my cenizo blooms, it doesn’t mean rain: it’s just humid. This time, it wasn’t even that humid. It was just time to ...
