Episode of the Week
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October 3rd, 2009
Andrea DeLong-Amaya, horticulturist at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, explains how to plant spring wildflower seeds. Also, meet some wildflowers that add color throughout the year, even in containers!
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Plant of the Week: Swiss Chard
Tips of the Week
- Shop for spring bulbs. We'll wait to plant, but buy them now before the varieties you like are sold out.
- You also still have time to plant some cool season vegetables. At this point, you'll want to grow transplants, not from seed. Keep adding lettuce, spinach, broccoli, kale, and Swiss chard.
- Plant cool-season flowering annuals: snapdragons, sweet peas, wildflowers, and pansies.
- Turn your compost pile. In the summer's heat, they slowed down a bit. Then, when we got the heavy rains (or some of us did), it slowed down because it was too wet. So if you haven't turned that in the last month or so, go ahead and turn that so you can get it going again.
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Question of the Week
Can I fertilize my roses and other perennials right now?
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