Gardening Blog Posts
January Gardening in Texas
Most of my garden is planted with perennials except for the vegetables. However, the asparagus and some herbs are also perennials so they're included in this category as well. Therefore, I spend most of my gardening planning with the new seed catalogues coming in and...
Swiss Chard, My Favorite of Greens
Every year, I promise myself that I will not plant so much swisschard, but it is my favorite winter green. I try not to buy veggies from the store and just eat out of the garden. Currently, the lettuce, spinach, and swisschard are going crazy. Also, all my herbs,...
A Composted Life
I've spent the last couple of weeks around these unseasonably warm holidays pruning, reshaping, and chopping to the ground perennials in my garden. I've shredded fallen dead leaves, chopped up dry twigs, and cut out dead branches. There's been so much hacking,...
Old Timey Epiphany
Why the earthworm picture? You'll see! Three "happenings" converged last weekend: dividing and transplanting lilies, kinda watching the world series, and listening/watching utube reels through my earbuds while the baseball game was on. How did they converge? It'll be...
Central Texas Gardening in September
I couldn't wait to get out in the yard this morning! The temperature was just right in the mid sixties and the high is predicted to reach only eighty five, Yippee!!!! I rushed through my daily chores of feeding and watering the chickens, scooping their poop to stir...
Bonked on the Head!
An outstanding feature of my summer garden is an archway made of cattle panels connecting one raised beds to another.
Steps and Ladders
I enjoy browsing estate and garage sales. What do I look for? Yup, "things" for the garden or quilting. I hit the jackpot when one of the estate sale homes had a designated sewing room filled with my kind of goodies: an armoir stacked to the max with neatly organized...
What to Do in the June Texas Garden
Think of ways to manage "playing" in the garden for the next few months. The heat is brutal! 1. Try to "play" on days that are overcast and move around your garden as the shade moves from one location to another. 2. Most of your planting is already done, but you can...
It’s Not Too Late
It's not too late to plant your seeds, whether those you've harvested from last year, or the ones you've purchased in those cute little colorful packages. This year, I received seeds as a favor from a baby announcement and I spread them out in a full sun spot. They're...
Shredded Leaves Are Your Best Mulch
What do I do in the garden in December?