Gardening Blog Posts

Valentine’s Day reminds me that I need to take care of my roses!

Hardly any of my original lawn is left because I’ve turned most of the green scape into flower beds, walkways, raised vegetable beds, a chicken coop, and my garden shed. But what is left does need winter care.

Several of you have messaged me asking, “when do I trim my perennials back?” That’s a subjective question, but through the years, I’ve realized that it’s not “when” but “how” is the more important question.

October and November are the hardest working months in Texas Gardens.

One of my sisters and I share the love of gardening. It’s a passion, really! She sent me the link for this song stating, “I found our anthem!”

I have a long history with St. Augustine Grass! We were flying back home from the US to Lebanon when I was nine and the lowest tread on a stairwell of four sisters, all within five years of each other.

Amongst the terraced olive groves, pine-forested hills, and craggy rock outcrops of my childhood, I had many choice “secret gardens” to which I retreated to read or just be alone. Alone-time was quite scarce in our bustling home.

If you follow my gardening tips every other Friday, you know that I’m an advocate of prying out and pulling up weeds by hand, and I’ve promoted specific tools to get the job done efficiently.

One good thing that has come out of our pandemic lockdown is that many more people have discovered gardening since they’ve been forced to slow down and stay home.

We’ve been breaking one heat record after another in Texas this summer starting was back in May. It seemed like we skipped spring altogether!