Gardening Blog Posts

On a brisk, cold winter day, when skies are clear and the afternoon sun is targeting my back porch, I pull up a chair with my back to the massaging warmth and process seeds from my previously harvested blooms.

February is the month for roses: planting, transplanting, pruning, and fertilizing.

Most of the frozen perennials are cut back, the compost bins are cooking, and the beds are mulched. So, besides harvesting my winter greens, there’s not much to do in the winter garden, even in Texas.
What’s a girl to do?

What to do in a Texas Garden in January is “iffy” business. . . if we’ve had a hard freeze yet, if it’s been a dry winter so far, or if warm temperatures have been persistently stubborn.

I bet you’ve never used your Thanksgiving front porch leftover decorations this way!!!

We did not have central air and heating growing up in Lebanon, but we didn’t need it either! The temperate climate gifted us with rolling summer breezes either from the sea or from the still snow covered high peaks of the mountain ranges.

In Texas, November is the best time to divide Irises and Day Lilies. Pictured, are some of my Iris from last spring.

I accidentally discovered that snapdragons are an incredibly hardy fall-winter-spring flower for Central, TX.

October is the busiest gardening month of the year for me, from preparing and winterizing beds to planting perennials and fall vegetables.