Gardening Blog Posts

My cat agrees with me that it’s a stunning spring morning. Notice that the African Violets, all on their own, intrinsically announce the budding of spring.

I peek under the brown burnt leaves and cross my fingers hoping to see some green underneath my blackened frost damaged perennials. In the picture you can see the leaves of my beloved Shasta Daisy returning!

I am almost embarrassed to share what was in my top ten most anxious triggers during our dive into sub-zero temperatures in Texas this last month.

You’ve all heard about the uncharacteristic deep freeze from which Texas has recently thawed. The news media did not exaggerate!

Don’t you just love receiving flowers, especially roses from your special someone or someones? Valentine’s Day is the arbitrary day to do so, and this day reminds me to tend to my own roses.

After strolling through my bare, brown, leaf and mulch blanketed winter garden, my friend said to me, “your garden is a sanctuary. I felt so at peace after I left there yesterday.” I had shared with her some freshly cut broccoli and a take away bowl of swiss chard (from the garden) and lentil soup.

Who would think that a miniature pomegranate tree could still be decorating a winter garden? Its leaves are as golden as the majestic Colorado Aspen, yet I get to see it each day in my own backyard!

What do gardeners do in the winter? As I look out on my frosted over backyard, I’m cuddled into my favorite chair browsing through seed catalogues and my favorite gardening books.

Texas gets an undeserved bad rap for gardens because of our extremely hot summers with temperatures soaring into the 100s for days at a time. My garden is here to debunk these misconceptions.

I’ve mentioned in previous blogs how effective marigolds are as companion plants in a vegetable garden, because they’re particularly effective against root-knot nematodes as well as a deterrent to unwanted foraging worm or insect activity.