Happy to report there have been no more dead possum incidents, though the dog has started digging in the garden... so couple solid weeks of "that's a bad dog" around here. It isn't too bad- he's picked spots that needed to be turned over, so if he would just stop kicking the dirt into the …
Continue reading The Texas Garden in November, Mostly Citrus Edition
I've needed a new "thing" on the blog for a while- how about a recommendation series? I worked at a garden center for a number of years in college, and there are so many plants that are awesome but don't get the love they deserve- mostly because a particular plant doesn't look good in small …
Ah September, the time of year where the cold fronts move in and we get cool 98 degree weather. (That's... that's only half joking. It IS actually better than 104 degrees.) The children are off to school. And... that's it. Fall doesn't set in for a long time here, so it isn't really fall-esque around …
It's so hot. I know I've mentioned that in all recent posts, but oh my God it's so hot right now. We haven't had rain in two months, the soil in the garden needs to be MUCH more improved if it's going to be the single main shelter for all these plants through such tough …
Can I just say that late summer in Texas can just absolutely suck it. This is the season where all we hope for is survival for our plants and ourselves. We did actually have a "cold front" blow through for a couple of days- where the morning was in the low 70s and the afternoon …
There is a lot going on in the garden in July this year. It's rained much more than usual, so it isn't the "hanging on for dear life with supplemental watering that never can be quite enough" that we generally deal with down here. The new garden along the fence line ("Fenceline Garden?" Are we …
We had some significant wind and storms over the last few weeks. More wind than rain, and more than enough of both to wreak some havoc. Much of the pink Horsemint got knocked over a while back and will stay that way. It isn't unexpected though- it's about 4' tall these days and I don't …
Continue reading Garden Update in June: Tomatoes, Horsemint, and Mockingbirds
