*This is, I promise, not a thumb in the eye to everyone dealing with something rhyming with "bee molar cortex."* Winter in Texas is different. We still have to mow- not because the grass isn't mostly dormant- it is- but because the weeds aren't. So the yard is still green, just don't look too closely …
We had our first freeze this past week, and some dry days... so this happened: So the tomatoes are done for- we pulled them out and piled as many as we could in the fire pit. We let them dry out a few days and then torched them this weekend, quasi viking funeral style. The …
The garden in August is a lesson in survival and non-survival. Miss a day's watering and your three year old spirea is toast. (Not a hypothetical example). It's cut to the ground and is starting to leaf back out- that was touch and go though, it was in no way a given that it would …
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Just kidding, it's another post about ice dying and the garden. So... after the debacle of the last 2 scarves... THIRTY pashminas and scarves and then 20 handkerchiefs showed up... creating a bit of uneasiness on the order of WELL WHAT THE HELL AM I GONNA DO NOW?! So... first step. Test every scarf with …
The garden got some much needed rain and cooler temperatures for a couple of evenings (80s! break out the sweaters!). And today, with overcast skies still it's a good opportunity for some pictures that aren't completely sunbaked and lost in high contrast shadows. So I give you... the dahlias! Here's the thing. Just like cannas, …
It's BLAZINGLY hot around this place these days, so no new plantings are happening. No weeding is getting done. The watering is done at night, and mostly by sprinkler. And the bermuda grass is creeping in as slowly and methodically as fascism in 2018 America. The only thing that's not done begrudgingly is TOMATO HARVESTING! …
Have I never posted a full bed shot of these? Huh, I guess not! So you can see I now have "Tomato Towers" on the right hand side- fancy name for two tomato cages zip tied together. These are now 8' tall and they mean I MIGHT just stand a chance of harvesting some …
