I can’t wait to harvest my first tomato of the season! The plants are looking great with plenty of buds. The peppers are coming along too. In fact, we have little seedlings coming up all over the place! Here is what we have (so far): Tomatoes: volunteer grape tomatoes, Orange Oxheart, Old German, Beefsteak, Brandywine, […]
A couple of years ago, we planted birdhouse gourds! They are actually very pretty vines with large white flowers and seem to be very drought tolerant. We made several birdhouses, and even some maracas from the smaller gourds, which we gave as Christmas presents. Last year, we had what looked to be a vireo nesting […]
I attended the Denton Master Gardener’s Association series on “Attracting Colorful Backyard Birds” prepared by Carolyn and David Oldham and delivered by Carolyn. There was a lot of information! Texas is the number one birding state in the nation because we are under the central flyway from North America to South America. There is no […]
This is a great bird guide for Texas! The book is broken up in sections on different types of birds such as wading birds, water birds, gull-like birds all the way to perching birds. The pictures are gorgeous! The book also has a great section on attracting birds to your yard and a Texas bird […]
We have a new resident in our garden! We found him living in the Louisiana Iris. His official name is Hyla cinerea. It’s hard to tell in this photo, but he is about 2 inches long. This frogs natural habitat is “wet or moist areas such as swamps, lake sides, and the edges of streams. […]
Louisiana Irises are actually a collection of beardless water irises that encompasses five species: Iris hexagona, Iris fulva, Iris brevicaulis, Iris giganticaerulea, Iris nelsonii. They are found naturally in most southern states and even as far north as Ohio. I don’t know exactly which species this is, but I suspect it is the Iris hexagona, […]
Blueberry Ridge Farm is another one of the vendors that we met at the Plano “Live Green Expo.” Jerry and Jill Graves were so sweet to hang around and talk with us even though it was time to pack up and head home. Blueberries are something that John and I have tried to grow several […]
Well, since it is mid-April and I still haven’t managed to prune all the roses, perhaps thirty is too many. I know that, ideally, roses should be pruned around Valentines while they are dormant. But, hey, mine don’t even go dormant! I also know that you are not supposed to prune while the roses are […]
Texas is great for growing roses! You just have to pick the right roses. Thoses delicate and fincky tea roses are better left to the North. I love this book! It was written by Michael Shoup of The Antique Rose Emporium in Brenham, Texas. It appears to be out of print now, but if you […]
This is the Traviata rose. This is another one of the roses that I have gotten from my “Texas Garden Fairies” friend Dita. It is an absolutely gorgeous large flowered hybrid tea rose with a strong fruity smell. It does, however, come equipped with some wicked thorns! That is why it is at the very […]
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