Monthly Archives: March 2009

Mar 28
Mar 28 0 comments

Top 10 reasons to shop at a farmer’s market

This is a great article on why you should shop at a farmer’s market.  And the author is a local from Flower Mound, TX. ABC7.com Green Content – Top 10 reasons to shop at a farmer’s market.

Share
Mar 28
Mar 28 0 comments

Why organic gardening?

Why not just poison what you don’t want and then plant what you do want?  After all, aren’t we humans above and beyond “nature”? That’s a fairly easy question to answer if you are growing fruits and veggies that you plan to eat.  We have all heard about the problems of herbicides and pesticides in […]

Share
Mar 28
Mar 28 0 comments

If I was allowed only one gardening book…

Luckily I’m allowed more than one, but if I could have only one, then this is the book I would choose.  Howard Garret has been gardening organically in Texas since 1985.  He has a website, radio show, and many other books (all of which are great!) This book is a combination how-to and wish list […]

Share
Mar 28
Mar 28 0 comments

Garden Clippings

There are two lasting bequests we can give our children: one is roots.  The other is wings. –  Hodding Carter, Jr.

Share
Mar 28
Mar 28 2 comments

Books that inspired a “garden party” birthday.

“Sunflower House” by Eve Bunting is such a wonderful book!  It inspired us to build our own sunflower house.  Unfortunately, I can’t find a picture of our sunflower house right now, but it was wonderful.  During my daughter’s birthday, we sat inside our sunflower house and read the story. “Miss Lilly and the Hollyhock Garden” […]

Share
Mar 27
Mar 27 0 comments

Hermosa Rose

This is a rose that I got from a friend, Dita.  It was started from a cutting and this picture is from it’s very first year.  It has a very sweet smell and a nice compact shape.  It is another very healthy and happy rose in my garden. The Hermosa is a China rose.  It […]

Share
Mar 27
Mar 27 0 comments

Rohde’s Services Inc.

Rohde’s Services Inc.. What an incredible nursery!  They have a lot of hard to find native Texas plants and a gorgeous garden to walk through.  They also have a lot of organic products.

Share
Mar 27
Mar 27 0 comments

Starting A New Bed

I have found that the laziest way to start a new garden bed is to start early.  Let nature do the work for you. If you are putting in a new bed, there is probably something already there that you don’t want.  If it is something like rocks, bushes, trees or very large and woody […]

Share
Mar 25
Mar 25 0 comments

Souvenir De St. Anne’s Rose

This is an incredibly fragrant rose. We have it in a bed near the front door and even though it has shade most of the day, it is doing very well. St. Anne’s is a Bourbon rose that was introduced in 1950.

Share
Mar 24
Mar 24 0 comments

About Me

Hi. I’m Regina Fierke. Welcome to our garden. I have a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Microbiology, but for now I’m just a mom and a gardener. I garden with my husband, our six-year-old daughter, her two older brothers (when they are forced to) two dogs, two cats, a bearded dragon and a small flock of […]

Share