Fragrance, beauty and drought tolerance… what more could you want in a flower? Prairie phlox (Phlox pilosa) is a native Texas perenial that does well in part sun or bright shade. The smell is intoxicating and it is a butterfly manget! It has a heady bloom in the late spring and then goes partiallyl dormant […]
They are definitely bringing May flowers! A quick walk through my garden revealed all of these blooms: All thirty roses! The Cecile Bruner was the last to join the show. Autumn Coral Sage Spanish Lavender Bearded Irises (just the yellow and pink so far) Geraniums Strawberries Royal Tapestry Yarrow Asters (just a few blooms – […]
This is another one of my favorite gardening books. My copy has notes written in the margins, thing circled, starred and crossed out. It was misplaced a couple of weeks ago and I almost panicked! This book is so wonderfully specific for the DFW area. It is an incredible resource for different organizations, associations and […]
I have to admit that I used to belong to a food coop (back then it wasn’t even organic) and I found that the same things I was getting in the co-op were the same things I was getting by the bucket full out of my garden – so I stopped. But if I didn’t […]
“The Three Sisters” is a method of companion planting that was used by the Native Americans. The trio consist of corn, pole beans and either squash or pumkins. This is a great combination to grow! We used squash and the corn we used was a strawberry popcorn. The three sisters each give the others something […]
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 […]
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