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 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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Rife Vineyards had one of the booths we were able to visit at the Plano Live Green Expo. They are a completely organic vineyard right here in Texas! Evidently, they are the only one in Texas – other than our very own grapes pictured here. I’m so excited to find them because until now, I […]
I went to high school in a suburb of Tulsa – yes, Tulsa is big enough to have several suburbs. We still get back there a couple of times a year. They have a non-profit organization there that has been promoting the preservation of Tulsa’s urban forests since 1976. There are signs everywhere that say […]
What fun is gardening without butterflies? But to get an abundance of butterflies to come to your yard, you have to have the plants that they want and need – host plants and nectar plants. Host plants are the plants that butterflies will lay their eggs on and then the hungry caterpillars will eat. Nectar […]
This is a Purple “Homestead’ Verbena that I got from another gardening friend. It is the showiest thing in my garden from about the middle of February until the rest of the garden catches up in May or June. The foliage stays green all year here. I’m not sure if it is a Texas native […]
Well, for us the lazy part may have to wait until next year. You see, we got so busy in the fall that we didn’t over seed with winter rye grass and now we have weeds popping up everywhere. But here is the basic idea of lazy lawn care. Over seed with winter rye. Of […]
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