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Happy Earth Day 2009!

Do something today to make our world – and our future – better and brighter!  Plant a tree, some flowers or veggies.  Use less stuff, recycle and reuse.  Walk, ride a bike, take a bus, or carpool with a friend.  Turn off some lights or the TV.  Conserve.  Little things make a huge difference!

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Weeping Peach Trees

Peach trees are originally from China and thought to have made their way to the Mediterranean by way of the Silk Road.  Who knows how they got to Texas. This is a pair of weeping peach trees that I got from a friend that had to leave all of her plants behind when she moved.  […]

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April’s chores

April is already half done and I don’t even have a working list of what I want to get done yet!  Aaaahhhhgggg! OK… here is the list I KNOW needs to be done: Sharpen all tools Tune up the lawn mower (wish I could trade it in for a cordless electric) Mow once a week […]

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Garden Bones – A Story of Trees

It was a little overwhelming moving from a house with a lot of structure in the yard to a completely blank canvas. Well, OK.  It wasn’t completely blank.  In the back yard, there was a raised area inside of landscaping timbers but it was all grass.  There were also two Live Oak trees, but they […]

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Howard Garrett’s Sick Tree Treatment

Natural Organic Home Garden Health Howard Garrett Dirt Doctor – Sick Tree Treatment. Sick Tree Treatment Step 1: Stop Using High Nitrogen Fertilizers and Toxic Chemical Pesticides Toxic chemical pesticides kill beneficial nematodes, other helpful microbes, good insects, and also control the pest insects poorly.  Synthetic fertilizers are unbalanced, harsh, high in salt, often contaminated […]

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April – Bud Month

Gladness is born of the April weather, And the heart is as light as a wind tossed feather. Who could be sad on a day like this? The care that vexed us no longer is.  –  Eben Eugene Rexford What’s blooming today? A stroll through the garden shows the trailing purple verbena in full bloom.  […]

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