The Lazy Gardener & Friends | 2022 Newsletters
2022 Lazy Gardener & Friends Newsletter Index
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Volume 418 | 1/6/2022
OUR ‘ROLLER-COASTER’ WINTER HAS BEGUN! Brenda Beust Smith, LESSONS LEARNED FROM FREEZE Megan Terry, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #178 John Ferguson
Volume 419 | 1/14/2022
PERFECT TIME TO CHECK ‘BONES’ & CREATE A CUTTING GARDEN Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #179 John Ferguson
Volume 420 | 1/21/2022
HOMEGROWN NATIONAL PARK’ — NATURE’S BEST HOPE A HEAVY RESPONSIBILITY Brenda Beust Smith, Do invasive species matter? Teri MacArthur, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #180 John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 421 | 1/28/2022
CHALLENGES OF SHADE POWERS OF COLOR Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #181 John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 422 | 2/4/2022
NURSERY SHOPPING CAN BE JUST AS MUCH FUN IF YOU GO WITH AN OPEN MIND! Brenda Beust Smith, CHANGING CLIMATE MAY ALTER OUR MINDSETS ON FAVORITE PLANTS Fran De La Mota, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #182 John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 423 | 2/11/2022
WHY TRY TO EXPLAIN MIRACLES TO YOUR CHILDREN WHEN YOU CAN HAVE THEM PLANT A GARDEN?’ Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #183 John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 424 | 2/18/2022
A FUN (GARDENING) RUN TO WATCH! Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #184 John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 425 | 2/25/2022
GARDEN ADVICE FROM PAST, TULIPS — THINK PRECHILLED! Brenda Beust Smith, “WE HAVE TO TRICK TULIPS INTO THINKING IT’S WINTER” Sherrie Hakansson, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #185 John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 426 | 3/4/2022
DORMANCY — A LOST CONCEPT? PLANTING BY THE HOLIDAYS Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #186 John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 427 | 3/11/2022
DORMANCY-DENIAL, SHAMROCKS & SUNFLOWERS Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #187 John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 428 | 3/18/2022
SPRING FORWARD, CREPE CAUTIONS LOVELY LOUISIANA IRISES Brenda Beust Smith, BICOLOR LOUISIANA IRISES TWO FOR ONE GARDEN DELIGHTS! Monica Martens, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #188 John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 429 | 3/25/2022
TEXAS WILDFLOWERS — WHAT WILL SPRING BRING? Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #189 John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 430 | 4/2/2022
ATTRACTING (OR CHASING AWAY?) GARDEN’S WINGED TREASURES DAYLILIES LOVE US! Brenda Beust Smith, Daylily Culture in Texas (Don’t Be Misled by Advice for Other Regions!) Mary Gage, MISTAKES EVEN EXPERTS MAKE WHEN LANDSCAPING FOR BIRDS MARGARET GNEWUCH & RUSSELL KANE, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #190 John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 431 | 4/8/2022
CASSIA’S BACK! PEONIES HERE? HOW’S YOUR ARIOD DOING? Brenda Beust Smith, AROIDS — LOW LIGHT PLANTS ‘The more fenestrations, the rarer the plant!’ Linda Gay, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #191 John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR
Volume 432 | 4/15/2022
IRISES TO DELIGHT, NEARBY… NATIVES, SAD TREE FAREWELL… LOVING CACTUS CARE Brenda Beust Smith, CACTI & SUCCULENTS… NOT ALL ARE CREATED EQUAL — DOING HOMEWORK PAYS OFF IN LONG RUN Houston Cactus & Succulent Society, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #192 John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 433 | 4/22/2022
FUN LOOK AT AMARYLLIS, BROMELIADS & ARE YOU A ‘CRAZY PLANT LADY’? Brenda Beust Smith, GREAT BROMELIADS FOR OUR GULF COAST AREA! Bromeliad Society/Houston, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #193 John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 434 | 4/29/2022
HANGING ON TO LADYBUGS … HONORING LOCAL TREASURE… USE YOUR MASTER GARDENERS! Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #194 John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 435 | 5/6/2022
TIP O’ THE TROWEL & HUGE THANKS FOR ALL THESE RIVERS OF BRILLIANT YELLOW Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #195 John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 436 | 5/14/2022
MORE LAZARUS PLANTS & DEADHEAD FOR MORE BLOOMS Brenda Beust Smith, SHOULD DAYLILIES BE DEADHEADED? YES! Paul Skin, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #196 John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 437 | 5/20/2022
LAZY GARDENERS DON’T Dos Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #197 John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 438 | 5/27/2022
WHAT’S YOUR #1 GARDENING GOAL? Brenda Beust Smith, CARNIVOROUS PLANTS… SOME LOVE OUR GARDEN, OTHERS DON’T BUT ALL ARE FASCINATING! Mike Howlett, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #198 John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR
Volume 439 | 6/6/2022
WEEDS NEED TO GO? DEER, ROSE-Y RELAXATIONS, THRYALLIS & NIGHT LIGHTS Brenda Beust Smith, PREPARE YOUR LANDSCAPE LIGHTING NOW FOR PEAK FALL MIGRATION Sept. 6 – Oct. 11, 2022 Doris Durbin Heard, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #199 John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 440 | 6/17/2022
WEED OR TREASURE? WATER INTELLIGENTLY SHARE HEAT WINNERS Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #200 John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 441 | 6/24/2022
FIREFLIES, CRAPE EXPLOSION ‘JOYS’ OF HEAT GARDENING Brenda Beust Smith, HELP FIREFLIES TO RETURN TO URBAN LANDSCAPES! Ben Pfeiffer, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #201 John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 442 | 7/1/2022
RAIN DANCES, BOG GARDENS & BEST-YET-TO-COME TOMATOES Brenda Beust Smith, DISAPPOINTING TOMATO CROP? BEST IS YET TO COME! Megan Terry, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #202 John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 443 | 7/8/2022
IT IS WHAT IT IS. MOVE ON! (PLANT SOCIETIES & PLUMERIAS) Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #203 John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 444 | 7/15/2022
EXTREME WEATHER ‘TOLERABLES’ THRIVING HERE! Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #204 John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 445 | 7/22/2022
HEAT’S RULING FOR NOW ‘PLOUGH THROUGH IT’ Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #205 John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 446 | 7/29/2022
TOMATOES: DON’T GIVE UP — THINK FALL! Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #206 John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 447 | 8/6/2022
WHEN IT COMES TO NATIVES FOR YOUR LANDSCAPE, DO YOUR HOMEWORK! Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #207 John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 448 | 8/12/2022
WHY ISN’T MY PLANT BLOOMING? Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #208 John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 449 | 8/19/2022
TOPSY’ GARDEN FITS JUST FINE NO ‘VS’ IN HUMMER FEEDERS ‘CLICK’ SALES DE RIGUEUR NOW Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #209 John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 450 | 8/26/2022
HIGH RISE HORTICULTURAL HEADACHES . . . TWO TALES Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #210 John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 451 | 9/2/2022
PRUNE MY ROSES NOW? FIGHT OUR DROUGHTS WITH SUCCULENTS & CACTI Brenda Beust Smith, SURVIVED ONE GRUELING SUMMER? WHAT’S NEXT IN OUR GARDENING ADVENTURES? Karen Gerlach, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #211 John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 452 | 9/8/2022
WILL IT WORK HERE? NEW PLANTS NEED RESEARCHING Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #212 John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR
Volume 453 | 9/18/2022
Readers share garden delights … and failures Brenda Beust Smith, COPING WITH WILD AND CRAZY WEATHER Anita Nelson, BOOK REVIEW: WHAT YOUR FOOD ATE – How To Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our health John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR John Ferguson
Volume 454 | 9/22/2022
POLLINATORS — WE CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT THEM Brenda Beust Smith, BOOK REVIEW: THE MAGNESIUM MIRACLE John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 455 | 9/29/2022
NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #213 John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 456 | 10/7/2022
BULBS: GREAT HOUSTON TRADITION! Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #214 John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR Brenda Beust Smith, COUNTING DOWN TO FALL Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 457 | 10/13/2022
MONARCH MIGRATION IS HERE! IS YOUR GARDEN WELCOMING? Brenda Beust Smith, MILKWEEDS IN OCTOBER LANDSCAPES HELP PRODUCE 5th GENERATION OF MONARCHS Marianna T. Wright, BOOK REVIEW: Teaming With Bacteria: The Organic Growers Guide to Endophytic Bacteria John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 458 | 10/21/2022
CONQUERING PLANTS’ HIGH RISE HEADACHES Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #215 John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 459 | 10/28/2022
GOLDENROD’S BAD WRAP & BOUGAINVILLEA BONANZA! Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #216 John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 460 | 11/2/2022
HERE’S TO THE FLOWERS THAT BLOOM IN WINTER! Brenda Beust Smith, PROTECTING BROMELIADS FROM WINTER FREEZES Alicia Baker, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #217 John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 461 | 11/11/2022
FERNS LINK US TO OUR DEEPEST ROOTS . . . FALL = BULB PLANTING & PECAN-BRAGGING TIME! Brenda Beust Smith, LOOKING FOR FERNS IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES Panayoti Kelaidis, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #218 John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 462 | 11/17/2022
ROOTING FOR — AND WITH — WINTER COLOR! Brenda Beust Smith, FALL INTO WINTER (& FOOTBALL) WITH LOTS OF COLOR IN THE YARD! Linda Gay, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #219 John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 463 | 11/23/2022
Thanksgiving Issue: EVENTS CALENDAR Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 464 | 12/2/2022
WINTER VEGETABLES, ROSE-CALM AND MORE Brenda Beust Smith, Winter Vegetable Gardening in Houston and on (our) Gulf Coast Dany Millikin, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #220 John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR
Volume 465 | 12/8/2022
WINTER BLOOMERS NIGHT LIGHT WONDERS Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #221 John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 466 | 12/15/2022
WINTER FLOWERS PROVIDE WONDERFUL COLOR HERE! Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #222 John Ferguson, EVENTS CALENDAR Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 467 | 12/23/2022
CHRISTMAS EDITION Brenda Beust Smith, EVENTS CALENDAR Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 468 | 12/29/2022
A GREAT LAZARUS PLANT TALE & OTHER HOPEFUL 2023 THOUGTS! Brenda Beust Smith, EVENTS CALENDAR Brenda Beust Smith
