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By Soni Holladay Trust the Cockrell Butterfly Center at the Houston Museum of Natural Science in Hermann Park to perfectly time its Spring Plant Sale with the Monarch and other butterfly explosions in this area. Check out our list of great butterfly attractors that...
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JOHN’S CORNER TIME FOR SOME UPDATES &TRIVIA By John Ferguson BIO-CHAR UPDATE I read an article this week from the journal of the American Phytopathological Society (Vol. 100, No. 9, 2010) titled “Induction of Systemic Resistance in Plants by Biochar, a...
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By O. J. MILLER Galveston County Master Gardener Question: When should I plant palms? How should I plant them? What varieties are good for this area and which ones should I avoid? The best time to plant palms is after the last frost in the spring. This gives palms...
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THINK ABOUT GARDEN’S WILDLIFE BEFORE TACKLING ‘DEAD’ PLANTS By Lauren J. Simpson St. Julian’s Crossing Wildlife Habitat This was the first deep, extended freeze since I created our wildlife-habitat gardens. While I covered less-established...
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By Baxter Williams Houston Rose Society (Excerpted from Baxter’s Powerpoint show “Things I Wish I’d Known Sooner”) • A single 1-inch water line, from which 3/4-inch feeders run to each rose bed, is way-cheaper than separate long 1-inch lines to...