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Community Gardens For Your Neighborhood By Bob Randall, Ph.D. As gardeners know, composting at home is a wonderful opportunity to recycle nature’s food bounty back to nature and benefit ourselves. You can both lower your carbon footprint and your need to buy...
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John’s Tip Of The Week By John Ferguson As gardeners know, composting at home is a wonderful opportunity to recycle nature’s food bounty back to nature and benefit ourselves. You can both lower your carbon footprint and your need to buy chemical...
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John’s Tip Of The Week By John Ferguson I was listening to Randy Lemon on Garden line radio show this past Saturday morning and a caller wanted to know, “When is the best time to apply compost?” Of course Randy gave him the correct answer which is...
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How To Use & Apply By John Ferguson For most gardeners using AACT (Actively Aerated Compost Tea) is the easiest and most common. AACT is a brewed tea and not an Extract or Leachate. Several nurseries in the greater Houston area now sell fresh made compost tea by...
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Top 10 Mistakes Gardeners Make with Compost Piles By Rob Lucey | Harris County Master Gardeners Composting is not difficult but there are a few things you need to know NOT to do to have a successful compost mixture. According to Harris County Master Gardener,...
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Mulch Corner – Part 2 By John Ferguson We were talking this week with one of our landscaping customers whom uses compost as a mulch, so let’s explore this topic. Compost makes a good mulch when applied 3 inches deep around most plants. A good compost has a...
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Mulch Corner – Part 1 By John Ferguson Last week we showed an example of using compost as a mulch on turf grass and we had a few questions so I will give provide additional information on the subject. Compost is a very high quality mulch when applied 2-4″...
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COMMEMORATING FORTY YEARS OF ROSE RUSTLING By Elisabeth Castro | Texas Rose Rustlers “ Roses are difficult to grow. ” This was a common sentiment shared by many who thought keeping roses healthy and free of disease meant a strict regimen of spraying with toxic...
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By: Susan Gail Wood | South Texas Unit of The Herb Society of America Planting Calendar Cool season annuals to plant or start from seed in October and November: dill, parsley, fennel, borage, coriander / cilantro, calendula. and nasturtium. They flower and set...
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By: Susan Gail Wood | South Texas Unit of The Herb Society of America Fall is a great time to plant herbs in the Houston area, especially since you can attend the 42nd Annual Herb Fair on November 1st at 1475 West Gray Multi Service Center from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m....
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But Happy Here Even Without By: Gene Powers William Scheick, in ‘A Texans Guide to Clematis’, * refers to clematises requiring a winter dormancy period, including snow cover. (*Texas Gardener Magazine, Mar/Apr) Well, my two in unprotected containers on the back...
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With The Butterflies! BY Amy Barton | Houston Arboretum & Nature Center There is nothing more calming and enjoyable than walking through a colorful garden enlivened by the silent beauty of a butterfly’s delicate wings fluttering from flower to flower....
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Some Love Our Garden, Others Don’t — But All Are Fascinating! BY MIKE HOWLETT | PETFLYTRAP.COM Gardening attracts folks mainly for three reasons: beauty, healthier food and wildlife value. But how about growing plants that turn the tables on the animal...
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CARE OF ROSES CHANGING WITH CLIMATE! By: KAREN GERLACH | HOUSTON ROSE SOCIETY houstonrose.org Weather extremes have been challenging for gardeners. This is how we cope with these challenges in our landscape. Post Freeze Care Avoid pruning until the risk of a late...
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Can I Save My Bushes, or Are They Going to Die? By: Baxter Williams | Houston Rose Society No, they shouldn’t die, but you need to re-prune them. Here are the steps: Pinch, or cut off little wilted growths. They won’t rejuvenate. Cut damaged stems, down to healthy...
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CAMELLIAS — QUEEN OF WINTER BLOOMERS! By: KITT BURNSIDES, FRIENDS OF MERCER BOTANIC GARDEN, Board Member & Tree & Shrub growing lead friendsofmercer.com The camellia is a tough, durable plant, but it isn’t always hardy enough to tolerate the deep chill and...
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Not All Are Created Equal – Doing Homework Pays Off In Long Run By: Houston Cactus & Succulent Society | hcsstex.org It will seem that most succulent plants come from full-sun locations. True in many cases, but other factors, like putting plants on a west...
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Buzzing About Botanic Arts By: Dodie Jackson | Garden Club of Houston I recently attended the Philadelphia Flower Show, oldest and largest the U.S., and again I was struck by the public’s interest in Botanic Arts, the long lines of people waiting to see these...
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By: Dodie Jackson Bulbs are Mother Nature’s little miracle. Everything the bulb needs in order to bloom is contained within the bulb itself. Successfully growing bulbs in the Gulf Coast Region is quite easy when you use a few tips. Most books and articles...
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By: Dodie Jackson One should plant annual bulbs, like tulips, some varieties of daffodils, allium, anemones, etc., the attitude should be the same as planting ANY annual plants. Muscari is an annual but attracts so many honey bees!!! Many daffodils do...
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Mulch Corner: Brown Patch By: Mary Ruthe Miller The season for “brown patch” is upon us. Brown Patch in St. Augustine and other grasses is a fungal disease that occurs most frequently at daytime temperatures of 75-85 degrees Fahrenheit and with cooler...
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By: Mary Ruthe Miller The Brazoria County Enabling Garden is a unique facility located at the Brazoria Environmental Education Station (BEES) in Angleton. The Enabling Garden demonstrates gardening as part of an active lifestyle and is a place where people of...
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BOOHOO... What To Do With My Bamboo? By: Linda Gay | Horticulturist These blustery winter days have certainly wreaked havoc with our giant tropical bamboos, so what is a gardener to do? Do nothing for now as long as we continue to get some rain to keep the roots moist...
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Bonsai, A Celebration of Life Through A Story of Survival By: Scott Barboza | Houston Bonsai Society There is an ancient tree I know that lives in a pot in Washington D.C. It was collected in Japan in 1625 – the year Charles I, King of England ascended to the...
