If you are a fan of tomatoes–the most popular food crop in the home garden, then you ought to grow them at least once so you can know firsthand the joy of an honest, fresh, ripe tomato.
Worm composting is easy, fun, and educational. It’s a great way to take care of the planet and the people on it. And when you give worms as gifts to friends and family this season, your generosity and thoughtfulness will be remembered for years to come.
Liz Baloutine, is proprietor of Seedlings Gardening, and has been a professional gardener for the past three years; her reputation is growing faster than Bermuda grass on a late spring day.
Few creations in this world are as miraculous as a single seed. Inside each tiny package, some of which are smaller than the head of a pin, an embryonic plant sleeps, dreaming of the day it’s called to serve its intended purpose.
You can easily recreate in your backyard what nature does, well, naturally. By collecting a sufficient volume of organic matter, mixing it together in the proper ratios, and maintaining ample aeration and hydration, you will end up with humus. And humus is absolutely essential to the health of plants and people. It provides nutrition to plant life and plants provide us with, well, everything.
Summer will arrive soon, and with it comes the ferocious heat and disgustingly sloppy humidity we Central Texans have all come to know and loathe. In case you’re new here, get used to moisture saturated air clinging to your person the way lightweight polyester shorts cling to your damp skin. You know how they slowly insinuate themselves into places you can’t see without a mirror? Summer in Central Texas is just like that. Eventually you become indistinguishable from a pile of wet, rumpled towels.
Fennel is a gorgeous Mediterranean perennial herb that does well in winter and early spring gardens in moderate climates. Garden and food blogger, Renee Studebaker, is in love with fennel, and her affection for the plant has made her a bit of an expert in growing it in the Central Texas area.
