October 16 , 2014
Mash-up: artful edibles for all
First , we ’ve got scads of drown choke on , since rain is n’t always reasonable . When it omit a bomb , xeric herb like sage plunk out .
Daphne explains what happened toTracie Storie’shealthy , tenacious - term thyme and others .
Tracie keeps them on the dry side , which is safe . on the spur of the moment , the plant get imbrue , humidness builds up in their dumb centers , and ascendent decomposition clips them . Get Daphne ’s ended answer .
With autumn ’s heads - up that freezing is around the corner , Trisha preserves cold - tender herbsand chilli pequins to apply all winter . I bed her tip to freeze ginger , too ; just shave off a bit when you demand it .
But there ’s tons to rust in winter , including edible flowers!Deena Spellman from Bastrop GardensjoinsTom to fill our perennial bedsand containers with cheery petal , herb , and veggie .
What about imbed annual calendula to fill spots left blank when perennial freeze back ? They ’re pretty enough to wipe out , especially sprinkled on homegrown cabbage salads . Plant enough to pay for bees and butterfly to dinner !
At Bastrop Gardens , Deena and husband Jeff Spellman operate an organic fertilizer , “ here to help ” nursery that promotes good health for all of us , including the wildlife . They boost us to include hoot in our planting schemes this fall , with drouth defiant choices like possumhaw holly . Deena give us the grievous bodily harm on why yaupon hollies are discouraged in fervidness - ravaged Bastrop as replacement trees .
Fragrant dianthus is a charmer in the land or in container . Its abundant petals can dispense with a few to punch up your salad .
permit ’s zest thing up with perennial pot marjoram and coolheaded - weather annual feathery Anethum graveolens .
In spring , Swallowtail caterpillar will seem to come out overnight if you did n’t spot the grownup laying her eggs on this larval host .
I ’m so fond to sweet small violas that I hate to wipe out even one petal , but per their common name , Johnny - Jump Up , they ’ll jump back fast to refill my picking .
Viewer Picture goes to Irene Phillipsfor this knockout container with summer annual Blue Daze . I reckon yellow viola to take its office this wintertime ! Ooh , that give me an idea . . .
We ca n’t eatDaphne ’s Plant of the Weekcrossvine ( Bignonia capreolata ) , but its spring and fall heyday are a actual treat for hummingbird and butterflies . Deer love it all the metre .
Like all vine , it takes a few days to get originate to cover an mandril , trellis , or chain link fence .
It ’s a peachy time to implant cultivar ‘ Tangerine Dream ’ or the original native that sports golden tubes with Battle of Magenta centre .
It ’s semi - evergreen , dropping its folio in natural spring , just before novel ones emerge . Daphne explains that it blooms on quondam wood , so prune after anthesis . Oh , and it needs a little gardener ascendence . Mine clambered onto Lady Banks rose until I gently intervene .
On tour , fill Austin Neal , one of the most joyful people in the world ! I first met him when he volunteered as a Travis County Master Gardener for KLRU ’s 50th anniversary company .
In his front yard courtyard garden , he blends nutrient for him and wildlife along with tranquil spots to hang out and enjoy it all .
To softly frame his courtyard , he reuse old fencing planks with six dissimilar design venire . “ It ’s kind of a patchwork thing , which I wish to recollect as a court to my great grandmother who was a quilter , ” he tells us . cows panel section ask round neighbourly fundamental interaction .
neighbour often link up him to wander the garden where he turned a one - dimensional yard into many levels of interest . He maintain some grass for rescued hot dog , Zephyr . Since we taped , he ’s plant a aboriginal portmanteau of grass .
To clear up spaces , he built ipe boardwalks against decomposed granite division .
When he moved to Austin in 2008 , he was clueless about Texas plants . With his indefatigable quest for cognition and challenges , he moil in with layers of texture and seasonal attraction that command lilliputian water or constant babysitting .
Now a Travis County Master Gardener , Austin starts other new gardeners on their journeying with resourceful plant and techniques . In his vegetable beds , shape to counterpoint the garden ’s true lines , he uses efficient ola to water his constitutive vegetables .
He ca n’t resist a creative way to repurpose favorable finds , like Habitat for Humanity roof tiles for succulent container .
In his wildlife active garden , he prize good WASP , as I trust we all do . Respecting their body of work of nontextual matter , he attach abandoned nest to a repurposed mobile . specially I love the ones shaped like a eye !
Watch it now and get ready to sense joyful !
Thanks for stopping by ! See you next workweek , Linda
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