April 30 , 2024
Preview: Inside Austin Gardens Tour
Get set for a fun day of design divine guidance , problem - resolve intel , and clever musical theme on theInside Austin Gardens Touron May 11 , a enlistment for gardeners by gardeners . A project of theTravis County Master Gardeners , they ’ll be on hand with the homeowners to answer your question from plants to patio design and maintenance . This calendar week , Master Gardener JoAnna Benko fall in John Hart to talk details . This twelvemonth , duty tour four garden on May 11 from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. No cash : online payment only . $ 20 by Sunday May 5 ; $ 25 sidereal day of . Get your tickets here . Let ’s start off with Daphne Richards ’ own garden , “ The workplace - in - progression . ”As ourTravis County Extension Horticulturist , she ’s on the go a LOT helping us all out , so here ’s a fortune to get her bakshish on starting from pelf . We visited Julie Nelson and Kay Angermann ’s garden in 2019for the 2020 Master Gardener tour . They bestow originative collaborationism , brawniness - wielding grit , and problem figure out to rocky , flooding ground to sentimentally - dubbed Katie Bird Farm , named for Kay ’s nanna . The pandemic pushed that tour back four years , so I know that the active duo at “ The Suburban Farm ” has more in store for you . For sure , you ’ll wander among clever repurposed finds , deluge - dominance plant design on berm , and delicious conversation nooks to confab with the hens and gregarious donkeys!At “ The Elevated Garden , ” explore design atop a stone fair game . Master Gardener Theresa Garcia and married man , Donnie can give you lots of rock - solid ideas in their Certified Wildlife Habitat!They elevate everything on their one - acre property . Wander through grow veg bed and beehives . They keep chickens , too , who will be happy to answer your questions about their care!In “ The Woodland Escape , ” meet habitat gardener Sandy Stone and Joe Brown who build their home to embrace their bounty of trees and protect the wildlife that be there . CTG met them in 2017 , but I bed they ’ve made variety since then , too . Joe creates sculptures to stress native plants of all kinds . And they convey cagey whimsy and sentiment to every nook . Next , fetch spring and summer ’s garden beauty inside to love all year ! Laura Brennand , reduce bloom gardener atLa Otra Flora , shows how to dry heyday for bouquets , arrangements , and garland . Summertime ’s vibrant celosias and amaranth Love - Lies - Bleeding take on new romance as their colors fade . Laura discover her passion for rise bloom when her adorable boy Shea was an babe ( now 7 ! ) . We fall in love with him when we first met at Laura ’s garden andlater return to learn how to institute flower seed ( including persnickety poppies ) in drop . I bet Shea helps her fasten the floral bundles with rubber bands to dry in a cool station at bottom , admit Laura ’s all - maven : cornflower , gomphrena ( globe amaranth ) , larkspur and statice . All her plants attract pollinators in spring . Gomphrena loves the heating system and butterflies love it . Here ’s a frame in dapple butterfly dipping into ambrosia . But to get the butterflies , you ’ve got to feed their new . Bordered patch butterfly feed on cowpen daisy , sunflowers , verbenas , and zexmenia . So , Travis County Extension IPM Program Specialist Wizzie Brownreminds us that chewed folio are part of a healthy balanced garden . With solid food crops , you may want to use controls like Bt ( Bacillus thuringiensis ) if squishing does n’t work for you . Just mention that it will harm the Caterpillar you want , too . Also , right now , I ’ve got Wren nesting in a patio hang basket , and the parents are hale circumstances of sinuate food to the small fry all day long!And to that , viewer Patricia Anderson in Bastrop share a picture of black swallowtail butterfly caterpillars that devoured her Ruta graveolens plant life last fall . That was one reason she planted the rue — she need the butterfly . So , she covered the plant life with shadowiness cloth to save as many as possible , but most were gone the next morning . Most likely dame and lizards still snag them ( that ’s befall to me in the same situation).From viewer Marjorie Mautz fare a fall webworm caterpillar . Wizzie notes , “ They create unsightly web on the tips of Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree branch , but seldom cause farseeing term damage to the Tree . If you palpate the need to bring off them , let out unfastened the webbing with a peg or K of water to allow predators inside the webs to feed . ”
Wizzie ’s Backyard Bug webinars are a great way to learn more about the creature in your yard ! Email her at ebrown@ag.tamu.edu to sign up for notifications . Andfollow her on instagramfor the latest glitch dangerous undertaking !
Watch now for so much more !
Thanks for stopping by ! Linda
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