February 9 , 2022
What’s Growing on with CTG?
Curious gardener desire to lie with : When are new programs going to air ? Like our plant , Central Texas Gardener’sdeep roots are still there and maturate , awaiting the seasons to issue forth . Last weekend ’s frappe capades turned myMexican honeysuckleplants ( Justicia spicigera ) into sculptural wand when moisture in the stems dilate as it freeze . ( Like when you overfill an frappe cube tray.)They were flower just days before , albeit a little scraggly after earlier frost and lack of rainfall . I ’d planned to slew them back to about 6 ” in March , but now I ’ll clip them to the footing . They ’ll soon bound back from the roots , just as they did after February 2021 ’s mystifying freeze . At the Austin PBS Modern spot and studios at ACC Highland , new technical “ leaves ” and move - in item unfurl day by day , while still fenced off for hard lid , throttle entry . So , we all continue to produce and edit new content from hometo present online .
Last drop , CTGventured out to record new garden stories during the Stage 3 interlude . They ’re arrive up soon , along with raw John Hart Asher interviews and a prick sharpen how - to . Next week , watch our story with Peggy and Jim Jones , who garden in Southwest Austin where they arouse their house . They’ve always spent mint of time on their terrace deck , where Peggy cultivate family heirloom tropic plant , some even from her grandmother . A few years ago , she designed an enclosed raised bed vegetable garden — complete with manipulate drip irrigation — to make things easy as she ages . Then , at Rajat and Lisa Agarwal ’s unagitated garden , fall upon the philosophical system behind their Japanese - inspired pond and garden . member of theAustin Pond Society(Rajat ’s the current pond tour director ) , they also deal clever innovation details . In early December after our first little freezing nip , we travel to Caroline Riley atCultivate Holistic Homestead Supply . Her roomy permaculture bed , bountiful with flowers , herbs , and solid food , adjoin a pre - thou to 8th course schooling — Whole Life Learning Center — that she base with husband Michael . During the pandemic , she started Cultivate ’s small plant baby’s room . It , too , is about to lucubrate its outreach — more about that in a few weeks!Also in December one tonic morning , we visit the officially casual purpose embracing an older region ’s Tudor - vogue house make in 1938.Originally , we plan this visit for 2020 to meet with Kim Beal , founder ofRain Lily Design , who ’s sculpt the shady garden for years in layers of textural foliage . “ Thanks ” to the delay , she could tell us what made it through the February 2021 frost and what she had to amend .
Thanks for hanging in there with CTG!Linda
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