If your neighbor will let you take cuttings, acacias can be propagated pretty easily. Take 6"-8" cuttings from healthy branches, dip the ends in...
Lovely! I had never seen nor heard of this rose before. Is she scented? I wonder how it would like Texas? I must do a bit of research. Thank you...
:sete_005: Good one! So much for Square Foot Gardening . . . .
Y'all are invited to a communal rain dance at Red Gate Farm. Clothing is mandatory (chickens scare easy) and bring a dish to pass, preferably...
Cheryl, There's a "no-float" cedar shredded mulch at either HD or Lowe's. We use it on paths around the gardens, and on the path between the...
Daisy, I can't remember the brand, but I got mine two years ago at Ace Hardware. They are just as you described, except I don't know about...
EJ, here in Texas we feel your pain. I mean really, really feel your pain! I'll cross my fingers that you get beneficial rain soon or sooner. The...
ALL newborns look like this. He'll improve.
I'm speechless. Those are such gorgeous, beautiful, lovely roses! Well, maybe not completely speechless . . . .
We started harvesting our onions this weekend. We plant 1015s (a sweet white onion that does particularly well here), reds, and yellows. The...
Those photos of the wildflowers and your ferns are truly lovely! We have Horsemint, which closely resembles your Water mint. Since ferns struggle...
Look for Mexican Mint Marigold, whose botanical name is tagetes lucida. It is much more adapted to our climates, and has the same taste and...
Cheryl, as a fellow "water is to be used, preferably twice" Texan, I can tell you that water from the house can have another life in the garden!...
Wow! Our eggplants are just beginning to blossom, as are our cucumbers. I envy you the eggplant Mart, and the cukes, Cheryl. I'll just have to...
I put the collars on when I set the transplants in the garden. It also helps protect them from our "gentle Texas breezes" since the collar is...
Happy Anniversary! Isn't it nice to know how many friends you have on the Stew, and know how many people's lives you've enriched with your advice,...
Boiling water poured on the ant hill. Not the easiest thing to do since the compost pile is probably not all that close to the kitchen! Also,if...
Jerry, you would be amazed at what chickens find attractive! They dearly love Swiss Chard, and will eat any amount they can get. Corn cobs are...
Jerry is right about the paper towel tube. Also, in a pinch, you can make a circle of three or four layers of newspaper torn to the right height,...
Nasty cutworms! I cut a toilet paper tube in half, then slit the halves and place a circle of the cardboard tube around the stem of the plant...
