By: Jannie Vaught With another cold spell in our area many of us are just wanting to get out side and get to the needed chores. We had a few warm days and many of the lawn mowers were working late into the evening. With my muscles sore from all this hurried work there is still time for staying on task with the garden … Continue reading Garden Chores
By: Jannie Vaught 2015 is the International Year of Soil If you eat and live on planet earth you know without soil, good soil we will cease to do either eat or live. The United Nations has declared it the year of soil, but do we really need the U.N. to tell us to take care of our soil? Anyone who farm’s, ranches, has groves of … Continue reading The Year of Soil
By: Jannie Vaught It is another rainy day here in the Hill Country. And this gardener is so thankful I could just shout! Thank You!! The wild flowers will be absolutely wonderful this spring and the Blue Bonnets will just take your breath away. With the rain comes all the overdue chores in my house and pantry. I went thru my canned goods, and … Continue reading Planning Your Garden Early
By Jannie Vaught Frost outside this morning and all the critter water is frozen. Time to bust some water. But the winter green’s look so good! The turnips are sweeter and the collard greens are thriving. And oh my the kale is huge! Time to make kale chips. If you haven’t tried this it is easy and tasty. Lets go back to the onion. … Continue reading Onions Delight
By Jannie Vaught Onions…… How to grow and where to go to get starts for your growing area. Last week in the article I spoke of how to find your growing area. With that in your mind you also need to know if your soil is alkaline or acidic. You can have a soil test done and find out the ph. Most plants like one … Continue reading Making A Good Home For Growing Onions
By Jannie Vaught After the gloom overcast days it is so wonderful to see sunshine! This morning the garden list said “Look at Vegetable Planting Guide”. First you need to know what is your growing zone. Go to the USDA Hardiness zone finder, put in your zip code and there you are your planting zone. We are 8B here in central Texas, but this can also … Continue reading Time To Check The Vegetable Planting Guide
By Jannie Vaught The weather outside is cold! The garden hoops are up and the greens are vibrant! I took a hit on the carry over tomatoes from the summer. Today we are going to look at 2 words used for Tomatoes “determinant” and “indeterminate” what’s the difference? Determinant tomatoes, also called bush tomatoes, are bred to grow compact height, usually no more than … Continue reading The Dream of Home Grown Tomatoes
By Jannie Vaugh Garlic fresh from the garden or bought from the store, life and health attune with this wonder globe. Types of garlic are soft neck and hard neck. Covered those last week, you can search on line there are many places to buy from and select what suits your fancy, for example: Inchelium red Rocamboles Purple stripe Marble stripe Porcelain Turban … Continue reading Garlic Is A Foodies Best Friend
By Jannie Vaught Garlic, Allium Sativum is a species in the onion genus Allium. Native to central Asia it is used both culinary and medical purposes, is a boulbous plant. Sometimes called the food of the gods. I call it deliscious and cook with it daily, only the cookies don’t have garlic! And I use it for treating colds, flu and sore throats. … Continue reading Garlic, The Food Of The Gods
By Jannie Vaught The subject of fall garden has been the topic of conversation. Are you putting in a fall garden is what I usually get asked and Yes is the answer! A fall garden is often more productive and use less water. Always a plus. Another oldie but goodie garden plant are Collard Greens. Collards are in the brassica family along with cabbage, … Continue reading Collard Greens: The Poor Mans Crop
By Jannie Vaught The garden seems to be on vacation as the sustained heat has all but dried everything to a crisp. But there is a friend in the garden that is still going strong and that is OKRA!! Abelmoschus Esculentus, AKA, lady fingers, bhindi, bania and gumbo. A flowering plant in the Mallow Family. The origins of this plant is disputed, Africa, Egypt … Continue reading OKRA!! Still Going Strong
By Jannie Vaught Who’s your farmer? I for one know where my produce comes from. My very own garden. At one time I knew who grew my food, raised my beef and milked the cow, I raised my children on. Now we are very far away from this simply life style and all the goodness it brought with it. We are fed from monster … Continue reading Bloom Where Your Planted
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