By Jannie Vaught Another morning in the garden and as I was tending and doing more summer clean out, I realized that some of my raised beds were compacted and hard to dig into!! Gasp!! It is always so light and fluffy; so I decided to hand dig 12 inches down and pull out all old root and plants, next I got out my seed … Continue reading Improving Sub Soil Structure with Nature’s Growing Helper
By Jannie Vaught As trees go, the humble Hackberry is much misunderstood . I have a thriving specimen that has been a shade treasure and has grown into a wonder tree. I hear it called a trash tree and is often removed with not much thought. Here are some thought and history for this noble tree: The Hackberry, Celtis Laevigata … Continue reading The Humble Hackberry Tree
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 Just so you know the first estimated frost date for our county is Nov. 13. Last frost date is March 18. This is an estimate since our weather seems to be changing daily. For Thanksgiving spinach try this: Spinach has a 6 week duration from seed to plate. Mid August would be a good first plant time, then … Continue reading Planting The Fall Garden
By Jannie Vaught When the temperatures are Hot and we are all watching our water usage it is then that we start to really get the real picture– Native Plants! The trees and plants that are from your area and have lived through and thrived in every type of temperature and water shortage. When we are new to a place we tend to … Continue reading Learning about Native Plants
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Time to plan for your fall and winter garden!
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As the twilight of the cucumbers, peppers and tomatoes happens it is again time to consider the bountiful fall garden. First tomatoes, when your plants start to wither and show signs of stress, that’s when the pruners come out. Clean them up by removing all succors, dead branches and chop them to about 18 inches. Leave enough foliage leaves so they can regenerate. These shortened plants will become your fall tomatoes and will produce well, even green tomatoes if the frost is early.
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By Jannie Vaught Tomatoes! The one I patiently wait to ripen, and this year is a “doozie”. They took their own sweet time to ripen, then all of a sudden my counters are loaded with beautiful tomatoes. Here are some cool facts about the tomato: Thought to originate in Peru, the name comes from the Aztec word “xitomatl”, which means, … Continue reading Xitomatl
By Jannie Vaught Corn is pure gold in America. It’s growing in our gardens, in our fuel tanks and in endless numbers of products.. Corn the Mexican grass Zea Mays has been grown for at least 8.000 years. Here are some cool facts about corn: We grow enough corn in America to cover the state of Kansas and Iowa together!. Over 10 billion bushels. The … Continue reading Nuggets of Corn
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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