October 2 , 2014
Movers & Shakers
Are you a mover and shaker ? That is to say : you move plants around and escape from your head that you did n’t do it earlier .
That ’s me ! In the slip of this rock rose ( Pavonia lasiopetela ) , I did n’t do a thing . It picked the dapple to seed in front of dingy plumbago where abbreviated shafts of Sunday penetrate filtered subtlety .
Even though November – February is the well time to move Tree , bush , evergreen plant perennials , and roses , I ’ve jumped the shovel gunman a little . I ’d already buy replacement for things get too much spook . For now , I wo n’t disturb my Salvia ‘ Silke ’s Dream ’ , though it ’s a bit lean , overcrowded , and stretching for illumination .
I was shaking my head about my new raised vegetable bottom . In its first winter time of year , it look okay .
of a sudden , everything cratered . What did I do wrong ?
Well by golly , Daphne ’s heard from many gardeners with the same issue . Like me , they ’d put in band of compost and practiced soil and watered it well .
Not so fast , there , veteran nurseryman who messed up . Daphne explains what pass : Modern grease and compost can be dry , dry , teetotal . You THINK you ’ve water it , but even 2 ” down is still ironical as dust .
root : water , mix , water , mix . I’ve been doing it for three weekend . Even after 5 ” of rain , I turn the grunge to find it dry just below the surface . This weekend I ’ll do the final turn and then plant pelf , arugula , cilantro , parsley , garlic , and Swiss chard .
Get Daphne ’s ended answerand how to includePlant of the WeekSwiss chard among your ornamental like Gomphrena ‘ Little grape . ’
Now , what about mulch ? Yes , we have intercourse it ’s a adept thing , but what is the best one ? Like everything , it depends on the plant . Andrea DeLong - Amaya from theLady Bird Johnson Wildflower Centerdeciphers it for us .
Maybe you ’ll feed into Andrea at the LBJWC gloam plant sale Oct. 11- 12 ( members day Oct. 10 ) . If you ’ve admire my nativeHibiscus martianus , I see that it’son the list this twelvemonth . By the agency , that leaning is with child reference !
And do check out theWildflower Center ’s Landscape for Life series that starts Oct. 15.This is a with child style to learn how to transmute your yard into a sustainable garden !
Bluebonnets are coming up , thanks to late rainfall . To start your first maculation , get seed to engraft in other November . Viewer Picturegoes to Melinda McGowan and Leo ’s buffalo clover selfie last bound !
Mover & shakerRed Dirt Ramblingsauthor Dee Nashjoins Tom to dish up the real dirt on gardeningin her bookThe 20/30 Something Garden Guide .
write for new soil grubbers , veterans will also whoop about her coloured graphic designs , DIY instructions , and works from food to fragrancy .
Along with plant tips & tricks , she makes it leisurely to visualize designs to shake up that dull yard — even in bantam space .
Dee spatter in lots of scene , let in her own lusciously beautiful garden .
On tour , meet the energetic young urban farmers shaking things up atTen Acre Organics . Co - founders Lloyd Minick and Michael Hanan are joined by Michael ’s wife , Marie Franki , and Grayson Oheim , Kimberly Griffin and Mike Jeffcoat .
Oh , it ’s not 10 Akka of land either ! It ’s a typical 1970s suburban lot where solid food rule now alternatively of sess .
Drip hose irrigation and tidy sum of compost and mulch maintain water .
They did n’t draw a blank to feed the pollinator .
In back , two aquaponics greenhouses frame rotational ground crops .
Happy hen in the TAO coop never lay down on the job , either .
Even though it ’s not 10 acres ( yet ) , they ’re supplying lots of constituent food to restaurants and neighbors .
Rob Nash at Austin Aquaponicslaunched them into this water - saucy method to grow constitutive food .
To build up formerly lifeless grease for productiveness and water retention , TAO raising several compost bins , fill each week as a drop - off land site forEast Austin Compost Pedallers .
take in the whole news report now !
Thanks for stopping by ! Next calendar week , we celebrate Texas Native Plant Week . See you then , Linda
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