Palmetto St. Augustine: N/A
Light:Sun /Shade Water: Medium / Low Maintenance: Mow once a week to 2.5″ in the sun and 3″ in the shade Comments: Plant from sod; Excellent Shade & Drought Tolerance, Cold Hardiness, Disease...
View ArticleGood Bug Links: LadyBugs
Did You know? Lady bugs feed on aphids, leaf hoppers, mealy bugs, and scale. Ladybugs prefer to eat aphids and will devour up to 50 a day. They keep on eating until the bad bugs are gone. Always...
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Don’t Over-water and Don’t Under-water Water your bonsai tree until excess water seeps out of the bottom of the pot. To ensure that you are correctly watering your bonsai tree you should wait for the...
View ArticleGardening in October
October Monthly To Do List & Advice Plant vegetable seeds: Beets, Cabbage, Carrots, Collards, Garlic, Lettuce, Onion, Radishes, Spinach, Turnip. Plant vegetable plants: Asian Greens, Broccoli,...
View ArticleJewels of the Garden: Bulbs
Jewels of the Garden By Doyle Fitz Bulbs…all and all not that spectacular of a word, but they can produce spectacular results in your garden. We just received our fall shipment of bulbs and I...
View ArticleThe Christmas Star
By Doyle Fitz Euphorbia pulcherrima or as it is more commonly called the Poinsettia, is one plant that is almost always associated with the holidays and with good reason, but more on that...
View ArticleA Texas Icon
By Doyle Fitz Bluebonnet…just the name sparks an image of a Texas plain in spring covered in a wave of beautiful blue flowers in my mind and with all the rain we’ve been blessed with this...
View ArticleGardening in November
November Monthly To Do List & Advice Plant vegetable seeds: Greens, Mustard, Radish, Spinach Plant vegetable plants: Asian Greens, Broccoli, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Chard, Collards, Lettuce,...
View ArticleGardening in January
Monthly To Do List & Advice Plant Vegetable Seeds: Beets, Carrots, Endive, Kale, Kohlrabi, Lettuce, Mustard Greens, Parsnip, Peas, Radish, Rutabaga, Spinach, Turnips Plant Perennial Herbs Seeds:...
View ArticleGardening in April
Monthly To Do List & Advice Plant Vegetable Seeds: Beets, Chard, Corn, Cucumber, Eggplant, Lima Beans, Okra, Pumpkin, Radish, Spinach, Snap Beans, Summer Squash. LATE APRIL: Cantaloupe, Honeydew,...
View ArticleGardening in May
Monthly To Do List & Advice Plant Vegetable Seeds: Beets, Cantaloupe, Chard, Corn, Cucumber, Eggplant, Honeydew, Lima Beans, Okra, Pumpkin, Radish, Summer Squash, Tomatillos, Watermelon. Plant...
View ArticleFall Watering 101
During the fall season plants and trees are starting to prepare for the winter and shorter days. To help them get ready, follow these simple watering tips to keep your plants thriving throughout the...
View ArticleFall Tasks, Lush Spring
Put in a little effort in the fall, and you’ll be rewarded with gorgeous garden in the spring. Plant bulbs This is the time to plant spring-blooming bulbs like tulips, hyacinths, and daffodils. Get...
View ArticleGrow a Privacy Fence
Do you have an eye sore you would like to hide? Perhaps that air conditioning unit, garbage can or even something in your neighbor’s yard? Maybe you just need to block the view into your garden to...
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