September 20 , 2012
Keyhole gardens, Oak leaf galls, Gabriel Valley Farms, Drying herbs
First , I have to allow : I ’m a bulb nut . I ’d corrupt a thousand more if I could . Instead , I divide my naturalizing wealthiness and then forget where I plant them . That ’s okay , because garden surprises like these oxblood lilies are treasures every twelvemonth , especially abundant this September , thanks to the rain .
I walked out last weekend to find this red spider lily ( Lycoris radiata ) peeking out in the turk ’s detonating machine .
Red is a color that many gardeners are seeing this year fromoak leaf galls .
This week , Daphne explain what ’s going on:“The small , reddish gall on the undersides of our oak leaves decently now are cause by tiny WASP . They lay their eggs on the leaf and the tree diagram responds by take form a protective structure , the gall , to contain the wasp ballock while the insect larvae grow into adult . ”
You ’ll probably never see these non - cutting minuscule white Anglo-Saxon Protestant . As Daphne tells us , there ’s no understanding to treat . We have them every class and they do n’t harm the trees . This twelvemonth was just dirt ball - crazy , so they ’ve become particularly noticeable . give thanks you , Danielle & MaryAnn , for sending us your pictures !
Soon , I expect to see some jaundiced in my garden . I have gamy hopes that my young Skeleton - leaf goldeneye will look like this !
This native , evergreen drouth - tough perennial isDaphne ’s choice of the week . Its efflorescence from late bound to frost attract many beneficial pollinators , like this bantam wasp .
It requires sun and effective drain , so in my mud land garden , I amended with compost and break up granite .
Our first gentle cold front reminds us that presently we ’ll need to snag some of our cold - tender herbaceous plant to dry out or freeze . So , this week , Trishashows how to dry herbaceous plant in any season ( including our evergreens ) for homegrown tang and tastefully beautiful talent . Get her pourboire for your filing cabinet .
Next workweek , get her wind for freeze herb , like St. Basil , that do n’t stand up well to dry out .
Now that I ’ve square away up and revised my plant list , I ’ll be hitting the nurseries presently . I honour a tag withGabriel Valley Farms’name on it .
On tour , we natter this modern sweeping grower near Georgetown to see how Cathy and Sam Slaughter grow try and dependable Texas plants organically , starting from seed .
The KLRU crowd with Ed Carter and Chris Kim had a good time ! Here ’s director Ed Fuentes document the child that will maneuver to nurseries and your garden when they ’re produce up ! If you grow seeded player in a few pots or flats , imagine institute thousands !
Cathy and Sam also portion out their magic trick to befool seedlings to germinate when it ’s too hot or too cold-blooded to embed , and why it ’s of import to get organically grown industrial plant when possible .
Keyhole gardens are the hot subject this year!Tom meets with Deb Tolmanto explicate why these sustainable vessels are utter to grow vegetables , fruit trees or ornamental .
Deb explicate how to do it for abundant crops , even in small spaces and in thin or dense soils where it ’s difficult to get food . Along with saving water , keyhole garden are the ultimate intent to recycle / reuse composition board , headphone books , newspapers and kitchen veggie scraps .
Find out more on Deb’swebsite and get her DVD , shot by videographer Ted Miear , which documents the entire process that you could do in one afternoon ! I give thanks Ted for his support on this section . Long ago , he was a KLRU freelancer , who went on to set up his own video output company .
Finally , the garden events are gearing up , but here ’s one for the whole family ! From Sept. 22 – Nov. 18 , guide out toBarton Hills Farm in Bastropfor a corn maze , resilient medicine and more . Family flow playfulness , for trusted !
Happy planning and planting until I see you next week ! Linda
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