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Insect inspection

We checked the vegetable garden for pests this afternoon, and so far so good. Other than the chard, which was completely devoured by some kind of caterpillar, everything else looks OK. I need to get out there and give everything a dose of water. We had a few days of nice, cool, wet weather, but when...

Posted to Garden Journal (Weblog) by cindy on 09-26-2009
Garden in bloom

It's been a month since my last update, and in that time, the garden has COME ALIVE. I walked outside in the morning and stood there stunned when I saw the flowers on this Texas Sage bush. All three look like they have more flowers than leaves! And when you got close, especially in the middle of...

Posted to Garden Journal (Weblog) by cindy on 09-20-2009
Return to Gardenland

Oh wow! It's been a long time since I've blogged about my garden. Well, I took the summer off. We never took the summer off when I lived in Virginia and Tennessee -- prime gardening season! But everything's different in Texas I guess. Today marked our 59th day of triple-digit heat this summer...

Posted to Garden Journal (Weblog) by cindy on 08-18-2009
Lush and green

Our garden (and surrounding yard) is taking off thanks to a recent bout of consistent rain. A soaking rain has fallen every few days or so, and as a result everything small has doubled in size -- and even the big stuff is loving it. I noticed some green tomatoes on a couple of the transplants, and Andy...

Posted to Garden Journal (Weblog) by cindy on 05-03-2009
Garden work day

I've been itching to get outside and work in the yard, and this was the first Saturday I was able to do it. It was cloudy and warm, but not too warm. We started work on a long list of a lot of little things that need to be done: -- Rake and bag (or compost) leaves. I planned to do the front yard...

Posted to Garden Journal (Weblog) by cindy on 03-07-2009
Garden notes: Limey update, berry dreams

The mini-greenhouse Andy built to hold Limey is so far successful. The tree has not withered under frigid temperatures that settle in for a few days here and there and quickly disappear. The latest dip was yesterday, with highs in the 40s -- a sharp contrast to Saturday which saw highs near 80. We have...

Posted to Garden Journal (Weblog) by cindy on 01-05-2009
Brrrr.... frost on the pumpkin

Another cold front blew into Austin overnight. When I checked the temperature this morning it was 45 degrees. That's not too cold, but the forecast calls for a freeze tonight. Andy and I will spend part of today preparing the garden. We have PVC pipes at the ready. We'll turn the pipes and frost...

Posted to Garden Journal (Weblog) by cindy on 11-15-2008
Cold weather moves in

In the past couple of weeks, we finally saw our first taste of fall weather. Sunday night, I heard the cold front blow in (rather violently I think) and last night the temperature dipped into the low 40's. The cold weather crops are thriving in the vegetable garden and the warm season vegetables...

Posted to Garden Journal (Weblog) by admin on 10-28-2008
The hell strip -- halfway there!

Andy and I have finally reached a stopping point in our landscaping of the strip of land between the street and the public sidewalk (the hell strip). Last weekend we finished digging out about 1-2 inches of soil and pulling out Bermudagrass. Then I mixed about 10 bags of compost into the soil -- which...

Posted to Garden Journal (Weblog) by admin on 07-30-2008
It's dry out there

This time of year, I'm just trying to maintain the garden we already have. It hasn't rained significantly in weeks, and the grass looked stressed out and crunchy. We actually broke down and watered the backyard last Saturday and the front yard yesterday (Wednesday) on our watering days just to...

Posted to Garden Journal (Weblog) by admin on 06-19-2008

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