September 13 , 2012
Projects! Reduce lawn makeover! Container vegetables!
resurgence ! As the rock roses ( Pavonia lasiopetala ) and Turk ’s hood swing out back into gear , my approximation reach revival meeting manner , too .
undertaking are at last in the works . Last spring , we lay a sandstone route over a section of dead grass , but wanted sentence to think about what to do next .
We ’ve determine to get more sandstone , but to reduce the heat cistron , I ’m leaving wide space to plant frogfruit ( Phyla nodiflora ) . you could see how the first ace are already creeping over .
Last March , I set out a few 4 ” pots to break our new work . They ’ve take off like crazy , oblivious of the unamended grunge , heat , drought or the abbreviated spurts of drenching rainfall .
I ’ve been excavate up forage since the day we moved in , since I want a garden full of wildlife . When 2010 - 2011 take a hard toll on lawn , I lost a lot of the eternal sleep , as did many gardener .
This workweek on tour , see how Lana & Bob Beyer retrieve their garden with stunning Modern estimation !
Here ’s how it looked this outpouring , new plants before long to fulfill in . Already , they ’re go out more wildlife .
Director Ed Fuentes had a lot of fun tap this renovation , even though the sun was brutal .
In front , here ’s Bob ’s shoot down after they ransack the dead grass .
Since their HOA require some lawn , Lana design a wineglass shape with buffalograss to force street - side sentiment into the garden .
On Bob’sCentral Texas Gardening site , see his noteworthy glide show that document the process step by step . Really , this is mythical !
In the awkward curb strip , the Beyers made life easier and more beautiful with gray and green santolina , pinkish skullcap , and Rock penstemon .
Santolina is a drouth - sturdy evergreen plant ( or ever gray ) deer - resistant groundcover . find out out how to grow it asDaphne ’s Pick of the Week .
Thanks to the rain last wintertime and a trivial this summertime , our Mexican plum is hanging onto some of its yield rather of dropping it all prematurely . The ones atMuellerare totally abundant !
Since fall is the good time to plant trees , Tom joinsAmanda Moon fromIt ’s About Thymefor some tasty additions .
Her list admit fruiting and ornamental olive trees , including specimen tree ‘ Little Ollie . ’ Lana and Bob are develop theirs in a pot for now .
Whether olive Tree produce yield or not , I bed the silverish leaf . This one ’s a tall shade tree diagram in the garden of near friends Molly and David .
Get Amanda ’s listof olives , compact and ‘ howling ’ pomegranate , Texas persimmon , loquat and figs .
animate being dine on the bark of our trees , especially in drought . ViewerConnie Lawsonasked what to do about porcupines chomping her young tree diagram . KLRU colleague Robert found squirrels strip his tree . Will this kill your tree?Get Daphne ’s answerabout whether tree diagram will recover , and the good mode to protect them .
Since many of us have limit place or limited sunshine , John Dromgooledemonstrates how to plant in containers , for constituent food even on a terrace , balcony , or driveway .
Get his inclination of a few midget plants , including ‘ Tom Thumb ’ corn for next summer .
glad planting and I ’ll see you next calendar week ! Linda
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