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Showing posts with label Phenology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Phenology. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Sprouting Out Tomato Seeds For This Year's Garden

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There are lots of seeds still in their little damp paper towels getting sprouted. Yesterday I took the varieties that have sprouted a...
Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Big Texas Weather: Same Old Climate, Same El Nino Events Cause Texas Floods and Texas Rains

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There is nothing unusual about the rain or flooding that Texas and Oklahoma are experiencing . It is actually a feature of our same old clim...
Thursday, January 8, 2015

Planning This Years Garden & Reviewing Last Year's

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In which I talk about the things I learned last year: what worked (Deer Netting!!!!) and what didn't (Oddly colored Heirloom Tomatoe...
Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Picking and Cooking Wild Greens From Our Yard

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How I gathered, prepared, and cooked Shepherd's Purse and Henbit to have as mixed greens for New Year's!   Shepherd's Purse ...
Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Foraging Wild Foods In Our Yard

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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Tomato Vines Loaded with Green Fruit: Heirloom "Costoluto Genovese"

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I have only picked a couple of ripe tomatoes so far, but the vines are all full of green fruit. This variety I grew from seed that I ...
Monday, June 16, 2014

Mid June Garden Update: Chard, Squash, Onion Braids, and Waiting For Tomatoes!

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I think the rumors that this is finally an El Nino year may prove true. God has been watering my garden every week for about a month no...
Wednesday, May 28, 2014

In The Garden After 8 Inches of Rain - and the Deer Fence is Still Working!

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We have had torrential rains for the past few days. It has been wonderful - all the tanks and ponds are filling up, the trees and gardens...
Sunday, April 20, 2014

Raising Tomatoes, Part 4: Folklore: Planting Before Good Friday & Rain on Easter

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This year, I set a goal of learning how to raise tomatoes successfully. I am part way there, as I raised about a hundred plants from see...
Saturday, February 15, 2014

It's Time! Here's One Way To Start Tomato Seeds

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My "determined to learn" project this year is How to Grow Tomatoes. I have not had any luck with tomatoes - poor yields (if any...
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Saturday, January 11, 2014

January Update on My Winter Garden: Things Learned So Far

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 I had a lot of fun planting my first "winter garden" this year. Then, Paul got sick. But God was so good that He watered my g...
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Friday, April 20, 2012

Roses & Pecan Trees are Blooming!

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 These are from the only rosebush that survived the drought, but oh aren't they gorgeous! Paul commented that they "are almos...
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Thursday, November 17, 2011

Meteor Shower Tonight & the Wee Hours of Morning! November 17 & 18 2011

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If you look toward the eastern horizon this evening, from about 9:30 Central Time "straight on 'til morning", you may be abl...
Saturday, October 1, 2011

Healing the Burns: References For Wildfire & Drought Recovery Plantings

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Every landscape contains some plants that will not grow unless they have gone through fire . These seed lay dormant, awaiting their call to ...
Sunday, March 6, 2011

The Hyacinths are Blooming! One Blossom's Fragrance Fills a Room

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Three years ago, I bought a "mixed bulb garden" assortment from one of the seed catalogs, and planted them in the fall. The follow...
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Tuesday, August 3, 2010

And How Cold Were The Winters?

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Oh doesn't that snow look nice and cool right now? This is from February. We had so much snow this past winter - and so many cold days!...
Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Weather Signs & Lore: Predicting A Spring Frost

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What a crazy winter it has been! And our Spring is "acumin in" by fits and starts - like Sandy said "one day 75 and the next ...
Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Cardinals: Red Birds in the Winter

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Cardinals tend to flock in the winter, and this week they've been in our yard. Devin pointed out this tree full of them and I was able t...
Wednesday, September 23, 2009

The Kind of September

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Many local wild plants are putting on berries right now. The first two photos show briars andthe third is a wild annual I haven't id...
Thursday, September 10, 2009

Weather Signs & Lore: Predicting Rain and Storms

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Maybe it is my age, or maybe it is because of gardening, but I have gotten interested in the weather, and specifically in "weather sign...