September 5 , 2013
Fall into organic vegetables
Off we head to a new time of year of wonder ! For me , it ’s been another problematic year , since rainwater has been rather lean at my remnant of the cloud . One bright touch was ‘ Mystery Crinum ’ that finally bloomed .
Now , that ’s not its veridical name . In 2008,Yucca Dosent a free modest bulb along with a crinum leverage . They could n’t give it a convinced name tender , so perchance I ’ll call itCrinum roseus‘Dolinpatience ’ .
I am get excited about gloam vegetables , thanks toMaster GardenerAlly Stresing . This week , she join Tomfor perfectly easy - peasy tipsto satisfy your plateful with organic food this pin and wintertime .
She explain :
- How to prep the soil when it ’s still raging * How to fertilise * Why she pots up small transplants in tad to move into the garden * How to shade since even fall is so hot * sluttish vegetables and playfulness varieties ( and yes , former Yankees : Brassica napus napobrassica ! )
And more!Do check off out her blog , which covers just about everything under the garden sun . With outstanding photography and precise information , she details task , ornamentals , succulent , vegetables and even chickens .
Are you surprised that I got a kick out of herBunny Poo Express post ? It ’s about one of her discharge to hale litter fromAustin ’s House Rabbit Rescue . As I well know , bunny poo can go at once into the garden without composting to sustain crop , like her artichokes .
Oh , on artichokes : Ally recently bring forth newfangled transplants and pot up to 1 - gallon container . She prefers fall transplants over bare root in January , since it present them more clock time to maturate . ( Ditto that for planting trees and capitulation perennials ) .
retrieve out more about growing artichokes asDaphne ’s Pick of the Week .
At theTravis County Extension presentment gardens , they ’re a delight for food or flowers along with year - round foliar attending . observe : they do need protection in a strong freeze .
Daphnealso shares her pet peeve : weeds in pavement or hardscape cracks . I ’m so with her .
Now , as she explicate , you could do the 10 or 20 % vinegar bit . normally , you ’ll have to get that percentage at nurseries , not the grocery store store . BUT , do n’t recall that ’s a agile fix . recover out why and how to head off the problem in the first place .
And she reminds us not blow forage clipping or other yard debris into the gutters and the tempest water organization .
alternatively , keep them on the grass to retrovert nutrient back to the soil as costless fertilizer .
John Dromgooleis into recycling , too . This week , he styles up repurposed containers for charming , low - care home base to bromeliads and dyckias .
On tour , our sojourn with the next propagation of gardeners atWells Branch Elementarywill banish the live weather blues !
Thanks for stopping by ! Linda
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