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  • Notes On Container Gardening

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    Here are some things I’ve learned over a few years gardening in Texas on my patio. – Granular as well as liquid organic fertilizer is needed for stuff to survive here since it gets so much water. Compost also really helps as does topping up the soil with more potting soil when it gets low.…

  • An Expanding List Of (in theory) Hardy Trees & Shrubs For Texas

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    Okay so this is embarrassing. As someone who cares about the environment and also a Wiccan I’ve tried to plant a whole lot of trees in my backyard. Because of course I would, it’s part of my religion to honor the Earth, right? Guess how many have died? All but one. Something about the crazy…

  • Waxed Wooden Plant Markers

    Waxed Wooden Plant Markers

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    Here’s a plant marker for mint that grows directly in the soil on the North side of the house. It got planted there due to the least amount of sun and the greatest amount of moisture throughout the Texas year. Directly in the ground would make other gardeners in other places quake in their boots…

  • Water Conserving In Potted Plants

    Water Conserving In Potted Plants

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    This is a pepper plant. I ripped up paper sandwich bags to top the soil and covered that with some mulch. You could probably use grocery bags and ripped up cardboard instead but oddly, I had none. The real heat of the Texas summer hasn’t hit yet but so far it seems to be helping…

  • Pond?

    Pond?

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    This black plastic pot liner thing is my version of a birdbath and water feature. It fills with rain, and sometimes I dump it out and wash it with the hose by jamming my thumb in the hose end to create more pressure from the hose. When it dries out for weeks or a month…

  • Acorn Starting Site

    Acorn Starting Site

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    This is my acorn starting site/oak tree seed starting setup, such as it is. It consists of some potting soil I had leftover, acorns spaced out about 3 inches from one another about an inch and a half beneath the surface, and pea gravel from the top. The pea gravel came from a big box…

  • No visuals: Sowing Wildflower Seeds With Limited Mobility

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    Here’s the method I developed to sow wildflower and flower seeds at the edges of the backyard. It’s simple. First, communicate with family to ensure they mow 8 inches away from the perimeter so stuff can grow there. Second, scatter wildflower seeds sparingly along the perimeter, right among the grass. For larger stuff like sunflower…