Posted on 03/02/2012 8:10:56 AM PST by JustaDumbBlonde
I should think you’d be grateful for a little shade in Conroe. It took almost 10 years for me to get trees and shrubs high enough so that I could open my drapes in the living room in Missouri City (Ft. Bend Co.). My piano still bears the craze marks that developed before I got the drapes up when we first moved in.
I know you want more sunshine for growing veggies, but it is so HOT in TX.
You probably already know this, but for the sake of anyone reading who isn’t aware: never use black walnut anything in the garden. All parts of the tree leach a chemical that inhibits the growth of other plants. That extends to the leaves as well.
On the other hand, I might use black walnut leaves to mulch a path.
You are in a slightly different zone than I, but those variegated vincas that everybody plants in their mixed pots every year are definitely cold hardy. Once they take hold, you cannot get rid of them. I have a vinca minor that I planted on a steep slope in my back yard about 20 years ago. It took forever to get started, but it is holding the slope just fine, and it is still there with no care whatsoever.
I’ve never actually grown them before, but I assume that they can bne planted like other grasses. We’ll see if I can find a spot for them this year. I’m still hacking out a garden space on my land. It was abandoned for 15 years before I bought it, so the weeds are really thick.
The weather is the same, but we were accustomed to the hot and humid before coming to Texas.
Thank the Lord, Conroe is a whole different world than Houston, just down the road.
I only turn them if the Temperature doesn’t come up. Other then that I take off the unfinished material and put in a new pile when I empty the bin. I just don’t have the stamina to go “By The Book” anymore...
Thank you both for the great answers!
The winter lettuce continues to produce, and is no longer under cover. The spinach indoors and out has all been harvested and eaten, so will soon be replanting. Indoor lemon tree is very scraggly, but has new blossoms and a new lemon bud growing.
We will be planting some more blackberries, blueberries and strawberries this spring. A new strawberry bed will be made and planted, and the blooms will be pinched off. The old bed will have it's 3rd and final harvest. It will plowed under in June. We haven't decided what will be planted then. Hubby thinks maybe corn. I think maybe something to help build the soil.
Have a great weekend and God bless.
I love impatiens for urns. I think blue white and/or yellow would all be stunning colors to go with your decor, and depending on where you place the urns.
AHHH you poor thing. When it warms up a bit the freezes, it’s called clear so you’re in 0001 one, extra clear..
I haven’t been bothered by any critters. I guess it’s too HOT. We have chicken barns nearby and every once in a while I go over an bum a molasses bucket full and spread it over the compost, turn it, fluff it up a bit and let the little thing steam. So if you have neighbors with chickens, see if you can bum some chicken litter from them.
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Those all sound like good color schemes. Thanks for the suggestions.
I’m grateful that it was only a raised bed.
Prayers lifted for my neighbors.
Serious lack of organic matter, as you corrected, and the soil was probably compacted from being worked too much. So glad that all the work is paying off!
I really like the new door and windows.
Good morning! I’m slowly but surely working my way down the thread and wanted to let you know that I really liked that link. Thanks so much.
Thank you, fanfan! Good to see ya.
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