by Stacie | May 27, 2020 | Garden
We went to visit friends in Palestine, TX, a few weekends ago and got an East Texas Garden Tour. They are in grow zone 8b; you can find your grow zone through the USDA’s site using your zip code. Their garden is quiet large with over 20 raised beds, oodles of...
by Stacie | Feb 19, 2020 | Garden
January or February is the time of year when I start fertilizing lemon trees on our homestead. Fertilizing coupled with weekly watering has proven successful and this fall I was able to harvest quite a few lemons. Living in zone 9A, I planted my lemon trees in the...
by Stacie | Jan 31, 2020 | Garden
Lettuce is one of the easiest crops to grow and growing lettuce from seed is so economical. A packet of lettuce seeds is generally less than $2.30 and contains hundreds of seeds. I have been growing lettuce from seed in my raised beds and containers for years; you can...
by Stacie | Nov 27, 2019 | Garden
This month I took a lunch tour of P Allen Smith’s Moss Mountain Farm in Roland, Arkansas. It was a grand experience full of lots of education and garden design ideas. The tour was a full four hours long and included a tour of his home, one-acre vegetable garden,...
by Stacie | Oct 13, 2019 | Garden
It is officially fall and time to focus on October gardening tasks for the southern garden. In zone 9 we have a long growing season and can grow many plants and flowers into winter. I started some broccoli, kale and lettuce transplants indoor last month. You can also...
