by Billygoat 15 Replies latest social physical
But I haven't seen any lavender flowers on it yet.
I think they come in the Spring, but maybe it's Autumn.
I agree with Princess. Containers for mint. We planted it in the garden, years ago, and it literally became the garden. It was awful to get rid of it.
There are great magazines now on gardening.....subscribe to several of them.....and KEEP them. After all, year after year, you'll have the same plants, if successful.
Mulching is a necessity. In Texas? Get some books on what to grow in your climate. Keep to that at first, then perhaps branch out.
Drive by and notice any well scaped business.....they won't put in what doesn't look nice with a low maintenance factor. Money issues. Take good notice of what's growing along the highways, etc.
As for herbs? Dunno much. Rosemary's neat....run your hand over it and it smells good (if you like that smell).
One hard lesson I've learned....PASSALONG PLANTS are not necessarily your garden friend for many years. The reason that they're passalong plants (someone's passing them along to you) is that their garden is too damned full of them. And in not so many years...so will your garden. Things you might see at flea markets, etc., by private persons tend to be that way. Be careful - or at least forewarn the next passalong person.
Daylilies are great.....but take a lot of water to produce great blooms. Blackeyed Susans (Rudebeckia -my spelling is lousy) are great. They do spread.....but they don't need near the water, and bloom after Daylilies. Japanese Anemone is wonderful in early fall, but needs water for blooms.
Actually, most things that bloom need water. That might be an issue in Texas, eh? Oh! If Lantana grows in your reason - check it out! New colors & textures almost every year. Very low maintenance and low water.
Watch where the sun hits your yard - it's a MAJOR issue. So is water & shade. Read & watch & enjoy and get grubby. Wonderful therapy!
waiting - with always dirt under her nails
I've got lots of gardening books, and my BF took a class at the NY Botanical Gardens and learned a lot. Believe it or not, one of the best gardening books I've got is "Gardening for Dummies," it's great!!
BillyGoat: Love Gardening...I have most everything you mentioned. I have tons of chocolate mint....and I'm getting ready to make a better herb Garden. Mulan is right about the mint it is invasive, I have that Ivy and Dragons blood I just pull any I don't want out usually bags and bags of it LOL
I grow Basil, chives, Rosemary and Lavender love Lavender HMMMM SMells great. If you need any cutting I can get you some and bring them down next time I come that way..I have some cool plants...
Billy, check out the: The HerbFarm Cookbook. Not only is it filled with great recipes using fresh herbs, it is a fantastic guide for growing herbs. j
I love gardening. When I'm out there I don't want to come back inside! I love pottering about and musing and sitting down looking at different angles of the place and making plans of how to improve or make things look better.
I'm certainly no expert but have enjoyed devouring a good few books on gardening and design. I've got some good ideas from books and reading them has really stimulated my thoughts about what I want to look at when I go into my garden.
I've had a couple of herb harvests and some of my produce was grown from seed. I've pollenated courgettes with cotton buds and grown some beauties.
Must admit though that this last year I have done very little apart from transplant a couple of Hollyhocks, stuck a few seeds in and trimmed and pruned. right now my grass is very overgrown due to very crappy English weather lately.
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