November 8 , 2018
Finding comfort in & from the garden
A picture may capture 1000 word , but nailing the perfect hummingbird shot vocalizes single like “ Whoop!”Certainly that ’s what I said whenKeisha and Dave Lambin College Station sent this one to CTG . TheirSalvia guaranitica‘Black & Blue ’ is a surefire bet to pull hummingbirds and bees ( as do all sage ) . When this herbaceous salvia brown on top this winter , only clip off stems at ground layer . New rosettes will egress in a few month .
Whoops all around forBrooke Koppy’sfirst embonpoint oranges on her diminutive tree ! It ’s an unbeatable sensation , that I know . Brooke ’s story begin with her question to CTG : she ’d read that we should withdraw some fruit from small Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree . Last March she planted a two - twelvemonth - honest-to-god tree diagram endow from a friend . It produced so many oranges that she take away a few from its sag down top branches in August . Daphne tells us that removing some fruit allows new citrus trees to condense on stem ontogenesis . But it ’s certainly all right to depart some on , especially if they make it to August !
Usually , the flora drop excess Department of Energy on its own . My tiny satsuma orange ‘ Miho ’ ( humble than a self - seeded chile pequin next to it ) dropped most of its fruit this yr , wreathe up with one huge , very treasured harvesting just sidereal day from plucking . Greg and I are elated that after several days , ‘ Mr. Mac ’ satsuma — practically disregard on the side of house — surprised us with 12 oranges . Now we ’re on day-to-day watch as each ripens to piece perfection . And they are yummy!So , should we cover our citrus plants in wintertime ? It ’s effective to cover new ones when temperatures drop below the 40s . When mine were young , I rig up a tipi with bamboo stakes and draped row binding anchor at the bottom . Last class , both my satsumas made it through six days of 20 ° without cover ( but it ’s ALL about variety and microclimate!).Get Daphne ’s all over answerand a tone at more great viewer pictures and videos .
We have n’t harvested our Turk ’s ceiling fruit since we leave them for the wildlife . But they are edible and high in Vitamin C.‘Pam ’s Pink ’ Turk ’s cap blossom later on for us , another good deal to fee hungry pollinators after calendar week of pelting and cool twenty-four hour period . On a gay Sunday , native bee and others head for fall aster and my brave , foresightful - condition ‘ Country Girl ’ chrysanthemums . look forward to give , now ’s the perfect clock time to sow native wild flower , poppies , and larkspurs to feed pollinator . John’sgot your family - sport hint for roll up wildflower cum balls to throw a nut for the future . Watch now!It seems like everyone I be intimate has got the sniffles . Lindsey MayerfromTillery Street Plant Companyexplains how to practice culinary favorites like ginger , turmeric , and rosemary to make you feel better . Turmeric ’s a endearing container plant , too , but bring it indoors in the winter or replant in spring . Ginger ’s just as textural in part spectre . In some microclimates , it will return after winter , but if not , it ’s prosperous to start a unexampled plant from a grocery store rootstalk . I ’ve done it and it ’s playfulness ! Or , grasp up your ginger as winter come and use it in the kitchen , deliver some to imbed again .
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On tour , another kind of healing ’s fit on at the Warrior and Family Support Center at the San Antonio Military Medical Center . Acres of garden attend soldier and their families through physical and emotional recuperation . Many plant draw in butterfly as symbolisation of Renascence . Sensory beauty — essential to soldiers after month in intensive guardianship — is tended by unpaid worker , many from theGardening Volunteers of South Texas , Bexar County Master Gardeners , and the soldier ’ families . Quatrefoil’sBrian Bainnson ’s purpose embraces special need for sunburn patients and those who have lost branch and must learn to walk again on different surfaces . Watch our Veteran ’s Day protection to the soldier who have process and continue to do .
Thanks for stop by ! See you next week , Linda
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