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September 2009
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February 2008 ArchivesTomorrow is the Sunshine Gardens benefit plant sale. It's a great place to find tomato, pepper and other vegetable plants for really good prices. I definitely recommend getting there early if you go... it starts at 9! Check out KVUE.com's event calendar for more gardening events.  Name this bug! My son found one of these as he was pulling chard in the garden this past weekend. I didn't think much of it at the time -- except to point out its color and explain that it was an insect -- until my husband spotted another one on the olive tree we were pruning. I did a little Internet searching, and "Assassin bug" kept popping up as an option, but I don't think it is. Continue reading "What is this bug?" »  Luke helps water the newly transplanted seedlings. I decided I wanted to pot up the tomatoes into slightly larger containers this weekend. The seedlings were as tall as the containers, and we're now about a month away from the last average freeze in Austin (March 15). Looking back, I could have definitely waited. The roots weren't as well developed as I expected. But I tend to either act too late or too early when it comes to gardening, so I'm taking my "leap before I look" gardening habit in stride. The transplanting became a family activity... with my husband making the pots with our pot-maker and newspaper, me putting the seedlings in their respective containers, and my son scooping dirt. He actually did a little more "playing" than gardening, but that's what it's all about right? Later, he helped me water the plants before we took them back inside to their respective window and lights. Continue reading "Family gardening connections" » This morning, in the few minutes I had before leaving for work, I checked on the little seedlings still going strong on a table in my office. |
