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Garden House Garden House is a company that takes care of your gardens; whether it be landscaping your property, We care about the health of your plants and trees.

Garden House takes over after the builders and landscapers warranty expires, We have a professional group of horticulturist to see that your garden thrives for years to comes. We offer services while you are away from home or on vacation. We routinely check your plants, we offer identification for all your plants and trees. We can cover your plants from frost. Garden House can put your gardens on

a fertilizer schedule. We can build you the best Vegetable Garden ever planned, just a walk away from your backyard kitchen, providing Heirloom seeds, no GMO's. We will provide the best horticulture service ever. We offer natural lawn care services and landscape. Without the use of pesticides or herbicides. Use of water convservation and drainage available. We create gardens for success over a long period of time. Specialists that have been in the business for 30+ years.

07/12/2023
09/30/2022

On this Show Prep Friday, here's just the first of several things I know we'll be talking about tomorrow OCTOBER 1ST on the radio Show. Well, October is THE MONTH to get scarified bluebonnet seeds in the ground. If you have any clarification questions, please call me in the morning 713-212-KTRH(5874). Here is a detailed "by zone" planting guide from the true experts at Wildseed Farms Fredricksburg, TX https://www.wildseedfarms.com/pages/planting-instructions

09/25/2022

My latest garden column is about producing your own fall spinach.
https://tylerpaper.com/growing-spinach/article_59bbaf8a-39f6-11ed-bf0b-4714c1d3024c.html
Growing Spinach
Greg Grant, Tyler Morning Telegraph
September 25, 2022
When I was a kid, most of us grew up loving Popeye and hating spinach. It usually came from a can and was slimy and bland. For sure, fresh spinach from your own garden tastes much different. It can be lightly cooked or, even better, eaten fresh. It’s tasty, nutritious, and I personally prefer it to lettuce. It’s a cool-season crop, so make sure to grow it in the fall, mild winters, and early spring.
Spinach is a cool-weather plant that dies when the weather is hot. Like most greens, the texture gets tougher with hot weather. Spinach can tolerate frosts but not hard freezes, so it should be planted now. Spinach can either be direct seeded or planted as transplants, which are often available from garden centers and feed stores. Once the seedlings are established and have their first true leaves, thin them to (or plant the transplants) 4 to 6 inches apart.
Spinach requires at least eight hours of direct sun each day but can tolerate a bit of filtered light, or as little as five to six hours of direct sun. Plant spinach in a rich, well-drained soil, either in the ground or in containers at least 24 inches in diameter. Ideally, till several inches of organic matter into the soil and apply 1 pound of a complete lawn fertilizer (15-5-10, 18-6-12, and so forth) per 100 square feet of bed or every 35 feet of row. In small plots use 1 teaspoon per square foot or foot of row. The ideal pH for growing spinach is 6.0 to 7.0.
Spinach can be grown either in beds or rows 2 to 3 feet apart. To improve seedling germination (sprouting), soak spinach seed in water for one to two days in the refrigerator. Open a shallow trench in your raised row ½ inch deep with the corner of a hoe or a stick. Drop the seed at a rate of 8 to 10 per foot of row to ensure a good stand. Water gently and keep the soil moist until germination occurs. When the seedlings are up, reduce the frequency of watering so that the plants gradually toughen up. Transplants should be planted in well-cultivated soil in holes dug the same size as the existing pots. Water them thoroughly with a water-soluble plant food such as Miracle-Gro at half the labeled recommendation.
The keys to growing spinach are mild temperatures and regular moisture. Two weeks after thinning or transplanting, fertilize spinach with ½ cup of high-nitrogen fertilizer (21-0-0, etc.) for each 35 feet of row. Sprinkle half of the fertilizer down each side of the row. Lightly work it into the soil and then water. After side-dressing with fertilizer, apply a layer of organic mulch (hay, straw, grass clippings, coarse compost, etc.) to conserve water and prevent weeds. Other critters like spinach too, so be on the lookout for aphids, caterpillars, and deer.
Depending on the variety and the weather, spinach is generally ready to harvest within seven to ten weeks from seeding or much less from transplants. Harvest the older, pest-free leaves one leaf at a time, or cut the entire plant at the base and use all the leaves. Pick and cut often to stimulate new, tender leaves. Wash and prepare; or refrigerate immediately.
Recommended spinach varieties for Texas include ‘America’, ‘Bloomsdale Longstanding’, ‘Coho’, ‘Dixie Market’, ‘Fall Green’, ‘Green Valley II’, ‘Hybrid 7’, ‘Iron Duke’, ‘Melody’, ‘Ozarka II’, ‘Regal’, and ‘Samish’. Spinach originated in Iran.

Greg Grant is the Smith County horticulturist for the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. He is author of Texas Fruit and Vegetable Gardening, Heirloom Gardening in the South, and The Rose Rustlers. You can read his “Greg’s Ramblings” blog at arborgate.com, read his “In Greg’s Garden” in each issue of Texas Gardener magazine (texasgardener.com), and follow him on Facebook at “Greg Grant Gardens.” More science-based lawn and gardening information from the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service can be found at aggieturf.tamu.edu and aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu.

Image caption: Spinach is a nutritious crop that can be grown in home gardens or containers.

09/25/2022

09/24/2022

Interesting

09/17/2022

Baby Bees

09/07/2022
09/06/2022

Some people get very testy on this subject, but my take is --they're all cared for the same way, so really what does it matter considering they are all beautifully festive during the months of November through February?! But thanks to Heritage Gardens of Friendswood http://www.heritagegardener.org/ for showing us how to know the difference!!! I admit, I too have called them all Christmas Cactus for years!!!
https://homemaking.com/.../how-to-identify-thanksgiving.../

08/16/2022

These small oval-bodied animals called Rollie Pollies or also known as ball bugs. They are characterized by their defense mechanism which, when feeli

08/10/2022

My Kinda Plant Tags!!! GardenLine with Randy Lemmon - STYLE (Thanks Matt Collins!)

08/08/2022

Picking the last of the purple hull peas before I pick dried ones to save for seed in case of shortages. We had purple hulls peas with snaps, boiled okra, sweet potato greens, rice, and pawpaw ice cream today. Yum. Yum. I often get questions from beginners about when to pick purple hull peas. It's literally "paint by number."

Green, smooth, straight, and thinner than a pencil: Pick and cook with peas for "snaps.'

Purplish-green: Edible but harder to shell and better left till purple.

Shiny red-purple, plump, and sticking straight out: Perfect for seeing, picking, and shelling.

Dull black-purple, brown-purple, dried, wrinkled, and hanging straight down: Pick and let sit in paper bags or bushel baskets till completely dried. Then shell, seal, and place in freezer for next year's planting.

08/03/2022

Novice gardeners are often flabbergasted when I instruct planting warm season fall veggies in July (it was 103 when I put out these tomatoes and peppers). Heat and sun aren't the problem, water and the calendar are as they all stop making when it freezes in November (sometimes sooner, sometimes later). Beans, tomatoes, and squash are all from Mexico and Central America. Cucumbers are from the Middle East. Those are pretty hot places. Yes, bean flowers and tomato flowers won't set fruit in heat but we are growing plants right now, not fruit. Since it takes about 2 months form seed for beans, squash, and cucumbers to start producing, August is absolutely the last chance to get them in as we want about a months worth of production in the fall, not one harvest before a freeze. Drip irrigation and mulch are certainly recommended. Soil mixes that drain well might need water each day at first. These containers have professional peat based potting soil and get watered about every 3 days. It's VERY IMPORTANT to watch them closely and water accordingly however. I need to finish mulching them!

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08/02/2022

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