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Winter Veggies!
(L) Swiss Chard (R) Broccoli Winter is my favorite part of the gardening year. Our West Texas winters are fairly mild and conducive to growing beautiful greens, broccoli, kale, collards and garlic....
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Matters of the Heart
Dear readers, I thought it might be a good idea to tell you what’s going on and why I haven’t posted since February. It’s a matter of the heart…literally. After a routine checkup it was determined...
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Don’t Fall for It!
Thanks to http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk A lot of you gardeners may get offers from various mail-order nurseries of fruit trees and vines that are supposed to thrive anywhere. Don’t fall for it! I can’t...
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From Committed Carnivore to Voracious Vegan
I mentioned in an earlier post that, because of my heart surgery and, since I had not been successful in finding someone to work the garden at my direction, I wouldn’t try to put in vegetables this...
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Enough Protein?
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View ArticleIn the Summer Garden Now
Moving from east to west: figs, yellow crookneck squash, swiss chard, tomatoes, a couple of cucumber plants, zipper cream peas, okra, asparagus and a lonely young pomegranate. About the middle of...
View ArticleWarning to Vegan Converts!
As I mentioned in my last post, I am reading (actually, listening to) Michael Pollan’s new book, Cooked. Am I enjoying it? Well, yes and no. “Yes,” to the expanding of my foodview (I think this is...
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Controlling Bermuda Grass
Like most gardeners in my region, bermuda grass is a plague. As I have stated in previous blogs, it is a war that cannot be won. The best one can hope for is some control. Control is...
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Report from the Bermuda Front – 1
As I mentioned in my last blog, I am trying some different methods of controlling bermuda grass – my ubiquitous nemesis. It seems that all my experiments except one are not going to work....
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Chaya Experiment
In my search for perennial vegetables I recently came across Chaya, aka “Tree Spinach.” As I began to research this plant, I learned that it is native to the Yucatán and thrives in alkaline soil...
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