“Everything But…” – Home Grown Vegetable Stew
Cooking a full meal from the vegetable garden!
Tour with The Ground Up
Tour with a Houston, Texas Green Waste Recycling Facility, The Ground Up
Composting Methods, Cost Comparisons, and Earthworms. Oh My!
Have you Tried Composting with the Hügelkultur or Lasagna Gardening Metho
Easy and Affordable Composting
Simple introduction to composting. Great guide for new gardeners. You’ll get my “no-no” and “yes” list for composting materials and an easy way to start today.
How to Start Your Houston Garden
4 tools you will need to start planning your garden and landscape today
Satsuma Ohnaga Bitter Melon
These edible, very bitter gourds have been a really interesting addition to the HDG Vegetable Test Garden. With wild 2021 weather, I was not confident these would make their debut this year. Fortunately they did, and they were a hit! Improper Seed Starting: My first attempt at germinating seeds was…
Lemon Balm Eucalyptus
A review of Lemon Balm Eucalyptus in the HDG Test Garden, a 2 acre site devoted to testing plants in Houston, Texas.
Lantana
Today let’s talk about a flowering plant that is native to the tropical Americas. The Purple Training Lantana and New Gold Lantana, or Lantana montevidensis and Lantana x ‘New Gold’ respectively, are outstanding examples of the Lantana family. The Purple Training flourishes in USDA Zones 8-10, while the New Gold…
Pride of Barbados
Caesalpinia pulcherrima, more often known as Pride of Barbados (sometimes referred to as Bird of Paradise, although this common name belongs to another plant), is a favorite medium to large, tropical shrub for Texas landscapes. You can expect this fast-growing plant to reach 4 to 8 feet tall and around…
Coneflower
Echinacea spp. also known as Coneflowers, are a popular and colorful perennial accent for landscapes, gardens, and as cut flowers ranging in height from 24 inches to 4 to 6 feet. Hardy from zone 2 to 10 depending on the variety, they require full sun to partial shade, average watering,…