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Gulf Coast Gardening
Gulf Coast Gardening shares a wealth of information about…well…gardening. Here, you’ll find articles on vegetable gardens, landscaping, native plants, pests and beneficial insects. You’ll also find DIY guides on planting times, when and how to care for your lawn, and tools you may need.
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The deep freeze killed my plants. Or did it?
Your landscape looks horrible. Most of your plants – even some of your evergreen perennials – look like a herd of elephants stomped through them. Your lawn has turned yellow and brittle. In fact, your entire landscape and yard look pretty ragged and ugly. What to do? If may seem
All about Angel’s Trumpet (Brugmansia)
Angel’s Trumpet can grow from 6 to 35 feet tall and 3 to 10 feet wide, but I’ve seen some larger. The plant comes in many different varieties -from blue and purple, red, brilliant yellow, orange, and blushing pink. Angel’s trumpets are members of the Solanaceae family, which includes Belladonna,
Vegetable Garden Chart
Here you will find month-to-month guides on what to do and when to do it for vegetables, fruit, native and adapted plants, trees, soil care, trees and lawns. Print them out and put them in your garden shed, your garage, or in your garden records book. You will also find
December Garden Chores
Take care when pruning freeze-damaged plants Although we expect this winter to be dryer and warmer than usual, this doesn’t preclude an occasional freeze. As a result, don’t prune freeze-damaged plants until spring. The damaged parts do provide some insulation against possible future freezes. Additionally, pruning may cause plants to
November Garden Chores
If your November garden chores include bulbs, roses, shrubs and woody vines this month, then get your soil ready. Bring in some compost to increase the soil biome. While you’re at it, get some mulch to lay on top of the compost. We can mulch them with a mulching lawnmower,
October Garden Chores
Can you already smell Fall in the air? October’s a great time to do garden chores…summer’s finally gone—and we get lots of summer here. It’s cooler to work in the garden. We have to take fewer breaks from the heat. And we all feel invigorated and ready to feel our
About
Gulf Coast Gardening
At Gulf Coast Gardening our desire is to provide information about gardening…not only for us green-thumb (and some of us “black thumb”) veterans but also for all our beginning gardeners.
There are about 16 million people living along the Gulf Coast in Zones 8 and 9. About 25% are home gardeners, which means that home gardeners along the Gulf coast from Corpus Christi to Tampa number about 4 million. That’s a lot of gardeners.
Some of us grow vegetables and fruit, some grow ornamentals, some grow indoor plants, and many of us do all these things. A third of us are over 35, while the number of those under 35 is increasing day by day.
I am interested in your feedback, questions, suggestions, and observations. You can contact me.
My Upcoming Gardening Book
Gardening is a form of communication all its own – shortcut to the language of the heart, not the mind. Raising tomatoes, beans, roses or even native plants is a means of positive communication between all folks, young and old, physically able and physically and intellectually challenged, between all ranges of political, social, and philosophical differences.
I hope you find this book helpful and resourcesful.
