
August Garden Chores
Hot, hotter, hottest –the norm for this month along the Gulf coast. What gardeners like you and me need most is WATER! I’ve got seven

Hot, hotter, hottest –the norm for this month along the Gulf coast. What gardeners like you and me need most is WATER! I’ve got seven

If July is anything like June, it’s going to be a hot one again. So that means wearing protective clothing, and a broad-brimmed hat. If

Clothing June is traditionally very hot in USDA Zones 8 and 9, as you know, so be sure when you’re out in the sun to

May marks the beginning of the summer’s brutal heat along the Gulf Coast. Vegetables, annual ornamentals, perennials, fruit and other trees are feeling the heat.

May marks the beginning of the summer’s brutal heat along the Gulf Coast. Vegetables, annual ornamentals, perennials, fruit and other trees are feeling the heat.

Those tomatoes you planted in early March are flowering, promising a bumper crop. Daylilies are blooming. Hummingbirds are dominating your feeders, Turk’s Cap, and other

Spring, for most of us in USD’s cold hardiness zones 9 and 10, arrives in March. It’s the best time to be gardening. As Francis

It’s February, and time for mulching, pruning, fertilizing and just one more month until spring here on the Gulf Coast. Most of us gardeners are

Want an abundant vegetable garden? Lush lawn? Healthy and beautiful flowers? Then the lowly earthworm can help you. They’re hard workers, and can help you