Show mom your blossoming love
Mom has always kept flowers around: in the window sill, in the flower bed, in a vase. You can never have too many flowers, especially for decorating the yard and house. Mom has always meant a lot to...
View ArticleBelieve in seeds: They'll expand your gardening horizons
“Plant seeds” may seem like an inane suggestion for a gardening column. But I’m serious. More and more people who garden these days put plants rather than seeds into the ground.In the old days, the...
View ArticleGardening Calendar: What to plant through June
MAY- Plant okra, southern peas, sweet potatoes, sweet corn and beans when soil temperatures stay 65 to 70 degrees or higher at a depth of four to six inches.- Plant pinto beans for fall harvest.-...
View ArticleHow to garden with pets in mind
Veterinarians are beginning to preach the gospel of gardening — primarily how organic fruits and vegetables can be used to improve the health of family pets.Everything from carrots to leafy vegetables...
View ArticleGardening Calendar: What to plant through June
MAY- Plant okra, southern peas, sweet potatoes, sweet corn and beans when soil temperatures stay 65 to 70 degrees or higher at a depth of four to six inches.- Plant pinto beans for fall harvest.-...
View ArticleAcross the nation
HONOLULUDemonstrators planted coconut trees and waved signs in rallies across the Hawaiian Islands as part of an international day of protests against agriculture business Monsanto.The protesters on...
View ArticlePeffley: Take care in pruning Spanish Broom to avoid 'brooms'
If you are anywhere near the golden-yellow flowering shrub with bright green foliage that is now in bloom everywhere around Lubbock, you will be cocooned within a heavy, sweet, pungent fragrance of the...
View ArticleGardening Calendar
JUNE■ Start pansy seeds for transplanting in September.■ Suffocate mites with highly refined summer oils, sprayed as directed on the product label when air is still cool.■ Watch for weeds. They steal...
View ArticleHelping plants grow up by staking them
“Grow up.” That’s what I tell some of my plants.Upright plants, bathed in air, are less apt to get fungal diseases, and those bearing fruits — tomatoes, for example — are less likely to have their...
View ArticleDivorces Granted
DIVORCES GRANTEDCynthia Daun Flowers and Joe Storey FlowersPaula Mae Parsley and Chad Morgan ParsleyVirginia Marquez-Sigaran and Edwin Roberto Marquez-SigaranLeigh Ann Church and Dejay John...
View ArticleHelping pollinators, one city flowerpot at a time
Even a little effort — a potted plant, say, on an apartment balcony — can mean a lot when trying to help restore declining pollinator populations like bees, bats, and butterflies.“Every contribution is...
View ArticleGardening Calendar: What to plant in June and July
JUNE■ Start pansy seeds for transplanting in September.■ Suffocate mites with highly refined summer oils, sprayed as directed on the product label when air is still cool.■ Watch for weeds. They steal...
View ArticleThis summer is going to be a hot one
Don’t let the recent rain fool you, long range weather forecasts are predicting a dry, sunny summer through June and July. Plants that larger companies have shipped in may be pretty in the store but...
View ArticlePeffley: Female parent of Kalettes possibly Red Russian
In March we had a column on Kalettes™, a new vegetable on the market. Reader J.W. asked for a follow-up on Kalettes and that is today’s focus. As you may recall, Kalettes is a hybrid between kale and...
View ArticleInexpensive ways to boost a home's curb appeal
Curb appeal can go a long way toward making a home more attractive to its inhabitants as well as prospective buyers once the house is put on the market. Improving curb appeal is a goal for many...
View ArticleCatalpa in bloom is like a tree full of orchid blossoms
I stopped to stare at some buckets of flowers at a farmers market last Sunday. The white flowers, their throats speckled purple and yellow and grouped together on stalks like a candelabra, looked...
View ArticleSummer appreciation sale is happening now
As the summer reaches its midway point, and the sun starts to really heat up, it is hard to believe in about six weeks school will be starting. Cool weather won’t be far behind. Gardener’s Outlet has...
View ArticlePeaches ripe at pick-your-own Lubbock orchard
Sheela Noble never thought she would see this many peaches.But after a nearly-ideal growing season, some of her tree branches hold too much of a good thing.Overflowing fruit clusters have weighed down...
View ArticleGardening Calendar: What to plant through June
MAY- Plant okra, southern peas, sweet potatoes, sweet corn and beans when soil temperatures stay 65 to 70 degrees or higher at a depth of four to six inches.- Plant pinto beans for fall harvest.-...
View ArticlePeffley: Yarrow keeps flowering in hot, dry days
Common Yarrow is a favorite blooming ornamental popular in xeric landscapes and rock gardens. Even with our recent hot, dry days yarrow keeps flowering. Common Yarrow, Achillea millefolium, is placed...
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