January 11 , 2018
Oak Wilt, Fruit Tree Prune, Food & Flower Fun
Already , January ’s been as mercurial as a cat-o'-nine-tails . Between Texas - fashion nips , spirt of sunlight warm up up a few crispy plants , like Barbados cherry . It urgently needed cutting back anyway , a job for March . In this petty cove , it ’s business as usual for Jerusalem sage and rose along with wild flower , bulbs , and pink helmetflower . ‘Country missy ’ mamma is bound and make up one’s mind to keep a few insect feed . Indoors , Amaryllis ‘ Lagoon ’ is in its prime quantity . A dainty fromWhite Flower Farm , I unexpectedly knocked off one flower — almost as big as my hand — while closing the open window one balmy evening . All was not lost ; in fact , it ’s quite a incentive on my kitchen windowpane ledge . Native and accommodate tint trees do n’t care about our dips into the 20s . What WILL kill them is mounding soil or mulch against the base of the trunk . Questions about trees ruled my 2017 inbox . When should you feed trees , how do animals vote down trees , and when can we prune oak trees susceptible to oak wilting ?
Mark Mann , ISA Certified Arborist withThe Davey Tree Expert Company , puts us in the know . Plus , get a heads up on the latest terror to crepe myrtles go our manner . So , what about these foggy increase on live oak trees?Veronica Junghanssent in this great picture ofCynipidwasp resentment ( and other galls ) on her tree . Daphne explains theCynipidwasp life cycleand why these galls are not a danger .
Now , here ’s another incredible natural design ! WhenChris and Sharan Happelpruned their chincapin oak , look what they found!Zach Halfin , tree advocate , shew yield tree pruningat aYard to Market Co - opworkshop . This local organization empowers small-scale scale growers with marketing , sales , and distribution of their sustainable crop . If things nonplus too feverish last fall to inseminate golden California poppy seeds in your wild flower cheery beds , you should be able to pick up transplants , at least in a few workweek . They’ll pop in color and please the bees while we ’re whop back dormant perennial . Plus , you ’ll get peck of seeds to plant next dusk . I’ve never had fate with them , though , andDaphne explicate why . This westerly U.S. aboriginal motive shallow , even bouldered land .
If you ’re on big soil as I am , build up some well - drained berms , or tuck them into your containers .
Warm up your winter with the heartwarming Bernsen family in La Grange who cultivate joy and batch of fun along with organic food . Need a few pourboire ? The Bernsen kid clan is ready to help . Along with tending their own garden bed , each nestling claims a recycled container to paint and plant . Personal appreciation and grammatical construction , yes!To maximize product , homemade trellis keep busy all year long where wintertime ’s climber will supercede summertime ’s intense love apple and squash product . Usually , inexpensive wedding tulle works fine for them in wintertime and helps protect against chomping louse . Watch now for all their tips !
And thanks for stopping by ! See you next week , Linda
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