January 3 , 2019
Dealing with Drought: Flora Grubb
2018 took Texas uncanny atmospheric condition over the top . Starting with drawn-out frost and even a bit of snow on New Year ’s Eve , we bang into drought and 51 days of over-100 ° . Autumn brought record rains and a water system boil mandatory due to the rush of piddle from the Highland Lakes . On November 14 , our hands were benumbed tapingShirley and Neal Fox’swater careful garden , unfazed even with a track record early freeze ( 24 ° ) on November 15 . Watch their story on February 23!It was one of the few years that CTG got rained out for location tapings ( though we slogged through some anyway ) . We even conducted our first fireside interview indoors with Colleen Jamison and Bruce Baldwin . Their charming , drouth - hard garden coming your way February 9.And this week , record rain again ! My coneflower ( Echinacea purpurea ) took it quite in stride , quick to ring in 2019 with blossoms . Along a shady strip show , native coralberry ( Symphoricarpos orbiculatus ) did n’t get frazzle either . Birds will shortly pluck those lavender - hued little berries . So about that early freeze : Daphne explains why it can be specially negative after growth spurts in showery autumns . Find out more and why to wait to prune off price , especially in these deceptively warm topsy - turvy days!Native Texan Flora Grubb have it away all about our wild hand - wringing weather . When she moved to San Francisco , she took along her drouth - sensitive cognisance to ( eventually ) her new garden . To facilitate gardeners and architect make stylishly gorgeous outdoor support and water - thrifty gardens , she opened her garden shop and design centerFlora Grubb Gardensin San Francisco ’s Bayview field . Since drouth is definitely not off the radio detection and ranging , Flora joined us on a stumble back to Texas last spring to explore designing ism as water conservation crosses more mete . Watch her playfulness and on - target philosophy correctly nowto bosom drought with passion and blessing . And check out co-worker Jason Dewees ’ novel book , Designing with Palms!Soon , we ’ll be cut back fruit tree ( and other trees , too ! ) . Zach Halfin , garden manager atThigh High Gardens , a permaculture educational farm in San Marcos , picks the prick to make your job bully penetrative . On tour , Margie and Al McClurg do n’t water much , thanks to adaptable plants on their rocky site andStronger Than Dirt’s(woman - work company headed by Julie Clark ) yearly app of compost . In their court garden , they do get to watch wildlife every season ( and harvest unused vegetables ) since garden architect Jackson Broussard ofSproutpulled together Margie ’s plant and ideas into a cohesive , romantic design . Watch their narrative now !
Thanks for terminate by ! See you next hebdomad , Linda
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