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  1. TXchickmum

    What did you do in the garden today?

    -four tomato varieties setting fruit! Cucumbers and squash are doing well. -harvested the last of the cabbage this morning. Bell pepper, salad pepper, and jalapeno plants are growing! -will harvest the rest of the lettuce later today. All of the perennial gardens are blooming in cycles. The...
  2. TXchickmum

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Well, everything thinks it is spring around here. -have spring bulbs shooting up in the perennial beds, buds on the blackberries, and buds on the Carolina Jessamine vines. It's 81 out there, and I broke a sweat in shorts/t-shirt. It's January. Goodness...... Anyway, I raked the leaves and mulch...
  3. TXchickmum

    What did you do in the garden today?

    It is 58 and cloudy, here. -supposed to be in the 60s and 70s for the next ten days. I need to mulch up leaves and add them to the compost. I love being able to spend a lot of time outdoors, but do wish we had a bit more of a winter season.
  4. TXchickmum

    What did you do in the garden today?

    I get what you're saying, here, completely. When we moved to our place 23 years ago, it was rural - surrounded by farmland and groves of large, old oak trees. Just about every square foot has been developed now. -so sad.... -and folks are really upset when bobcats and coyotes come into their...
  5. TXchickmum

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Checked on the winter crops. Cabbage looks great! The Carolina Jessamine is putting on blooms.
  6. TXchickmum

    What did you do in the garden today?

    -took the frost cloths off the garden. -warming trend on the way. The broccoli, cabbage, lettuce, and herbs seem to be fine.
  7. TXchickmum

    What did you do in the garden today?

    -checked on the garden. The frost cloth held in the wind. -chickens are doing well. -going to clip some herbs to go with dinner after I finish an afternoon hot cup of cinnamon spice tea!
  8. TXchickmum

    What did you do in the garden today?

    -Mulched/insulated the garden with leaves and covered with frost cloth. -brought container plants into the shed. We're supposed to be down to 7 degrees tomorrow evening. I imagine the blooming roses will be done for the season and ready to be cut back soon.
  9. TXchickmum

    What did you do in the garden today?

    The fall/winter crops are planted and looking good. Romaine lettuce, broccoli, and cabbage are new. The collard greens came back from last year's crop. Shocked!! The herb beds are still producing very well. The roses, society garlic, Autumn sage, Rudbeckia, bee balm, various salvias, lantana...
  10. TXchickmum

    What did you do in the garden today?

    45 degrees in North Texas, today. :rolleyes: -covered the tomatoes, bell peppers, and cayenne peppers with bell jars/cloches last night. -got down to the upper 30s. -will be back into the mid 80s in a few days. -going to get into the back garden area and tidy up the canna lilies that are emerging.
  11. TXchickmum

    What did you do in the garden today?

    ....and today it rains! -thankful for the good, soaking rain on the garden. -nice, cool weather in the upper 50s! :)
  12. TXchickmum

    What did you do in the garden today?

    -glorious day in the garden! -and there are American robin, cardinal, and mourning dove nests in the back yard trees/Carolina Jessamine vine! -very last of the collard greens on to cook!
  13. TXchickmum

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Almost 80 today. Whew! Bluebonnets are out!!!-and Lady Banks climbing roses!!!
  14. TXchickmum

    What did you do in the garden today?

    -Cloudy and 52 right now. -daisies are coming up everywhere in the front perennial bed. Gaillardia is about to bloom, also. -have been watching a robin construct a nest in the pear tree. -finally finished, and mama robin is on the nest! Butterflies have appeared in the gardens this week! :)
  15. TXchickmum

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Our blueberries are flowering!!! -planted a bush in a big whiskey barrel underneath a pine tree out back, and it has been an amazing producer for about five years, now! (planted in peat moss, and mulched over winter with pine needles) -rain today, so not much gardening. Cilantro, sage, thyme...
  16. TXchickmum

    What did you do in the garden today?

    -was 89 yesterday, 86 today, and rain beginning. -harvested a ton of collard greens this past weekend, but the rest are flowering. -need to get them in. The lavender is about to bloom. -Carolina Jessamine, Lady Banks roses, and some iris are blooming! -little Yorkie pal, Fergus, loves exploring...
  17. TXchickmum

    What did you do in the garden today?

    The collard greens are beginning to bolt. -time to harvest the last of them. This weekend will be around 70 degrees (and 79 is in the forecast for early week :rolleyes:). -will be taking in the last of the winter crop of lettuce, Swiss chard, and curly kale. -time to prep the beds for spring...
  18. TXchickmum

    What did you do in the garden today?

    It is already in the low to mid 80s, here. Yep. When summer sets in (and 100+ temps), all of the trees/vegetation provide wonderful shade for the chickens.
  19. TXchickmum

    What did you do in the garden today?

    -checking on the fruit and veggies. -Horseherb is taking nicely in the shade under the oak. -love this native ground cover! Flowers are blooming profusely! -summer perennials (daylilies, skullcap, lantana, oak leaf hydrangeas) are about to bloom and add color to the beds. The iris, pincushion...
  20. TXchickmum

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Two tomato plants are setting fruit, nicely. Cucumbers and crooked neck squash starting to vine. Four pepper plants are flowering. Blueberries have fruit (not ripe yet). Blackberry vines have beautiful flowers. -will be setting fruit soon!! Now, severe storms are forecast for tomorrow. :hmm
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