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Front Yard Project: Part 5 – Planting Has Begun!

By ⋅ December 3, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Planting has started!! I wanted to get some of the main architectural plants installed first so I could begin to visualize other aspects of the planting bed designs. I have a high level plan that we are working from, along with a plant list, but there are many detailed elements that are yet to be […]

Front Yard Project: Part 4

By ⋅ November 30, 2007 ⋅ 3 comments

We are well into filling the new raised beds with dirt. I don’t know how many tons of dirt we will end up using for these three beds, but it is a lot of dirt. The second truck full of dirt was delivered yesterday, and another large truckload will be delivered today. With the help […]

Front Yard Project: Part 3

By ⋅ November 23, 2007 ⋅ 3 comments

The cold weather has finally arrived, just in time for Thanksgiving. We went from a record high 89 degrees to 50 degrees in about two hours on Wednesday afternoon. The rain is forecast to commence late this afternoon, and then to continue all weekend, and the temperatures are going to stay in the 40s. Brrrr. […]

Front Yard Project: Part 2

By ⋅ November 14, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Removal of the primrose hedge on the east side of the house is moving along quickly. It is surprising how much of a difference it makes to the view of the front yard from the house to have this hedge gone. Even though I tried to keep this hedge well trimmed, these plants grow so […]

The Front Yard Project: Part 1

By ⋅ November 11, 2007 ⋅ 4 comments

As I mentioned in my last post. We have started to work on a landscaping project in our front yard. We built a cedar fence to define the space last year, but we just recently began the rock work that will form the raised beds. We are filling the raised beds with Geo Growers Thunder […]

Planting Pansies

By ⋅ November 10, 2007 ⋅ 2 comments

We had a cloud burst early in the morning this morning which yielded about an eighth of an inch of rain, and made the conditions perfect for planting the three flats of pansies and violas that I got yesterday. I planted some in pots and some in my raised beds. Potted Pansies Potted Pansies Potted […]

Veggies in the Fall Garden

By ⋅ October 31, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

The rain has completely stopped here, and the mornings are getting really chilly. We haven’t been down to freezing yet, but we have been close. I’m going to have to start covering my tomatoes at night if it gets any colder. Everything is doing really well except for my squash. It may be too cool […]

I Love Fall Gardening

By ⋅ October 1, 2007 ⋅ 9 comments

I think that fall is the best season for vegetable gardening here in Central Texas. Perhaps it is because I really like greens and cole crops, but I usually get pretty good production from warm weather crops in the fall as well. Even though it doesn’t feel a whole lot like fall here yet, I […]

Here Comes the Rain Again

By ⋅ August 16, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Tropical storm Erin is bringing us rain today, and cooler temperatures. I know many folks in the area are not glad to see the rain, but it was getting a bit dry here so I am happy to be getting a mid-August storm. I finally got some fall crops started in seed trays yesterday. Some […]

Put Out My First Tomatoes of the Season

By ⋅ March 19, 2007 ⋅ 3 comments

Yesterday seemed like the perfect day to put out my first tomato transplants of the spring. The soil in my raised beds was still cool and moist from the recent rains, and the forecast for the week is for mostly cloudy days in the low 70s and moderate nights in the mid 60s. More rain […]

What’s Going on at Lost Valley Gardens

By ⋅ January 31, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Spring is just around the corner here in central Texas, and it is time to get the Lost Valley Gardens nursery and plant production operation back into action. Our landscaping business has been steady, even through the winter. Ron has been working on a deck for the past few months. That project continues to go […]

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