All Blog Posts from 2009
December
- More photos from the Amazon, Peru
- Back from the Amazon, Peru…
- Too much lettuce?
- I’m off to Peru folks…
- Question #2: What is the best raised bed soil mix?
- Question #1 of the day: My veggies aren’t ripening on time!
- Question of the day: Is my lettuce safe in this winter weather?
November
- The great vegetable giveaway…
- Who is laying which eggs?
- Bees on the Passion Vine
- So I can’t eat tomatoes anymore…Kill me now!
- A morning bouquet of roses…
- Einstein is a Houdan…not a Polish…a chicken surprise…
- ‘Four Seasons’ Viola…My new fave…
- Go ahead….feed that orchid addiction…
- Chicken Pox…my poor babies…
- What to plant right now…
- Chasing Butterflies…
- Strawberry Pots…protect for winter
October
- Ode to Rhino Beetle…
- Fall Tomatoes…
- Don’t forget…Botany of Desire on PBS tonight!
- Time to make pepper relish…
- It’s a Pesto Party!
- Going to Peru…
- New Magazine: Urban Farm
- Morning coffee malfunction…
- Fresh Peppers = Skillet stuffed peppers for dinner…
- Time to Plant: Garlic
- Wet Chicken: Have you ever seen anything sadder?
- Fall harvest of beautiful beans…
- Passion flower - Passiflora violacea
- Chickens are starting to earn their keep…
- What to plant this weekend…
- Dallas Orchid Show this Weekend…don’t miss!
- Chickens in the news…again…
- Michael Pollan’s Botany of Desire on PBS
- Harvesting fall vegetables
- Off to Salt Lake City for True Value
September
- Organic chicken feed
- It’s Midnight…and you’re still at work…
- Praying Mantis
- Time to Plant: Broccoli, lettuce, fava bean seeds
- “Think” KERA podcast show on chickens
- Garden Center Magazine Sustainable Living Article
- I’ll be on “Think” on KERA 90.1 tomorrow, Tuesday at 1pm
- Chickens are laying…more new eggs!
- Wordless Wednesday: Can’t talk, eating weeds.
- Time to Plant: Bulbs!
- Malabar Spinach
- Baby bean plants…
- Rain lilies blooming…
- First Eggs!! Look what little Einstein did!
- Chicken window…
- Chicago…Independent Garden Show (IGC)
- Garden & Gun…
- Time to Plant…Naked Ladies
- Time to Plant…fall seeds
August
- Backyard Chicken Sales at North Haven Gardens are back on!
- Aggie Cotton in bloom…
- Butterfly Ginger is blooming…
- Hummingbirds at the door…
- House Bill HR 2749 - the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009
- Fall Veggie Garden Class, NHG today, 1pm
- August Garden Lovelies…
- Black Bumblebee…
- Hummingbird sightings!
- When you forget to harvest your okra…
- Tomato hornworm….that’s some meaty larvae…
- Carolyn…my cucumbers and melons cross pollinated…so, cumelons or melumbers?
- Starting the fall veggie seeds…
- Chicken bribery…mealworms.
- Mad City Chickens Premiere, Dallas…
- Time to start fall vegetable seeds…
- Julie, Julie, oh where art thou Julie? AWOL
- Welcome to growLively
- Fall Veggie Gardening Class at NHG August 12th
- A bright spot in the August garden…Philippine Lily
July
- Viva la Chickens!
- OFA - Ohio Short Course
- Einstein…chicken baby is growing up…
- Cucumber Cornucopia
- Nursery Pot Recycling Program at NHG
- Summer Veggie Harvest…
- Mad City Chickens…Texas premiere!
- Nikki’s Tomatoes: Round 2
- Urban Chickens…see, I’m not the only crazy one…lol
June
- Why your tomatoes arent producing fruit, or aren’t ripening…
- Green Dallas…should mean more than it does…
- Veggies that don’t fry in 103 degree heat…
- Dallas Climate….why your tomatoes won’t fruit in summer…
- New Chickens…
- Hmmmm, something smells fowl…
- The Fabulous Finished Chicken Coop…
- New Chicken Coop Under Construction…
- Summer Garden Blooms…
- Goodbye Scooter…
- The Strawberries Speak for Themselves…
- Chickens in the garden…strike a pose…
- Nikki Found the Camera
- Aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh!!!! :)
- I’m going to sail my zucchini boat away….
- Chicken Noodle Fun…
- Nikki Teases You with Talk of Potatoes
May
- Gratuitous garden photos…
- Lovely dinner salad…
- Squash and wine…that’s it…
- Summer vegetables…sweet spot
- Fyi..JULIE is the chicken lady…
- Some tips on pruning…“confused”
- Question of the day: Did I kill my cucumbers with kindness?
- Garden Tour May 2009…
- Yard of the Month…this one’s for you Julie…
- Garden Tour…
- All Growns Up
- Novels starring gardens
- Yes, more chicken pictures…
- Here comes trouble
- Resurrection…Julie’s Sorrel…(not spinach)
- Stone’enge…
- Garden Defenders…
- Backyard Progress…
- I swear…chickens are hip…
- Crazy chickens…
- April blooms…
April
- Potato Bag Update…
- New Bed Update…
- No one said chickens were rocket scientists…
- Earth Day Veggie Garden Goings On…
- Help me name my new chicky babies…
- Chicken Escape…and the Destruction that Ensued.
- My Penchant for Peach…
- Peony popping up…
- Rose Petals…
- New York Times Starter Garden Series…
- Lovely Japanese Maple…
- Backyard Bed Continued…
- New Backyard Bed…
- Spring Blooms
- Chicken Run…
March
- Spanish Bluebells
- The Chickens are Here!
- Millions of Peaches, Peaches for Me…
- Rolling in Fava Beans…
- I Love Plant-Geek Gifts!
- Front Yard Veggie Beds…
- The Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009
- Yay for snakes!
- Tomato ‘Golden Mama’
- Pretty as a peach…
- Patio update…for Caro
- Fantastic Mustard Green…
- Prime Real Estate…