849 Total Blog Posts
June
- Tadpoles in the Pond in Oregon!
- A Sea of Yellow; St. John's Wort Groundcover
- Harvest Your Seeds! Now's the Time for Seed Saving & Storage
- Don't Want to Lose Your Trees in the Next Big Storm? PRUNE THEM PROPERLY
- Plant Myth: Should You Fertilizer Your Plants with MILK?
- Grow Lighting: Tiny Tomatoes Indoors
- Tiny Plants: Sinningia Propagation
- Tiny Plants: Overwatered Cactus!
- Tiny Plants: Propagation Under Lights
- Tiny Plants: Micro Orchid Dryadella cristata in Bloom!
- Tiny Plants: A Favorite Tiny Succulent
- Tiny Plants: Plant Resurrection!
- Plant Parenting: Seed Chitting
- Gardening Under Lights: Use HO T5 Lamps for Seedlings
- Plant Parenting: Tomatoes can be Planted Deep
- Plant Parenting: Thinning Out Seedlings
- Plant Parenting: Use Coir to Increase Humidity for Seeds
- Plant Parenting: How to Know When to Transplant
- Plant Parenting: Herb Stem-Tip Cuttings
- Plant Parenting: Crops Vary in Days-to-Harvest
- Plant Parenting: Seeds Can Vary Greatly in Size
- Plant Parenting: Recycle Plastic Containers for Plant Cuttings
- Plant Parenting: Flower Pollination
- Plant Parenting: Stretch Your Plant Budget with Seeds!
- Plant Parenting: Rooting African Violet Leaf Cuttings
- Plant Parenting: Seeds Won't Germinate? Take Plant Cuttings Instead.
- Collecting Seeds from Your Garden: Asclepias
- Plant Propagation: Rooting Cuttings in Water
- Plant Parents: Ready to multiply?
- Grow Lithops, Living Stones, Indoors
- Grow Cymbidium Orchid Indoors
- Hens and Chicks Succulents Indoors
- Grow Ruffled Echeveria Indoors
- Cacti Are Succulents Too
- Grow Tent Sizing
- Hawthoria, Low-light Houseplants
- Grow Pony Tail Palm Indoors
- Grow Aloe Vera Indoors
- Can Succulents Grow in Low Light?
- Overwintering Succulents Indoors
- A Blooming Sea Urchin Cactus
- Grow Echeveria Indoors
- Reflective Wall Covering for Grow Lamps
- Growing Indeterminate Tomatoes Indoors
- Dual Arc Plant Grow Light
- Ladybug Larvae are Whitefly Predators
- Double-Ended HPS Grow Lamp
- Sansevieria the Perfect Houseplant for Low Light
- Bloomers that Beat the Summer Heat
- More Rain to Come?
- Fig Newton Trees
- Lots of Rain equals Lots of Pests!
- Basil: Plant and Grow Your Own Pesto!
- Passion Flower: Prized Garden Possession
- AAS/PPA Perennial Trial Opens for New Entries
- Cocktail Gardening: Blackberry Mint Margarita
- Tomato Time: What to do with all your tomatoes?
- Veggie Garden: The Summer Solstice Harvest is ON!
- Fresh Blackberries: It’s PIE season!
- Lavender that thrives in North Texas
- Malabar Spinach: Heat Tolerant Leafy Green
- Our Favorite Re-Seeders
- Tomatoes not setting fruit, or ripening?
- Mulching, Mulching, Mulching!
- Harvesting ‘Golden Mama’ Tomatoes
- Blue Agave as Living Fences in Ecuador
- I can’t help but be sad when I lose a chicken…
- Dramatic Pepper
- Trouble with Tomato Fruit Set this Spring?
- New Echinacea Cultivars in Bloom
- First the chicken, now the cat…
- RIP my little Einstein…
- Why Your Tomatoes Are Not Producing Fruit or Not Ripening
- Veggies That Can Handle Hot Climates
- Added New Chickens to the Flock
- Fabulous Finished Custom Chicken Coop
- Building a Custom Chicken Coop: Under Construction
- Gorgeous Summer Garden Blooms
- Backyard Chickens: Goodbye Scooter!
- The Strawberries Speak for Themselves…
- Backyard Chickens in the Garden
- I’m going to sail my zucchini boat away….
- Backyard Chickens Love Spaghetti!
- Month of Purple in the Garden
- Bottletree
- My Babies: Veggie Harvest
May
- What to Know About Gardening Around a Septic Drain Field
- Oregon Iris in my Forest
- No, I didn’t take crying lessons from Erika Kirk; I just don’t like pink!
- Welcome to My New Oregon Forest Farm!
- Courses: The Business of Horticulture and Selling Plants
- Milk Fertilizer: Fact or Fiction?
- Tiny Plants: With Big Personalities
- Tiny Plants: Micro Orchid Obsession
- Gardening Under Lights Goodreads Book Giveaway!
- Gardening Under Lights Advance Peek
- EmergentLive: From Passion to Profession BLAB session
- Prevent Mosquitoes Now!
- Time for Tropicals
- Heavy Rains Breed Mosquitoes
- TOCA Awards…What an Honor!
- Gardening Myth: It’s just too much work!
- Tomatoes setting fruit? Time to fertilize!
- Video: Black Diamond Crapemyrtles
- Food Flub: Cross pollination can be terrifying!
- Cool Ideas for Spring Containers
- Sunset Magazine Garden Photo Contest
- Crape Myrtle ‘Black Diamond’
- Have you harvested your garlic?
- Urban Backyard Beekeeping
- Backyard Bees!
- Whirling Butterflies…
- Smart Gardeners Save Arugula and Dill Seeds
- Fragrant Echinacea
- Diorama-O-Rama: Leslie of the Amazon!
- Inspecting a beehive…
- Meet the chicks…finally named them…
- The Beehives move home…
- Inspecting my beehives…
- How to Harvest Garlic
- Poor Einstein…she’s been henpecked, literaly…
- Phyllis has gone broody…
- The Succulent Project, Stage 2
- Rough Earth Snakes in the Garden
- How do you like your ‘Sapho’ tomatoes?
- Oakleaf Hydrangea blooming away…
- Harvesting Mixed Lettuce
- The first Nasturtium blooms…
- Is it strawberry time or what?!
- Proper Watering Techniques for Hot Climate Gardens
- First blooms on the Clematis ‘Ramona’
- Spring Texas Garden Plants in Bloom
- Test Garden Salad
- Squash and wine…that’s it…
- Summer Vegetables: The Sweet Spot
- Fyi..JULIE is the chicken lady…
- How to Properly Prune Cilantro
- Garden Tour May 2009
- Yard of the Month…this one’s for you Julie…
- Yes, more chicken pictures…
- Resurrection…Julie’s Sorrel…Not Spinach!
- Stone’enge…
- Garden Defenders: Beneficial Predators
- Backyard Landscaping Progress
- I SWEAR Chickens are Hip
- New Chickens Have Arrived
- April blooms…
- My Lady Friends…
- Horseradish Hot Head…
- Peach Thief
- Chaos in the garden…
- Gratuitous plant photos
- Spring Veggie Garden Update
April
- Spring Tulips in the Pacific Northwest
- Leslie's Wildscape Wildflower Lawn Project
- Gardening is Zip Code Local...Beware the Zone 5 Mafia!
- Yucca Plant Bugs
- Don't Wait Too Late to Plant Tomatoes in Texas
- In The Garden: Third Year’s A Charm
- Perennial Plant Association Southern Region Symposium ‘16: Sustainable Style
- AAS launches herbaceous perennial trial
- Green Industry: Are You Helping or Hurting Your Marketing Efforts?
- “Hey, can you help me find a home for my rooster?” No, no I can’t and won’t.
- Garden Tour: What’s in bloom?
- Everything Gardens - A Very Useful Permaculture Principle
- Why you should NOT be planting Impatiens this year…
- New Dallas Watering Restrictions
- New Strawberry ‘Fragoo’ Series
- Passiflora incarnata, Maypop!
- ‘Changsha’ Tangerine in Texas
- Nursing Abandoned Baby Silkies
- Baby Chicks…week 3 video
- Baby Chicks…week 2-3
- Baby Chicks…week 1
- First fruits of the spring…
- The Roses are Going Nuts!
- Blue Spiderwort Flowers UP CLOSE
- Blue Flower Groundcover: Ajuga ‘Catlin’s Giant’
- Should You Prune or Pinch Fava Bean Plants?
- Iris ‘Orange Glaze’
- Square Foot Gardening Soil Mix…Do I think it works for Texas?
- More Eggs!!!
- Backyard Chicken Keeping Program, Saturday, Dallas
- Japanese Maple ‘Oshi Beni’ seedlings…
- Chihuahua meets chicken…lol
- Asparagus…
- Grow Potatoes in Fiber Bags
- New Garden Bed Update
- Earth Day Veggie Garden Goings On…
- Help me name my new chicky babies…
- What Does an Emerging Peony Look Like?
- New York Times Starter Garden Series…
- Japanese Maple 'Oshi Beni'
- Backyard Bed Continued…
- New Backyard Bed
- Spring Blooms
- Chicken Run…
- Bye Bye Bulbs…Hello Roses!
- Trip to Antique Rose Emporium
- Spring Color
- Yay Spring…
- Teacup Fetish
- The Tiniest Survivor
- Nice Buds
- Iris pseudocorus
- Last one standing…
- Veggie Time
- Coming Up Roses
- Spring Favorites
- Garden Critters
- Welcome to my garden
March
- Trilliums on the Trail
- Sakura: The Cherry Trees are Blooming
- Humidity Domes for Seed Starting
- What is a Blind Plant Cutting?
- Should You Water Plants With Ice Cubes or NOT?
- BOTANY: Moss Spores!
- NEW Garden Soil Doesn't Mean BETTER!
- Pygmy Sundew Unboxing
- SUCCULENTS: Little Prince of Oregon Plant Unboxing!
- Plant Parenting: Seed Sowing Tips
- Plant Parenting: Direct Seeding into the Garden
- Home Harvest: The BEST Roasted Tomato & Rosemary Recipe
- Grow Lights: What are Lumens?
- Aphids on Peppers
- Why Aren't My Tomatoes Ripening?
- Grow Cuttings in an Automatic Propagator
- Thermoperiods for Plants in Grow Tents
- Light Photoperiods for Growing Squash Indoors
- Countertop Grow Lights
- Use a Humidity Dome to Root Cuttings
- Some Seeds Need Red Light to Germinate
- Coir for Seed Starting
- Grow Dwarf Squash Indoors
- Full-Spectrum Lamps Emit All Colors of Light
- Powdery Mildew on Indoor Plants
- Tiny Seedlings Need Bright Light
- Fiddleleaf Fig Care
- Grow Kale
- Grow Lamp Distance From Plants
- Ladybug Larvae Eat Whiteflies on Citrus
- Tips for Growing Oregano
- Counter-top Plant Growing Systems
- How to Water Orchids
- LED Grow Lights for Large Houseplants
- Combining Single Spectrum LED Lamps
- Pollinate Your Plants by Hand
- Daffodils Are On Their Way…
- Mason Bees are Powerful Pollinators
- Get Ready for Hummingbirds in the Garden
- Pretty Peonies
- Fresh in White
- Give Your Trees Some TLC
- Mason Bees are Powerful Pollinators
- March: It’s tomato time in Texas
- When it Comes to Strawberries, Sometimes Bare is Better
- Save the Bees! Special Mason Bee Kit Giveaway
- How Can You Not Love Bonsai?
- New Baby Chicks Have Arrived!
- White Flowers: Sophisticated and Serene
- Honey Bee Swarm
- Gardening No-No: Planting tulips in rows.
- Cocktail Gardening: First Day of Spring Spritzer
- Tulips are Blooming!
- Garden Chat on Ken Druse’s Real Dirt Podcast
- Spring Blooms in the Garden
- Natural Mosquito Prevention INSTEAD of Spraying!
- Day Length Effects Egg Laying Rate
- Arugula in Bloom
- In Dallas? Don't Wait to Plant Your Tomatoes!
- Gardening Tool Envy
- Streetside Garden Blooms
- Planting New Fruit Trees
- Containers with Black Petunias
- Beehive Building Project
- From spring, to snow, and back again…
- Amaryllis ‘Chico’
- Mmmm, deviled eggs…
- Frogs, Foam and Fuel: UC Researchers Convert Solar Energy to Sugars
- First poppy of the season…
- How Cool are Calendula Seeds?
- Mason Bees
- Spanish Bluebells
- The Chickens are Here!
- Rolling in Fava Beans…
- I Love Plant-Geek Gifts!
- Front Yard Vegetable Garden Beds
- Yay for snakes!
- Tomato ‘Golden Mama’
- Pretty as a peach…
- Grow Fabulous Mustard Greens
- Peachy Keen…
- Spring bloomers update…
- Sucker for Poppies…
- Oh my back hurts….
- And then there was snow…
- Spring is coming…
September
- Grow Your Greens: My Breakfast Veggie Pile!
- This is NOT My Tree
- Garlic Chives: A Tough Edible Ornamental Perennial Pollinator Plant!
- Coir vs. Peat Moss: What’s the difference?
- A Rose to Fill Your Garden or Home with Fragrance
- Plant Parenting: How to Identify Houseplant Diseases
- IF/THEN COLLECTION at the Dallas Zoo
- Can I Grow Carrots Indoors with Grow Lights?
- Tiny Plants: Codonanthe devosiana
- Indoor Plants: Burgundy Oxalis
- Tiny Plants: Bucephalandra ‘Black Pearl’
- Tiny Terrarium Plants: Marcgravia umbellata
- Gardening Under Lights: Light for Propagating & Growing Tiny Plants
- In the Garden: Zipper Spiders
- Botanical Nomenclature: How do I Correctly Write a Plant Species Name?
- Plant Parenting: Grow Lamps for Plant Cuttings
- National Indoor Plant Week Giveaway - Unboxing!
- Plant Parenting: Air Laying Propagation on Houseplants
- Plant Parenting: Spider Plant Babies!
- HPS Lamps Can Cause Plant Elongation
- White Full Spectrum LED Grow Lights
- How to Plant Bare-root Strawberry in Containers
- Measure Light with Quantum Flux Meter
- Recycle Plastic Garden Pots for Seed Starting
- Mixing Light Spectrums and Influencing Plant Growth
- Seed Stratification for Germination
- How to Fertilize Citrus Trees
- Why Did My Plant Die?
- Problems Growing Cucumbers?
- Small LED lamps work in Home Light Fixtures
- Indoor Seeding Station
- Estimating Grow Lighting Needs
- HO T5 Fluorescents Good for Seedlings
- HPS Grow Lamps Boost Plant Flowering
- Best Grow Lamps for Small Groups of Cannabis Plants
- Grow Lights: What is a Quantum Flux Meter?
- Warm Spectrum Light Triggers Plant Flowering
- CMH Grow Lamps Offer Full-Spectrum Light
- Tips for Growing Peas
- Two Phases of Cannabis Growth
- Keep Air Moving in Your Grow Tent
- Do Plants use UV Radiation?
- What Causes Tomato Early Blight?
- Grow Lights: What is a PAR Meter?
- Digital Ballasts for Grow Lamps
- Indoor Plants Turning Brown? Could be Low Humidity
- How to Seed Microgreens
- Tomato Vines Need Support
- Aquaponic Growing Systems
- Book Update: Gardening Under Lights
- Worms on the Ferns!
- Stunning & Stylish Iceland Poppies
- Whiteflies in the Garden
- Growing Amazing Clematis Varieties in Hot Climates
- Garden Look Nasty Post-Summer? Yep, Time to Refresh!
- Cascabela: A Tropical Texas Beauty!
- Plant Irises in Fall for Spring Blooms!
- Winning Summer Plant Duo
- Let your melons go to seed…and see what you get!
- Chili Tepin is rockin’ it…
- It’s Decorative Gourd Time!
- Evergreen Wisteria
- Time for Fall Veggies!
- Rain Lillies Blooming!
- FINALLY, the new baby chicks have moved outside…
- New Asian Jasmine ‘Snow-N-Summer’
- Organic chicken feed
- It’s Midnight…and you’re still at work…
- Praying Mantis
- The New Chickens are Laying Eggs!
- August Seeded Baby Bean Plants
- Rain lilies blooming…
- Chicken window…
- Time to Plant…Naked Ladies
- Leslie feeds the world…
August
- Tiny Plants: Hiking on the Ute Trail Alpine Tundra
- Plant Parenting: Overwatered vs Underwatered Plants and How Much Light do They Need?
- Plant Parenting: 7 Common Houseplant Pests and How to Get Rid of Them
- Plant Parents: Houseplant Unboxing from Little Prince
- Plant Parenting: Pruning & Training a Hoya
- CFL Grow Lamps
- Use Porous Pots to Grow Orchids Indoors
- When to Transplant Seedlings
- Fixtures for Fluorescent Grow Lights
- LED Growing Units
- Rooting Brugmansia Cuttings
- Miltonia Orchids Can Grow in Low Light
- Grow Basil Indoors
- Seed Peat Pellets
- What are Microgreens?
- Grow Oxalis as a Houseplant
- Transplanting and Potting up Seedlings
- Feed Your Carnivorous plants
- Harvesting Peppers Indoors
- Sooty Mold on Citrus Leaves
- LED Spotlights for Indoor Wall Gardens
- Aerial Roots on Tomato Plants
- Elm Bonsai Need a Dormancy Period
- Roots Forming on a Plant Cutting
- What is a Deep-water Propagator?
- Red Chinese Evergreen Houseplant
- Young Transplants Need Supplemental Light
- Spinach Grows Best in Cool Temperatures
- Don't Let Soil Get Soggy With Cuttings
- Blue Flowering Clematis Vine
- Temperature Range of Citrus
- Strawberry Plant Runner
- When do Orchids Bloom?
- Donkey Tail Spurge
- Grow Ghost Plant Indoors
- Kitchen Grow Light Shelves for Herbs
- Grow Succulents with LEDs
- MOON CARROT: I’m freaking out over this plant!
- New Plants: Keep your eyes out for these new silver beauties!
- Pilea peperomioides plugs have arrived!
- What Causes Texas Sage to Bloom?
- Texas Sage: Who wore it best?
- Beyond the Poinsettia
- Milkweed Tiger Moth Caterpillars
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Three Months of Green Industry Travel…Whew!
- Hot Climate Gardening: Watering in Summer Heat
- Harvesting Tomatillo
- Off to Ecuador!
- Proper watering in this Texas heat!
- Iris mystery solved!
- Hot Climate Gardening: Garlic Chives
- Off to IGC in Chicago…Then TNLA in San Antonio…
- Echinacea ‘Mac N’ Cheese’
- Dismantling the Vegetable Garden…Sniff, Sniff…
- Aggie Cotton in Bloom
- Butterfly Ginger in Bloom
- Hummingbirds at the door…
- Black Bumblebee…
- Hummingbird sightings!
- When You Forget to Harvest Your Okra
- Tomato hornworm THAT'S a Meaty Larva
- My Cucumbers and Melons Cross Pollinated
- Chicken bribery…mealworms.
- What Seeds to Start in August for Your Fall Garden
- Welcome to the GrowLively Blog
- Philippine Lily: A Bright Spot in the August Garden
- Dragonflies
- She got her hair did…
July
- What's the Difference Between a Fertilizer Ratio and a Guaranteed Analysis on the Bag?
- Christmas in July: The Love Language of Plants
- Produce Growers: How are consumers feeling about food these days?
- Favorite NEW PLANTS from Cultivate '21
- Plant Parenting: Germination Inhibitors
- Plant Parenting: Seed Pellets Make Seeding Easy
- Plant Parenting: New Roots at Plant Wound
- Plant Parenting: Tiny Seeds can be Hard to Collect & Germinate
- Plant Parenting: Cloning Succulents
- Plant Parenting: Some Plants are Female or Male
- Plant Parenting: Some Plant Cuttings Need a Callus
- Plant Parenting: Make Plant Clones From a Mother Plant
- Plant Parenting: Nigella Seed Pods
- Plant Parenting: Make New Succulents from Leaf Cuttings
- Plant Parenting: Grow Peperomia From Leaf Cutting
- Plant Parenting:Tomatoes Grow Air Roots!
- Plant Parenting: Pilea Make Pups Under the Soil
- Choose Bush Beans for Indoor Growing
- LED Efficiency Getting Better
- What is a Dormancy in Plants?
- Veggie Harvest
- CMH (LEC) Plug and Play Fixture
- Grow Lights: What are Qualitative and Quantitative Photoperiods?
- Use Yellow Sticky Cards to Control Fungus Gnats
- Grow Kale in Cool Temperatures Indoors
- Reduce Nitrogen Fertilizer When Tomatoes Begin to Flower
- LED Grow Light Bars
- Use CFL Grow Lamps in Home Light Fixtures
- Harvesting Dry Seeds
- Air Cooled Grow Lamps
- Hydroponic System Parts
- Garage Gardens & Grow Tents
- What are Chilling Requirements for Plants?
- Don't Bury Your Seedlings Too Deep!
- Dual-Band LED Produce Pink Light
- Senecio Succulents
- Understand Optimal Temperatures for Indoor Growing
- Different Sizes of Fluorescent Grow Lights
- Red Light Drives Photosynthesis
- Capillary Mats Help With Plant Watering
- Pink Frills Echeveria
- Fluorescent Grow Lights Great for Home Gardeners
- Gardening Under Lights: Is it a SCANDALOUS book?
- Use a Humidity Dome for Seedlings
- Are Unfertilized Female Cannabis Plants More Potent?
- UV-A and UV-B light
- Light-emitting Plasma LEP Grow Lamps
- Grow Phalaenopsis Orchids
- Hot Summer Harvest; in-season edibles
- Too Hot? Bring the Garden Indoors
- Cocktail Gardening: Blackberry Basil Mojito
- Plant Nutrient Profile: Potassium
- Using Coffee Grounds in the Garden
- Plant Nutrient Profile: Phosphorus
- Plant Nutrient Profile: Nitrogen
- I know it’s 106 F degrees…but I’m still planting.
- Time to start planning your fall garden!
- Agave Takes the Heat!
- Harvest in 100 degrees!
- Monsanto genetics “trespassing” onto organic farms.
- Rico Suave: Yes, my favorite Silkie is a BOY.
- Almost time to harvest my ‘Faerie’ melons!
- Reblooming Iris ‘Smell the Roses’
- Rose Rosette Disease
- Dallas Observer: Dallas People 2012, The Chicken Quixote
- Baby Chicks First Outside Adventure
- Honey extraction…first year
- Off to harvest backyard honey…
- Tough Summer Bloomers: Cone Flowers
- Tough Summer Bloomers: Pride of Barbados
- Cute New Baby Chicks
- Surprise!! I’m a new mom again!
- Update on the Beehives…
- Rose ‘Easy Does It’
- Pistils Nursery, Portland OR
- Bodacious petunias! Bauman Farms, Portland OR
- New Dwarf Tomato 'Sweet & Neat Scarlet'
- African Violet with GREEN FLOWERS!
- Many people using bat houses to fight against mosquitos | WCBD
- OFA - Ohio Short Course
- Einstein…chicken baby is growing up…
- Summer Vegetable Harvest
- Mad City Chickens…Texas premiere!
- Yay! Hummingbird sighting!
- OKRA: Ya love it or ya hate ii!
- I crack myself up…
- Pickling Habaneros…Wear Gloves
- Gotta Make Some Pesto!
- Holy Mole!!
- What’s Bloomin?
February
- HORTICULTURE BUSINESS Q&A HOUR: FREE!
- Potting Soil for Indoor Gardening
- Salvia benefits from Chilling
- Use Full Spectrum LED Grow Lights for White Light
- How Fast do Seeds Germinate?
- Heat Tolerance for Indoor Crops
- Compressed Seed Pellets for Seed Starting
- Citrus Require Bright Light
- Cannabis Grow Lighting Schedule
- Grow Cilantro Indoors
- Coneflower are Long-Day Plants
- African Violet Leaf Cutting
- Seed Pack Instructions
- Best Temperatures for Dendrobium Orchids
- Temperature and Humidity Levels
- Watts Only Tell You How Much Electricity Your Grow Lamp Uses
- Tips for Growing Cucumbers Indoors
- Trouble Germinating Seeds?
- Temperature Triggers Flowering in Some Plants
- CFLs are Efficient Grow Lights in Small Spaces
- Electronic Ballasts for Grow Lamps
- Lettuce Seeds Need Light to Germinate
- Can You Grow Different Orchid Types Together?
- LED Grow Lamps Can Generate Less Heat
- What are Dual-Band LEDs?
- Flexible LED Grow Light Strips
- Dual Lamp Grow Light Fixture
- Grow Lights: What is Yield Photon Curve?
- Watch Out for Incorrect Grow Lighting Measurements
- Killing Plants Like a Pro
- Killing Plants Like a Pro
- Fresh Asparagus Anyone?
- Time to Prune Fruit Trees in Texas
- Your Home Address in Succulents
- Dreaming of Gentians
- Foliage: The foundation of a garden
- Bulb blooms are early this year…
- It’s Tulip Time in Texas!
- Roly Poly Destruction! Or, what’s eating my pansies?
- Time to prune your roses in DFW!
- Fruit Trees for North Texas & Chilling Hours
- Abandoned Baby Silkie Update
- Chicken Drama…Hawk attacks and abandoned silkies…
- RIP Phyllis…you rocked.
- Begone Grass: New Landscape Beds Take it's Place!
- Spring Fever: New Landscape Beds
- Bring on the Bees!
- Which Wood is Best to Build Raised Garden Beds?
- Homemade Ginger Ale…mmmmmm
- Happy Snow Day from Dallas!
- First signs of spring…now signs of winter…
November
- Mycorrhizal Fungi: How it benefits your Soil & Hydroponic system
- Are Fungal Diseases Putting a Damper on Your Harvest?
- Hydroponics: Need a Good Flush? Flushing Agents can Help!
- Mistletoe: Does it Hurt My Tree?
- Sometimes You Need to Get Lost in Peru
- What are Chiltepin Peppers and How to Grow Them
- 2020 Plantgeek Gift Guide!
- How Much Sunlight for Salad Greens?
- Plant Parenting: Holiday Gift Guide for Plant Lovers!
- Hard Freeze: Should I Cover My Plants?
- Backyard Chicken Stories: Hawk Attack!
- Grow Lights: What is Kelvin (K)Temperature?
- Begonia Leaf Plantlets
- Scale Insects on Citrus Plants
- Tomatoes Won't Ripen? It's the Temperature!
- Start Seedlings Under Cool Full-Spectrum Lamps
- Light Requirements for Garlic to Form Bulbs
- Foam Root Plugs for Cuttings
- Grow Lights: Use Timers to Control Photoperiod
- Impact of PPFD Light Levels on Cucumber Plants
- Grow Dwarf Citrus Indoors
- Ferns Growing Under Indoor LEDs
- Grow Mixed Lettuce Indoors
- Grow Tent Considerations
- Grow Mint Indoors
- Can You Grow Citrus from Seed?
- New 2019 David Austin English Roses
- Use Grow Lights to Grow Citrus Fruit Indoors
- Grow Light Shelf Setup
- How Does Photosynthesis Work?
- Hot Temperatures Can Hinder Plant Growth
- Lamp Wattage and Distance Grow Lights
- Grow Carrots Indoors
- Can You Replace LED Grow Lamps?
- Growing Kale in Cool Temps
- Plantgeek Chic: Gardening Gifts for Plant Lovers
- Grow Arugula
- Countertop Lettuce with Grow Lights
- When to Start Fertilizing Tomatoes
- How Does Blue Light Affect Plant Growth?
- Use Ratchet Cords to Move Grow Lights
- Rooting Plants in Water
- The South Gets Sustainable at the 1st Annual Perennial Plant Association Southern Symposium
- Need easy low-light office plants? Here are a few favorites.
- Bulbine: This tough Aloe relative just loves to bloom!
- The Prettiest Pansies
- Green Friday
- Black Friday? No thanks…I do “Green Friday”!
- Force bulbs indoors now for the holidays!
- Tiny Terrariums!
- Garden Giveaway: Win a free in-depth garden consultation!
- Custom Tulip Combinations to Plant This Fall
- Almost Tulip Planting Time…
- Let the new garden begin…
- Salvia ‘Wendy’s Wish’
- Who is laying which eggs?
- Bees on the Passion Vine
- 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…
- Chasing Butterflies…
- Strawberry Pots…protect for winter
- Building a New Flagstone Patio
- Fall interest…
January
- Humidity And Houseplants, Growing Joy Podcast with Leslie Halleck
- Why are you FLF’ing yourselves? Fiddle Leaf Figs and WHY They Look So Sad
- TOTIPOTENCY! Begonia Petiole Leaf Cutting
- 2024 Gardening, Landscape, & Houseplant Trends from a Horticulture Expert
- Happy National Houseplant Appreciation Day! Bad Internet Plant ID
- Botany 101: Why are There Seedlings Sprouting From my Tomato?!
- 10 Steps to Grow Tiny Tomatoes Indoors from Seed to Harvest
- TOTIPOTENCY!
- What's the Difference Between Thanksgiving Cactus, Christmas Cactus, and Easter Cactus?
- Plant Parenting: Optimum Temperatures for Seed Germination
- Plant Parenting: Tips for Avoiding Damping Off in Seedlings
- Plant Parenting: How to Recognize Damping Off in Seedlings
- Direct Sow Lettuce Seeds in Pots
- Metal Halide Grow Lamps Produce Bright White Light
- Multicolor white LED Grow Lights
- Thin Your Seedlings
- Growing Plants Indoors
- What are HPS Grow Lamps?
- Grow More Dill!
- Aphids Thrive in Cool Temperatures
- Nanometer Specific Fluorescent Grow Lights
- Grow Strawberries in Fabric Pots
- Zygopetalum Orchids Bloom Better with Short Days
- Mounting Single Bar LED Grow Lights
- Grow Tents for Indoor Gardening
- Measure Light from Your Grow Lights
- Grow Bonsai Indoors Under Spotlight LED
- What is the Critical Photoperiod for Cannabis?
- What is an Aqua Garden?
- How Much Light Does Thyme Need Indoors?
- Indoor Gardening Spaces
- Direct Seeding Vegetable Crops
- Are Incandescent Lamps Good for Indoor Gardening?
- What Are LED Grow Lights?
- Weltschmerz: Why You are Houseplant Crazy!
- Rooting a Succulent Leaf
- Tulip Vernalization for Flowering
- Should You Use Incandescent Bulbs for Plants?
- Can You Grow Citrus Indoors?
- Why Are My Plants Stretching?
- CFLs Work Well in Small Spaces
- Salvia Stem Cutting
- Group Indoor Edibles by Temperature Needs
- Spotlight LEDs for Houseplants & Orchids
- New David Austin Roses
- January: Time to Start Your SEEDS Indoors!
- Pruning Your Fruit Trees
- Forage for Edible Flowers in Your Garden
- Can we talk roses? Rose Rosette on the rise.
- Plants with Style Baby
- Time to Seed Tomatoes
- Blog Re-brand
- Plantgeek Chic
- When Should I Prune My Roses?
- January is Pajama Gardening Month!
- Time to Plant Onions in Texas
- Aren’t you getting excited about spring?!
- Yard eggs versus grocery store eggs…
- Winter egg hiatus is over!
- New baby chicks ordered!
- Growing Iceland Poppies in Texas
- Rediscovering Barley
- I’m on day 3 of my L.E.A.P diet…
- Lost Hen in Dallas!
- Planting Bulbs in Your Lawn
- It’s a five egg day!
- My poor chickens…it’s so cold!
- How to Protect Garden Plants from Hard Freezes
- It’s good to be a gardener…
- “Winter” Veggie Garden update…
- Tasty Recipes for Fresh Turnips
- I know it’s January…but your garden needs you!
December
- Botany 101: What is a Perfect Flower?
- Plant Pests: Houseplant Sticky Traps
- Plant ABCs: Venus Orchid
- Do I Need Grow Lights for my Plants and Which Ones Should I Use?
- Plant ABCs: Love in a Mist
- Plant Parenting: Use Silicone Molds for Propagation
- Repotting a Seedling
- Custom Kitchen Grow Light Shelves for Herbs
- Cool & Warm Spectrum Fluorescent Grow Lights
- Many Plants are Photoperiodic
- Hydroponic Growing Systems
- Seedlings Will Stretch if Too Far From Light
- Speed up Seedlings with Heat Mats
- Haworthia Houseplant
- How Far From Grow Lights to Place Seedlings
- Where to Take a Plant Cutting
- Ideal Temperatures for Growing Broccoli
- Oedema Blisters on Indoor Pepper Plants
- Biodegradable Seed Pots
- Grow Lights: Choose the Right Quantity and Spectrum of Light
- Coir Mats for Microgreens
- What is Seed Chitting?
- Can You Grow Plants Using Only Red Light?
- CMH Grow Lamps Require Less Electricity
- Orchid Light Requirements
- Grow Rainbow Beets
- Why do Plant Leaves Change Color?
- Carnivorous Plants Need Bright Light Indoors
- Optimal Humidity for Indoor Plants
- African Violet: A Perfect Houseplant
- HPS Grow Lamp Light Spectrum
- Rooting Hormone Speed Up Plant Cuttings
- Three Categories of Plant Photoperiods
- Heat Generated by Grow Lamps
- Choosing Grow Lights
- Catteleya Orchids Require Short Days to Flower
- Snake Plant Thrives in Low Light
- Grow Tomatoes in Your Closet?
- Indoor lettuce
- New Landscape Project: Smart Irrigation Renovation
- Lots to do in the garden!
- Hello 40…
- Is it time to plant tulips yet?
- December in Texas…what to plant now.
- Live in Texas? Plant in Fall and Winter…reap the benefits next Summer.
- Camellia ‘Setsugekka’
- Chicken update
- New Begonia Variety ‘Gryphon’
- More photos from the Amazon, Peru
- Back from the Amazon, Peru…
- Too much lettuce?
- I’m off to Peru folks…
- The Best Tulips for Texas and How to Plant Them
- Gardener’s lingerie…
- Tulip planting day…
- Arkansas
October
- Plant Parenting: Houseplant First Aid Kit
- Plant Parenting: Cut down on waste by making paper pots!
- Plant Parenting: Seedlings Need Grow Lighting to Flourish
- Full Spectrum Grow Lights
- Air Cooled Grow Lamp
- Adjusting Height on Grow Lamps Changes Light Delivery
- Rose Stem Cuttings
- How to Harvest & Save Wet Seeds
- Grow Light Wattage per Square Foot
- Grow Lights: What are Facultative Long-Day Plants?
- Collecting & Saving Seeds
- CFLs Are Good Grow Lights for Living Spaces
- Narrow Grow Light Spectrum With LEDs
- Seeding Turnips
- LED Grow Lights Run Quietly
- Grow Vanda Orchids
- Humidity Dome Vent for Seedlings
- What are Chives?
- Do LED Grow Lights Cost More?
- How Light Effects Plant Development
- Orchids on Display
- Lighting Needs Depend on the Type of Plant
- How to Water Indoor Begonia Plants
- LED Zoned Grow Lamps
- Do Your Plants Have Chlorosis?
- Tomato 'Homeslice' for Indoor Garden
- Hydroton Pellets for Hydroponics
- Grow Lights Boost Your Indoor Plant Collection
- Countertop LED Growing Unit
- Vegetable Days to Harvest
- LED Grow Light Tech is Growing
- Fabric Pots for Container Tomato Plants?
- Use Full Spectrum LED Grow Lights for White Light
- Grow Microgreens in a Small Space
- Taking a Begonia Leaf Cutting
- Plant Rant: Which Texas Sage is it Really?
- Succulent Cuttings
- Collecting & Saving Seeds
- Pollination Powerhouses
- Boost Your Bulb Sales
- Premium Crops Grow Profits!
- When to Plant Vegetable Crops in Fall in Warm Climates
- Growing veggies? Check out The Fresh 20!
- Want to grow fall and winter vegetables?
- October Fine Gardening
- Fancy Bulb Forcing
- Harvesting Mushrooms
- Trailing Rosemary Blooming Gangbusters!
- My Garden Bottle Tree
- Edible Dallas & Fort Worth: The Cookbook!
- Chihuly at The Dallas Arboretum
- Love me some Cardoon!
- Big Bend Grasshopper
- Iceland Poppies: Fall Planted Winter Beauties
- Big Bend Journey
- Herbs: Make Your Own Winter Pesto
- Looking for a heat and drought tolerant perennial?
- Woolly Pockets planted up!
- Grow Your Own Salad
- Live in Texas? Time to plant some bulbs!
- New ‘Plentifall’ trailing pansies..Oooooo, aaaahhhhh!
- Do Tulip Bulbs Need Chilling in Texas?
- Fall Tomatoes in Texas
- Make Homegrown Pepper Relish
- Going to Peru…
- Morning coffee malfunction…
- October is Garlic Planting Season in Texas
- Wet Chicken: Have you ever seen anything sadder?
- Fall Harvest of Beautiful Beans
- Passion flower, Passiflora violacea
- Chickens are starting to earn their keep…
- Harvesting Fall Vegetables
- Grow Black Eyed Peas
