February 13 , 2020
Tasty Ideas in Old Garden + Oak Wilt
Many of my plant come with a cherished memory board of the somebody who shared them with me , including this former - bird white bearded iris , first on the punch once again in February ’s suntan to Charles Percy Snow weather . I glide by them along , too , like my perennializing Leucojum . I planted a few long ago after admiring them in old gardens . Eventually , they multiplied into tidy little bunch of long - lasting foliage to fill in while perennials are dormant . When the leave brown , I dig up a few to line walkway or percentage . Narcissus ‘ Marieke ’ is only a few years older for me , but it ’s been a reliable return to brighten the horizon out the front window . Something else that also gets passed along : fungal disease , like tar bit on this live oak . To me , it look rather like jet-black mold . A quick way to severalise the difference , Daphne tells is , is that we can rub off sooty moulding , a fungal growing on insect secretions . Usually appearing in cool , humid conditions , Jack-tar spot ’s not a concern , but skim up and toss out leaves as they fall is one way to battle it . Thanks to director Ed Fuentes for grabbing these shots!Daphne ’s also got your bakshis for winter pruning , fertilizing lawns ( Memorial Day , July 4 , Labor Day ) and the best way to wrangle spring weeds . Watch now . Oak wilt does fatally affect our red oak , live oaks , and white oaks . Board Certified Master Arborist Kevin Belter fromArborCare & Consultingexplains what causes it and how to take proactive care . authoritative line : you may certainly institute these Tree , like medium - sized Lacey oak tree . Do blusher cuts or wounds immediately ( even well-defined spray paint is fine ) . And follow unspoiled garden practices to branch out since interconnected ascendent carry the fungus . Watch now !
Another resource for you isThe Texas Oak Wilt Partnership .
In the kitchen : To fancy up dinner quickly , Molly Pikarsky , Flora and Fauna Manager at Lake Austin Spa , link up young Word Max to top buttery bread with herbs and ail for homemade toasty gourmet in minute . observe now !
On tour:“Pressing the restart button ” is how San Marcos high shoal instructor Dawn Houser feels about her garden that she quicken with clever ideas and repurposed discovery . At her 1940s bungalow , yield trees , vegetables , and herbs companion with flowering perennial in a wildlife habitat , no - lawn garden . With muscularity power and creativity , she controlled flooding . To border new beds , Dawn lay 30 yards of river rock over white soil to fend off showery day pet paw clay pits . fortunately , former possessor had put bricks for a back - room access terrace and cement pavers alongside the garage . “I recollect think that those are rug . So I used them to divide my garden into rooms . And I just did my landscaping around them and just fill in all the stone , ” she tells us . Combining sustainability , practicality , and vibrant personality , she designed her greenhouse / pot shed with leftover building material . All she bribe were screws . The potting board started as a eatery throwing away that she took apart and then build a top out of plyboard . Even in January , when we recorded last year , citrus plants like grapefruit , Meyer lemon , and Satsuma orange tree glowed with embonpoint succulence . In her microclimate , she usually does n’t even protect in cold snap . Part of the playfulness of her old house is unearth art object of the past . To sum up her memory , she tucks in rocks and shells from her escapade . Watch her taradiddle now!And thanks for stopping by ! See you next week , Linda
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