Garden Wearables Plus

To all who have attempted to read many of my "unintelligible" posts, My apologies for not "saving" my proofread corrections. My apologies for excitedly moving so fast to express myself online that I skipped a step or two causing my post to appear as if a mad woman was posting. Again, my apologies. And thank you for your attempts to read my post. I believe I'm done with my corrections now. Have a great day, and happy gardening.♥️👍

Sometimes winter (cooler temps) can be a great time to dig and/or prep the ground for spring and summer plantings as long as the ground isn't hard but moist.Unfortunately, while digging in your garden you may strike tree roots and/or rocks, MATTOCK to the rescue.  Warning:  when you run to Lowe's, Home Depot, or Ace Hardware to purchase one.  It's HEAVY.    And when you handle it the way UK's Monty Don says would be best for women, you will receive a GOOD workout, so be ready, Girls.  However, I'd advice you to steer away from using this great tool, if you have a weak back or weak anything. It takes strength to raise it. And you want to put lots of force behind bringing it down. Keep your eyes on the root so you don't miss (the way you'd throw a ball).  If you do miss the root, you'll waste energy.  And you'll feel it.  Whether you're wrestling with large dead dry roots or live roots with smaller offshoots hunks of wood will fly, so wear safety

  Remember, Morning glories are invasive, but I like and grow them in the center of my garden anyway. As you may have figured, I'm busy every spring and summer removing her seedlings, but I don't care.   Behold how beautiful this invasive plant is. Eventually, it will over take the birdhouses; and the wrens will find refuge and nest in those hidden houses.  I love that!  Even the solar light will be darkened for two seasons, but I don't care.   My morning glory is glorious; and I'm awake when she's most beautiful (early in the day) boasting her pink, blue, and purple blossoms.                                                      Have a great day, Ladies.

This picture shows that I've place this large planter as a focal point of my garden. Therefore, I raised it up from the ground with some leftover bricks.   Nonetheless, let's focus on the paving stone between the brick and the planter.  It allows free flow of water and liquid plant food.  I can see the water flow over the paver to the ground:  no leftover standing water. Try placing your vegetable and/or flower planters on stone pavers as oppose to the naked ground, for good drainage.  Matching planter saucers look great, but can be a haven for mosquito larvae.  Some gardeners prefer rocks that can also block drainage holes, so be careful that you don't drown your green babies.  They may turn yellow and die sometimes of "Root rot,"   (From Elite Tree Care )  "Root rot" symptoms are: Gradual or quick decline without an obvious reason.  Stunted or poor growth Small, pale leaves Wilted, yellowed, or browned leaves Plant stems or leaves are yellowish and mus

One of our local mockingbirds is nesting again in our yard...Uh, oh.   The Northern Mockingbird is the Official State Bird of Texas  (the first to choose this bird), but Florida, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi have also chosen it. With that information I asked myself, Why have so many states chosen the Northern Mockingbird to represent them?     Reason:  the male is very territorial after mating: protecting it's nest. I've seen a mockingbird chase a coyote out of the vicinity of its nest. Also, I've read that this bird was chosen for Texas (my present home state) for the very reason of his territorial spirit: in the "defense" of its home and would die protecting it.   Thankfully, because he chases away all other birds, it seems, God saw fit to give him the song of all those he's cast out of my yard. Therefore, outside the fact that I won't see other species of birds around the house for a while I'll still hear them.  How Precious, Lovely, and Won

Hey, y'all. The reason I purchased this wrought iron sign (the size of a license plate) was because it reminded me of the day Jesus visited my finished garden.  One day, whilst I looked over all the work I'd done I felt the power of the Lord's touch (like a father strokes the head of His child): a sign to me that He approved. Initially, the sign was on back order, which was saddening for a moment, but when I thought about the issue of having to wait for those words of Truth to be on display in my garden, I realized that I wasn't the only person who believes that God has given us His stamp of approval on our work we couldn't have done without Him . And we can thank Him for the precious souls or the company that produced this special sign.                                          Happy Gardening. And have a blessed day.

My friend's plants were so lush and healthy I had to ask her what she was doing. Is anyone else familiar with this white powdery wonder?  Years ago, I was losing too many seedlings after transplanting them.  I'm 65 years old and female. Y'all know I've dealt with and heard about HORMONES for a LONG time, but PLANTS needing them too??  Well, whatever this powder does to help those seedlings is a very good thing.   I also use Take Root  during transplanting my larger babies (like trays of petunias, marigolds, and such).  Now I don't lose them from weird sicknesses the way I use to. If you want to order it, Amazon carries it.  Or, you can pick it up at Lowe's, as well. 👍                                                                                                     Happy Gardening, Girls!