January 29 , 2015
Vegetable Gardening for the Southwest + Farmshare Austin
AsLake Austin Spa Resort’sDirector of Flora and Fauna , Trisha Shirey have it away moderately much everything about organic growing in harsh - as - heck conditions .
Now , she ’s put all that noesis into an easy hand - on template for you : Vegetable Gardening in the Southwest .
Covering USDA zone 4 - 10 , it includes monthly elaborated lists , plant profile , construction beds , blighter management , fertilizing and answers to all your questions . Oh yes , she covers staking , too .
This week , Trisha get together Tom with a few of her tricks and tips . One is how to fill in heat - sensible plants like Anethum graveolens and coriander to stretch out their time of year .
Meet her in person atThe Natural Gardenerat 11:30 a.m. on Feb. 14 for her talk of the town on natural insect control and pick up a signed copy of the rule book . Perfect Valentine ’s gift !
One conjuration to her constitutive pest control and pollenation success is mingling flowers with food . It ’s also so pretty , like this trio ofDicliptera suberecta , lamb ’s ears and Swiss chard .
Viewer Picturegoes to Tracie Storie , whose fall - blossom Eriobotrya japonica attract lots of friends .
There ’s plenty of solid food to go around for the bees and butterfly , like this Red Admiral .
My neighbor ’s new house returned bees and butterflies to their yard by adding flowering edibles to vegetable bed .
SinceYardFarmgot them get by removing front G grass and building raise beds , the whole family ( even the littlest one ) is out there to tend and reap . I really like how my neighbor jazzed up her PVC hoops with flame - colored atomizer key .
So , we require : what ’s the best way to fertilize?Foliar feed spray or root fertilizer ? Daphne excuse , “ Nutrients must be melt in water before they can be taken up by plant , so uptake through the roots is the primary pathway for plant food . ”
But a modest amount of nutrient may be absorbed the leaves , peculiarly vegetable seedlings , lettuces , herbs , and other crop with thin , soft leaf . Find out more .
Since it ’s time to implant roses , she break up fragrant ‘ Sharifa Asma ’ asPlant of the Week . This David Austin come up is tough as nails in her garden and very popular with friends of all ages !
On tour , we head toFarmshare Austinwhere they ’re filling empty dinner party plates and nurturing immature , aspiring organic husbandman in Central Texas .
Farm Director Lorig Hawkins knead with the first students in their Farmer Starter archetype project . Hands - on lessons in soil homework , planting and harvest home union program line in business management .
lure by Farmshare Austin ’s military mission , Lorig joined Executive Director Taylor Cook and Lead Instructor Marissa Lankes . To give the scholarly person a full - on farming experience during the six month program , they constructed canvas tents outfitted with Natalie Wood fire stoves .
Lorig explains how they keep harvest hefty with rotary motion , cover crops , and fertilizing in corpse soil . They plant in turn , so as one crop end its cycle , the latest seedlings are big enough to reap .
Through rotation and turning plants back into the grime when they ’re on the ebb , their pest trouble are minimal . This yr , Lorig discovered that bok choy was a great trap craw , so they ’ve left it to distract the bad bugs . They also bet on blossom to pull in good insects who pollinate while chomp down the malefic ones .
Their sweet picks lead off to armed service organizations in Austin and to their partner theSustainable Food Center .
PLUS , starting February 6 , they ’ll be teaching class at Boggy Creek Farm designed just for home gardeners!Here ’s how to enroll .
Take the tour for yourself !
Thanks for stopping by . See you next week ! Linda
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