The Graham Thomas is an old rose with a beautiful, buttery color to it. It is has been described as being a “bright or vibrant” yellow, but I find ours is consistently a softer color, slightly darker than butter. It blooms dependably year-after-year and has popped out some new blooms now that our heat has…
A hand-painted pot can add a personal touch and artistic flair to the garden. This is a typical, Terra-cotta pot painted with acrylic paints. I am currently exploring making my own milk paints for painting pots, so that I feel comfortable planting edibles in them. The picture below shows a couple of pots painted with…
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The rains came and the fall breezes are here, so it should be a beautiful morning at the Urban Harvest Farmers Market at Eastside. We have a variety of seedlings this week that include Thai, sweet and African blue basil, dill, Texas tarragon, spearmint, Swiss chard and oregano. We have several jars of dried basil,…
The Last Organic Outpost, a non-profit that focuses on creating an urban green belt in low income areas throughout the city of Houston will be hosting FarmFest 2011 at Emile Community Farm (711 N. Emile) from 10 AM to 4 PM on Saturday, November 5th. This is a free festival. There will be many demonstrations;…
Many people have asked me what the 1015 refers to on the 1015 yellow onions sets you see in area feed stores and nursery centers this time of year. The 1015 refers to Oct. 15, which is the accepted best time to plant these varieties of onions in south Texas. There are numerous choices for…
Keep Pearland Beautiful (KPB) invites all to the 8th Annual ‘Plant Thyme Fall Luncheon’ in conjunction with the 7th Annual Herb and Plant Sale – at the Pearland Community Center, 3523 Liberty Dr., on Friday, October 7. Luncheon tickets are $30, with proceeds benefiting KPB projects and our new Environmental Education Center Building Fund. The…
The following is story written a couple of years ago by Jim Molony for the Friendswood and Pearland Journals about the Crazy ant and its destructive habits. We have found that creating an organic barrier around doorways and electrical areas with coffee grounds and diatomaceous earth is one way to control these pests. This story…
I make this pesto with spearmint and it is fabulous on hot or cold pasta. I know mint pesto sounds weird, but try it, it’s wonderful. Ingredients Fresh spearmint, basil, parsley or cilantro Pine nuts 2 cloves garlic Salt and pepper to taste Olive oil Pick, wash and de-stem large batch of fresh spearmint or…