We Do Things Different Here in Texas

A transplanted Yankee shares discoveries and knowledge gained from learning how to garden in southeast Texas.

Monday, July 31, 2023

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 Mercy! It’s hot here in Southeast Texas.  The Collard Greens are hanging on, the celery is bearly making it, parsley keeps trying to bolt a...
Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Gee, We've Had a lot of RAIN!

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After getting 10.24 inches of rain last night, I'm afraid the following meme could be me - I haven't even been out to check the gard...
Sunday, March 29, 2015

The Perfect "Tulle" to Prevent the Birds from Eating Your Tomatoes

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Are you like me, in a constant battle with birds eating holes in your tomatoes just as soon as they begin to turn the slightest bit red? I...
Monday, January 28, 2013

Boycotting the Monsanto owned seed company Seminis

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http://www.chicagonow.com/chicago-garden/2009/12/the-boycotting-of-monsanto-seminis-seeds/ My friends I am not a fan of Monsanto.  The att...
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Sunday, June 10, 2012

It's summer, The leaf footed Stink Bugs Have Arrived

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I was in the garden this morning, picking produce when i found this little crowd gathered on one of my tomatoes.   This is the nymph...
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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Eliminating Fire Any Colonies, Pests from Your Garden: Organic Gardening

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Eliminating Fire Any Colonies, Pests from Your Garden: Organic Gardening  (click on link) For those of us living in the south, we struggle...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Growing Sweet Corn for the Very First Time

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Getting Started With 6 - 4' x4' grow boxes I felt there was plenty of room in my square foot garden for a box just dedicated to ...
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The musing of an old New Englander, transplanted to S.E. Texas, trying to learn the when, what and how of vegetable gardening in the deep south, hence the title "We do things different here in Texas."
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