It’s been quite awhile since I’ve been in the garden for any length of time. Life has been busy. We received news that we are expecting and will be having a baby at the end of May! We’re very excited. Needless to say, we’ve been visiting family as well as getting our third bedroom ready [...]
I took a much-needed leave of absence for the last month or so. The hottest month of the year in Central Texas is August, so there was little I could do in the garden besides try to save a few plants that burned up in the hot, dry weather. Now that the hottest weather has [...]
There are a number of factors I consider when I am planning my garden for the season. The first thing I consider is, “What do I want to grow?“ That usually gets me looking online or in seed catalogs for seeds. If you have ever looked at a seed catalog, then you understand what a [...]
The high temperature yesterday was nearly 80 degrees – a big swing from the low temperature of 42 degrees we enjoyed overnight. The broccoli plants must have gotten confused and thought it was summer because they spent all their energies stretching their crowns up to the sky! Fortunately, no flowering occurred, and we harvested and each ate a large portion of broccoli with our dinner last night. Calabrese broccoli has a very mild flavor, and it was delicious steamed and plain. I’m not usually one to eat broccoli stalks, but I found myself really enjoying the softer center of the stalk. I had to stop myself from peeling off the outer skin, reminding myself that it is full of nutrients, too. I think that when I’m finished harvesting crowns and shoots, I’m definitely going to harvest what I can of the stalks, cut them up and freeze them for broccoli cheese soup later on. I’m wondering how my two newest broccoli plants will fare after transplanting them. Will they produce well or simply bolt? Well, there’s only one sure-fire way to figure that out. Plant them!
Round Rock received a few inches of snow this morning and again this afternoon. We got off of work early and arrived home just in time to watch some strong flurries of clumps of snowflakes – some measuring a couple inches across! I’ve not seen snow like this since living in the Midwest. It’s a [...]
