September 26 , 2013
Ready to go wild with a bigger picture?
As we head into primetime seeding and transplant , count the holistic picture of wildlife food for thought and habitat along with your on - departure delight . Coneflowers shine in spring and again in fall . Their seeds feed small birds for calendar month if you do n’t tidy up too tight .
Got tone ? Then you ’ll want some recurrent cedar tree salvia ( Salvia roemeriana ) for flowers March – August .
Sun - loving annual American basket - flower ( Centaurea americana ) will re - seed after flowering in belated spring .
Yum , get a insidious scent of burnt umber from sun to part shade little perennial Chocolate daisy ( Berlandiera lyrata ) that nectars insects from April to November . No clue what the ambrosia tastes like to insects !
An annual I ’m seeding this autumn in my cheery “ prairie ” is Partridge pea . It will bourgeon this winter to grow into a 1 - 3 foot ambrosia banquet from June to November .
Let ’s not forget aboriginal grasses to seed or transplant . Daphne do Big muhly ( Lindheimer muhly ) herpick of the week . This winter , butterflies and lowly animal will shelter in it , so keep the winter - browned leave of absence until February . Here it ’s link up with fall fellowSalvia leucantha .
25 years ago , Jan & Bill Neiman appear beyond “ yard and plants ” to the holistic picture , to redefine the nation with a computer code of ethics to preserve water , acres , and habitat when he startedNative American Seed .
This week , Bill joins Tomto explain how easy it is for all of us to conjoin his missionary station to meliorate our futurity .
He explains some of the symbiotic relationships that extend beyond the showiness that ’s most discernible .
aboriginal American Seedhas amalgamate for every territory , habitat and intent , from corroding dominance to scorched earth restoration .
Order online from their web sitepacked with information . I treasure their mark catalog , too , and carry it around to read the stories and score the seeds I require to constitute .
Jan and Bill ’s children , Emily and Weston , are part of this severely - working home team . Emily is one of the co - authors of theSustainable Food Center ’s The School Farm , for direction in protrude a community solid food garden with tiddler . Emily deserves an Associate Producer citation for this show , too !
Here ’s Weston with a seed recitation , prepping for an expansive return project at the San Jacinto battlefield !
converge them in person , since Native American Seed will be at theLady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Fall Festival and Plant Sale Oct. 5 & 6 .
PLUS , Native American Seed will be atTravis Extension ’s Texas Water Star Open House on Oct. 5from 10 – 11:30 a.m. to explicate how to maturate wild flower seeds + they ’re give way outFREE SEEDS ! The whole outcome is from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. with lots of fabulous information .
In the veg garden , it ’s also meter to plant coolheaded weather seeds and transplants .
Trisha gives us the scoopon what to embed from seed and those that most of us will start as transplants . Here ’s her listing and how - to tips . Must tell apart you that my arugula come were coming up like mad , until a fast 2 ” of rain knock about them . They were too little for that . A few made it , but I ’ll impart more this weekend . Drought or drown : that ’s Texas for you !
Several viewing audience have ask : why are my Capsicum annuum longum and Serrano peppers bend cherry ?
Get Daphne ’s answer . Oh , if your peppers have been wimping around ( as we all do in August ) , they ’ll pitch up before long . Mine are about to blow up !
On tour in Temple , don’t miss this fabulous wildlife habitat makeover that Mary Lew and David Quesinberry cheerfully rendered one fleshy bowlder at a clip !
CTG lucked into this when someBell County Master Gardenerscame to a tape recording and plug in me with fellow MG Mary Lew .
The Quesinberrys couple aboriginal and modest - water supply non - native in their garden where they invite all wildlife , including the cervid .
Do n’t you love their aboriginal fragrant mimosa ( Mimosa borealis ) ?
They still have a little grass but give it no particular attention , except when friends and crime syndicate gather for picnics and their translation of karaoke .
See it all now !
Thanks for stopping in , Linda
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