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It's About Thyme
July 31, 2009
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C O U P O N - 30 % off all plants - anything with leaves! This is an
exclusive sale for the nursery's email list friends only. Offer lasts from
today until August 2, 2009. Print out this coupon & bring into the nursery
to claim discount. (Some restrictions apply)
Pottery Sale extended: 25% off all pottery until this Sunday.
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Activites in the Garden for 'this Brutal Month'
by Chris Winslow
1. Mulch & water Your vegetable garden, landscape, flowerbeds and
trees need some help to make it through this torrid month. Mulch, and
water deeply.
2. Lawn care Your grass also needs deep, infrequent watering (5 day
schedule) and keep the cutting height for your lawnmower as high as possible.
This will help shade the roots and conserve water.
3. Vegetables This is the month to start your sweet corn, okra, snap beans,
cream peas and black-eyed peas from seed. Because the first frost is likely
to occur within 100 days, use transplants for your peppers and tomatoes.
During the second half of this month, plant your broccoli, cabbage and
Brussels sprouts.
4. Survive! While it is nice of you to nurse your plants through this brutal
month, it is perhaps even more important that you look after yourself.
Here are three gardening rules that you must follow! a. Garden early in
the morning. b.Wear effective sunscreen and a large brimmed hat. c. Drink
gallons of water!
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A Six Pack for Slugs and Snails
One of the oldest techniques of ridding your garden of snails and slugs is to
to leave out a few saucers of beer. They love ale so much that they wind
up drowning in it. Snail and slug bait with metaldehyde has been used for
years but is unsafe for children and pets.
The good news is that there’s a new snail and slug bait on the market that
contains iron phosphate. This is safe for kids and pets, and simply becomes
plant food when all the slugs have been killed.
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Summer Annual Suggestions
Top of the pops on my list are purslane, moss rose, and vinca. The first two
are called chismes in Spanish , which means gossip… and it’s true that
purslane and moss rose do indeed spread like gossip. They also tolerate
a lot of heat and drought. Vinca grows a little bit taller and comes in a world
of colors. Vinca also has the added attribute of being deer resistant. always
fantastic when you have plants that look beautiful in the garden,and work
really well in the kitchen.
Happy gardening everyone!
Visit the website at www.itsaboutthyme.com Visit the
nursery at 11726 Manchaca Road, Austin, TX 78748 Tel. 512 280 1192
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