protect your garden from the cold front

2. Put a thick layer of mulch at the base of plants to keep the roots warm.

3. Bring in all house plants and frost-tender tropicals.

4. Cover all citrus plants (or ones that are marginally hardy) with a sheet.

5. Feed the birds!

After the freeze a lot of perennials, such as lantana and salvias, will be
damaged and will appear burned. Mulch them with compost and cut
back to a few inches above the ground.

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On sale this weekend: 10 percent off all items in the Thyme Gift

Shop. A perfect place to buy affordable Christmas gifts: wood faces,

soaps, hand tools, hats, suet for birds, wildflower seed shakers and much

much more!

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Free Pond / Water Feature Lecture this Sunday, 2 p.m. presented by
Kurt Hudgeons, the nursery's 'pond guy.' Kurt has been a guest several
times on KLRU's Central Texas Gardener, and is recognised as an
expert in his field. Learn all about ponds, pumps, plants, fish - everything

that you need to know to introduce a water feature into your landscape.

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New plant species found in Austin: The 64-year-old amateur naturalist
Robert Corbin has discovered a new plant species on one of the islands
by the Montopolis Bridge, reports the Austin American Statesman.
Corbin, who owns Nomadic Notions, describes it as '4 feet tall with small,
green pea-like nodules hanging from it.' Click here - new plant - to read

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Should Gardeners Pee Outside? Thanks to Valerie Morris
(BattyForBegonias) for sharing her opinion. "Absolutely," she writes.
"It is appropriate and as nature intended." Any other opinions?