April 16 , 2024
Make a Beautiful Difference
On Earth Day and every day , we really can make a difference — big and small — as mood challenges impact our comfort , our wildlife , and our lifespan - all important resources like water . It can be as unproblematic as plant a few flowers . My long - term , drouth - ruffianly spuria iris diaphragm always get a crew , but I ’ve never seen so many Red Admiral butterfly stroke , along with the usual wasps , bee , and flies . And yes , fly ball are bang-up pollinators!To walk us through a few prosperous ways to get start out from the ground up , Ted Maas ofMaas Verde Landscape Restorationjoins John Hart Asher this week . They break it down to a few staple .
• Plant for diversity , so that one disease or conditions effect does n’t pass over it all out.• Diversity attracts various insects and birds ( heyday , fruits , seeds , host plantsto raise young).• Diverse flowering and fruiting times help feed wildlife all year.• Layer plants for optic machination , dimension in a unconstipated previous pace , wildlife habitat.• Choose adapted and aboriginal plants that are suited to your territory and scant conditions.• Buy from local nurseries whose staff in reality garden where you live.• Avoid pesticide . Diverse insects on diverse plant life will course balance prey - to - predators.• Leave the farewell ( that ’s how I mainly amended my stiff soil ; they also harborbeneficial insects over winter).In his Hill Country garden , James Truchard checked all the box in a dearest affair with his body politic . He ’s just as kind and enchanting as his gardens , gladly deal his wisdom and crap - under - nail lesson . Through his eld of stewardship , he ’s watched the weather alteration , home ground disappear , resources deplete , and wildlife bump a dependable home in his garden . He ’s learned which plant life cultivate for him and tackled challenges , like stormwater response , including a teetotal creek bed and rainwater collection . Read the blog about his garden . Since our honeymoon conditions Day are over as humidity and passion take over , Daphne tackles fungal disease . Laura Zebehhazy sent word-painting of her afflicted tomato plant late last summer .
It was too late to save them then , but here ’s what Daphne said to do now to avoid the issuance this year : “ This is blight , a general term to refer to different fungal diseases . If this is a recurring issuing for you , it ’s intimate to use a fungicide protectant on a veritable basis , once every seven to 10 day , if air is humid , and every 14 twenty-four hours if the zephyr is comparatively dry .
For this type of situation , fungicides should be used as a protective measure , prior to symptom evolution , and NOT as a therapeutic measuring stick . Once the blight shows up , there ’s really no invert it . Generic Cu sulphate fungicides will do the trick , and you could also try plant few tomatoes far apart , to promote air circulation between plants . Also be certain that the plant life are getting full Dominicus for at least 6 to 8 hours a day , and that you are only water the rootzone at the base of the plants , NOT the leaves . And be sure to remove any infested plants right away , before the problem spreads . Bluebonnets moved over for trouble - free repeated sage blooming the right way now ! This gorgeous picture comes fromrecent guest Rebeca Quiñonez - Piñón , Climate - Resilient Habitats Program Director at the National Wildlife Federation . Her hubby gather up a few come from the hazardous about five years ago . He germinated them and they ’ve beautifully spread , thanks to pollinators!In previous January , Wildflower Centerhorticulturist Leslie Uppinghouse showed us how to cut back former maturation on native repeated mealy blue sage ( Salvia farinacea ) . Plus , she explained how to keep leggy plants blooming in summer with Leslie Uppingham .
Watch it all now !
Thank you for stopping by ! See you next week , Linda
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