backyard gardening
We were lucky to be far enough south to miss the hailstorm that got so much of North Dallas over the weekend. It flattened quite a few flowering bushes in addition to doing more serious damage. The combination of cool temperatures and light rain have really filled out our Rouletti and Mutabilis roses with lots of blossoms. I'll try for a picture when the wind dies down. Our iris and bluebonnets are just now opening their buds. Zanthan Gardens has been reporting blooms on theirs for a couple weeks now in Central Texas. This white wisteria has been filling our backyard with fragrance for the last week. The more common purple does not have nearly the fragrance of the white one.
One warm Saturday last month Tricia rented a tiller and tilled our little backyard garden. Now we have tomatoes, jalapeno and serrano peppers, onions, carrots, potatoes, lettuce, and cilantro all coming up back there. Of course all these things cost us more to grow than it does to buy them at Albertsons, but they taste better. Did I mention that this is a 100% organic garden. We have been doing this for about 5 years now and have never used any pesticides or herbicides in the yard. The bed is raised about 12 inches above ground level and filled with Greensense compost.
I see that Samantha has also got her vegetable garden going up in McKinney. She's got more variety than we do.
