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The Garden
"When you open your eyes and your heart for nature's beauty around you, there is so much to enjoy and love. I see each day as a gift with a possibility to discover something new."
Go organic...
Find your local...
Beneficial insects...
Edible flowers...
coming soon
Doghouse...
Playhouse...
Birdhouse...
Greenhouse...
This month in the garden...
My patio pals...
December
This is a pregnant female.
She likes the peanuts.
She likes the peanuts.
Click on the map to find your Plant Hardiness Zone
TRUE LOVE!
The blue jays love the corn
Have you found a secret room yet? Email me at GammysHouse@gmail.com and let me know which room you found
OR
enter you discoveries in my "Detectives Log Book" located in The Library.
Check you standings here
OR
enter you discoveries in my "Detectives Log Book" located in The Library.
Check you standings here
Last Updated 12/09
Plant hardiness zones...
Zone ratings are intended to indicate excellent adaptability of the plants. Many plants may survive in warmer or colder zones. Usually, mere survival does not represent satisfactory performance. [more]
This is a great site to find answers to all your garden questions.
Do you have a beautiful garden and want to share pictures? I'd love to ooooh & ahhh over them. Upload them to
Gammy's Garden Friends
Drop Box
Gammy's Garden Friends
Drop Box
Welcome to my Garden
Marjolein Bastin
Click on the butterflies to dance in my Butterfly Field
Garden tips & recipes...
As a north Texas resident, I feel compelled to provide information to assist and encourage local folks that would like to become environmentally conscience or would just like to learn more about gardening in Texas. So... here are some great links and useful information just for you. Enjoy!
Gardening in North Texas...
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•Plant ornamental kale.
•Continue planting spring bulbs.
•Keep planting pansies and snapdragons for cold-weather color.
•Pull up spent annuals.
•Shred fallen leaves and add to your compost pile.
•Trim back spent perennials.
•Mulch plants well to aid through the winter.
•Cut asparagus to the ground and mulch.
•Plant bare-root rosebushes.
•Remember, plants need water during the winter.
•Use old Christmas tree branches as mulch, or chop them up and add them to the compost pile.
•Wait until the end of this month to start pruning woody plants.
•Continue planting spring bulbs.
•Keep planting pansies and snapdragons for cold-weather color.
•Pull up spent annuals.
•Shred fallen leaves and add to your compost pile.
•Trim back spent perennials.
•Mulch plants well to aid through the winter.
•Cut asparagus to the ground and mulch.
•Plant bare-root rosebushes.
•Remember, plants need water during the winter.
•Use old Christmas tree branches as mulch, or chop them up and add them to the compost pile.
•Wait until the end of this month to start pruning woody plants.
Tammy's Squirrel Cafe'
Garden "To Do" list for
Environmental stewardship...
Me feeding pet squirrel
Do ya mind? I'm eating here!
Jenny's Website
Free Garden Projects
Fun Interactive Site
Holiday at the arboretum ...
Holiday Events:
Every weekend between Nov. 27 and Jan. 3, you can enjoy an afternoon full of holiday-related activities. Kids can pet real, live reindeer or have their pictures taken with Santa Claus in the jolly man's reindeer-powered sleigh. Go for a ride on horse-drawn carriage, hear choir groups and other musicians perform holiday songs and meet costumed characters such as Frosty the Snowman and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
Holiday Tea: Seatings at 11 am and 2 pm.
Monday thru Sunday November 27 to December 30, 2009.
Presented by Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden
Holiday at the Arboretum finds the DeGolyer Garden Café busy again with a wonderful "Holiday Tea", a cozy three-course tea service with all the aromas of holidays past. This fully-served tea is a magical experience.
Monday thru Sunday November 27 to December 30, 2009.
Presented by Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden
Holiday at the Arboretum finds the DeGolyer Garden Café busy again with a wonderful "Holiday Tea", a cozy three-course tea service with all the aromas of holidays past. This fully-served tea is a magical experience.
The Arboretum is open daily from 9 am until 5 pm.
Hours & Location
Open daily 9am - 5pm
Closed Thanksgiving,
Christmas and
New Years Day
Physical Address:
8525 Garland Road
Dallas, Texas 75218
Open daily 9am - 5pm
Closed Thanksgiving,
Christmas and
New Years Day
Physical Address:
8525 Garland Road
Dallas, Texas 75218
To make a new African violet, cut a leaf from the mother plant with about an inch of the leaf stem (petiole). Fill a small pot with bagged potting mix or a mixture of sand and vermiculite. Poke a hole in the mix with a pencil and insert the stem so that the leaf itself is at the soil surface. Cover the pot with a perforated clear plastic bag and keep the soil moist. In about a month, new leaves should be visible at the juncture of the leaf and stem and you can pot this new plant in soil suitable for African violets.
Click on the African Violets to learn how to cultivate.
Recycling isn't hard. All it takes is a bin or two to separate your recyclables and a little enthusiasm. Nearly everywhere in the country, you can find a local place to recycle your old cans, bottles, cardboard, paper, appliances and more.
Don't throw it away...
Recycle your Christmas tree
Recycle your Christmas tree
Did you know...
A ladybug can eat up to 4000 aphids in a lifetime.
Winter gardening indoors...
Surviving Winter
Water plants when freezing weather is expected. They will be more likely to survive severe temperatures.
Water plants when freezing weather is expected. They will be more likely to survive severe temperatures.
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