November 15 , 2018
Evergreen Ideas + Helping Hands to Feed Neighbors
KLRU’sfreelancer Katie Nelson ’s a “ yard pin ” to this very young Blanco crabapple atZilker Botanical Garden ! In a few years , this small - sized aboriginal tree will top her , but thrive companionably under historical live oaks . Last week , she joined director Ed Fuentes and me to tape the late complete Riparian Streambed adjoining the Taniguchi Japanese Garden and the Rose Garden pond . design and build by David Mahler’sEnvironmental Survey Consulting , native plants — including pond and stream bed borders — illustrate sustainable estimation for shade and woodland edge sunshine . Watch for our story in January!This week , Daphneanswers viewer questions about their native trees . Dan Martaushas a immature chinkapin oak with peeling bark and white spot on parting , two matter he ’s never seen before on his tree diagram . We confer certified tree surgeon April Rose , City of Austin Urban Forest Health Coordinator , who tells us that the strip bark and colouration change are instinctive as chinkapin oak ( and Monterrey oaks ) mature .
The white spots are common foliage fungi that occur during high humidity and abundant rain like we experience in late summer and fall 2018 . Nothing to vex about . April mark that Dan ’s done a dear job with this tree : the trunk flare bet good where the trunk converge the sidelong beginning . Since now ’s a large meter to plant trees , retrieve to keep that flare above flat coat and do n’t pile mulch against the trunk . A first for CTG : Eva Reedfound several plump , 4 - column inch caterpillars on her desert willow . Daphne confirms that they ’re rustic sphinx moth caterpillars , akin to tomato hornworms . Since the leave will shine soon , no intellect to do anything about them . Eva let them carry on their gay path after taking their picture . Perhaps she ’ll get pollinating moths out of the deal!Get Daphne ’s complete answersand more great viewer pictures .
Next , since so many of us have shade , Jessica Robertsonfrom wholesale Greenleaf Nursery Company texturizes with easy care plants for sun , deep shade , and in - between . Although most of these plants are n’t native , they ’re extremely hardy specimens for structure , viewing , and groundcover . For sun , ‘ Woodlanders Hardy ’ bottlebrush is inhuman sturdy to 0 ° , resists cervid , attract bee to its warm weather frothy flowers , and grows to a compact 6×6 ’ . Wow!For sun to lumbering shade , what about deer resistant , drought liberal ‘ Breeze ’ Lomandra ? Supposedly hardy in Zone 7b to 11 , it can brown on top in cold-blooded conditions but bounds back from the roots . I love this grain and I let in , I raced out to get one of my own . Another small evergreen she impart along is ‘ Cinnamon Girl ’ distylium that produce to about 2 ’ wide and 4 ’ tall in Sunday . Two long time ago , a nursery station me this one to trial just when it hit 95 ° and no rain for months . Not only did it last through summer , it made it through cold , include last wintertime ’s several days of below 30 ° . Mine gets early sunup sun . Keeper !
Jessica ’s got lots more musical theme , so watch out now !
See how native and conform plants align as Trisha Shirey and Tennessee gardenerBarbara Wiseswap shady talesat Lake Austin Spa . Sun ’s nonesuch for many plants , but not always the best for garden characterization . North Carolina nurseryman and photographerTonya Peele’sgot yourPlant + Shoottip : grabbing the camera at the “ golden hour , ” just before sunrise or just after sunset . Watch now!On hitch : This calendar week before Thanksgiving , we celebrate theHighland Lakes Master Gardenerswho turn stony ground into bountiful harvests for neighbors in need at the Helping Center Garden in Marble Falls . In 2011 , they step by step took over weed - infested , hopeless dirt on a little bit of domain next to the Helping Center Food Bank . Thanks to diligent hard work , now they ’re donating 3000 pound of constituent fruits and vegetable each year . Ricky Lane and Suzy Rowley excuse how they start : digging out literally stacks of Boulder . Ricky handles every day - to - day chore under the Texas sun . He set up and maintains the dribble irrigation system feast by rain collection , direct community volunteers and students , and builds structures . He wrangles ingredients for the compost bin to turn backbreaking soil into potato - perfect ground . Children built the worm towers ( that they afterward painted ) to nourish the soil even more . Suzy tell us , “ We put the worms in the tower and once a week impart food for thought scraps , newspaper , and compost . The soil in there is now awing . ”As Master Gardeners , they educate the public about grow techniques , include raise beds , keyhole garden , and structures to support vining crops . They dangle gumshoe ducks from their cantaloupe arbor work from Bos taurus jury as a reminder to “ Duck!”Plans are in the whole kit to move to bombastic quarters with full mobility approach . For now , they built a tall call down bed for the mobility challenged . Although the Helping Center Garden is a project of the Highland Lakes Master Gardeners , the budget are separate . germ companies , baby’s room , and constitutive fertilizer suppliers donate . And they take hold fund - raiser and event to bear out the supplies they buy . All undertaking is donate , of course , and with loads of love . Here ’s why Ricky spends his spare time at the Helping Center Garden : “ When you see a little child check up a cantaloupe and smelling it , that ’s rewarding for me . It ’s not about what I do , it ’s what they get . ”
Watch their floor now !
Thank you for stopping by ! wish you a peaceful Thanksgiving , Linda
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