by Greg Grant | Nov 9, 2021 | Garden, Greg's Ramblings
Fall is my favorite season. It’s the perfect time to work on your landscape. Perhaps you have an area that needs a makeover. Fall is the best season for planting trees, shrubs, and woody vines, followed by winter, and then spring. Summer is the worst. Autumn is...
by Greg Grant | Nov 9, 2021 | Greg's Ramblings
Recently, one of my Smith County Master Gardeners loaned me a copy of the book, Finding the Mother Tree-Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest (Suzanne Simard, Knopf, 2021). It’s about the relationship between all the plants in a forest and their mycorrhizal fungal...
by Greg Grant | Oct 11, 2021 | Garden
This traditional Tex-Mex herb from the Mediterranean is also known as coriander or Chinese parsley and is used in ethnic cooking throughout the world. Cilantro (Coriandrum sativum) is a cool-season annual that must be grown during the fall and spring in East Texas. ...
by Greg Grant | Oct 8, 2021 | Greg's Ramblings
A lot goes through my brain on a daily basis. Taking a writing class and a speaking class at SFA only add to the stimulation. Here lately, I’ve been pondering why I garden. It does take precious time, dwindling energy, and scarce funds. I’m sure different folks...
by Greg Grant | Sep 19, 2021 | Garden, Greg's Ramblings
September means it’s time to turn off the water sprinklers, plant cool season fall vegetables, and prune your roses for a showy fall bloom. Mark it on your calendar. Prune roses around Valentine’s Day and Labor Day each year. Most roses need some type of pruning to...
