by The Arbor Gate | Mar 10, 2021 | Garden, Greg's Ramblings
The Smith County Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will be hosting a private landscape tour Wednesday March 24, 2021 from 9:00- 12:00 PM in the beautiful Pyron garden located in the Azalea District, 212 W. Dobbs St. Tyler, Texas. The personally guided tour will...
by Greg Grant | Mar 2, 2021 | Garden, Greg's Ramblings
Greg discusses the winter storm damage at the Tyler Botanical Gardens. You can fast forward to any of these topics: Heirloom Roses: 01:28 Azaleas, Camelias, Japanese Maples: 12:47 Vegetables: 22:00 Succulents: 23:22 Modern Roses: 24:29 Evergreen Shrubs: 25:52...
by Greg Grant | Feb 5, 2021 | Greg's Ramblings
As a working adult, living in an old family farmhouse, a member of a rural electric coop, and as an hour-and-a-half commuter each morning, snow is a royal pain in the aster. But as a photographer and an eternal child; snow is pure magic. As a kid, I always dreamed of...
by Greg Grant | Jan 8, 2021 | Greg's Ramblings
Greg Grant, Arbor Gate Blog I January, 2021 I have at least two mandatory Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service result demonstration reports due at work the last day of each year. While working on a Lycoris trial report, I thought back to my days as a kid and...
by Greg Grant | Dec 8, 2020 | Greg's Ramblings
Long before I read The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, I was drawn to a little paperback in fourth grade because it was about a great scientist (George Washington Carver) who had a secret garden in the woods as a kid. I had a secret garden too and...
by Greg Grant | Nov 13, 2020 | Greg's Ramblings
You’ve heard it before and it’s correct. Fall truly is for planting, including seeds, bulbs, and of course trees. I’m a tree planting fool and take every opportunity to do so. So far this fall I’ve planted a ‘Peggy Clarke’ Japanese apricot, a ‘Florida Flame’ red...
