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Figuring out the basics

I googled my growing zone, and I’m in 9a. Urban Farmer recommends these vegetables during our 2 growing seasons.

#I never realized that I could grow tomatoes twice a year #planting #harvesting #zone 9a #vegetables #gardening #vegetable garden #urban gardening #growing season #growing from seed

Enjoy this video of me harvesting sweet potatoes with my puppy 🐶

#gardening #florida #zone 9a #veggies #potato #sweet potato #harvest #harvest moon #irl #SDV #love #tumblr #hippie #dog #puppy #ouppy #exciting #growing

ZONE 9A EDIBLES TO PLANT (central texas)

December -start inside

Eggplants, tomatoes, peppers

January - start inside

Thyme, oregano, savory

Mid March(after last freeze) -

Transplant the starts to the outdoors

Start cucumbers, melons, zucchini, basil, mizuna, radish, beets

Late march/early April- start outdoors

Okra

#gardening #garden #zone 9A #9A garden #Texas #Texas gardening #vegetable gardening

I think this is bougainvillea.

Last year I tried braiding it because I thought it might grow like a wisteria. But it died back in the winter.

Some of the new shoots seem to be growing out of the ground while some are growing out of an old branch

I trimmed all the dead, old branches. Here’s what it looks like now:

This is what I’ve learned about bougainvillea:

They are native to South America

The sap can cause rashes

it loves the hot sun and dry, well-draining soil. It grows well in zones 9-11

People in my area report that their bougainvillea dies back entirely in the winter but then grows back huge by fall. We always get at least one good freeze each year, and bougainvillea do not like to freeze

There are 16 species of bougainvillea. I don't know which mine is

Most of this information came from wikipedia

Care of my bougainvillea:

I’d like to get a container like this to wrangle it:

In my (Admittedly brief) internet searching, I haven't found any routines that I feel confident in. This website recommends trimming branches back to 1/3rd and trimming off spent flowers. New flowers occur on new growth, so pruning is important.

Taming the monster, or how to cut back your Bougainvillea – Landscape design & Property Management

#bougainvillea #pruning #zone 9a #taming the beast #new growth

Real proud of how the lemon tree produced this year.

I just rent this house but I was so excited when I learned there was a Meyer lemon in the backyard. It was shaped into a perfect ball and produced nothing at the time. I took 2 classes from the local orchard and learned how to take care of it and now 3 years later I have this.

It's my dream to have a small orchard some day so I'm just using this time to practice:-)

#Personal #meyer lemon #Citrus #Zone 9a #I didn't grow anything in the beds this year because school takes up too much of my free time #I'll share some pictures of the garden from last year sometime

Non Astringent, Asian Persimmon In South Texas

I’m in San Antonio. I grow Asian persimmons and have done so for about twelve years. The first tree was a dud. It was an astringent persimmon, a Saijo. It was fantastically sweet, but had the texture of a water balloon filled with snot. Varying degrees of ripeness from the Saijo. Persimmons can be cooked. I found them to lose there special “superfruit” status for me. Cooked persimmons remind me…