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Randa Daude

Randa Daude is gardener and owner of the nursery, Oma’s Garten Pflanzen in Killeen featuring organics, native plants, and sustainable designs.

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Native Plants

Recent Episodes

Rain Gardens, Texas Trees

Since fall’s the absolute best time to plant trees in Texas, Ben Gillilan from Grizzly’s Hidden Falls Nursery & Landscape joins host John Hart Asher to help us pick the right ones. Designer Paige Oliverio controls rainwater runoff with rain gardens that feature pollinator-friendly native and adapted perennials and trees. Herbalist Corey Gusnowski from EZ | watch episode →

Traditions Behind Day of the Dead Celebration

Dia de Los Muertos, traditionally honored on November 1 and 2, celebrates life as much as death. For 40 years, Lucinda Hutson has honored her family, friends, and beloved pets with ofrendas that reflect the lives that continue to frame her own. Daly Young from Bloomer’s Garden Center in Elgin spotlights grasses, perennials and succulents | watch episode →

October To Do List

Plant: ornamental & wildlife

Perennials, shrubs, ornamental (clumping) grasses
Cover crops for dormant vegetable beds: clover, hairy vetch, elbon (cereal) rye, Austrian winter peas, or annual rye
Late: native wildflower seeds like bluebonnets, phlox, Mexican hat, Indian paintbrush, Indian blanket (gaillardia). Also, non-native poppies, larkspurs, hollyhocks

Plant: herbs

Perennials thyme, oregano, lavender
Cilantro seeds or transplants, parsley, dill, fennel , chervil, summer savory, borage

Plant: food crops

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Vegetable Planting Guides (Central Texas) http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/travis/home-landscape/edible-gardens/growing-vegetables/

Prune

Oak trees safe to prune

Divide/Move

Iris, daylily, fern, liriope, spring-blooming perennials, violets

Prep

Add compost to vegetable gardens along with organic fertilizer if not already done
Decide wildflower seeds and bulbs to plant in November
Mulch tropical and semi-cold-hardy plants like gingers, Esperanza, Pride of Barbados, Firecracker fern, bananas.
Take cuttings of tender annuals to propagate in warmth to renew your garden next spring
If temps dip, cut basil and preserve in oil in the freezer
Collect seeds of annuals to dry and store inside until next spring.

Lawn

Fertilize with an organic slow release formula like 8-2-4 or similar ratio. Avoid products with too much nitrogen. This is the best time of year to fertilize.
Brown patch: Apply a quarter inch of compost. Apply corn meal. Find out what’s causing the problem like low drainage spots or compacted areas.
Mow high to fend off weed seeds that are germinating. Taller grass shades them out.

Other tasks

Late month: get row cover or plan other protection in case of early frost in November
Cut basil to freeze in oil in ice cube trays to use this winter in soups and stews
Collect seeds from summer annuals to dry and store indoors until next spring
Get houseplants ready to move inside. Investigate for any “buddies” that could be coming indoors with them.

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