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Elizabeth McGreevy

When Gary Woods planned his green-built home around courtyards, landscape designer Elizabeth McGreevy united indoor and outdoor spaces with an equally sustainable garden. Set in San Antonio’s historic King William district, never-watered heirloom plants join Texas natives to fill the gardens with wildlife.

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Recent Episodes

Hot Weather, Cool Vibes

With imagination, creative reuse, and fun, Jeffrey Harris and Kevin George turned an empty San Antonio backyard into a sensory voyage. Liz Pfluger from Green ‘n Growing nursery in Pflugerville spotlights native plants geared for Central Texas weather, from the Blackland Prairie to the Hill Country. Caroline Riley from Mutable Earth Botanicals and Whole Life | watch episode →

Planting Pretty Ponds and Gardens, Seed Saving Libraries

Enchant your garden with easy-care, wildlife-friendly pond plants. Steve Kainer from Hill Country Water Gardens and Nursery explains how to fertilize and divide. Nancy Hall’s garden started from scratch and grew beyond fence lines with philosophy and art. Prevent extinction of valuable plants right in your own backyard! Landscape consultant Colleen Dieter from Central Texas | watch episode →

September To Do List

Plant: ornamental & wildlife

Late month: Perennials, shrubs, ornamental (clumping) grasses
Late month: Cover crops for dormant vegetable beds: clover, hairy vetch, elbon (cereal) rye, Austrian winter peas, or annual rye

Plant: herbs

Perennial herbs like thyme, rosemary, oregano

Plant: food crops

Start winter seeds like lettuce, broccoli, kale and spinach in pots in shady areas
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Vegetable Planting Guides (Central Texas) http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/travis/home-landscape/edible-gardens/growing-vegetables/

Prune

Early month: lightly prune roses and perennials
Oak trees safe to prune

Divide/Move

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

Prep

Add compost to vegetable gardens along with organic fertilizer in prep for winter vegetables
Decide wildflower seeds and bulbs to plant in November

Lawn

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.
Apply corn gluten as a weed pre-emergent. Results are erratic but it does add some nitrogen to the soil
Mow high to fend off weed seeds that germinate in September’s rains. Taller grass shades them out.

Other tasks

If fall webworms are a problem, puncture webs with broom handle for wasps to naturally control. Or spray with Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt).

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