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Nelwyn Persky’s grandchildren were hopping for joy when she stained concrete bunnies for Easter!
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Inspired by Merrideth Jile’s How To on staining concrete sculptures, , she followed his instructions and did a great job for her first try—she admits she rushed a bit, but knows the steps for future projects!
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Recent Episodes

Cultivate Holistic Gardens: Home, School, Urban Farm

John and Jane Dromgoole, founders of The Natural Gardener, tour us through their home garden where they foster organic techniques and plants that accept our soil and weather. At the Whole Life Learning Center and Cultivate Holistic Supply, permaculture techniques and growing community guides Caroline Riley and Michael Carberry’s vision. At Cultivate Holistic Supply, Caroline | watch episode →

Water Conservation, Your Style

Maximize garden beauty without draining water resources with Karen Guz, Director of Conservation for the San Antonio Water System. On tour in San Antonio, Shirley and Neal Fox designed water thrifty dimensions for wildlife and outdoor living. Daphne explains what to do about exposed tree roots and when to fertilize. John shows how to divide | 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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