January in the Houston Garden

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Nandina berries bring a spark of color to the winter garden

Ripe meyer lemons waiting to be picked for market.

Swiss Chard

Salad Bowl lettuce is tender and delicate.

Broccoli flowers and leaves are

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Jan. 14 – At the Market: Carrots, Meyer Lemons, Rosemary

Hello all – We’ve had another cold snap and we lost some Salad Bowl lettuce as we didn’t get them covered, we just ran out of time. We do, however, have arugula, India curly mustard greens this week. We have a few carrots left after we ate a lot of them as we were harvesting!

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Gumbosoil.com: Tetra dill aces this test

By Jim Molony
Gumbosoil.com

At the suggestion of Donna Fay Hilliard at Sweet Organic Solutions in Pearland my wife and I decided to grow Tetra dill in addition to the longtime staples Bouquet, Fernleaf and Mammoth. The row of Tetra we planted in the fall has

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At the market – Jan. 7: Meyer Lemons, Dill, Cilantro, fresh greens

Happy New Year everyone. We are back in the garden after 2 weeks off and things look wonderful. The Meyer lemons are golden and gorgeous. We have a lot of beautiful Tetra dill, cilantro, rosemary, chives, thyme and mint. The arugula continues to go crazy, we have so much so come and get it. The

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