Texas Gardening: First Frost/freeze, 1 by debnes_dfw_tx

debnes_dfw_tx wrote:
Hi Kenya~
I only received the Duranta this year. It was a lucky stroke at a DG Plant swap (Thx again Siggy).. I am not sure how it will fare over the winter. Like I said, all I could do is chop it down to the ground. It is still alive now, (I saw the healthy green in all the cuts), so I put newspaper over it and a piece of cardboard and covered it with 8" of leaves along with the rest of the plants there in the picture.
Now I am just crossing my eyes that it will work. lol
This year I am trying to overwinter certain annuals as an experiment. Previously I did nothing and lost them. The ones that survived were either in the back, or covered by leaves in the front or side yard.
So I am hoping for a solid system through all this testing, and I am taking suggestions from anyone who offers them.. That is how I got this much gumption to try all these things this year.

Whoever said winter had to be boring didn't have and love a garden somewhere..

Here's a better pic of some regular visitor under the rose bush here by my computer. I have been trying to get all the feathered mugshots through a closed window. They have enjoyed the security of the rose bush here for years. I usually fed them in the front yard. Now I put some treats for them here by the window under the bush.

This message was edited Dec 5, 2006 10:27 AM