Hi everyone!
I'm in the Bryan/college station area and need your help for a new garden.
We are buying our first home and im a little overwhelmed by it's barren yards! I know im getting started late in the season but I would really appreciate anything that i could plant now.
Especially interested in drought hardy plants and ones that grow in poor (clay like) soil and salvia, any variety.
Any help/trades would be appreciated!
Thanks,
~Cassandra
Help for a new garden
If you have a reason to drive to fort worth pm me. most of what i have is drought hardy. one glove typing, lol
Hi Cassandra...I was in a similar situation, except that I had lots of stuff in pots that I brought with me. My advice is to watch the sun and shade patterns, get to know the soil type, etc., and then start with the "big stuff"--the tall, structural stuff you'd like to establish at first. Give them good berms around the planting hole so you can help them through the summer, and by the fall you should know enough about the sun and shade around your house that your next plantings won't need moving or such. My biggest mistakes have always sprung from impatience, wanting to plant NOW and not learning what areas get super hot, which ones seem too shady but really aren't, etc. Love to see pictures of how it develops!
I agree with Dollie, wait a bit. It is getting late to plant. Why not plan and make your beds now and start planting in the fall. A planned garden looks better in the long term. This would also give you time to ammend the soil.
Thank you for the great ideas, I really appreciate it! I'll take pictures along the way so I can post it's progress :)
~Cass
Btw, if anyone has pointers on how to ammend my red clay into something I can plant in next spring, i would love to have your advice!
~Cass
Add lots of finished compost (we used cotton meal compost), Green sand, expanded shale, and more compost.
We also have Roundups in the fall and spring that we trade plants at, and eat and visit. Do lay out your yard. Hearne was once the sunflower capital of Texad, and that is close. Bryan College Station has our aggie boys and the studies they have done on their area for plants and soils and has AWESOME reference materials...
How about creating some raised beds? Better yet, how about making some "lasagna beds".
This message was edited Jun 3, 2013 3:45 AM
I am too busy to elaborate but this is all excellent advise indeed!!!