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This was one of our last spring gardens to go in – two small starter beds. While it suffered in the crazy heat and dry spell that was to come it has started to produce this fall. Sorry to take so long getting the photos up! From the photos you can see the area gets dappled sunlight part of the day which is a bonus in the Texas summer.
This fall we installed a unique garden made with native cedar logs. The winter vegetable garden design was done by Amy Crowell and the installation took two days. It turned out to be a beautiful garden structure and we look forward to see the beds filled out with the winter veggies. Congratulation Genny!
We also featured Genny’s compost pile in the slideshow because it a a great design example. The first images show the area before our fall rains and then you see the native weeds in the next images. During the build you will notice we use newspaper as our weed block. We have seen the store bought weed block in many yards and neither weeds nor veggies pay attention to the barrier. The one thing that does suffer from the separation of new landscaping and existing soils are the earthworms. Newspaper is biodegradable, and free and helps kill off the initial weeds but eventually decomposes to allow earthworms into your garden. The mulch and a gardeners diligent weeding will eventually rid that area of weeds. We will rephotograph this garden after a few weeks to see the progress.
Winter in Texas is very mild and the gardening challenges are minimal. If you are thinking of starting a garden, winter is the time…very few bugs, cool days with good sun, and more chances of rain. However, be aware that dry air and wind can desiccate plants as well as the hot sun so pay attention to your watering schedule. Check out our winter advice blog post.
Bohemian Bounty staff has been making rounds this week to check on some gardens as well as beginning to change out plants for the fall. What is Fall Gardening in Texas? It consists of harvesting eggplant, okra, watermelon, winter squash as well as pruning old tomatoes and peppers and planting new tomatoes, peppers, flowers, winter squash, summer squash, and pumpkins. Not easy with these temperatures and lack of rain. Many gardens suffered from lack of production but they were nonetheless healthy.
Our most recent visit surprised us and we would like to share some photos showing why. Juicy watermelons, tender cucumbers, towering okra and prolific eggplants. This garden exhibits the best example of what a late summer central Texas garden has to offer. And all this from a first time gardener! Our take home lessons here are install a drip irrigation system with a timer and some shade over the garden is helpful.
This was a great garden rescue. This house had a pre-existing garden and greenhouse but all the beds had been neglected. The owners knew they wanted to grow vegetable for themselves and their new twins but weren’t sure where to start. Bohemian Bounty was recommended by another happy customer. We came in, clean the beds, tilled the soil adding compost and organic amendments, and planted a variety of spring and summer plants.
