BLACKBERRIES – GARDENING TIPS FROM THE CULINARY VIEW as recommended by Michael Vidrine When I was a boy my family would go “berry-ing” this time of year. Each armed with a bucket and a stick we would pick wild dewberries. The bucket held the harvest and the stick was used to probe for unwanted critters […]
Die back on a baby vine: how the vinetender protects the new growth with a grow tube. The vinetender must remove rootstock growth in order to focus the Vines energy in the development of the grafted vine on top.
PLUMS-GARDENING TIPS FROM THE CULINARY VIEW as recommended by Michael Vidrine In May we are right in the middle of Spring. This month we start harvesting some of our stone fruit including one of my favorites, plums. There are several plums native to Texas including the Chickasaw plum and the Mexican plum both of which are […]
Tips for your Garden in April as recommended by Michael Vidrine By April, we are well into Spring and the vegetable garden is transitioning from cool to warm season vegetables. Many of the crops that have been growing through the winter have been harvested or they have bolted and been removed. One hardy leafy green […]
Tips for your Garden in March as recommended by Michael Vidrine March is often a month that can’t decide if its Winter or Spring – freezing one day and very warm the next. Despite the variability, Spring does officially arrive this month and lots of our flowering plants burst into bloom including one or our […]
Tips for your Garden in February as recommended by Mike Vidrine The many faces of Lettuce It’s February and the days are gradually getting longer as we move towards Spring. Leafy greens, brassicas (cabbage family), peas and root vegetables comprise the bulk of the harvest from the vegetable garden this month. One leafy green we always […]
Tips for your Garden in January as recommended by Mike Vidrine If you are looking for an attractive low maintenance fruit tree, a persimmon is a good choice. We pretty much always have legume (beans and peas) growing in the garden. In the cool season months like January , we will be growing and harvesting […]
Tips for your Garden in December as recommended by Mike Vidrine By December the warm season crops are gone from the garden and cool season vegetables have become the mainstays. Our fruit and nut harvests are over as well except perhaps for persimmons. We have native American persimmon trees (Diospyros virginiana) growing wild on our […]
Tips for your Garden in April as recommended by Mike Vidrine, Brazos Valley Gardener, Orchardist and Apiarist April can be a real transition month for the garden. The longer, warmer days are causing the cool season crops to complete their life cycle and at the same time are encouraging the warm season crops to faster […]
Tips for your Garden in March as recommended by Mike Vidrine, Brazos Valley Gardener, Orchardist and Apiarist It’s March in the Brazos valley and despite the cold weather blowing through on occasion, our brief Spring is pretty much here to be quickly followed by the long hot summer. The vegetable garden is yielding the last […]