All Blog Posts from 2009

December

• More photos from the Amazon, Peru
• Back from the Amazon, Peru…
• Too much lettuce?
• I’m off to Peru folks…
• The Best Tulips for Texas and How to Plant Them

November

• Who is laying which eggs?
• Bees on the Passion Vine
• A morning bouquet of roses…
• Einstein is a Houdan…not a Polish…a chicken surprise…
• ‘Four Seasons’ Viola…My new fave…
• Go ahead….feed that orchid addiction…
• Chicken Pox…my poor babies…
• Chasing Butterflies…
• Strawberry Pots…protect for winter

October

• Fall Tomatoes in Texas
• Make Homegrown Pepper Relish
• Going to Peru…
• Morning coffee malfunction…
• October is Garlic Planting Season in Texas
• Wet Chicken: Have you ever seen anything sadder?
• Fall Harvest of Beautiful Beans
• Passion flower, Passiflora violacea
• Chickens are starting to earn their keep…
• Harvesting Fall Vegetables

September

• Organic chicken feed
• It’s Midnight…and you’re still at work…
• Praying Mantis
• The New Chickens are Laying Eggs!
• August Seeded Baby Bean Plants
• Rain lilies blooming…
• Chicken window…
• Time to Plant…Naked Ladies

August

• Aggie Cotton in Bloom
• Butterfly Ginger in Bloom
• Hummingbirds at the door…
• Black Bumblebee…
• Hummingbird sightings!
• When You Forget to Harvest Your Okra
• Tomato hornworm THAT'S a Meaty Larva
• My Cucumbers and Melons Cross Pollinated
• Chicken bribery…mealworms.
• What Seeds to Start in August for Your Fall Garden
• Welcome to the GrowLively Blog
• Philippine Lily: A Bright Spot in the August Garden

July

• OFA - Ohio Short Course
• Einstein…chicken baby is growing up…
• Summer Vegetable Harvest
• Mad City Chickens…Texas premiere!

June

• Why Your Tomatoes Are Not Producing Fruit or Not Ripening
• Veggies That Can Handle Hot Climates
• Added New Chickens to the Flock
• Fabulous Finished Custom Chicken Coop
• Building a Custom Chicken Coop: Under Construction
• Gorgeous Summer Garden Blooms
• Backyard Chickens: Goodbye Scooter!
• The Strawberries Speak for Themselves…
• Backyard Chickens in the Garden
• I’m going to sail my zucchini boat away….
• Backyard Chickens Love Spaghetti!

May

• Spring Texas Garden Plants in Bloom
• Test Garden Salad
• Squash and wine…that’s it…
• Summer Vegetables: The Sweet Spot
• Fyi..JULIE is the chicken lady…
• How to Properly Prune Cilantro
• Garden Tour May 2009
• Yard of the Month…this one’s for you Julie…
• Yes, more chicken pictures…
• Resurrection…Julie’s Sorrel…Not Spinach!
• Stone’enge…
• Garden Defenders: Beneficial Predators
• Backyard Landscaping Progress
• I SWEAR Chickens are Hip
• New Chickens Have Arrived
• April blooms…

April

• Grow Potatoes in Fiber Bags
• New Garden Bed Update
• Earth Day Veggie Garden Goings On…
• Help me name my new chicky babies…
• What Does an Emerging Peony Look Like?
• New York Times Starter Garden Series…
• Japanese Maple 'Oshi Beni'
• Backyard Bed Continued…
• New Backyard Bed
• Spring Blooms
• Chicken Run…

March

• Spanish Bluebells
• The Chickens are Here!
• Rolling in Fava Beans…
• I Love Plant-Geek Gifts!
• Front Yard Vegetable Garden Beds
• Yay for snakes!
• Tomato ‘Golden Mama’
• Pretty as a peach…
• Grow Fabulous Mustard Greens

January

• It’s good to be a gardener…
• “Winter” Veggie Garden update…
• Tasty Recipes for Fresh Turnips
• I know it’s January…but your garden needs you!