Fall gardening is coming up--another chance to plant cucumbers and the perfect time to plant pumpkins! Also musings on using tobacco to make a DIY insecticide.

Hi. It's hot. July is hard on plants. It's ok. Lots of good stuff like summer harvesting, summer recipes, and planning for the fall garden. Tips for getting ready. Listen now.

Crape myrtles, bug out box (!), and planning for fall--it starts now! Plus tomato propagation for fall harvest!

Julie returns from a quick trip to the beach with new botanical observations, stressed out squash & summer garden care--with instructions on making "fancy" aerated, oxygenated compost tea.

The rain complicates gardening...uprooted trees, but also pretty trees.

All this rain in Central Texas is dampening everything! Black spot on grapes, tomato blossom drop, chlorosis, mosquitos & fungi. Eh...

The month's winding down. Garden update: Squash vine borers have ascended on the squash plants in Julie's backyard garden. Obsession & extreme measures unfold. Plus a primer on building healthy compost.

Spring maintenance and decoding the mysterious planting category of warm season greens.

Gardening by observation and Julie's love song to Okra, the best summer plant ever.