Lemon verbena is a tender perennial with leaves and tiny blossoms that offer a sweet lemon flavor that’s refreshing in tea or desserts. It’s also useful in for seasoning meat dishes. The plant can be grown in the garden as an annual or in a container and taken indoors for the winter. This […]
€199 Everyone has had, at one point in their lives, the sad supermarket basil sitting on the kitchen windowsill. You might have had great intentions initially; watered it regularly, regularly plucking off leaves to use in your cooking, all with the hope that it will live beyond the standard couple of weeks. Before long, the […]
Google the name “Monty Don” and the resulting list of endearingly odd questions that appears on the screen is eye-opening in terms of what it reveals about the public’s fascination with this charismatic, Cambridge-educated British gardener, writer, broadcaster and host of BBC’s Gardeners’ World. Why does Monty Don wear red socks? What does Monty Don […]
CERTIFIED TEXAS EXPERT GARDENER — Winter weed management important for SETX lawn care Published 12:02 am Wednesday, November 1, 2023 Garden pic Effective weed control and management begins with choosing the right active ingredient for the problem weeds, then applying it correctly. (Courtesy photo) Gardeners, we have now weathered our first “real” cool snap of […]