SerenDippity
Member since: Nov 08 | Last seen: May 13 | Years gardening: 3 | Organic gardener
I moved to the Dallas, Texas area in November of 2007 after living in Houston for about 28 years. I moved here to be closer to my daughters and to help my oldest with her identical twin girls. I’ve had tons of fun with my grandbabies and watching them grow. (and of course turning them over to their mom when I’m through playing!!)
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I’m also excited to have 2 1/2 acres to play with. I originally considered xeriscaping the front yard into a no hassle zone, but have reconsidered. We need a sound barrier between us and the road.
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In the meantime, I’m planting veggies and fruit trees and going crazy with new houseplants.
Gardens
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Zone 8 Chris made the bed in February 2009. Removing the “devil vine from hell” was the biggest problem it took several days of digging and ...
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Zone 8 The Berry Garden consist of 3 totally separate areas. I’m not sure this is the best way to document them, but since they are perennials and ...
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Zone 8 This is a raised garden 2 feet deep with a diameter of about eight feet. The center planting is a Manzanilla Olive Tree. I planned on circling t...
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Zone 8 This is the bed that encircles the pool equipment. There was a brick wall about 4 ft tall on the two sides that face the driveway, but one wall an...
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Zone 8 2010 We’ve created a somewhat oval bed to specifically plant flowers and herbs that attract butterflies and birds and other pollinators. We ...
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Zone 8 2013 Porch has been replaced. We have decided to sell this place and downsize. So the front flower bed needs to be remade in order to put forth a...
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Zone 8 After I harvested my first years planting of garlic, I replanted the bed and considered renaming it. But I didn’t want to archive the garlic ...
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Zone 8 This will not be a garden per se, but a place to tag general garden observations and questions.
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Zone 8 Spring 2011 I have decided to merge the 2′×16′ veggie bed along the pool fence with the herb bed. The only exception planned will...
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Zone 8 I started MyFolia in 2008 for outdoor veggie gardening and then slowly started adding in my houseplants. In 2010 I decided to do a yearly photo up...
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Zone 7b ESTABLISHED MARCH 2011 (at least the first third has been established) Last Fall Wilbur helped dig out the devil vine from hell. I’ve inten...
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Zone 8 HISTORY SPRING 2012 Covered with 1 bag of chicken manure and 2 bags Wells Bros special mix. Lima Beans Christmas Pole FALL/WINTER 2011 Turned un...
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Zone 8 HISTORY FALL 2011 17 pacman Broccoli plants, 4 bubbles Brussels Sprouts. – SUCCESS. Very healthy, large Broccoli heads! SPRING 2011 Genovese...
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Zone 8 HISTORY SPRING 2012 Added Chicken manure compost. Planted 3 tomato plants and Blue Lake Bush Green Beans. SPRING & FALL 2011 Tomatoes Establis...
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Zone 8 HISTORY SPRING 2012 Planted Telephone Pole peas. FALL 2011 Broccoli “pacman”, sci fi carrots, Mesclun Mix Sweet Salad Mix This bed of b...
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Zone 8 2012 PLANTED Loquat (still in a pot) 2011 PLANTED Pomegranate – Angel Red Blueberry – Becky Blue Blueberry – Brightwell Blueberry...
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Zone 8 These are the plants I have in pots on the back patio and front porch. Mostly these are plants that like the summer heat but are a bit too sensiti...
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Zone 8 This is the miscellaneous areas in the back yard inside the pool fence. The main areas are: The Bird Bed – Mockingbirds live in the hedge an...
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Seed Starting, Baby Plant Making garden
Zone 8 This consist of a multi shelf homemade lighting system in the back corner of my den. It also contains plants that have been “potted up”...
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Zone 8 HISTORY FALL/WINTER 2011 Planted Fava Beans SUMMER 2011 Purple Podded Pole Beans SUMMER 2010 The lasagna mix has composted down to almost nothing ...
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Zone 8 HISTORY FALL 2011, SPRING 2012 Garlic – See garlic Bed for details. SUMMER 2011 Peppers WINTER – SPRING 2011 Garlic, onions, radishes,...
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Zone 8 SPRING 2011 Tomatoes. FAIL. Tomatoes did not grow well. Re-Created February 2011 4′ × 6′ × 1′ deep. This bed was originally our 16’ long 2...
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Zone 8 HISTORY SUMMER 2011 Beans. Kentucky Green Beans and a Christmas Lima bean. Re-Created June 2011 4′ × 6′ × 1′ deep. This bed was originally our 16...
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Zone 8 Fall/Winter 2010 Spearmint. I read it would keep SVB away from Squash plants. Instead it took over the bed. Spring 2010 Winter Squash Fall 2009 To...
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Zone 8 3′ × 3′ square. This was originally the bottom level of the sweet potato bed. It has a good mix of bagged garden soil, home grown...
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Zone 8 Filled it with partially composted devil vine, home made compost, and some of the soil from the sweet potato bed. I amended it with a Lava/green sa...
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Zone 8 Summer 2011 Tomatoes, Peppers Fall/winter 2010 Lettuce. Spinach. Chard. W/greenhouse cover. BIG SUCCESS – Lettuce and Chard grew all winte...
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Zone 8 Winter 2010 With greenhouse cover Planted in Sept. 6 types of Lettuce. Osaka purple mustard. BIG SUCCESS Lettuce and Mustard grew all winter, only...
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