Kicking up the color in your garden just as summer heat kicks in
For the next 62 days, climatological speaking, July and August gives us the most heat stress on your garden and least amount of water.
Jeff Ray's Gardening 101
To garden in North Texas is to accept what mother nature will throw at you. Expect to be humbled. What I try to do with Gardening 101 is learn alongside you as we navigate the boundaries that the weather and topography bind us to. I hope to get the most out of our landscapes without losing plants, surrendering too much time, or – worst of all – having a boring yard. There is much to learn and much to grow. -Jeff
Gardening 101: Heat-proof your garden
To garden in north Texas requires you protect your valuable landscape in the summer heat.
Gardening 101: Summer crops
Summer food grown in the summer heat. Enough to justify some sweat and summer toil.
Gardening 101: annual-perennial combinations
Every growing season I'm rotating out a small company of visiting annuals to serve as foreground to my steadfast perennials.
Gardening 101: shrub replacement ideas
Many landscapes still bear the scars of the Great Freeze. Some landscapers and homeowners either haven't gotten around to removing and replacing the damaged or dead shrubs.
Flowers
Gardening 101: Summer Plants You Can Grow In The Shade
Here in the heat of the North Texas summer it's time to find some shade, so let's talk about what can grow there.
Gardening 101: annual-perennial combinations
Every growing season I'm rotating out a small company of visiting annuals to serve as foreground to my steadfast perennials.
Gardening 101: All About Begonias
The plants are relatively cheap and you can buy them by the tray, but if that is all you know about begonias, then you don't know begonias.
Gardening 101: Seed Bombs
The best part about seed bombs is that is a great activity to do with the kids.
Gardening 101: Demonstration Garden
A visit to your local botanic garden or well-maintained city space is a lesson in what grows in your area.
Vegetables
Gardening 101: More Cool Season Gardening Tips
February is time to put in greens like kale, chard, spinach, parsley and lettuce.
Gardening 101: When North Texans Should Plant What Vegetables In Their Gardens
There are three growing seasons in North Texas, which means three different planting times, harvest times and all sorts of different things to grow.
Gardening 101: Vertical Farming In The Metroplex
Go inside and go up -- Vertical Farming is one of fastest-growing sectors in ag-business.
Gardening 101 Visits George Pavelek's Exquisite Urban Vegetable Garden
"It is difficult for me not to harbor deep envy for this man; I hope to be living this life in my retirement," said meteorologist Jeff Ray.
Gardening 101: Growing Summer Vegetables
In this week's Gardening 101, meteorologist Jeff Ray shows you some of the edible options to plant this summer.
Trees
Gardening 101: Time To Do Winter Tree Pruning
Many trees survived the brutal cold of the historic 2021 freeze, but struggled in their recovery through the growing season. Now is the time to prune away any damage.
Gardening 101: Consider Adding Ornamental Tree For Texas Arbor Day
Texas Arbor Day is always the first Friday in November.
Gardening 101: A Look At The Texas Tree Foundation's 'Cool Schools/Community Parks Program'
Teaching our youth about stewardship of the outdoors is an integral part of any young person's education.
Gardening 101: Oak Wilt
The oak tree is as much an icon to the Texas landscape as cattle and pick-up trucks.
Gardening 101: Planting Fruit Trees
In this week's Gardening 101, CBS 11's Jeff Ray shows you some recommendations for fruit trees to grow in your backyard.
Shrubs
Gardening 101: shrub replacement ideas
Many landscapes still bear the scars of the Great Freeze. Some landscapers and homeowners either haven't gotten around to removing and replacing the damaged or dead shrubs.
Gardening 101: Flowering Shrubs Provide Spring-Like Color During Cold Winter
There is a little balm for the winter blues, a trio of shrubs that you grow in your backyard to bring in a some much-needed color in the coldest of times.
How To
Gardening 101: Keyhole gardens
A keyhole garden is a small, raised garden on top of a carefully constructed compost pile.
Gardening 101: The Master Gardener Program helps North Texans get their hands in the dirt
The Tarrant County Master Gardener Association is a gold mine of garden knowledge at the ready.
Gardening 101: Garden In A Box Makes A Great Pollinator Garden
This week's story is about a purchase I made two years ago and have come to conclusion might be the best money I have ever spent for my garden. "Best" in the sense of plant success over a large area.
Gardening 101: Plant Shapes And Textures
An integral skill to nice looking landscapes is to work shapes, hues and textures in your landscape in a pleasing form.
Gardening 101: Summer Color Planting, Enjoyment
Make the world more beautiful then you found it. Growing a little summer color helps spread a little summer joy.
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