July 17 , 2014
Triple P: Popsicles, Pesticides, Pond Care
Forecast : blistering & icky , with more to come . Along with jumping into the nearest pool , cool down with home base - made ice lolly ! Hey , much cheap than moving to Alaska .
Trisha Shirey shows how to make yummy , hefty versions . And they ’re so easy that you wo n’t even collapse a exertion .
Get her recipesfor watermelon berry , avocado mint , yogurt berry , pina colada , lime coconut meat , and green teatime and peppermint ; you could even supply an “ grownup beverage ” to the mixing . All were tops hits with the CTG bunch taste - examiner !
In summertime , I crave cucumber for snacks . Robin McGary gets this week ’s Viewer Picturefor her babies ( now probably on her dinner party table ) . What a kick to plant a seed and watch it produce into intellectual nourishment of your own .
demand cucumber recipes?Get Trisha ’s for refreshing Aguas Frescas and salads .
And her well-situated icebox pickles .
In July , we dive for cover , as do our plants . One that stands up to ferociousness is native groundcover snake herb ( Dyschoriste linearis),Daphne ’s Plant of the Week . And she even articulate that for us !
Its wispy foliage sports tiny bloom that butterflies wo n’t miss .
Although it flowers off and on through summer , mainly I grow this perennial for its spreading texture against other plant , in either sunshine to part shade . It hold out underground when my garden hit 12 ° , but returned before I commence distressed about it .
Raquelle GodbeyinspiredDaphne ’s question this workweek : why constitutive pesticide are just as harmful as “ chemic ” ones . Daphne remind us that just because a product is pronounce “ constitutive , ” it does n’t mean it will just kill the “ bad bug . ” They can also pass over out our bees , butterfly and other beneficials .
When cilantro bolt in heat , flowers attract beneficial pollinators . If we string up on through the untidy process , we can harvest source for cooking ( coriander ) or hoard for next fall ’s planting .
Racquelle discovered another benefit . Aphids .
Yikes , you say ! But thanks to them , Racquelle ’s got contemporaries of ladybeetle and unripened lacewings who showed up to the aphid table . Really , if you necessitate to purchase insects , you ’re doing something wrong . They ’ll show up on their own if you do n’t kill them or their food supply .
I ’ve hear more than one sad story about pesticide heading that killed pool Pisces the Fishes . Certainly , we do n’t want that , but what about a safe way to dish out with floating green alga ?
Steve Kainer fromHill Country Water Gardens & Nurseryhas the reply when he joins Tom with on - target tips forsummertime pool tutelage .
Keep things goodly and use a leghorn . A few preventive products include barley hay straw .
Aerate , since lots of oxygen diffuses alga .
Steve remind us to fertilize monthly with aquatic plant pill , one pellet per gallon pot . And to stand off those herons , he has dandy luck with Scarecrow !
On tour of duty , Hill Country Water Gardens & NurseryinstalledClaudia and Ronnie Hubenthal’sponds and streams . Claudia designed it around a bridgework that she lucked into .
Here ’s where they started . I love the “ top ” dog getting a better flavour .
After .
In forward motion .
plunk in to see it all !
Thanks for kibosh by ! Next week , Scott Ogden adds raw perspectives with dauntless bromeliads . See you then , Linda
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