Halloween is approaching!And we don’t want to frighten the little ghosts and goblins with terrifyingly UGLY TREES! Trees are the most valuable asset to your landscape. They are expensive and not easily replaced, but they can also be grand and eye-pleasing to your home and community. The trees in your yard are a vital part of the community planning so that their beauty will set the desired atmosphere for years to come. These trees will grow and thrive properly, providing shade, cooling, and year-round beauty. Maintenance items need to be enacted for these trees to remain healthy and vigorous.
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Summer is still here but fall is on the way!
With fall approaching, now is a good time to begin helping with recovery of your plant materials. Your turf, trees, shrubs, ground cover, vines and perennials have all been affected by stress from summer but there are steps you can take now to help your weakened plant materials
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HEAT ADVISORIES AND PLANT CARE
The heat has arrived and this year may seem unusual to you, but to have one of these extremely hot summers, that everyone wants forget, happens occasionally in Texas. Texas is no stranger to extreme heat any summer but if you were in Texas in 1980 as I was, you endured one of the hottest summers on record. I was working for Texas A&M Extension Service and I remember all the problems associated with that summer heat. We learned a lot about plant care during that time.
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Harvest Farm Fresh Online Ordering!
Misty Moon at Harvest Farms has gone live with a new online ordering system!
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Heat and Drought Summer In Texas!
Yes, it is that time of year in Texas! The heat has arrived and all the beneficial rains have stopped.
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Summer Gardening Tips
Summer is fast approaching and with Summer comes insects and diseases on plants and turf as well as weeds in beds and turf.
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Tree Care
Armyworms are on the March!
They are back and hitting early this year! Armyworms are marching across Texas and feeding in your turf areas and on many other plants. They are called armyworms because of the size of the infestations and the way they eat their way cross an area.
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Spring Gardening
Dr. Robert E. Moon our Harvest Horticulturalist was here in the community on Saturday, April 2nd teaching a class on Spring Gardening.
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New Varieties of Tried and True Landscape Plants
Dr. Moon shares new varieties of plants that can be added to the landscape to provide interest and color and that performed well in the 2021 freeze.
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Water now before Freezing Temperatures
This has been an unusually dry few months. The cold fronts that have arrived have mostly arrived without rain. A period of freezing night temperatures in the twenties is being predicted starting tomorrow for several nights in a row and few more nights the following week.
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Winter Pest Control
Most of us do not think about controlling insects, mites and diseases on our plants during the winter months. But now is an excellent time to reduce those overwintering pests and diseases for next spring and summer.
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Irrigation Fact Sheet
Now is the time to turn your irrigation controller off if you have not already done so and leave it in the off position until warm weather returns. If your controller is on same setting as when you moved in, and you have been in your home for several months, follow the watering for established plants guidelines below. Here are some important irrigation facts about water usage for your landscape.
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Fall Gardening Suggestions!
Fall is definitely here! The temperatures are still fluctuating but Christmas will be here before you turn around and cold temperatures will be here soon before or right after Santa does his thing! It is time to get your outside area ready for winter. Here are a few suggestions for your schedule.
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Let's Talk Fall
Dr. Robert E. Moon our Harvest Horticulturalist was here in the community on Saturday, October 9th teaching a class on the importance of Fall landscaping and the side effects of the freeze to our trees.
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Fall Tree Planting
Many of you lost trees during the winter storm URI in February of this year. For those of you who are going to replace your trees, October and November is a good time to plant new trees in Texas. Fall planting allows the tree to root into the surrounding soil during the winter for better survival during the heat of the following summer.
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February Freeze Event
The February freeze event was devastating to trees. The extended cold weather severely damaged the vascular system of the trees and froze the buds on branches causing trees to die. The freezing temperatures caused the water in the cells to freeze and expand destroying buds and vascular systems.
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Armyworms on the March!
They are back! Armyworms are marching across Texas and feeding in your turf areas and on many other plants. They are called armyworms because of the size of the infestations and the way they eat their way across an area.
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Jumpstart to Fall Gardening
It seems the world has changed since Covid-19 a year and a half ago, and much has been learned about focusing on what really is important and of value in Life.
Moving forward, many have seen a greater need to connect with and take responsibility for their food supply chain.
While it is the hottest time of the year, we can begin looking at starting transplants inside to plant outside in our gardens in September.
Read MoreCRAPE MYRTLES – DARLINGS OF THE SOUTH
Crape myrtle trees are the darling plant of the south. They flower for most of the summer providing long lasting blooms of white, pink, red, or purple. Some varieties are determinate and will grow only 6 to 8 feet in height, some varieties are dwarf and can be planted as shrubs, and where there is room for height, some varieties will soar to 25 or 30 feet.
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