Category: Resources
Fall Vegetable Gardening Guide
The Ten Commandments of Fall Gardening Success AgriLife Fall Vegetable Gardening Guide Vegetable Variety Selector Ornamental Vegetables Fall Direct Seedling Guide Vegetable Resources Texas high Plains Vegetable Program
Read MoreAugust and September Gardening Guide
Fall is in the air! As Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote, “I cannot endure to waste anything as precious as autumn sunshine by staying in the house.” Here’s hoping this list of things to do outside during late August and September helps…
Read MoreCommon Wildflowers of the South Plains
White Prickly Poppy (Argemone albiflora) Engelmann’s Milkweed (Asclepias engelmanniana) Chocolate Daisy (Berlandiera lyrata) Pink/Downy Paintbrush (Castilleja sessiliflora) Buffalo Gourd (Cucurbita foetidissima) White Prairie Clover (Dalea candida) Feather Dalea (Dalea Formosa) Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea purpurea) Engelmann’s Daisy (Engelmannia peristenia) Yellow…
Read MoreJuly and August Garden Checklist
Lazy days of summer? Hardly! There’s lots to do! Lubbock Master Gardeners hope the following outline for the month will keep you busy. Watch For: Mosquitoes – Change animal water sources daily to decrease possible mosquito attacks. Link to the…
Read MoreJune Garden Checklist
“In June, as many as a dozen species may burst their buds on a single day. No man can heed all of these anniversaries; no man can ignore all of them.” – Aldo Leopold Planting Continue to plant Bermuda. Plant…
Read MoreThe Grapevine May 2019
Access the archive PDF version. May2019 newsletter The Month of May Lubbock Master Gardeners have had quite a month—plant sales, the iris show, volunteering at Rosecoe garden, while we get our own gardens ready for summer! Our president, Kristin Bingham,…
Read MoreMay Gardening Checklist
“Be like a flower and turn your face to the sun.” – Kahlil Gibran What to Plant: Plant ground covers and by the middle to end of the month, hot weather annuals Plant bermuda. Plant vegetables and perennial herbs in…
Read MoreThe Grapevine April 2019
A Few Changes Many thanks to Cecilia George for sharing her talent and expertise as Editor of The Grapevine over the last eight years! Cecilia, who is retiring as editor—but not as a Master Gardener—says, “I have enjoyed this job…
Read MoreApril Gardening Checklist
How miraculous that growing on my own little plot of land are plants that cn turn the dead soil into a hundred flavours as different as horseradish and thyme, smells ranging from stinkhorn to lavender. - John Seymour What to…
Read MoreTree Care Resources for Lubbock
Texas Tree Planting Guide Texas Tree ID Tree Planting Tools EarthKind Proper Pruning Techniques Forest Service Fruit & Nut Resources Texas Oak Wilt Pecan Resources
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