North Texas Climate

As of September 6, 2023, it is almost a certainty that North Texas will slide into the #4 spot of record hot/dry summers, if we remain in triple digits for a couple more days.   

credit: Pete Delkus wfaa.com/weather

I wanted to share this presentation regarding our NTX weather and climate that was given to our Tarrant County Master Gardener group in August of 2021 by Ted Ryan with the National Weather Service in Fort Worth, TX.     I hope you find it as interesting as I did.

Click 👉  HERE to watch.

 (Permission was granted by Mr. Ryan to share this video)

(I apologize, but I had to turn off comments on this page.)

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It's time for Late Winter PRUNING

The ice has melted in North Texas, so let's sharpen those pruners and get busy in our gardens!   It's pruning time...

Click 👉 here for my Late Winter Pruning newsletter 

for tips to get your garden ready for spring growth!

Happy pruning!!!

Toni :-) 

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Freeze December 2022

About a week after tornadoes touched down in Grapevine, TX, in December 2022, the first day of winter ushered in an arctic blast, and North Texas experienced a few days of freezing temps.   Our once lush, colorful gardens were reduced to either brown, crispy sticks or piles of mush.   

Back in 2017 I published a post about that year's freeze and how to determine if your plants are dead or dormant after the freeze.   

Click here to read my updated post: 

  👉 "After a Freeze:  Is it Dead or is it Dormant?"

 

Fall Newsletter

Even though 1980 and 2011 still hold the top spots for record heat and drought in North Texas, 2022 was no slouch in the hot and dry department!    I'm perfectly happy that we did not end up bumping those years out of their unpleasant positions, and I'm very grateful for recent rains and a little cooler temps.  

So now that we've made it through what was, nonetheless, a very challenging summer, we can look forward to fall and get back to doing what we love.   

Click here 👉👉👉 FALL NEWSLETTER for tips to get your garden back in shape after this summer's beating.

Happy gardening this fall.....

Toni :-)

Container Gardening

Need a little inspiration for your summer container gardening?

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CONTAINERS/ANNUALS - SPRING/SUMMER

 

 

Click👉  HERE  👈 for a link to my 

SPRING NEWSLETTER 

with tips and to-dos to get your landscape ready for spring!!

Happy gardening!!

Toni :-)