Articles - Neil Sperry's GARDENS

Gardening This Weekend: November 15, 2018

By Neil Sperry • November 13, 2018

When the first freeze hits your gardens you shift gears dramatically. Even if you’re in a part of Texas that’s still awaiting that experience, there are things you need to …

Covering Tender Plants

By Neil Sperry • November 13, 2018

We had a brush with cold earlier this week and it served to alert us that winter is at the doorstep. Don’t get caught with your plants down. Get your …

Plant of the Week: November 15, 2018 Redbor Kale

By Neil Sperry • November 13, 2018

You’d almost have to be a visitor from a different planet not to know the health benefits of kale. Vitamins, minerals and disease-fighting antioxidants – the various kales have ‘em …

Resetting Priorities

By Neil Sperry • November 6, 2018

So the call comes in to my radio program. The caller says something like this… “Neil, I need to plant a new shade tree. I’m getting some years on me, …

Gardening This Weekend: November 8, 2018

By Neil Sperry • November 6, 2018

Here is my collection of the most crucial responsibilities for gardeners at this time of the year. PLANT • Daffodils, narcissus, jonquils, grape hyacinths and summer snowflakes now. Last chance …

When one is not enough

By Diane Morey Sitton • November 6, 2018

It’s hard to say why gardeners collect things. Gnomes, a certain kind of pot, birdhouses—old or new, no garden-related object is off limits when it comes to wanting another. Fortunately, …

Plant of the Week: Pansies

By Neil Sperry • November 6, 2018

At the risk of sounding like an old guy, when I was a kid in College Station I had a nursery and did landscape contracting out of our backyard east …

Bananarama – What do we do?

By Neil Sperry • November 1, 2018

“Will they mature?” and “How can I keep the plants over the winter?” I can predict with certainty that both of those questions will come up in the next few …

3rd printing of Neil Sperry’s Lone Star Gardening