Gulf Coast Garden

A Fire Ant Lisa original production. I love my collard greens and am so grateful that I can grow them. Especially after failing at growing almost everything else. This is an honest tune. I hope you enjoy listening.

Lemon harvest processing is the top priority this week in the gulf coast garden. Freeze the juice and share with friends. Forgot to mention on recording but the tree is already blooming again. A true year round joy - meyer lemons.

Lemons and collards deliver day in day out in Houston with very little effort. Think about starting some today!

Grocery store gardening is the way to go! I had great success in growing Garlic by planting garlic cloves I purchased from the grocery store. For each clove I planted I got a bulb back. Not a bad deal.

Hi. I was in an online business contest. Please let me know what you think about my raised bed invention. Www.okragardensupply.com

I share my four ‘s’ system for creating a healthy productive garden.

A tour around the garden, an update on my gardening plans, and an announcement about my invention and its launch next week.

Curious what is growing in my garden? Listen and find out!

Why did my plant all of the sudden get really tall with small wrinkly leaves? It bolted. This is when the plant moves from the life stage of prime leaf production to flower and producing seeds. It is a fascinating process to watch and even though production goes down, I love to watch the plant fulfill its destiny.

Huge collard harvest and a grateful description of my prolific lemons.

Tips on plant spacing, worm picking, and happy gardening.

Round about the garden with some quick updates.

Overview of how things are growing here in Houston.

Collard greens are inspirational. How do they inspire you? Ok. Gotta go eat my greens.

We must use the gifts of the earth wisely and putting leaves in plastic bags is foolish. Start composting today!

I planted my fall collard green starts and tried to give them plenty of room to grow.

Grocery store gardening is the way to go. Super easy to pick up garlic from the store and plant it in your yard. Wait 6 months and harvest. Garlic is the beginning plant for beginners so get started today. Www.fireantlisa.com

Quick tour around the garden with a highlights from my favorite plants.

My lemons are starting to ripen, but they need a few more days of sunshine. Hopefully they will make it through these next two cold days.

I will have a booth at 8th wonder brewing this Saturday. Come by for a visit!

My Meyer lemon tree is doing well and the lemons are ripening nicely. Getting close to harvest, I hope nothing goes wrong. Also- Holiday Market on Saturday November 10,3018 at 8th Wonder Brewery in Houston. I would love to see you there. Podcast listeners get a free bag of candy! Thanks for listening. Www.okragardensupply.com

The collards are growing well in the cool wet weather. Happy collards make for happy fire Ant Lisa.

Hello! Please come visit me a the Houston Texas Boss Babes Holiday market. November 10, 2018 at the 8th Wonder brewery in Houston, TX.

Listen to learn how I used my compost to start collard greens from seed.

Quick update on the state of my collard green beds. Seasons are changing and that is a good time to take stock and plan for the next stage. Thanks for listening!

Here I give some details on my experiments regarding cabbage worm eggs and their hatching.

Well, not as much as I would like. Blaming the rain and the bugs. Started a bug experiment so we will see how that turns out. I’ll keep you posted. Thanks for listening.

How much did I pick this week? Time in and find out.

The rain comes down in Houston and you gotta get the plants above the water.

Keep your money in America -supporting US workers. I think we can do a better job taking car each other and spending your money on Made In USA products is a good way to get high quality product and help your neighbors.

The temperature has dropped very slightly and it is time to plant collards.

Harvest Okra everyday because it quickly grows past its tasty phase. Okra left on the plant too long gets Woody and tough.

Answer: anytime! But.... if you can choose your plants and time of year appropriately for where you live you will have the most success. Live in the south? Start collard greens 365.

Choosing the best location for your garden plot is essential. Find a sunny spot that is easy to water.

Starting plants from seeds is an affordable way to get plants- especially if you order my Free seed starting kit. Www.fireantlisa.com.

Keeping you Garden well maintained will help limit the damage insects can do.

Composting is essential to gardening and using your resources efficiently. Listen in to learn more about how I compost.

Soil is the medium in which your plants grow. Better soil equals better plants so take some time to think about your soil and how you might improve its quality.

Yum yum yum. This episode breaks down the step by step method of making a wonderful healthy meal.

Cabbage worms are giving me a break, but now I have a bunch of snails. Ug.

Having a debris and rot free raised bed will really help your plants prosper.

Mulch is like salad.

Close the loop. You grew the food- now eat it!

Wash your collards and GROW CUBE coming soon.

Thanks to Afro Beets for leaving me a message and also an update on my front lawn collard plant.

Sprout Spot Soil Season. An introduction to my basil plant and the story of the basil in terms of four ‘s’s.

Home harvested okra is something special.

Thank you so much to all my listeners. I have a present for you on my website. Www.FireAntLisa.com

Eat what you. Try the okra Garden Supply breakfast today.

Enjoy okra. Easy to grow and eat. Bonus song included.

Why I Garden.

It is my desire to see a little bit of growing things each day. It is a journey of learning where you live.

Okra don’t give you a hassle. Okra produce.

I love collard greens. Why not embrace it.

Home grown collards fast delicious, when you are hungry. That is true for so many healthy foods. Maybe let yourself get hungry so the collards taste better.

A Bed is the part of a yard where the plants are growing and a raised bed is usually a amount or container that allows the surface of the bed to be higher than the area around.

Compost to reduce the amount of trash you send to the landfill. That is reason enough to start. Get good soil for your garden? Reason enough to keep going.

Stop your problem before it starts. Remove eggs from leaves whenever you can. Look for the bright neon yellow egg cluster. It will be flat against the leaf.

Cabbage worms hide down along the stall where the leafy first comes out. The way the leaf twists it looks a bit like an ear.

If you are picking cabbage worms every day, don’t worry if you miss one, tomorrow the worm will be bigger.

The collards plant growing on its own is suffering. Transitioning from lawn to veggi beds might not be a quick transition.

It is the same effort to harvest and clean a small leaf as a big leaf so my advice: maximize leaf size.

Banana Hibiscus Bidens alba Okra Collards Lemons Collards Collards Collards

Sunny and well drained. Those are the basic requirements for a spot that will make plants happy.

It matters when you plant plants. Observe and learn to have success.

Start plants from seeds. It is the most economical.

Your soil will degrade and need to be amended. Material must always be added. Compost is the best way to get this material.

There is no such think as yard waste. Start a compost pile today!

A description of my composting set-up

Soil is one of the four ‘S’s’ of Success gardening. Either you are lucky and there is good soil where you live. Or you need to buy or build soil. Building soil is easy, it is called compost and I will talk more about it tomorrow.

Soil Sprout Season Spot. Think about those things and you will be off to a great start with gardening.

Misti Little has a wonderful podcast. Www.the gardenpathpodcast.com. Check it out. Also cabbage worms. Never get bored of those.

Lemon trees are a wonderful addition to your gulf coast garden. Easy to grow and productive. Plan on planting on this fall or winter.

When he rain comes down and the water comes up, watch out for ants in your raised beds.

Clearing out the bed and finding the eggs means I may be getting ahead of the worms.

First pod of Okra harvest! This episode has the world premiere of my Okra song.

The second to last phase in garlic production is to cure it. The curing process dries the garlic out and makes it storable for a long time.

If plants don’t touch worms can’t spread.

The plants we know are the plants that grow. Collards are easy to love at every step in their life cycle.

A discussion of a flower bed in my garden that I have purposely let go to the weeds.

Hello, this an appeal. Please buy Okra Garden Supply Made In USA garden gloves from Amazon and give them 5 a star review. Thank you very much.

Quick update on my recent harvest

Bananas shot up while I was away.

I had to leave my collard patch to the worms for two weeks. But, they survived! Hooray.

Conversation with friend on anchor application.

Description of a backyard in Dundee Oregon.

Willamette River descriptions and a bit of the Fire Ant Lisa origin story.

Quick hello from the top of a butte in Eugene, Oregon

The unique season and souls are what make the southern Oregon coast such a spectacular place to grow.

High and low sweep the tides. Planing off the earth before the tectonic plates shove the surfaces into the sun.

Another Anchor gardener- Afro Beets

It’s the coast and the trees are enormous. Photos on Instagram. Look for Fire Ant Lisa.

Quick look at Sand Creek

An audio tour of my in-law’s blooming Grants Pass garden.

Blue Bonnets or Lupine? Beautiful no matter the name.

Lovely plants. Beautiful weather.

I think my SOIL POD product is going to get a reboot soon. Collard Green Starter Kit

On summer vacation. Enjoying the beautiful scenery of Oregon. But, wow, really cold for a Texan!

My favorite way to enjoy the collard harvest.

Stripped cabbage worm. I have them.

There were many cabbage worms yesterday. All life cycle stages. Pick ‘em off the best you can. Photo on Instagram.

Collard greens are in the brassicaceae

Fire Ant Lisa is on Instagram. Check it out!

Planning a big harvest this weekend.

Another round of blossoms and fruit on my lemon tree. Hooray. Fruit trees are a wonderful addition to a garden. I recommend highly.

A bit about fire ants and a quick correction on garlic.

Garlic is curing nicely. How long will it last? Can I grow a year’s worth of garlic?

Hello, bananas. You are looking fine. It is time to start planning for winter.

I ate a blueberry! I grew it myself!

Rain brought snails. I just pick and toss.

To preserve my Garlic I need to have room for it to cure. Easier said than done.

Try to drop the seeds in the ground before a good rain. That will provide ideal conditions for Germination.

Ugh. Maybe next year. Mulch mulch mulch and weed weed weed.

Mother’s day is the time to Harvest Garlic in Houston. Mine look fabulous!

How to handle this common pest.

This episode is packed with wonder and inspiration. My goal is to inspire and empower YOU to begin gardening. I call it zero to collards.

I am not getting many lemons this year. There could be a couple of reasons- listen to hear about them.

Saving money by gardening takes embracing what you can grow easily. I recommend collard greens.

A little bit about what is growing for me, right now.

How much time you spend gardening should influence your expectations. I spend about 30 minutes per week. This is enough for great results with collard greens.

The light and moisture conditions are determined by where you are on the planet. No matter where you are. I recommend starting with collard greens.

Start collard greens from seeds.

Gardenia, how I love the. Alongside jasmine in the fragrant garden. Blooming white together. I am calm and happy in my yard.

Apartment gardening has special considerations- do you have access to Soil?

Contemplative Well or Blindingly Inspired - Which describes the 2 square meters outside your door? Apartment gardeners must pay close attention to their conditions, or gardening spot, because they are unlikely to have options.

Compost is the foundation for your garden. Start composting today.

Season Sprout Soil and Spot. Take care of that and nature will take care of the rest.

Why Fire Ant Lisa is my internet name.

Two Bolting plants have a different response.

Remember to enjoy your garden and share it with friends and family.

I transplanted my Milkweed into my second favorite raised bed, and I did it just before a natural rain, which is a great time to give the plants a good chance at survival.

Monarchs and Milkweed. This little butterfly could inspire us all.

Absolutely!

Sing to your plants and have a happy life. This episode includes an Original tune, collard greens, performed by Fire Ant Lisa

The yummiest way to eat collard greens every day.

Axil is a botanical word that is good to understand so you can describe your plants and understand more advanced gardening instruction.

There are two styles of growth for many types of plants, the first is growing leaves, the second is blooming. Before leafy greens bloom, they bolt! Learn more by listening.

Prepare for success by recognizing strawberries take special care to thrive.

Listen to this episode to learn a simple and easy way to germinate Milkweed.

Fruit are ripening- hopefully I can protect the fruit from the squirrels and birds.

Growth is continuous. Life is short. Gardening can be a respite. Beginning to is more important than planning. www.fireantlisa.com

Grow light inside is a fun way to garden year round. I found more success with even distribution of plants under the lights. When I only has one plant it got fried.

Oh, someday to have blooms 365.

For year round harvests try to keep up year round tasks.

Rinse greens in sink then drain and look for dirt. Repeat until water is clean.

It is time to reflect on opinions about foraging and eating wild plants.

Fresh Strawberries now available in Houston area. But, not in my yard because last years plants didn’t make it through the summer.

Will the Monarchs see 2100? I hope so. I am going to try and germinate milkweed by soaking the seeds.

Collards and Garlic and Jasmine and Gardenias

Check in on my blueberries which are currently in the 1/2 blossom 1/2 baby berry stage. www.fireantlisa.com

Now is the time to plant in Houston- so get out there and get growing!

Collards are grow my again and I am back into harvesting plenty to eat. www.fireantlisa.com

Collards are blooming and just in time to compliment the lemon blossoms.

I am calling it- this weekend was Peak Azalea season in the gulf coast and piney woods of Texas. Spectacular! www.fireantlisa.com

Timing is everything. Collard greens go all year in Houston.

Okra Garden Supply Breakfast. Enjoy collards and egg cooked n the instant pot for a healthy and inexpensive boost to your life.

Don’t have space outside? Consider container gardening indoors. It might take a little bit of effort to get started and containers take a bit more attention, but you have to go with what you have. Growing is the best way to learn so get started!

Quick Tip: keep your garden gloves by your back door so you are always ready to weed.

The scent of flowers can provide an invigorating and happy feel to your garden. Citrus gives joy all year round, in spring we can enjoy the soothing fragrance. www.fireantlisa.com

Check in on my frozen banana plant: spoiler alert- it still looks dead. No green shoots yet. www.fireantlisa.com

Introduction to Garlic- a fabulous plant for the beginning gardener.

Comparison of results from an indoor grow light and direct sowing outdoors. www.fireantlisa.com

Collards here, collards there, soon I hope, collards everywhere.

Adding soil amendments can be a help but I mostly stick with compost. I also grow resilient plants.

Only a small proportion of maximum size is obtained by plants grown in containers. www.fireantlisa.com

Caution when pruning lemon trees- sharp thorns might lurk along branches.

Spring has sprung inSpring Texas and the lemon trees have put on blossoms. Hooray! www.firantlisa.com

Collard Greens are the perfect thing to grow in the Houston area. If you are deciding where to start- start with collard greens. www.fireantlisa.com

In Houston I recommend growing green onions. Our even day length will make it challenging for bulb onions to reach proper maturity. www.fireantlisa.com

Update on my blueberry plants that enjoyed our recent cold snap.

Gardening: Unexpected Fire Ants. Resourceful ants can colonize unexpected locations- like a swing set cross bar. Keep your eyes pealed for ants, they can be anywhere.

Gardening: Lemons from seed? • SOUR LEMONS? Quick Question and Answer regarding citrus from seeds and container gardening indoors. www.fireantlisa.com

Gardening: Lemons. A few points about growing lemons and citrus in the Houston area. www.fireantlisa.com

Gardening: Four 's'. Season, Sprouts, Spot, and Soil. Take care of those four things and you will be along your way to a successful garden.

Gardening: Okra. A few thoughts about the wonderful little Okra. www.fireantlisa.com

Gardening: Nutrition. Eat plants soon after harvest for most nutrition. Growing at home is a perfect way to eat super fresh. www.fireantlisa.com

Gardening: Food Supply. What is food? Where does it come from? Start gardening and you will be able to start thinking about those questions in a new way.

Gardening: Mental Health. Calm your nerves. Steady your pace. Appreciate yourself. Garden! www.fireantlisa.com

Gardening: Routine. Success comes when you make gardening a part of your routine. www.firesantlisa.com

Gardening: Fire Ant Piles. How to mitigate the problems with fire ant piles. www.fireantlisa.com

Gardening: Fire Ant Management. The best way to avoid problems with fire ants: socks, shoes, and a sharp eye. www.fireantlisa.com

Gardening: Different Germination will happen. Soil temperature cannot ignored. Despite starting identical seeds in nearly identical media much different germination was achieved. Interesting! www.fireantlisa.com

Gardening: Weekend Glow. The weekend glow is what you carry into the week when you have spent the weekend in your garden. www.fireantlisa.com

Gardening: Avoid Mold. When starting sprouts indoors he sure to choose a sunny spot and put a waterproof barrier (like a ceramic or plastic dish) under your plants to avoid mold. www.fireantlisa.com

Gardening: Frost Damaged Citrus. How to evaluate and respond to frost damaged citrus. www.fireantlisa.com

Gardening: Broadcast Seeding. Tossing seeds across wet soil is a great way to try and get some plants going. Collard greens have germinated in my beds after broadcast seeding last week. Listen this learn more. www.fireantlisa.com

Gardening: Sprouts. To have a garden you must have plants. Here is a quick introduction to the two main ways of getting plants. www.fireantlisa.com

Gardening: Spot. Things to consider when choosing a location for your garden. www.fireantlisa.com

Gardening: Season. Pay attention to the time of year and type of plant to have success. In the garden, not all days are created equal and finding the right time for each plants is critical. www.fireantlisa.com

Gardening: Soil Here I outline three ways to get soil for your plants. Buy, Build, or Borrow. www.fireantlisa.com

Gardening: Soil Sprout Season Spot. Sort those four thing out and you will have success. www.fireantlisa.com

Gardening: Styles. There is no right or wrong way. I have found having a goal- grow food and transition to an edible landscape- has helped motivate and inspire me. What inspires you? Let me know. @fireantlisa www.fireantlisa.com

Gardening: Collards Survive the freeze! Good news- my collards survived the freeze. Can't wait to eat them. Just a bit more info about my favorite - collard greens. Www.fireantlisa.com.

Gardening: Grow Light. January is the perfect time of year to try out a grow light. I just put together my first one and it is awesome! Check out the episode.

Gardening: Collards and propagation by stem. A few words here about propagation and its diversity. The more ways a plant propagates itself the easier it is to raise. Collards are great for this because new plants sprout from the old plants when conditions are right.

Gardening: Yard Waste. Keep all the yard debris on your property and use it to start a compost pile.

Gardening: Intro. A discussion of my gardening style.

Gardening: Watering must be done and young plants need the most attention.

What to pay attention to when choosing a spot for your garden. Sunshine and drainage.

Permaculture- the easygoing way to garden.

Gardening: Container Gardening. When starting plants in pots ensure good quality soil and sufficient drainage.

How bad was the freeze? A close look st the Bidens is my gauge. Answer: moderate.

A hard freeze in Houston. What does that mean? Learn more here!

Preserve your lemon harvest quickly and easily by juicing the lemons and freezing the juice.

Observation of okra in winter and quick comment on why okra is the perfect plant for humans.

When and how to harvest collard greens for sustained yields.

Quick discussion of how much money the collard greens I grow are worth. Answer- about $3 per day.

Green onions are a great plant to start growing because you can get your starts at the grocery store. I call it grocery gardening.

First two Bidens alba episodes. Bidens alba is a fabulous plant that attracts pollinators and is very easy to grow.

A description of what happens when a plant bolts- or transitions from producing leaves to producing seeds.

Quick update on the three 'R' s - now it is five 'R' s. Reduce Reuse Recycle Refuse and Rot. Composting is the rot and it is not too tough. Listen and learn!

Am introduction to composting and some tips on getting started.

An introduction to why soul soul is so important to a healthy productive garden.

Tips for making sure your plants don't get too much water.

An introduction to my prize collard green plant that has been producing for 3 years.

Quick description of how to get started growing garlic on the Gulf Coast. More information: www.okragardensupply.com

A short description of why my internet name is 'Fire Ant Lisa'. I am Fire Ant Lisa because I sell a pesticide product called DIATOMS that is for fire ants. Learn more: www.okragardensupply.com/DIATOMS.

Jasmine- some tips for getting started with Jasmine.

A description of the surprise snow in my yard and a quick thought on the infinite life lessons and refreshing perspective gardening can bring to your life.

How to prepare for a freeze.

An introduction to collard greens and Lisa strongly encourages everyone to grow collard greens.

Introduction to Okra, a terrific plant to grow in the south.

Brief and entertaining introduction to growing bananas.

A fun discussion of how to have success with blueberries in your Gulf Coast garden.

Gardening: lemons

Gardening: lemons