PLOW & HOSE Gardening in Central Texas

By Julie Rydell

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Plow & Hose is a show dedicated to joys and challenges of organic backyard gardening in Central Texas. Learn organic gardening and earth friendly practices while getting seasonal planting information specific to Central Texas.

Episode Date
1-30-2024 Little Green Peas
Jan 30, 2024
01-29-24 POTATO PLANTING PREPARATION
Jan 29, 2024
01-23-24 New! New! New! Year, Plants, Temperatures--Changes in 2024
Jan 23, 2024
8-20-23 Rude Depressing Heat, But Hope for Fall Tomatoes and Love for Retamas
Aug 20, 2023
07-29-23 Brutal Heat, Bitter Cucumbers and Fame Flowers
Jul 30, 2023
06-28-23 Dealing with Irrational Heat and more Xeriscape Ideas
Jun 30, 2023
05-15-23 Healthy Soil Is Living + Prepping for Summer + Debunking Blossom-end Rot
May 16, 2023
05-01-23 TRIP TO SOUTH KOREA! Azaleas, Pine Wilt, Cherry & Gingko Trees
May 02, 2023
04-15-23 Gross Pollen, Purple Hyacinth Beans and LADYBUGS
Apr 15, 2023
04-09-23 Fading Bluebonnets Make Way for Gaillardia & Coneflowers + Keystone Plants
Apr 09, 2023
03-26-23 Plant Swap! Spiderwort, Aloe Veras & Spring Planting
Mar 26, 2023
03-19-23 Summer and Fall Blooming "Bulbs"--Lilies and "Lilies"
Mar 19, 2023
03-12-23 TEXAS SPRING IS HERE! Wildflowers and PARASITES
Mar 12, 2023
03-05-23 Crazy Days pt. 2 Warm Weather Brings Weeds + New Landscaping
Mar 06, 2023
02-20-23 Crazy Days. Last Call for Cool Crops! Plus GARDEN PEAS
Feb 21, 2023
02-12-23 ICE DAMAGE & OTHER BS--But Let's Plant Strawberries & Roses Like Nothing Happened
Feb 12, 2023
01-29-23 Get Your Seeds! Plant some, start some & save some
Jan 29, 2023
01-21-23 NEW YEAR/NEW GOALS: Weird Weather! Ominous Events & Inflation Goals! Eww Bird Flu
Jan 22, 2023
12-25-22 Merry Christmas! Cuetlaxochitls & Caffeine
Dec 25, 2022
12-11-22 RADISHES ARE GREAT Grow Some (+gift ideas for gardeners)
Dec 11, 2022
11-20-22 FINALLY--Feel like Fall! Planting onions and Keep Your Leaves
Nov 20, 2022
10-16-22 IT'S REVERSE SPRING but It's Time to Plant TREES--Select for Optimal Fall Foliage
Oct 16, 2022
10-02-22 ***TIME TO PLANT SPRING WILDFLOWERS*** LAWNS VS FLOWERS
Oct 02, 2022
09-14-22 FALSE FALL Brings More Flowers Just in Time for Migration
Sep 16, 2022
09-04-22 Cut Out of Work Early, Went to the Nursery (A Fortuitous Tale: Brassicas V. Nematodes)
Sep 04, 2022
08-28-22 Return to Regular Hot Late Summer, Complete with Bad Bugs & OX BLOOD LILIES
Aug 29, 2022
08-21-22 Soil, a Natural Antidepressant?! Plus Late Summer Wildflowers
Aug 22, 2022
08-14-22 Late Summer Hellscape, Bring Fall + San Antonio Japanese Tea Garden
Aug 12, 2022
07-24-22 Dear Garden, Don't Please Die. + Highlight on Mallows Like Rock Roses + Watering More Better
Jul 24, 2022
07-10-22 Cucumbers, Fall Tomatoes & HYDROPONICS PART 2
Jul 10, 2022
06-26-22 A Trip Leads to Terrariums & Hydroponics
Jun 26, 2022
06-12-22 It's hot. I'm over it. Protect with shade/plant heat loving plants
Jun 14, 2022
06-05-2022 Summer Care: Focus on Fertilizer, plus leaf beetle management
Jun 06, 2022
05-15-22 BIG Arches & Bean Towers: New Garden Projects
May 15, 2022
05-01-22 Take you tomatoes to work day + Rain-Sensitive Plants (mostly rain-sensitive plants)
May 01, 2022
04-24-22 Ducks & Gourds.
Apr 24, 2022
04-16-22 EASTER & THE PINK MOON: Moon Phase Gardening, Moonflowers & Easter Lilies
Apr 17, 2022
04-10-22 Time to Start Sweet Potatoes! Orange Paintbrush Wildflowers & Dealing with Pillbugs
Apr 10, 2022
04-03-22 IT'S WILDFLOWER SEASON! Bluebonnets, Blue Eyed Grass & More + Safe Pest Control
Apr 03, 2022
03-27-22 Texas Mountain Laurel, Oak Leaf Drop & Summer Annuals
Mar 27, 2022
03-20-22 SPRING!!! Redbuds and Iris are Blooming + XERISCAPING!!!
Mar 20, 2022
03-13-22 Start Fresh:New beds, raised bed mix & spotlight on culinary herbs--cilantro & oregano
Mar 13, 2022
03-06-2022 YAY! Spring Planting, PRUNING FRUIT TREES & Highlight on Jujubes
Mar 06, 2022
02-27-22 SICK OF WINTER--Houseplant basics! part 1
Feb 28, 2022
02-20-22 YAY! It's Pre-Spring! So much to plant--outside/inside + focus on potatoes and basil
Feb 21, 2022
02-13-22 Mostly CITRUS TREES, spring "weeds" & pruning ROSES
Feb 14, 2022
02-07-22 Time to Plant Fruit Trees & CHILL HOURS (also spring peas)
Feb 07, 2022
01-30-22 BACK TO BASICS pt. 2, SOIL, and gardening in an imperfect world--keep trying
Jan 31, 2022
01-23-22 Backyard Basics! Soil, Light & Water + Plant Asparagus Now
Jan 25, 2022
01-16-22 Let's get those seeds STARTED--+ cedar fever & details on TOMATOES
Jan 17, 2022
01-09-22 Winterizing Fail, African Violets & Seed Starting Soil
Jan 11, 2022
01-02-22 Happy New Year! This Show is Super Seedy. (Let's buy seeds!)
Jan 06, 2022
12-19-21 Winter Blooming Plants: Poinsettias, Christmas Cacti, Forced Bulbs
Dec 25, 2021
12-12-21 Holiday Gift Ideas for Plant People!
Dec 15, 2021
12-05-21 December Chores, Winter Onions, Leaf Raking Hype (don't believe it)
Dec 10, 2021
11-21-21 Untangling Permaculture, Simplistically Explaining Zoning & Stacking
Nov 26, 2021
11-14-21 Colorful Fall Foliage via Chinese Tallow + alternatives AND Please keep leaves out of the trash!!!!
Nov 17, 2021
10-31-21 Spooky Things & A Cool Down (moths, toads & prepping for the cooler temps)
Nov 05, 2021
10-17-21 Understated Horseherb, Trashing Ash Trees and Replanting Better Trees
Oct 21, 2021
10-03-21 Goldenrod vs. Ragweed, Figs & Burr Oak
Oct 14, 2021
09-26-21 Want Spring Texas Wildflowers? PLANT NOW
Sep 28, 2021
09-19-21 Thinking ahead to Salad Greens & September Chores
Sep 22, 2021
09-12-21 Seeing Red: Late Summer Color--Roselle, Snailseed Vine, Chiltepin Peppers & OX BLOOD LILIES
Sep 21, 2021
09-05-21 End of Summer: Pecan Issues, Grafting & Brassicas for Fall
Sep 10, 2021
08-29-21 Garden Therapy, Texas Sage Will it Rain? + Mulberries
Sep 03, 2021
08-22-21 Late Summer Insects...Leafhoppers, Butterflies & yuck...ARMY WORMS
Aug 23, 2021
08-15-21 Cactus Bugs, Dragonfruit & Night Blooming Cereus (with a drizzle of horticultural oil)
Aug 23, 2021
08-08-21 It's August. It's Hot. Summer Chores like deadheading leads to nerdy BASIL talk.
Aug 13, 2021
08-01-21 Prep for Fall (w/FALL POTATOES!!!), Pepper & Coral Vine Taste Test...eh...yeah. NO.
Aug 06, 2021
07-25-21 Texas Superstars: Pride of Barbados & Henry Duelberg Salvia, PLUS Fall Tomatoes
Jul 28, 2021
07-18-21 More Pollinator Plants! Turk's Cap, Flame Acanthus, Lantana
Jul 26, 2021
07-11-21 Passionflower Vine Gone Wild + Monarchs, Milkweed & More
Jul 16, 2021
07-04-21 Happy 4th! Time to plant pumpkins! Also Cucumbers for Fall & Nicotine Tea
Jul 06, 2021
06-27-21 Summer Struggles--Welcome to July, where Fall looks better & better.
Jul 02, 2021
06-20-21 Summer blooms, Bad Bug Defense (what is Neem?) + the future of fall gardening
Jun 25, 2021
06-13-21 SUMMER TIME!!! A Quick Trip to the Coast + AERATED COMPOST TEA
Jun 16, 2021
06-06-21 @#$% Trees ---too much rain, but pretty June Blossoms
Jun 14, 2021
05-30-21 Dealing with Wet Weather Issues & Improving Tomato Fertility
Jun 03, 2021
05-23-21 JULIE vs. SQUASH VINE BORERS + Compost Primer
May 27, 2021
05-16-21 Spring chores and deciphering WARM SEASON GREENS
May 18, 2021
05-09-21 Mindfulness in the Garden, Ode to Okra
May 18, 2021
05-02-21 Cucumber bugs & insect traps--organic style
May 05, 2021
04-24-21 Purslane & fam, fertilzer primer + blossom end rot
May 05, 2021
04-18-21 Butterfly Gardening: Host & Nectar Plants + Black Swallowtails
Apr 21, 2021
04-11-21 Growing Loofah Gourds, Earth Friendly Pest Control
Apr 19, 2021
04-04-21 Strawberries & Pillbugs, plus Sweet Potato Slips
Apr 09, 2021
03-28-21 Springtime in Texas WILDFLOWERS! & Ewww...Bastard Cabbage...
Mar 29, 2021
03-21-21 Compost Primer & CHICKENS!
Mar 29, 2021
03-14-21 Yay! Spring! Prepping new beds & African Keyhole Gardens
Mar 18, 2021
3-07-21 Last Average Frost, Spring Weeds, Lawns & Starting a New Bed
Mar 12, 2021
2-28-21 Are My Plants Dead? (Snovid Garden Recovery Continues)
Mar 12, 2021
2-21-21 Texas Snovid Aftermath, Yard Clean Up & Optimism
Mar 12, 2021
2-14-21 Arctic Blast, Indoor Seeds and Asparagus & Artichoke for Spring
Mar 08, 2021
2-7-21 Root Veggies, Frost Protection & Fruit Trees
Mar 08, 2021
1-31-21 EarthKind Roses with a Side of Potatoes
Mar 08, 2021
1-17-21 We Got Snow...All About Tomatoes (+grapes)
Mar 08, 2021
1-10-21 Seed Starting Indoors
Mar 08, 2021
1-3-21 Happy New Year! Cole Crops + Fermenting & RADISHES
Mar 08, 2021