March is the time to Get Busy
It is March and now it is time to really get busy in the veggie garden. If you took time off in the garden during the last few months, […]
How to Grow Your Own Potatoes
It is only one more month before the real gardening season begins. On this last day of January, it is time to take stock of what we plan to plant […]
Microlife sale coming soon for Lake Houston Gardeners
As in the past few years, San Jacinto Supply and their owner, Mike Serant, have agreed to let us use Microlife products as a fundraiser for the OFE Gardens. This […]
The Autumn Harvest
Here we go into the last month of the year—2020! All those things we were going to do this year and only 30 more days to do them! Well, don’t […]
2020: Covid, Elections and Deer in the Garden
Yes, it is already November. Seems like just a few days ago we were looking at the beginning of 2020 and wondering what great things it would bestow on us. […]
Don’t Toss Those Leaves!
This article was originally written for the KeepKingwoodGreen newsletter. If you would like to know more about local recycling information you can join that newsletter at: www.keepkingwoodgreen.org It is Fall […]
Fall in the Veggie Garden
The cool fronts are starting to clear the Kingwood area. In fact, it has been a bit chilly the last few mornings only to go up into the upper 80’s […]
Summer Is Over (Nearly) So It’s Time to Plan for Fall Gardens
It has been hard for this old gardener to do much in the veggie patch the past few months. If the heat doesn’t get you, the mosquitoes will. I just […]
LOOKING BACK
It is always a pleasure and sometimes a burden to think of things to write in the newsletter each month. The pleasure is that even as old as I […]
Spring abundance
Tomatoes, Peppers, squash, cucumbers, potatoes, onions. cauliflower, broccoli, as well as miscellaneous herbs—-all were on the dinner or lunch table this week at the Opperman household. It has been a […]