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Growing My Goth Garden: Finding Beauty in the Dark
Last summer, I visited a friend’s garden on one of those Houston afternoons when the sun felt like it could melt a watering can. Her backyard was overflowing with color: brilliant zinnias, coral roses, and bright green herbs dancing in the heat. A quiet corner completely stopped me in my tracks. Nestled among all that brightness was a small bed filled with deep purple basil, black tomatoes, and velvety red sunflowers that looked as if they had been painted in shadow. It was h


Plant Propagation
Plants reproduce in many ways: seeds, runners, tubers, bulbs, and cuttings. But you can also help them multiply to expand your harvest. Dividing a Plant With many edible plants, propagation can be as simple as gently pulling them apart. There are several methods for multiplying food plants, including division, layering, and cuttings. The best technique depends on the crop you are propagating. Dividing In the south, early fall is a great time to divide edible bulbs such as gar


It's Hot, How's Your Garden Doing?
If you’re gardening in the south, you’ve got a lot to be excited about. These zones offer long growing seasons, plenty of sunshine, and mild winters. That means you can grow a pretty wide range of veggies, herbs, and even some tropicals that colder zones only dream about. Right now, your garden might still be bursting with tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, okra, and squash. If you're in Zone 9 like us, you may even still be enjoying melons and sweet potatoes. Basil, rosemary, thym


What You Can Start in Your Southern Garden in June
Gardening in the south during June might seem daunting with the heat ramping up, but don’t pack away your trowel just yet. For Zone 9 growers, June is still ripe with planting possibilities, especially if you’re working with heat-loving heirloom varieties that thrive in our long, hot summers. At Urban Garden Plants , we believe that summer is a time to lean into bold flavors, vibrant harvests, and resilient heirloom crops that keep your garden abundant well into fall. Here’s


It's October Houston, Where's Fall?
If you're living in Houston, you may be wondering why fall is playing an extended game of hide and seek. Spoiler alert! It's still hiding and not doing a great job at it. With another week of 90°F temps looming large, it seems like summer and fall are still hashing out a custody battle, and we, the humble gardeners, are stuck in the middle. You might have already broken out your pumpkin spice everything, fully prepared for that crisp fall air... only to be greeted by a wall o





