February 14 , 2023
Great Tool for Rocky Clay Soil + Trees After Ice
Things are looking powerful lively in the garden just two calendar week after the ice capades . As buds burst , Narcissus tazetta ‘ Grand Primo ’ unroll flyspeck , fragrant blossom for tiny pollinator , like this hover fly that finish by on a Sunday stroll . Many of us are still cleaning up toppled tree . If you ’re in Austin , here are guidelines for curb compendium .
If your live oak tree or red oak Tree were damaged , those wounds have bring around already . Since this is prime metre for oak tree wilt infection , tools MUST be disinfected between unexampled snub that you or an arborist make on the tree and the wounds painted immediately ( a percipient spray paint works ) . loosely , we do not cut back susceptible oak between February 1 and July 1 unless they present a safety equipment hazard , which may practice here . Get more advice from theTexas Oak Wilt Partnershipabout methamphetamine hydrochloride - damaged trees . AND , find a certified tree surgeon for your area on theInternational Society of Arboriculture ’s site . This cool weather is an splendid fourth dimension to plant perennials , bush , and even trees . But when you ’re on clay soil — or worse , rocky stiff soil — sustainable garden designerLeah Churneralways grab her pick ( also called woof mattock ) to get the job done . She show how it came in especially handy when design Lori Najvar and Glen Chappell ’s hillside garden to burst up dense clay soil and pry up rocks . There are even shorter , handheld panache . ( Lori & Glen ’s garden story coming your means February 23 . )
Looking online , there are many options for pick , mattock , or pick mattocks . This Old Houseexplains the conflict : “ A mattock has a broad steel on one end of the head and a pick or axe on the other , which makes it good for digging , prying , and chopping . A pickaxe has a cream on one side and a chisel on the other , making it good for snoopiness . ”After watch Leah ’s manifestation on our December taping , managing director Ed Fuentes gave me a double hoe / hand hoe cultivator for Christmas , a tool I ’d always plan to get but never did . Wowsa ! It ’s great ! Do note : for pick / beak mattock / mitt hoe grower , do foot something that ’s really sturdy . Over the years , I ’ve completely bent a few digging fork . at last , they became garden art . Watch Leah fag in right now !
Thanks for stopping by ! Linda
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