Betty Saenz EcoBroker® Organic Front Yard Farmer

It is getting too hot in Central Texas for most lettuce and greens but herbs are still strong. When it gets too hot the lettuces will "bolt" or go to seed. They send out flower stems which later become seeds and the tender, sweet greens become bitter. I took an organic packaged mixed greens salad from HEB Plus in Leander and added fresh, just snipped organic herbs which included Texas tarragon, parsley, 2 kinds of basil and dill from my organic front yard garden. I added some white crumbled… Continue

After years, my globe artichokes finally budding out. They are beautiful plants I bought locally here in Leander, Texas at a nursery that has since closed. This was my first venture growing these. I don't know why they aren't more popular garden fare here. I understand California has mostly cornered the market on commercial artichoke growing. I want more artichoke plants now. The foilage alone is beautiful, I love to eat artichokes and as an added… Continue

McIntye's in Georgetown this am- bought purple cabbage, spinach, several varieties of lettuce, strawberries, oriental greens- several varieties, arugula, dill seeds, radish seeds- diggin' out more water hog, useless St. Augustine (carpet) grass to grow more edibles right in my front yard.