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Tomatoes! How To Be Successful
When and where to buy plants When to purchase plants – mid-February if weather is mild When to plant. When nighttime temperatures are expected to be above 45-55 degrees. March 1 is a good date to plan for. Where to buy plants – Buchanan’s, Another Place in Time, Southwest Fertilizer, Wabash. Varieties (cherries vs large) […]
Founders’ Breakfast In The Garden Fundraiser
You are invited to a special fundraising event! WHO: All members, friends, and supporters of Westbury Community Garden WHAT: Founders’ Breakfast In The GardenWHEN: Saturday, March 25, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PMWHERE: Westbury Community Garden Pavilion, 12581 Dunlap St.WHY: This important fundraiser will finance the 2023 operating expenses at the garden. WCG needs your help […]
Special Farm Dirt Compost Opportunity For Members
WCG will order bags of Farm Dirt Compost at a discount on February 15 for distribution Saturday, February 18. The 1 cubic foot bags of premium compost are offered to members for $7.50 per bag. The MSRP is $10 a bag at locally owned garden centers. Starting February 2, you may place your order and […]
Saving Garden Vegetables From a Hard Freeze
The experience of Don Finley at the Westbury Community Garden Don Finley has a 25’ x 4.5’ garden bed with a border of 8” square concrete blocks. Prior to the late December 2022 freeze, he mulched around each vegetable with a thick layer of pine needles. He then covered the bed with sheets and sealed […]
Freeze Protection For Citrus Trees
The experience at Westbury Community Garden and at Ray Sher and Gary Edmondson’s yard. Our method for protecting the citrus trees in the February 2021 freeze had minimal success. That year we piled leaves against the citrus tree trunks surrounding a 5-gallon bucket of water and wrapped the whole thing with a blanket. Most trees […]
Recovering From The Freeze
It is possible to recover many vegetables after this freeze. Do not be too hasty in pulling out plants because they do not look healthy. Begin by removing the completely dead portion of a plant, especially those that look mushy. Do not pull out the roots! Sometimes parts of the plant in the soil can […]
Willow Waterhole MusicFest
Once again Westbury Community Garden members had a great time representing the garden at the bi-annual Willow Waterhole MusicFest on October 30. The theme, of course, was Halloween! Kids of all ages loved making corn husk dolls at the craft table. Fundraiser donation gifts included Lone Star Bee’s Hot Honey, YUM’s herb-infused sweet and savory […]
Fall Seeds Are Here!
The fall seed packs are ready to go! They are $18 per pack for WCG gardeners, $20 for non-WCG gardeners (friends, neighbors, whoever). There are 30 varieties of seeds in each pack, and there are 60 complete packs. There are limited quantities of two specialty items available for purchase separately: kohlrabi for $1.50/pkt and golden beets […]
Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast
On July 9, a breakfast on the grounds was hosted at Westbury Community Garden to honor the many volunteers that have helped us keep the garden moving forward during the trying times of the COVID pandemic. The breakfast featured a luscious fruit salad, pastries, and breads from a generous H-E-B donation, bagels and coffee from […]
Texas Women’s University at WCG
Texas Women’s University Volunteers came out to help the Westbury Community Garden for our monthly workday on June 25. This was their first visit here. They helped weed and mulch the front Butterfly Beds to help our native pollinator plants survive the long period of high temperatures and drought. We saw Pipevine Caterpillars, native bees […]