Renee's Blog
Juicing Nutritious Homegrown Wheatgrass
Juicing nutritious wheatgrass is as easy as using a blender. After having grown a batch at the trial garden, Lindsay harvests and juices it in just a few minutes. Boost your daily nutrition by growing and juicing wheatgrass at home....
Juicing Nutritious Homegrown Wheatgrass
Juicing nutritious wheatgrass is as easy as using a blender. After having grown a batch at the trial garden, Lindsay harvests and juices it in just a few minutes. Boost your daily nutrition by growing and juicing wheatgrass at home....
How To Harvest And Prepare Padron Peppers
Watch as Lindsay shows how to harvest and prepare Spanish Padron tapas peppers for enjoyment straight from the garden.
How To Harvest And Prepare Padron Peppers
Watch as Lindsay shows how to harvest and prepare Spanish Padron tapas peppers for enjoyment straight from the garden.
Harvesting and Preparing Edamame
Learn how to harvest and prepare easy to grow Edamame beans straight from your garden.
Harvesting and Preparing Edamame
Learn how to harvest and prepare easy to grow Edamame beans straight from your garden.
Harvesting Your Herbal Tea Hibiscus
Learn all about our variety of herbal hibiscus and how to harvest and dry it for tea.
Harvesting Your Herbal Tea Hibiscus
Learn all about our variety of herbal hibiscus and how to harvest and dry it for tea.
Planting Vegetables In Containers
Planting vegetables in containers has never been more productive. Trial Garden Manager Lindsay Del Carlo explains how to get the best yield out of container vegetables with easy to follow techniques.
Planting Vegetables In Containers
Planting vegetables in containers has never been more productive. Trial Garden Manager Lindsay Del Carlo explains how to get the best yield out of container vegetables with easy to follow techniques.
Organic Growing: Prepping Garden Beds
Easy step by step prepping instructions for flower garden beds.
Organic Growing: Prepping Garden Beds
Easy step by step prepping instructions for flower garden beds.
Harvesting Celeriac (a.k.a. Celery Root)
Celeriac is a European staple that's gaining popularity in U.S., Lindsay Del Carlo guides viewers on when to harvest this delicious root vegetable.
Harvesting Celeriac (a.k.a. Celery Root)
Celeriac is a European staple that's gaining popularity in U.S., Lindsay Del Carlo guides viewers on when to harvest this delicious root vegetable.
How And Why To Thin Carrots
Lindsay shares her tips for abundant carrot harvests by explaining how and why to thin twice.
How And Why To Thin Carrots
Lindsay shares her tips for abundant carrot harvests by explaining how and why to thin twice.
Cutting Zinnias For Bouquets
Make beautiful zinnia bouquets and regrow more flowers by following tips from Lindsay Del Carlo, Trial Garden Manager. Shop For Zinnias Now
Cutting Zinnias For Bouquets
Make beautiful zinnia bouquets and regrow more flowers by following tips from Lindsay Del Carlo, Trial Garden Manager. Shop For Zinnias Now
Cutting Basil For Lasting Harvests
Lindsay shares her expert techniques for extending basil growing season.
Cutting Basil For Lasting Harvests
Lindsay shares her expert techniques for extending basil growing season.
When To Harvest Your Sweet Corn
How to tell when sweet corn is ready for harvest with Lindsay.
When To Harvest Your Sweet Corn
How to tell when sweet corn is ready for harvest with Lindsay.
How To Sow Baby Kale For Endless Salads
Lindsay Del Carlo, Trial Garden Manager, shows how to prepare the garden bed and sow baby kale.
How To Sow Baby Kale For Endless Salads
Lindsay Del Carlo, Trial Garden Manager, shows how to prepare the garden bed and sow baby kale.
Harvesting Baby Kale For Endless Salads
Lindsay Del Carlo, Trial Garden Manager, demonstrates how to cut baby kale for salad.
Harvesting Baby Kale For Endless Salads
Lindsay Del Carlo, Trial Garden Manager, demonstrates how to cut baby kale for salad.
Flowers For Cutting
Renee and P Allen Smith demo the many wonderful heirloom and cottage garden flowers for bouquets in Renee's own garden including Cosmos, Bishop's Lace, Devil's Tongue, Nigella, Larkspur, and a myriad of Morning Glories.
Flowers For Cutting
Renee and P Allen Smith demo the many wonderful heirloom and cottage garden flowers for bouquets in Renee's own garden including Cosmos, Bishop's Lace, Devil's Tongue, Nigella, Larkspur, and a myriad of Morning Glories.
Romantic Cosmos & Color Drenched Zinnias
Renee introduces the many beautiful colors and forms of easy to grow cosmos, attracting butterflies and providing summer long bouquets.
Romantic Cosmos & Color Drenched Zinnias
Renee introduces the many beautiful colors and forms of easy to grow cosmos, attracting butterflies and providing summer long bouquets.
Easy Growing From Seed
Renee demonstrates sowing seeds, tending your seedlings and enjoying the harvest.
Easy Growing From Seed
Renee demonstrates sowing seeds, tending your seedlings and enjoying the harvest.
Grow Baby Leaf Mesclun Lettuce
Renee demonstrates how to have great success growing baby leaf mesclun "spring mix" lettuces and greens from seed: how to sow seeds using the "cut and come again" method, tend seedlings, harvest so you get a second crop, and then...
Grow Baby Leaf Mesclun Lettuce
Renee demonstrates how to have great success growing baby leaf mesclun "spring mix" lettuces and greens from seed: how to sow seeds using the "cut and come again" method, tend seedlings, harvest so you get a second crop, and then...
Growing Great Scented Sweet Peas II
Renee discusses all the beautiful colors and forms of wonderfully fragrant heirloom sweet peas and how to grow them successfully and in abundance in your home garden.
Growing Great Scented Sweet Peas II
Renee discusses all the beautiful colors and forms of wonderfully fragrant heirloom sweet peas and how to grow them successfully and in abundance in your home garden.
Growing Fabulous Fragrant Sweet Peas
Renee shows you how to reliably grow armfuls of heavenly scented sweet peas from seed. Includes detailed planting tips for getting great germination, growing and training your twining vines, and how to get the best long blooming bouquets of blossoms.
Growing Fabulous Fragrant Sweet Peas
Renee shows you how to reliably grow armfuls of heavenly scented sweet peas from seed. Includes detailed planting tips for getting great germination, growing and training your twining vines, and how to get the best long blooming bouquets of blossoms.
Growing Your Endless Bouquet Garden
Lindsay Del Carlo shows how to prepare the bed, sow, thin, harvest and arrange your Endless Bouquet Flowers Scatter Garden.
Growing Your Endless Bouquet Garden
Lindsay Del Carlo shows how to prepare the bed, sow, thin, harvest and arrange your Endless Bouquet Flowers Scatter Garden.
Cooking And Growing With Fennel
Renee highlights the differences between growing bulbing fennel, the vegetable, and using the butterfly attracting herb, bronze fennel, in flavoring. Moving to the kitchen, she demonstrates making a delicious Fresh Fennel Salad with Oranges and Cashews.
Cooking And Growing With Fennel
Renee highlights the differences between growing bulbing fennel, the vegetable, and using the butterfly attracting herb, bronze fennel, in flavoring. Moving to the kitchen, she demonstrates making a delicious Fresh Fennel Salad with Oranges and Cashews.
Grow Great Greens
In both early spring and early fall I relish planting diverse crops of crispy flavorful greens to harvest from prepared garden beds. These fast-growing, really nutritious varieties are a delicious way to get my body and spirit awakened and toned...
Grow Great Greens
In both early spring and early fall I relish planting diverse crops of crispy flavorful greens to harvest from prepared garden beds. These fast-growing, really nutritious varieties are a delicious way to get my body and spirit awakened and toned...
Cooking With Fresh Basil
There are many different kinds of basil you can grow and enjoy from seed. Renee shares some of her fresh basil recipes: Pesto Basil Salad Dressing and Basil Leaf Vinegar.
Cooking With Fresh Basil
There are many different kinds of basil you can grow and enjoy from seed. Renee shares some of her fresh basil recipes: Pesto Basil Salad Dressing and Basil Leaf Vinegar.
When to Plant in Texas
Information courtesy of Aggie Horticulture, a service of the Texas A&M University System Horticulture program.
When to Plant in Texas
Information courtesy of Aggie Horticulture, a service of the Texas A&M University System Horticulture program.
Harvesting and Saving Seeds
P. Allen Smith and Renee discuss saving seeds so you can enjoy them season after season.
Harvesting and Saving Seeds
P. Allen Smith and Renee discuss saving seeds so you can enjoy them season after season.
Harvest and Prepare Loofah Sponges
Lindsay demonstrates how to harvest and prepare homegrown loofah sponges.
Harvest and Prepare Loofah Sponges
Lindsay demonstrates how to harvest and prepare homegrown loofah sponges.
Grow "Cut and Come Again" Mesclun Lettuce
Renee demonstrates how to plant your bountiful cut-and-come-again lettuce harvest. It's easy to grow your own diverse and delicious salads from seeds.
Grow "Cut and Come Again" Mesclun Lettuce
Renee demonstrates how to plant your bountiful cut-and-come-again lettuce harvest. It's easy to grow your own diverse and delicious salads from seeds.
6 Dos and 1 Don't for a Good Garden
#1: Don't Sow Your Seeds or Set out Seedlings Too Early! Be strong: resist the temptation to sow your garden on the first warm spring weekend! Heat- loving summer annuals will not thrive and grow well until the soil has...
6 Dos and 1 Don't for a Good Garden
#1: Don't Sow Your Seeds or Set out Seedlings Too Early! Be strong: resist the temptation to sow your garden on the first warm spring weekend! Heat- loving summer annuals will not thrive and grow well until the soil has...