The Harvey Garden in Texas

From dying grass to garden paradise

My name is Ryan Harvey , and I have been gardening with my married woman , Kristin , and our Yorkie , Emmitt , for eight years in Austin , Texas , Zone 8b . We concentre mainly onedibles , perennials , aboriginal plants , and enjoying views of the garden and wildlife . It all began with one garden bed in the midst of dying grass , already deadclay land , andinvasiverunning bamboo that threatened to take over our firm itself . Years later , our one - 6th - acre lot has over 100 trees on it , multiple vegetable bed , and countless aboriginal and adapted perennial plants . track connect variousoutdoor roomswe have created around our property , each of which is a seat area from which to enjoy ourNational Wildlife Federation – certify habitat . share our garden with others is one of our dandy joys , and we spend as much time outside in it as we can .

Thebirds , insects , and other animals , include ourkale - love wienerwurst , give us more than enough entertainment . Since most of ourfruit - producing treesand bush are young , we are excited to begin harvesting this bounty in the come in twelvemonth , sharing it with our outdoor wildlife Friend , of course .

A huge , fragrantflower ofDaturainoxia(Zones 9–10 or as an one-year ) is backed up by the magenta blossom of rock ‘n’ roll rise ( Pavonialasiopetala , Zones 7–9 ) .

A Ginkgo biloba tree diagram ( Gingkobiloba , Zones 5–9 ) is dressed in gold for the fall .

A monarch butterfly sips nectar from a zinnia ( Zinniaelegans‘Will Rogers ’ , annual ) .

The garden is full of life , providing smasher and food for human and nonhuman house physician .

One of the nonhuman resident is Emmitt , who is a immense fan of cabbage .

Paths wind through thegarden bottom , with everything thicklymulchedto husband water andsuppress weeds .

An strange banana variety , Musa‘Truly petite ’ ( zone 8–11 ) is an exceedingly small interlingual rendition of the classic Cavendish banana you are used to grease one’s palms at the grocery store store . The small size means it can be acquire to bring forth fruit even in climates where you postulate tooverwinterit indoors .

This delicious - lookingsaladwas reap entirely from the garden , with edible passionflower vine ( Passifloraincarnata , Zones 6–10 ) blooms make it beautiful as well as tasty .

This is a lush and fertile garden space .

If you ’d like to see more from this garden , check out Ryan and Kristin ’s Instagram:@theharveygarden

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