Jenny Price Nelson, Guest Ranter, Author at GardenRant

Jenny Price Nelson, Guest Ranter

Jenny Price Nelson is an all-around garden nerd and a GardenRant groupie. She operates JPNelson Garden Styles, a client-focused garden design and care practice in Texas. Jenny has two grown sons and has been married for 30 years to a very patient man who makes her laugh every single day.

Articles by Jenny Price Nelson, Guest Ranter

New Year’s Resolution: Kill Red Imported Fire Ants!

New Year’s Resolution: Kill Red Imported Fire Ants!

By Jenny Price Nelson, Guest Ranter|2022-12-26T08:04:33-05:00December 26, 2022|

Red imported fire ants (RIFA) traumatize nearly every gardener they meet, but like Travis at the Alamo, “I shall never surrender or retreat.” Despite the unrelenting torture they dish out, [...]

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Ode to the Green Anoles: Southern Bug Zappers

Ode to the Green Anoles: Southern Bug Zappers

By Jenny Price Nelson, Guest Ranter|2022-09-14T22:39:27-04:00September 14, 2022|

My latest Guest Rant is dedicated to America’s green anole lizards, the Rodney Dangerfield of beneficial predators. They’re cute. They eat bugs. They don’t bite people. And yet, compared [...]

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Skin Cancer and My Summer Freeze Damage

Skin Cancer and My Summer Freeze Damage

By Jenny Price Nelson, Guest Ranter|2022-08-03T13:24:46-04:00August 3, 2022|

With temperatures hovering at around a gazillion degrees, it seems strange to Rant about a small spot of freeze damage, a spot which is not on my plants, but on [...]

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Let’s Aim Higher Than All Shrub Plantings

Let’s Aim Higher Than All Shrub Plantings

By Jenny Price Nelson, Guest Ranter|2022-07-06T08:46:49-04:00July 6, 2022|

No more larking about in the comment zone for me—Susan Harris’s “Lowest-Maintenance Borders are All-Shrub” has called me out for a Guest Rant. Although I appreciate high quality shrub [...]

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