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Now is a great time to start thinking about how to add raised garden beds to your spring landscape. There are many different ways to build raised landscape beds. And, you can use just about [...]

Let’s put together all our plant establishment watering advice in a brief, easy-to-remember schedule. Just remember the numbers 4-3-2. All plants including grass, shrubs and trees require [...]

If you are a starter gardener like me, trying to decide what to put in a new garden bed can be intimidating. Even the tags that come with the plants aren’t much help. What exactly does partial [...]

Summer is just around the corner and that means gardening, lawn care and, of course, watering will top many to-do lists. But before you haul out the hose-end sprinklers and set ‘em and forget [...]

The final installment in our four-part series on the insect roles in the landscape will cover a topic that isn’t necessarily recognized as a role that insects play – breaking down organic [...]

By Monika Maeckle Monarch butterflies now leave their roosts in the Oyamel forest of Michoacán, Mexico generally late March — their latest departure on record, according to citizen science [...]

For city dwellers and subur­banites, native vegetation and wildlife habitat are at a pre­mium. But it’s simple to plan your own small-scale nature preserve. You could start by limiting your lawn. [...]

Thinking the hummingbirds hadn’t arrived yet, I set out my feeder a few weeks ago in hopes of inviting them to visit on their way into town. Much to my surprise, I had my first visitor [...]

Thanks to wonderful rains last fall and early this spring, wildflowers across South Texas are producing one of the most spectacular displays in recent years. Texas is known far and wide for its [...]

Last time we talked about the importance of insects as predators in the landscape. This third article in the series talks a little about the two percent of all insect species that are considered [...]