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San Antonio is home to three different species of jaybirds. If you’re observant and patient, maybe you’ll get to see one of these feathered jewels this winter. When most people think of jaybirds, [...]

No, that’s not cotton candy clinging to the pads of your prickly pear plant. It’s actually a harmless scale insect that not only feeds on the plant’s moisture and nutrients, but is [...]

We all have that one individual in our lives who’s hard to shop for during the Christmas season. Why not give them the gift of gardening? Be it our mother, brother, aunt, uncle or a friend, we [...]

The humble acorn is more than just a tasty snack for many mammals, birds and insects. It’s also a valuable tool used by botanists to identify oak trees. We have been blessed — or cursed — with an [...]