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Author Archive for: "Erin Conant"
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 Do Your Garden Beds Measure Up?
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By Erin Conant
In Landscaping, Planning/Design, Starter Gardener
Posted August 28, 2018

Do Your Garden Beds Measure Up?

Mapping out your 200-square-foot plot for the WaterSaver Landscape Coupon is easier than you think, thanks to some obvious and not-so-obvious measuring tools you probably already own. Over the [...]

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 5 Facts About Texas Wildflowers
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By Erin Conant
In Fall, Plants, Spring, Starter Gardener
Posted October 17, 2017

5 Facts About Texas Wildflowers

The autumn months are the best time to sow wildflowers for spring. But before you start planting, get to know a few particulars first. This may be fallen leaves and pumpkin everything season, but [...]

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 Selecting and Measuring 200 Square Feet
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By Erin Conant
In How-to do Stuff, Landscaping, Planning/Design
Posted February 21, 2017

Selecting and Measuring 200 Square Feet

Need to lay out a planting bed for the next WaterSaver coupon? Measuring wheels and tapes are obvious choices. But you can also get creative with other, more handy tools from your garden shed. I [...]

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 Hot Colors = Cool Landscape
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By Erin Conant
In Planning/Design, Plants, Summer
Posted July 1, 2016

Hot Colors = Cool Landscape

Turn up the heat in your landscape. Incorporate plants in hot colors to add a little spice to your garden. Heat is probably the last thing you want to think about in the middle of a scorching [...]

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 Living Garden Gifts
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By Erin Conant
In Outdoor Living, Plants, Starter Gardener, Winter
Posted December 8, 2015

Living Garden Gifts

Whether you’re the recipient or giver of a living gift, follow our tips to keep those gifts giving long after the holidays are over. Several years ago I received a special gift for Christmas – a [...]

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 The Top 5 Herbs You Should Be Growing in your Garden
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By Erin Conant
In Plants, Starter Gardener
Posted November 24, 2015

The Top 5 Herbs You Should Be Growing in your Garden

Harvesting food from our own gardens is an activity humans have been savoring for centuries. And it’s truly not difficult to do. Forget fighting the crowds at the grocery store in search of fresh [...]

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 Take Your Thyme
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By Erin Conant
In Plants
Posted November 10, 2015

Take Your Thyme

I’ve learned there are few plants that can survive the neglect that many of us can cast on our garden. Thyme is one of them. Nothing weathers the storm with such grace and tenacity [...]

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 Awash with Lavender
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By Erin Conant
In Plants
Posted October 6, 2015

Awash with Lavender

Looking to landscape with lavender? One of the best things about this sweet-smelling herb is its love for the dry climate and rocky soils of the Texas Hill Country. From perfume to insect [...]

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 Shade Love
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By Erin Conant
In Planning/Design, Plants
Posted September 1, 2015

Shade Love

How much do I love trees? Let me count the ways… they reduce your cooling needs. They purify the air. They provide much-needed shade. What’s not to love? Have you ever taken the time to [...]

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 Embrace the Shade
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By Erin Conant
In Planning/Design, Plants
Posted August 18, 2015

Embrace the Shade

If you have a tendency to complain about having immense amounts of shade in your yard, you won’t get any sympathy from me – not this native Texan. Shade is a priceless commodity in South Texas, [...]

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