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How-to do Stuff

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 Liven Up Your Landscape With Layers
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By Brad Wier
In How-to do Stuff, Landscaping, Outdoor Living
Posted May 17, 2022

Liven Up Your Landscape With Layers

Creatively arranging plants and pathways around a small patch of lawn can get you on course for long-term water savings and garden envy. Look at a brand-new cookie-cutter landscape and you’ll see [...]

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 The Right Way To Lay Sod
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By Mark Peterson
In How-to do Stuff, Starter Gardener
Posted April 26, 2022

The Right Way To Lay Sod

Most of our programs are designed to minimize or eliminate grass in your landscape. But if you absolutely must, plan on plenty of preparation and patience. Laying sod is not recommended during [...]

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 Leave Clippings and Leaves on Your Lawn
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By Nathan Riggs
In How-to do Stuff, Maintenance
Posted April 5, 2022

Leave Clippings and Leaves on Your Lawn

Blowing grass clippings and leaves into the street may be simpler and save time, but these materials can clog stormwater drains, harming rivers, streams and neighborhoods. A sure sign of spring, [...]

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 New Sod or New Pool — Which Uses More Water?
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By Brad Wier
In How-to do Stuff, Irrigation, Starter Gardener
Posted March 22, 2022

New Sod or New Pool — Which Uses More Water?

Turns out it’s no contest, and the answer may surprise you. Read this before you put in that new lawn. Turf installation may be the single biggest water user in the lifetime of a residential [...]

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 Spring Into Gardening March 11 and 12
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By Mark Peterson
In Event, How-to do Stuff, How-to Videos, Landscaping, Outdoor Living, Planning/Design, Rebates & Coupons, Spring, Starter Gardener
Posted March 8, 2022

Spring Into Gardening March 11 and 12

The month of March officially launches gardening season in San Antonio — and SAWS is ready to help you get off to a great start with our virtual “Spring Into Gardening” webinar series. Whether [...]

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 Let SAWS Help You Get Gardening
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By Gail Gallegos
In Event, How-to do Stuff, Landscaping, Planning/Design, Rebates & Coupons, Starter Gardener
Posted March 1, 2022

Let SAWS Help You Get Gardening

Bursting with ideas on how to make your yard a water-saving beauty? Use our coupons and rebates to help make your outdoor living dreams come true! Gardening itch got you scratching already? [...]

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 Pruning Is Spring Cleaning for Your Perennials
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By Mark Peterson
In How-to do Stuff, How-to Videos, Maintenance, Plants, Spring, Starter Gardener
Posted February 22, 2022

Pruning Is Spring Cleaning for Your Perennials

When done correctly, pruning in springtime increases foliage, flowers and pollinators. Shortly, our flowering perennials such as salvia, penstemon, lantana, and esperanza will awaken from their [...]

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 Bring Nature to Your Front Door
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By Gail Gallegos
In Crafts, How-to do Stuff, Winter
Posted December 28, 2021

Bring Nature to Your Front Door

It’s great to get outdoors and collect natural elements of the season that can add a little post-holiday cheer to your entryway. In South Texas, our mostly-mild winters can be perfect for [...]

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 Got Holes in Your Lawn? Here’s the ‘Dillo.
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By Seth Patterson
In How-to do Stuff, Wildlife
Posted December 28, 2021

Got Holes in Your Lawn? Here’s the ‘Dillo.

Bugs and good grub. These are two tasty reasons an armored, insect-eating mammal may be digging about your yard. Have you ever been rushing out the door on your way to work only to suddenly be [...]

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 Your Gardening Playlist
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By Sasha Kodet
In How-to do Stuff, How-to Videos, Rebates & Coupons, Starter Gardener
Posted December 14, 2021

Your Gardening Playlist

Grab a cuppa and a cozy spot and spend the winter lull binge-watching our gardening webinars. Winter weekends are the perfect time to wrap yourself in a fuzzy blanket and settle in to catch up on [...]

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