Maintenance

Soil should be loose, well-drained, and rich in organic matter and nutrients. But what can you do if yours isn’t? Healthy soil is the basis of everything in the landscape and garden. But in [...]

Proper scheduling and maintenance are musts to help drip irrigation use less water — not more. The ongoing drought has been rough on many landscapes. And while some in-ground sprinkler systems [...]

The water that comes from your shower, bathtub, non-food prep sink and washing machine can be used in the home landscape. SAWS often gets calls from customers asking questions about graywater, [...]

Weeds are a part of life if you garden, but constantly pulling them doesn’t have to be. Every garden or landscape has weeds. It’s the nature of the beast. Sometimes, it takes just as much time to [...]

One major advantage of a drought-tolerant yard in blazing temperatures is the low maintenance. As the past few summers have taught us, a traditional American grass lawn landscape requires a lot [...]

If you see overspray onto cars, walls and asphalt, your sprinkler system heads may have the wrong nozzles installed. Imagine taking a shower without the shower head in place. While you can [...]

How often you mow and how short you cut the grass can determine how much water you save — or waste. With recent rains, turf grass is still growing fast in south central Texas. If you haven’t [...]

The average sprinkler system uses a lot of water — and wastes even more if it’s watering haphazardly. Follow these easy tips to wrangle wild sprinkler heads. In a region where prolonged drought [...]

Don’t waste water and time trying to rescue rescuegrass. It’s official: rescuegrass has started going to seed. Among the spring weeds in yards and roadsides for the past couple of months, this is [...]

When it comes to spiffing up your yard, less is more. Overwintering wildlife appreciate old blooms and fallen leaves to use as habitat. Following winter freezes and an ice storm that were [...]