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Tulip Mania: From Bulb to Bubble
Tulips are adored for many reasons: their vibrant colors, from classic red and yellow to more exotic hues including black; the simplicity of their single, elegant bloom atop a long, slender stem; the...
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Easy and Simple Pepper Preserves and Chutney Recipes
Preserves, jelly, and chutney are all types of condiments, but they differ in terms of ingredients, texture, and flavor profiles. Differences Preserves from garden harvest Preserves: Preserves...
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Sculpting Nature's Canvas in Your Garden
The art of espalier (es-pal-yay) is when a tree or shrub is grown in a single plane, flat against some sort of structure. This can either be a free-standing trellis, a wall, or fence, with a few...
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Heritage Seeds and Hybrid Seeds: Understanding the Difference and Making the...
Heritage seeds, or heirloom seeds, are often thought of as royalty – they are seeds that have been saved from generation to generation because they have been deemed valuable. Unfortunately, like the...
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The Benefits of Watering in the Morning: Maximize Absorption and Minimize...
You’ve probably heard at some point about the value of starting the day with a good breakfast and how a healthy morning meal can help us be more productive. The same idea applies to your plants. In...
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Ask Skip: Styrofoam and Root-Knot Nematodes
By Skip Richter, Contributing Editor Q: I’ve read that you should put Styrofoam peanuts or gravel in the bottom of a pot for drainage. Is that true? A: Water moves out of soil when it is saturated, and...
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Love Your Luffa: Gardening Loofah for Health and Wellness
Look! I grew you a loofah! As a home-grown skin scrubber, what a wonderful gift, especially if you add some homemade, flower-scented exfoliants. And not just that...you can cook with luffa as well....
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In Greg's Garden: Old-Fashioned Petunias
By Greg Grant, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service I think that I started writing for Texas Gardener some 30 years ago, when I was the county horticulturist in San Antonio. Heck, I’m no spring...
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On National Artichoke Day, Dip into Some Fun Facts
If something looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and talks like a duck, it must BE a duck, right? That line of reasoning applies to many things in our world, but artichokes aren’t one of them....
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Rooted in Innovation: Vego Garden Introduces New Line of Live Seedlings
HOUSTON, TX, March 2024 – Leading the way in sustainable and accessible gardening for all, Vego Garden is pleased to announce its newest endeavor: The launch of live seedlings. “Every spring or fall,...
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Maintain, Organize and Declutter Gardening Tools
Creating a beautiful garden requires more than just a green thumb – it involves having the right tools and keeping them in good working condition. There is no point in buying the best gardening tools...
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Splendor in the Grass: Spring Lawn Care
By Skip Richter, Contributing Editor Spring has sprung and our lawns are waking up from their winter rest. Some garden centers have already had lawn products on display for several weeks. Your...
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Succession Planting: Extending the Growing Season in Garden Beds
If you’re new to gardening, you might be assuming that the vegetables you’re planting this spring won’t be ready for harvest until summer or fall. That’s not necessarily true: Plenty of crops only need...
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Raised Garden Beds vs. In-Ground Beds: Which is Best for Your Garden?
One debate that has gained a foothold on American culture is the debate between Coke v. Pepsi. Some food connoisseurs attest that their taste buds can pick up the most miniscule of differences while...
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Your Very First Vegetable Garden: Tips for Success
Growing vegetables for the first time can be exhilarating, uplifting, and quite honestly, nerve-wracking. Alternating feelings of excitement and anxiety are part of the experience when you’re a...
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Garden Design for Climate Resilience: Adapting to Changing Environmental...
With climate change leading to warmer temperatures around the globe, irregular weather patterns are disrupting planting and harvesting times. Adapting our gardening practices in face of climate change...
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The Small-Tree Fix
By William Scheick, Contributing Editor Our search started with a swath of open space abutting an alleyway. The weed-and-grit alleyway was hardly an ideal focal point every time we looked through the...
View ArticleThe Future of Gardening: Embracing Sustainability with Modular Metal Raised Beds
For more sustainable living practices, every action counts, especially those that contribute to the health of our planet. Gardening, a beloved pastime of many, holds untapped potential for making...
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Designing with Perennials: Low-Maintenance and Eco-Friendly Garden Solutions
Guerrilla gardening is a term that refers to an attempt to beautify public spaces by growing plants, despite the lack of authorization. A rather innocuous act of rebellion, guerrilla gardening has...
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Lovely Lavender: How, When and Why to Grow Organically
Lavender is the gift that keeps on giving. Once it's sown in the ground, it emits an amazing fragrance as it grows and even after it's harvested. Moreover, its pleasant and strong scent makes it...
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