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From the Garden: Homegrown Herb Vinaigrette Recipes for Salads
When it comes to salads, the dressing can either elevate or ruin the entire dish! While store-bought dressings may seem convenient, they often contain unhealthy ingredients and can be calorie-dense,...
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Greenhouse Gardening: Creating a Controlled Environment for Year-Round Plant...
A quick quiz: Do you find yourself thinking about spending time in your garden months before the spring planting season begins? Have you been craving a freshly grown veggie that isn’t particularly...
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Wonderful Windowsill Gardens: Small Pots, Low Maintenance, Big Results
If you love flowers but you live in an apartment, or if you haven’t got much available yard space, or if you’ve just got a bit of a brown thumb, a windowsill garden might be the perfect way to add some...
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Your April Texas Gardening Checklist
By Skip Richter, Contributing Editor Vegetables and herbs If you are not a gardener in April, you are not a gardener! This is the prime month for spring gardening and the weather is mild, making it...
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Fairy Gardens Transform Yards Into Something Magical
Garden fairies throughout literature are symbols of childlike innocence, magic, and wonders of nature. Their presence in stories and art represents a time in a child’s life when the boundary between...
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What Exactly is Guerilla Gardening?
Throughout history, mankind has staged acts of rebellion against laws or societal ills that many view as tyrannical or unjust. Sometimes, this type of social mobilization has culminated in riots and...
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At Home in the Range: The Importance of Balanced Soil pH
In the garden as in life — and fairy tales about porridge-eating children — balance is everything. To keep plants healthy and growing, you have to provide not too much of this and not too little of...
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Garden Bed Drainage Solutions: Preventing Waterlogging and Ensuring Healthy...
In most cases, even the most welcome of guests need to say their goodbyes at some point — or risk damaging their relationship with their hosts. A similar dynamic is known to play out in gardening....
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Back to Basics: Watering Tips for Veggies and Flowers
Any gardener will tell you that watering is one of the fundamental aspects of maintaining a vibrant and healthy garden. Whether you're growing veggies or tending to garden beds full of colorful blooms,...
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Clearing the Air: Purifying Plants for Beginners
Air-purifying plants are perfect for urban and suburban gardens because they have the ability to remove or reduce air pollutants. We've compiled a list of air-purifying plants that are native to Texas,...
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Plight of the Monarchs
By William Scheick, Contributing Editor For some people, a controversy seemed to start with an e-mail message from a plant nursery located near Austin. The message began with “It’s butterfly migration...
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Earthy Diversity: Mulch Types and Tips
When you think of mulch you may have memories of the foul smelling stuff covering your elementary school playground that would stick to your socks and get into your shoes, or that particularly smell in...
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Top Plants for Spring Gardening Success
Spring is the season for renewal and the ideal time to give your garden a makeover, into a more colorful and lively outdoor space. By selecting the right plants for this season to add to your garden...
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5 Favorite Salsa Recipes with Homegrown Ingredients
Salsa is a kitchen essential, perfect for adding a burst of flavor and spice to any dish. Whether you're hosting a gathering or simply seeking to jazz up your meals, having salsa at hand can infuse...
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3 Soil Protection Techniques Beyond Mulching
Protecting your soil from the sun, especially for gardeners in hot and dry zones, is a must. To keep the soil from drying out too quickly, gardeners often turn to mulches made of straw, wood chips or...
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Homesteading: Back to Basics and a Simpler Life
Establishing a new life away from the chaos of city life and living quietly and peacefully off the land is a dream that lives in the hearts of many. The concept of homesteading is rooted in a desire to...
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Growing a Pizza Garden
Pizza is one of those foods that can be as simple or as ornate as you want it. Many adults reminisce of the days spent in college dorms chowing down frozen pizza. Some of these same adults have had the...
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DIY Natural Fertilizers: Homemade Solutions for Nourishing Your Plants
Imagine stepping into a world where the food you eat is tailored specifically for you, packed with exactly what you need to thrive. That's the world you create for your plants when you use natural...
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Nature's Other Solar Eclipse
On April 8, throngs of people will get an opportunity to see a spectacular solar eclipse. There are different types of eclipses - this one will be a total eclipse. But before we jump into more on sun...
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Cemetery Plants Enliven Landscapes
By Jay White, Contributing Writer Cemeteries can be like schools. When I was young, I spent time in Cade Cemetery (in Streetman, TX) and learned about service, dedication and family traditions there....
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