Protect Birdfeeders in Your Yard When you start feeding birds in your yard, expect some unwanted guests. Many species of birds and mammals enjoy not only the seed you are providing, but sometimes even the … Read more
All About Composting at Home For years we’ve all been told, “Recycle, recycle, recycle.” Now there is evidence that a small percentage of the waste that PAY to be picked up for recycling is actually … Read more
How to Create a Butterfly Garden Did you know that only about 10% of monarch butterfly eggs hatch into butterflies? When butterflies place their eggs on milkweed leaves, other bugs eat the eggs or the … Read more
With hundreds of species easily visible in the Texas Hill Country, many backyard birders become dissatisfied when only a few common backyard birds visit their feeders on a regular basis. Fortunately, attracting new birds to … Read more
I recently stumbled upon a book (All New Square Foot Gardening: Grow More in Less Space! by Mel Bartholomew) with an interesting gardening method called square foot gardening, and decided we would give it a … Read more
There are not many more intense pleasures in life than biting into a juicy piece of fruit that explodes with flavor and blows your mind during the intense heat of the summer I have found … Read more
Here are some facts about bees: they play a vital role in our ecosystem and economy, as one of the most important crop pollinators on the planet; they are facing danger due to climate change, … Read more
The only sure-fire way to keep a deer from eating your garden or trampling it to pieces is to keep it out. And the only sure-fire way to keep it out is to build a … Read more
Possibly no family of flowering plants is better adapted to Texas growing conditions than the salvias. Resistant to disease and pests, this family of plants can provide color in almost every region with minimum care … Read more
Foxes can be a nuisance to gardeners and property owners because of fouling (pooping on), digging, or damaging garden plants. Moreover, in autumn and winter, the main dispersal and breeding seasons, foxes can be heard … Read more
