Winter Color

By Jan Pipher Freelance Writer eds of pansies, pots of ornamental cabbage, borders of narcissus . . . who says winter has to be bleak? Here in Texas with our nippy nights, warm sunny days, and a norther thrown in every once in a while…

Basic Soil Building 101 -TG

We gardeners know what good soil looks like, smells like and feels like. We know its value and that without it all our gardening efforts are futile. Someone once said that 50 percent of your chance of having a successful garden is already determined before…

Lessons From A Deck Garden

Lessons From A Deck Garden Lessons From A Deck Garden By: Barbara Etchieson No matter how much you love gardening, it is hard to pass up ways to make this very physical activity easier and more productive. Growing hardy or disease resistant plants definitely helps,…

Spring Reseeding Annuals -- TG

Fall is such a glorious season, with the first hints of frost in the air, chrysanthemums out-doing themselves in an effort to put out their last blooms, long V’s of sandhill cranes warbling overhead, and broccoli and cauliflower freshening up the garden. But what is…