Unlike the days gone by when a typical residential lot was huge, most gardeners now have limited space. Perhaps your property is blessed with large trees that leave little in the way of a sunny spot for a garden. Or maybe the lawn and landscape…
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By Jan Pipher Freelance Writer ‘d like something colorful I can sit inside my house and look at in August, said the customer. My uncomprehending look caused him to explain further. I mean that I want something that blooms during the heat and doesn’t require…
By Brenda H. Reed Freelance Writer ood gardeners know that raising healthy plants depends upon how fertile and healthy their garden soil is. A cover crop will add significant amounts of organic matter to the soil. Cover crops yield a variety of long-term benefits for…
By Jan Pipher Freelance Writer ummertime in Texas is a unique gardening season. Here we have some perennials like peonies and bleeding hearts that go completely dormant and others that hunker down and quit blooming ’til fall; annuals that won’t reseed again until next spring…