Growing Pumkins and Decorative Winter Squash -- Texas Gardener

By Skip Richter, Contributing Editor all brings a welcome end to a long hot summer, and ornate landscape decorations featuring the harvest from our Texas farms and gardens. Central to these decorations are the winter squashes. Before we delve into growing great pumpkins or decorative…

Green Beans: Let's hear it for the "Blue Collar" Vegetable

By Skip Richter,Contributing Editor et’s face it; green beans are taken for granted. Vegetable gardening articles typically feature the queen of the garden, the tomato, or some exotic greens, or a new technique, or trendy tools. Yet year after year the dependable green bean appears…

TAMU: The Cutting Edge Collegiate Collection

By Lana Robinson Freelance Writer hat began as an outgrowth of research and educational programs at Texas A&M University in College Station has blossomed into an impressive series of plantings that inspire visitors and illuminate those with an interest in gardening and landscaping. Tucked away…

The Fragrant Garden -- Texas Gardener

By Jan Pipher, Freelance Writer n this world of bigger blooms, unusual colors, longer flowering seasons, landscapeability and all the things the horticultural hybridizers strive for, doesn’t it seem strange that no one seems to be pursuing interesting fragrances or at the very least, preserving…