Climate-Resilient Trees for a 21st-Century Texas
Climate-Resilient Trees for a 21st-Century Texas

Have you ever wondered lately if things are ever going to return to normal? Whether it is world, national, regional or local news, there’s always something that seems not quite right. As a backdrop to all this, climate challenges just keep stacking up. Debris removal…

Efficient Lawn Watering
Efficient Lawn Watering

The writing on the wall is crystal clear. Texas’s population is growing, and new sources of water are either rare or very expensive. The days of just “turning on the sprinkler” are becoming the days of weather-related irrigation based on research, weather data and modern…

Saving Water, Saving Lives: Austin’s Dell Medical School
Saving Water, Saving Lives: Austin’s Dell Medical School

Some remarkable healing is happening at a teaching hospital in the state capital, and it’s not only the result of modern medicine. This particular cure has to do with restoring the health of a previously ill-treated water source. A creek that meanders between the hospital’s…

Tips for Easier, More Productive Vegetable Gardening
Tips for Easier, More Productive Vegetable Gardening

Vegetable gardening is a wonderful hobby with many rewards that include fresh produce, exercise, interactions with nature and a sense of mental/emotional wellbeing. When it becomes a lot of work or when the bounty is sparse, our interest can wane, resulting in us missing out…