After seeing several recent news stories about local blackberry growers , I decided I had to take the plunge and try some for us.  But as wi...

Answer :  This can be achieved by intentionally harmonizing the plantings in your yard with those plantings that are outside of your proper...

This scene from Landscaping made easy, Part 5:  Crape myrtle (unmurdered)  has probably been Pinterest ed and shared more than any other pic...

I take the idea of incorporating "large planters" to an extreme in our landscape plan, using stock tanks for vegetable gardening  ...

The simple delight that they generate is unprecedented. I have my front-yard birdbath up against my home office window.  The birds can se...

I am so sick of seeing the likes of this: A League City grocery store, pic taken within the past few weeks.  Apples, oranges, squash, tom...

Answer:   Vitex . Quite a stunner, isn't it??  Every year at this time, folks ask me "What IS that?!"   Why it took Vitex ...

A year ago, I distinguished myself not-in-the-slightest with this post describing the trend toward suburban front yard vegetable gardens.  ...

Get your tomatoes and other spring vegetables into the ground now . Tomatoes have a very narrow window of opportunity in our geography - ...