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Garden sheds: Making them your own

By Diane Morey Sitton • March 11, 2020

Tool sheds, potting sheds, she sheds—call them what you will. Few garden structures are as functional or as full of personality as these one-of-a-kind buildings. Look around. Garden sheds run …

Saucy Little Number for Early Spring

By Neil Sperry • March 10, 2020

When I transferred from Texas A&M to Ohio State to finish my undergraduate degree in horticulture, I had never heard of saucer magnolia. We just didn’t have such plants in …

Gardening This Weekend: March 12, 2020

By Neil Sperry • March 10, 2020

Here’s to a few dry times over the next several days so that you can get these jobs accomplished. PLANT• Nursery stock is at the most plentiful supply. Shop on …

Tree Time Across Texas

By Neil Sperry • March 3, 2020

Spring is the time that thousands of Texans head out to nurseries to choose and then plant new shade trees. I have 10 Tips to help you get the most …

Still One of My Favorites

By Neil Sperry • March 2, 2020

We didn’t have a lot of geraniums when I was a kid. But they were in all the gardening catalogs and magazines. I read about them, and I fell asleep …

My Favorite Native Shrub

By Neil Sperry • March 2, 2020

I grew up in College Station. We moved there in 1946 from Alpine where my father had taught botany at Sul Ross State Teacher’s College. (I’m going to use the …

Gardening This Weekend: March 5, 2020

By Neil Sperry • March 2, 2020

Longer and longer evenings mean more time to spend out in the yard. So, I’ve given you a few bonus “opportunities” to get involved. Here are this weekend’s prime tasks. …

Lenten Rose Lives Up to its Name

By Neil Sperry • February 26, 2020

(I had another story written and ready to run, but I’ll save it for next week. This sweet little plant won my heart just 36 hours ago and I couldn’t …

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