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Bad Day to Plant Sod

By Neil Sperry • July 12, 2023

We’ve lived in our house for 46 years. As you can tell from the abandoned homesite across the county road, we are very country. Along with the Sperrys, coyotes, bobcats …

Liriope Solves Many Problems

By Neil Sperry • July 12, 2023

This is my kind of plant. It’s not flamboyant. It’s neat and it’s well-mannered. It plays well with its neighbors, and it seldom asks any special favors. It’s just a …

It’s summer … time to hang out in a hammock

By Diane Morey Sitton • July 12, 2023

The wonderful irony of hammocks is that despite the fact that they provide you with a place to kick back and do nothing more than count the clouds and enjoy …

Gardening This Weekend: July 13, 2023

By Neil Sperry • July 12, 2023

Thank heavens for early mornings and late evenings this time of year. They’re the times when temperatures are at least passingly bearable. (Now let’s work on the humidity.) Here are …

When a Yucca Isn’t a Yucca – by Steve Huddleston

By Steve Huddleston • July 6, 2023

Red yuccas are at least related to yuccas, but they’re in a different genus. That means that they’re cousins. They’re also outstanding landscaping plants for big parts of Texas. The …

Best of the Smaller Shade Trees

By Neil Sperry • July 6, 2023

Homeowners’ associations do some silly things – like requiring that each house have two shade trees per front yard and then handing out their approved list with nothing but super-large …

The Cicadas Are Deafening

By Neil Sperry • July 5, 2023

For the past couple of weeks if we step outside around dusk or anytime until dawn it sounds like 100db of pure cicada symphony playing all through our pecan and …

Gardening This Weekend – July 6, 2023

By Neil Sperry • July 5, 2023

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