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Close Encounters of the Hurt Kind

By Neil Sperry • November 13, 2024

Texas A&M and Texas A&M AgriLife entomologists have done a much better job of putting the spotlight on stinging caterpillars than I can do. I’m going to refer you to …

Good Time for Sundials to Shine

By Neil Sperry • November 13, 2024

(Before I go any farther, let me mention that most of the photos I’ll share with you are not from the Sperry home landscape. They’re from gardens I’ve visited over …

Galveston gardens … as diverse as the butterflies that visit them – by Diane Morey Sitton

By Diane Morey Sitton • November 13, 2024

There’s nothing ordinary about the gardens in Galveston’s East End Historic District. Most are small; some are tiny, squeezed in narrow, alley-like side yards and tucked under outdoor stairways. They …

Gardening This Weekend: November 14, 2024

By Neil Sperry • November 13, 2024

This time of year, we garden with one eye focused on current activities and the other focused on the forecast 10 and 15 days into the future. Things can change …

Gall over the ground in Houston

By Neil Sperry • November 6, 2024

I’ve always called them simply “woolly oak galls.” That filled my needs, but North Carolina State Entomologist Emeritus James Baker has a much better name. He says they’re the “detachable …

Q&A – Ask Neil: November 7, 2024

By Neil Sperry • November 5, 2024

(Please read these instructions carefully.)Before you post your question, please look at recent issues to see if someone else has already asked it. You might find your answer there. October …

Pansies Pointers to Follow

By Neil Sperry • November 5, 2024

How can it be that pansies are the Number One bedding plants in Texas (as they have been for decades)? Simple: they’re cool-season annuals that we plant in the fall …

Gung ho about ginkgoes – by Steve Huddleston

By Steve Huddleston • November 5, 2024

In perfect world settings ginkgo trees can reach 50 to 80 ft. in height and 30 to 40 ft. in width. That doesn’t happen here in Texas very often, and …

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