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Native Son: The Beast

By Steven Chamblee • October 19, 2022

1:53am … the beast emits a low, guttural growl, enough to rouse me from a peaceful slumber into a blind panic. I stumble down the pitch-black hallway into the dim …

With a Little Help From My Friends

By Steven Chamblee • September 14, 2022

You never know what the day will bring. I thought we were having a Longview Arboretum Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon at the office today, but the volunteers had other ideas. They …

Native Son: TNLA 2022

By Steven Chamblee • August 16, 2022

Went down to San Antonio last week for the annual Texas Nursery and Landscape Association -TNLA- EXPO. This industry-only event (not open to the public) brings growers, retailers, landscapers, and …

Native Son: Nac

By Steven Chamblee • July 19, 2022

I took a little jaunt down to Nacogdoches, Texas, the other day to give a talk. Nac is a pretty little town, one of those places where I feel connected, …

Native Son: Magkneeficent

By Steven Chamblee • June 15, 2022

A friend of mine acquired a rather magnificent, multi-fingered Bald Cypress knee. Unfortunately, three of its appendages had broken and weren’t properly mended. I boldly announced that I thought I …

Native Son: Dodo Days

By Steven Chamblee • May 18, 2022

Life gives us some truly fine moments every now and again, and this is one for me. Sitting in that chunky, Texas-sized rockin’ chair out on the back porch, watching …

Native Son: From Humble Beginnings…

By Steven Chamblee • February 17, 2022

A few months ago, it was still just a figment of my imagination. Today, it finally received its first plants. What was an unruly drainage swale a year ago became …

Beauty is in the Eye of the…Gardener

By Steven Chamblee • January 19, 2022

Sometimes it pays to look back through the files. We have so many new e-gardeners, and others of you may have missed this great story filed by our buddy Steven …

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