Texas Gardening

Bare patches of soil in your yard are basically an open invitation for weeds to move in and…

By Ella Brown T · Jul 19

Every Texas gardener knows the frustration of planting something pretty only to watch it swallow the whole flower…

By Ella Brown T · Jul 19

Spotting a roadrunner dart across your Texas yard once is a thrill, but seeing it again and again…

By Ella Brown T · Jul 19

Water bills in Texas keep climbing, and summer restrictions make it harder every year to keep a thirsty…

By Ella Brown T · Jul 18

August in Texas feels like the sun is trying to win a fight with your garden, but this…

By Ella Brown T · Jul 18

Rats love hiding along the base of a house, especially where warm foundations meet shady garden beds during…

By Ella Brown T · Jul 18

Across Central and South Texas, a native shrub called Texas mountain laurel grows in yards, along roadsides, and…

By Ella Brown T · Jul 18

A single barn owl family can swallow up to a thousand rodents in one nesting season, which makes…

By Ella Brown T · Jul 18

A pretty tree with white, popcorn-shaped seeds and brilliant red fall color sounds like something you’d plant on…

By Ella Brown T · Jul 18

Most Texas homeowners know to watch for copperheads in the garden, but far fewer give a second glance…

By Ella Brown T · Jul 17

Plumeria growing in Texas can put on a stunning show from late spring all the way into fall,…

By Ella Brown T · Jul 17

Every summer across Texas roadsides and open fields, a low-growing wildflower blazes in rings of red and gold,…

By Ella Brown T · Jul 17

Spotting a Greater Roadrunner sprinting across a Texas yard is one of those moments that stops you in…

By Ella Brown T · Jul 17

Few backyard moments stop a Texan in their tracks quite like spotting a brilliant red cardinal perched on…

By Ella Brown T · Jul 17

Your Texas yard can do more than look pretty. The right native wildflowers pull in dragonflies, which are…

By Ella Brown T · Jul 17

Weeds are the uninvited guests that show up every summer in Texas yards, and no amount of mulch…

By Ella Brown T · Jul 16

That soft, hollow cooing drifting from your roofline or backyard fence on a warm Texas morning is one…

By Ella Brown T · Jul 16

Remember catching fireflies in a jar on a warm Texas evening? Those blinking lights are getting harder to…

By Ella Brown T · Jul 16

Warm Texas evenings used to sparkle with fireflies blinking across the yard, but a lot of us notice…

By Ella Brown T · Jul 16

Every summer, Texas porches turn into a battle zone the moment the sun dips low and mosquitoes clock…

By Ella Brown T · Jul 16

If rats have started sneaking through your Texas flower beds, you are not alone, and the fix might…

By Ella Brown T · Jul 16

Finding true Texas native plants can feel like a treasure hunt, because the big box garden centers rarely…

By Ella Brown T · Jul 15

Rats and mice are a real headache for Texas homeowners, especially when they start showing up in garages,…

By Ella Brown T · Jul 15

Ticks love hiding in tall grass and shady corners, waiting to hitch a ride on you, your kids,…

By Ella Brown T · Jul 15

If you spot a roadrunner darting across your Texas backyard, you are looking at one of the hardest-working…

By Ella Brown T · Jul 15

Texas summers do not play nice. Between triple-digit heat, cracked clay soil, and watering restrictions that limit how…

By Ella Brown T · Jul 15

Summer nights in Texas carry a certain kind of magic when the yard starts to flicker with tiny,…

By Ella Brown T · Jul 15

Rosemary has been showing up in Texas gardening conversations lately, often paired with bold claims about sending rats…

By Ella Brown T · Jul 14

A viral claim has been spreading among Texas homeowners: that a new invasive insect is tearing through the…

By Ella Brown T · Jul 14

Mosquitoes can turn a warm Texas evening on the porch into a slapping, itching mess, and store-bought sprays…

By Ella Brown T · Jul 14

Spot a scaly lizard clinging to your fence post on a hot Texas morning, and it is easy…

By Ella Brown T · Jul 14

A headline promising one native Texas plant that sends scorpions packing sounds almost too good to be true,…

By Ella Brown T · Jul 14

Spotting a Greater Roadrunner sprinting across a Texas yard is one of those moments that stops you mid-step.…

By Ella Brown T · Jul 14

Mosquitoes in a Texas summer can turn a backyard into a place you avoid rather than enjoy, and…

By Ella Brown T · Jul 13

Spotting a Texas horned lizard in your yard can stop you cold, especially if you grew up catching…

By Ella Brown T · Jul 13

Fireflies flickering across a Texas backyard on a summer night are one of those small wonders that stick…

By Ella Brown T · Jul 13

Wisteria looks dreamy hanging over a fence, but in Texas it can turn into a bully that swallows…

By Ella Brown T · Jul 13

Every spring, tiny purple flowers pop up across Texas lawns, and the instinct for most homeowners is to…

By Ella Brown T · Jul 13

Most patio plants in Texas throw in the towel once July arrives, but one flowering shrub keeps pushing…

By Ella Brown T · Jul 13