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Tis the Season
After teaching about growing your own sweet potato slips recently, I realized that I need to do a better job of explaining seasonality and adaptation in growing plants. In that case, I was talking...
View ArticleThe Tyler Botanical Garden
Nestled at the south end of the Tyler Rose Garden are three unique gardens officially designated the Tyler Botanical Garden. Although the property is owned by the city and is within the Rose Center...
View ArticleLawn Watering
Folks, it’s officially summertime…hot and dry. Water is a limited resource in Texas, and it will become more limited as the population grows. Homeowners can conserve a significant amount of water with...
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Still Playing with Blocks
We were raised pretty lean and didn’t have that many toys other than bicycles, plenty of pets, and the great outdoors. However, one of my fondest store-bought toys as a child was a stack of wooden...
View ArticleSunscald on Maples
Hot temperatures occur every summer in Texas and can cause ugly scars on young smooth tree trunks. Sunscald is a physiological disorder that occurs on the lower part of the trunk on the southwest side,...
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Goodbye Mr.Post man
I start most of my garden trainings with this revelation: Everything you plant will die. And no truer words have I ever spoken. Accept it and your relatively short period of time here on earth will be...
View ArticleGardening with Kids
Gardening as a child literally changed my life. It gave me a lifelong connection with nature, the outdoors, science, hard work, and healthy nutrition. Unfortunately, today most children are...
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September is a Game Changer
Folks, I don’t have to tell you that our recent summer was hellish. But then again, most Texas summers are. In my elementary mental math, only about one out of every ten summers here is “tolerable”...
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Goodbye Linda Gay
One of our most dedicated Texas horticulturists passed away last month. Linda Gay was far more than just a horticulturist, however. She was a dear friend, mentor, kindred spirit, teacher, lifelong...
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No Mow Butterflies
Houston (and all of the rest of you as well), we have a problem…actually a number of them. As you probably know, I’ve given several thousand lectures across the state in my career. However, as a...
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