The healthiest Texas sage I ever saw was a large specimen that, seemingly by a miracle, was blooming adjacent to a freeway ...

With days growing shorter and crisp autumn weather just around the corner, there’s no better time to get started on end-of-summer gardening tasks to prepare your garden for a fall harvest. Even if ...

Think it's too hot to plant? Think again. Mid-July may feel sweltering, but garden expert Jennifer Brennan from Chalet Home & Garden says now is actually a great time to dig in. With warm soil and ...

I grew up in College Station. I loved gardening, but it was hot by 8:30 in the morning. I got up early to get my work done, but I seldom finished much before noon. I stayed in the shade until late ...

Locally grown and regionally trialed bulbs are available at the Smith County Master Gardener annual conference and sale. (Contributed Photo) As summer fades and cooler weather returns, gardeners ...

If your melon patch has ever yielded more vines than fruit, you're not alone. Melons are famously picky about soil conditions, especially when it comes to phosphorus, which plays a big role in healthy ...

I was a young gardener. Barely 13. Every spare moment that summer I’d spent tending my gardens, trying new plants I’d read about in catalogs, getting Mom and Dad to drop me off at what few nurseries ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - As summer sets in and spring-planted gardens wind down, many folks let the heat put a pause on their gardening. But this is actually the perfect time to prepare for your fall ...

Q: I planted a 6-foot chaste tree in the spring in my garden area. The tree had some blooms on it at the time. It has prospered, sending off new branches and leaves. It is loaded with berries, but the ...

Birds have always been an important part of my life, right up there with bees and butterflies. As a child growing up in East Texas, I was enchanted by the echoing jungle call of a pileated woodpecker ...