Gardening

By Melinda Myers Put fall leaves to work in your landscape. This valuable resource makes a great mulch in planting beds, adds organic matter and...

By Emmy Ulmschneider and Debbie Roland Master Gardeners West Texas is my second home. Growing up in the Midwest, I spent a great deal of time...

By JESSICA DAMIANO The Associated Press Cleaning up the garden — or “putting the garden to bed” — has traditionally been a fall endeavor. In...

By Debbie Roland Master Gardener You have probably heard the term “cole crops” before. “Cole” comes from the Latin “cauilis” meaning stem and “kohl” which is...

By Melinda Myers Welcome spring and create continuous color for several months with a collection of spring-flowering bulbs. After planting in the fall, you’ll enjoy...

By Emmy Ulmschneider Master Gardener Although we have had a large amount of rain and our hot weather may be over, now is the time to...

By JESSICA DAMIANO The Associated Press If you’re lucky, you’ll find yourself with more homegrown food at the end of the season than you can...

By Emmy Ulmschneider and Debbie Roland Master Gardeners I have been visiting Tallgrass Prairie country. The plant species are not the same as in our area,...

By John Cappadonna, Master Gardener Intern and Debbie Roland, Master Gardener Did you know that Master Gardeners are having a Fall Plant Sale this year? Well,...

By Debbie Roland and Emmy Ulmschneider Master Gardeners Stickers or grass burs (Cenchrus echinatus) also called grass bur, sandbur and sticker weed, is a nasty grass...