Gardening

AUSTIN While winter is the ideal time to prune trees, pruning after recent droughts and freezes may cause more damage than good this year. “Pruning...

By Jim Longstreet Master Gardener Frustration and ‘an exercise in futility’ is how many see vegetable gardening in West Texas. The soil is too alkaline,...

By Debbie Roland and Emmy Ulmschneider Master Gardeners You want to start gardening, but you live in an apartment, or have no space to grow...

By Debbie Roland and Emmy Ulmschneider Master Gardeners Hopefully by now you have your garden sleeping for the winter and have ordered and received your seeds...

By Debbie Roland Master Gardener I prefer to grow my plants outside, but I have to say that African violets are beautiful indoor plants. If you grow...

By Debbie Roland Master Gardener It’s almost a new year and for gardeners that usually means a few resolutions for 2024 that will make your garden...

By Debbie Roland and Emmy Ulmschneider Master Gardeners There’s nothing like the fragrance of rosemary in a warm kitchen during cold and dreary winter days. Or...

By Sara Moran, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Horticulture Agent for Midland and Ector Counties I was listening to Taylor Swift's song (Christmas Tree Farm) where...

By Debbie Roland and Emmy Ulmschneider Master Gardeners December has really curtailed our outdoor gardening activities. Researching and planning for next year’s yard and garden by...

By Debbie Roland and Emmy Ulmschneider Master Gardeners There are more than 84,000 Master Gardeners whose job it is to provide research based information to the...