Master Gardener

You are invited to the Inside Austin Gardens tour featuring six gardens of exemplary quality and design. The tour is presented by Travis County Master Gardeners Association in cooperation with the Travis County AgriLife Extension Service on Saturday, May
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Guidelines for water use in the landscape.
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Fiddle Faddle, the pestilence is here.
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What is going on and what is next!
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How it all started for me....
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How to keep your grass green this growing season.
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How to start a butterfly garden
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First blooms of the spring!
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Check out our new Pinterest boards
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An introduction to composting and using coffee grounds
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Pics of a December visit to Wisley - the flagship gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society.
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Spring has come early to Central Texas.
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Garden saga of fighting root knot nematodes
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A quick rundown on the benefits of micro irrigation.
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Waiting for warm weather and reviewing some of the past visitors to my garden.
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An old Italian recipe for traditional pesto.
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How to start veggies by seed
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The right tool for the right job and how to care for them.
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Come one come all, it's a preview of the 2012 Inside Austin Gardens Tour
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Fall is a glorious time in my garden...maybe even prettier than the spring.
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What to do now in the garden in Central Texas, zone 8
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Want a fresh vegetable crop this Fall? Now is the time to plant!
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It was a beautiful today in Austin, though a little warm (low 90&#x27;s). My kids were out back exploring and came across some snakes. Hope they don&#x27;t show up in the upper yard! <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/>I took the time today to finish planting the veggie garden (minus
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Why do people pour Sevin Dust on a plant without even knowing what&#x27;s wrong? A women had a case of rust fungus on a plant so of course the best cure was get out the Sevin Dust. Oh yeah, it&#x27;s a pesticide mam.
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Gardening on our hill top, we decided to let the back hill slope stay native (with a little help.) Seasonally, I pull up the undesireables. I did attempt to plant some wildflower seeds 2 years ago. A very limited variety actually came up. I really didn
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I love my garden. As I pull into my driveway, I pause to watch the hummingbirds flit, the grasses sway and just take a second to sigh and appreciate the colors in nature. Living in Central Texas on top of solid rock and in the middle of a drought cycle ma
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