Compost Heaps
I wrote this in 2007, but it seems current enough to make, well, a current entry. I have a couple of compost …
Austin Urban Gardens
I’m really impressed with the work I’ve been reading about on the Austin Urban Gardens blog. While I have no connection to …
Ash to mulch
I have a 35-year old Arizona ash (Fraxinus velutina) that shades much of the front yard and a quarter of the house. …
Featured Plant: Two-Leaf Senna
Senna roemeriana Wildflower Center link I collected some seed for this plant somewhere in western Travis County on a roadside near one …
Rainwater Harvesting
With all the rain we’ve been blessed with lately, it’s hard to remember there’s much of a need for conserving water. But …