Come hear Jeremy stumble and bumble about “Sustainability in the Central Texas Landscape” at the Williamson County chapter meeting of the Native Plant Society of Texas. 
Thursday, Oct. 8, 7pm-9pm at the Georgetown Public Library, 402 W 8th St. 
It’s free and open to the general public, but you’ll have to bring your own rotten tomatoes, shoes, [...]

Rooftop gardens are the rage in Central Texas right now.  Landscape architect and design firms are all over the news for their efforts to turn high rising frying pans into cool pools of grasses that blow in the wind and protect buildings from searing Texas heat.
Lofty gardens present new challenges for landscapers:  they’re shallow; they’re hot; they’re [...]

Continuing the series showcasing our sad landscaping at home, our beautiful Turk’s Cap at the kitchen table window is now even prettier with it’s infestation of whiteflies:

The black mold allows the perfect backdrop for the bright white insects, which feed on the underparts of the leaves.  At about the same time the cobbler got around [...]

There is no shortage of topics that landscapers and gardeners contradict themselves on; how big the tree hole should be; whether gravel is ever ok to use as mulch; how to design a landscape; the best irrigation strategy, blah blah blah.  But hopefully, our observations during a recent project can help harmonize the debate on one [...]

Hello acclimated lovers of less than 100-degree weather! 
What a horrible summer, let’s hope it’s behind us.  September is the time to come out of hibernation and get back to the landscape and garden.   Some things to think about:
 FEED THE SOIL
Jeremy’s newest article for Edible Austin (fall issue) is on the streets now, and includes two [...]

Part of  a series dedicated to making fun of how crappy the landscape is at our house, check out our sweet patch of backyard heaven:

This is was Zoysia ‘Palisades’, left over from Cheline’s project, which we wrapped up in May.   Notice how the grey/tan/ straw coloration contrasts with the sickly pale green hues to create an [...]

The 84 of us who actually were dumb enough to subscribe to Batch 6 of Austin Energy’s GreenChoice program aren’t as stupid as we look. 
Our family likes to bounce around from house to house, (it’s good for the kid, roots and community are way over-rated) and contribute to about 1.4% of the City budget through [...]