Efficient Lawn Watering
Efficient Lawn Watering

The writing on the wall is crystal clear. Texas’s population is growing, and new sources of water are either rare or very expensive. The days of just “turning on the sprinkler” are becoming the days of weather-related irrigation based on research, weather data and modern…

Saving Water, Saving Lives: Austin’s Dell Medical School
Saving Water, Saving Lives: Austin’s Dell Medical School

Some remarkable healing is happening at a teaching hospital in the state capital, and it’s not only the result of modern medicine. This particular cure has to do with restoring the health of a previously ill-treated water source. A creek that meanders between the hospital’s…

Tips for Easier, More Productive Vegetable Gardening
Tips for Easier, More Productive Vegetable Gardening

Vegetable gardening is a wonderful hobby with many rewards that include fresh produce, exercise, interactions with nature and a sense of mental/emotional wellbeing. When it becomes a lot of work or when the bounty is sparse, our interest can wane, resulting in us missing out…

Climate-Resilient Plants for a 21st-Century Texas
Climate-Resilient Plants for a 21st-Century Texas

A new term, “climate resiliency,” is making a mark to describe the character of urban trees and shrubs we should be planting in the landscapes of Texas. Everyone has seen the predictions of melting ice, rising seas and violent storms punctuated by long stretches of…