A growing pile of mulch in Comal County, created from brush collected by local residents, has become a cause for concern.The ...

Gardening is a deeply rewarding endeavor, but even the most enthusiastic beginners can make mistakes that hinder plant growth ...

Comal County has piles of mulch at the Comal County Recycling and Chipping Center and is giving it away for free for anyone looking to get a head start on ...

If you are growing patio shrubs and trees in containers, now is the time to pull them out of their containers and repot, if necessary.

In a front porch garden bed, a burst of pink cosmos teases an elegant eggplant, dripping with speckled purple fruits while ...

Mulch is one of the simplest yet most effective ways to enhance your garden’s health and appearance. It helps retain mo ...

If you can't "learn to live with them," Neil Sperry suggests a ground cover that makes mowing around them unnecessary ...

The Habitat Hero Committee strives to put on a different, but useful workshop every winter. The 11th annual workshop on Feb. 1 hosted 137 participants and keynote speaker Lauren Springer, who tailored ...

Pecan hulls make a lovely mulch in a perennial garden or shrub bed. They lay flat and, at least in my experiences, they ...

Mulching them with 2 to 3 inches of organic mulch will help the roots stay hydrated and cool. Covering them in the winter with conifer branches or brush helps hold the snow in place, which reduces ...

Dear Neil: I’m seeing the landscape guys putting mounds of mulch around tree trunks in town. Is that really a good idea? It seems like it would cause decay in the wood of the trunks.

We’ve had a week of very cold weather, with some areas even getting snow. Now we have some seasonal Florida winter weather without freezes and highs in the 60s and 70s. It’s tempting to think ...