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Monarch Waystation

Monarch Waystation

Monarch Waystation Written by Carol Welch ~ Parker County Master Gardener If there was something you could do in your own backyard to help a butterfly, would you do it? If it improved the look of your flowerbeds, attracted beneficial insects, and was good for the...
No Rocks in Your Pots

No Rocks in Your Pots

No Rocks in Your Pots Written by David McClellan How did this practice ever get started?  I have been gardening for a good while and I don’t know how many books, TV programs, and magazine articles, I have seen that indicate put a layer of gravel in the bottom of a...
Taking Care of Birds in Winter

Taking Care of Birds in Winter

Taking Care of Birds in Winter Written by Phil Craighead  What can be more cheerful than seeing a bare tree full of bright Cardinals in your backyard after a heavy snow in January? Even though this scene might make a perfect picture postcard, the birds themselves may...
What Would Fall Be Like Without Gourds?

What Would Fall Be Like Without Gourds?

What Would Fall Be Like Without Gourds? Written by Nancy McKenzie What would fall be like without gourds? No pumpkins for Halloween. No decorative gourds for our fall décor. No dried gourds for next year’s birdhouses and feeders. Thank goodness for our local growers...
Dividing Bearded Iris

Dividing Bearded Iris

Dividing Bearded Iris  Written by Grenette Bledsoe Irises provide some of the earliest spring color in the garden, from white to purple too many other colors of the rainbow. Managed planting of individual irises, genetically programmed to bloom at different times of...