Gardening in South Texas   Tags: gardening, houseplant, native, plants, san_antonio, sapl, texana, texas, vegetable  

Ladybugs and Dragonflies good. Ticks and termites are bad. Yellowjackets can be helpful?

Bugs can make, or break, your gardening efforts. (Not to mention your enjoyment of said gardening!) This is your guide for identifying the most common Texas insects with information about an an insect's effects on your landscape and, if necessary, how you can control the insects without pesticides.

Previously published as The Central Texas Gardener and The New Central Texas Gardener.

Chapters include: Gardening with central Texas soils -- The gardener's tools -- Creating a garden, designing a landscape -- Lawns and turfgrasses for central Texas -- Alternatives to lawns: ground covers and accent plants -- Trees and shrubs: selection, planting, and care -- Trees for central Texas: a selection -- Shrubs for central Texas: a selection -- Vines and climbers -- Flowers -- The vegetable garden -- Trouble in the garden.

The authors explore the American South’s gardening heritage from the sisters of Native American practice to the formality and order of the French and the orange blossoms and Spanish-daggers of Spain. But the emphasis is on rediscovering southern heirloom plants and designing your own garden.

Full of in-depth information and gardening tips, this resource contains the latest information on organic gardening and native plants, as well as regional-specific tips for each type of plant in the garden and creative suggestions for hardscaping.

Each chapter in this sourcebook is devoted to one of Texas's 12 gardening regions, describing each region's climate and soil type, and interspersed throughout are money-saving tips and professional landscaping advice on plant selection and garden maintenance. Containing all the information needed to create and maintain a healthy and beautiful Texas garden, this handbook is a great reference for any avid gardener.-- From publisher description.

The Texas Gardener's Resource is filled with need-to-know information from popular gardening experts who include their collective wisdom in one complete guide for Texas gardeners.

In addition to the hundreds of proven plants, this resource has monthly-to do calendars assisting gardeners with the proper care and timing for everything from planting to watering.

Water-wise plant selections and advice on gardening with less water addresses the challenges of gardening Texas.

When a party of monks treks to Wales to dig up the remains of St. Winifred, the main opponent to their excavation efforts is found dead. Brother Caedfael, former soldier turned herbalist healer, investigates.