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The solution for water shortages in Texas.
08/16/2026

The solution for water shortages in Texas.

Up to 70% of the water a Texas home uses can go to the landscape ou...

What is your calling? 🍅 🫑 🌼 🐝 🦋
08/15/2026

What is your calling? 🍅 🫑 🌼 🐝 🦋

Podcast Episode · The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers · March 9 · 1h 7m

Excellent info!
08/11/2026

Excellent info!

How to Grow Peppers In Containers and Get a HUGE HARVEST!In this ...

Gorgeous American Beautyberry outside of Das Rec, my local gym. It’s well over 6 tall. Kudos to the City Of New Braunfel...
08/04/2026

Gorgeous American Beautyberry outside of Das Rec, my local gym. It’s well over 6 tall. Kudos to the City Of New Braunfels for embracing native plants!

Prairie Verbena flowering in very harsh conditions on this hot August 3rd day. Love this plant! 
08/03/2026

Prairie Verbena flowering in very harsh conditions on this hot August 3rd day. Love this plant! 

Black Witch moth (Ascalapha odorata), one of the largest moths in the United States, with a wingspan that can reach up t...
08/03/2026

Black Witch moth (Ascalapha odorata), one of the largest moths in the United States, with a wingspan that can reach up to 7 inches. Golf glove for perspective.

Lanceleaf Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata) in the August morning sun. Even when not flowering, it is a beautiful evergre...
08/02/2026

Lanceleaf Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata) in the August morning sun. Even when not flowering, it is a beautiful evergreen perennial. If you keep the spent flower stalks trimmed up, it makes a gorgeous specimen plant. 

08/01/2026

Poblano corn potato chowder. What are you cooking from the garden today? Will add chicken and cream later! Recipe in first comment. Simply Recipes

The Texas Native Plant Primer might be the only book on Texas native plants you’ll ever need. Excellent! Ladybird Johnso...
07/31/2026

The Texas Native Plant Primer might be the only book on Texas native plants you’ll ever need. Excellent! Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center

Question Mark butterfly. Can't say I've ever seen one before, or at least identified one.
07/29/2026

Question Mark butterfly. Can't say I've ever seen one before, or at least identified one.

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