Texas Butterfly Festival highlights need for crucial gardens
MISSION — Goldenrods thick with yellow blooms in the sun stand tall above their beds bordered with landscape timber.
Learn about Hügelkultur at Native Plant Project meeting
Native Plant Project will host its monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 26, at Valley Nature Center, 301 S. Border St. in Weslaco.
Nature’s Hallowe’en Fun
By Anita Westervelt, Rio Grande Valley Chapter, Texas Master Naturalist
Nature decorates itself for Hallowe’en with showy orange pods of native balloon vine, Cardiospermum halicacagum....
Garden: A stunning shady lady
Lori Murray, Cameron County Master Gardener, Texas Superstar Specialist
One of my all-time favorite plants for winter in the Valley is the impatients. In the...
Hummingbird migration across Valley, Texas
By Ashley Gregory, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
The days are still long and hot, but the first signs of fall are in the air....
Growing wild olive trees
By, Lori Murray, Cameron County Master Gardener, Texas Superstar Specialist
From time to time, you may have noticed some small to medium-sized trees covered with...
Fall Vegetable Gardens
Ashley Gregory, Horticulturalist for Hidalgo County
It may feel a little early, but now is a great time to start planning your fall vegetable garden....
Blooming Esperanzas
The other day as I was driving along Loop 499 towards the airport, I suddenly realized that something was missing! Indeed, the beautiful Yellow...
Water-wise Gardening
By Mary Beth Simmons, Cameron County Master Gardener Texas Certified Nursery Professional
Conserving water is a steadily growing concern throughout the Valley. Water-wise or xeriscape gardening is...
The mighty sunflower — more than meets the eye
By Anita Westerbelt, Texas Master Naturalist
Sunflowers are survivors.
Even on dreadfully hot late summer mornings, they stand ready to meet the day; they withstand our...