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The Texas Button Plant
By Sherri McShane, Bexar County Master Gardener The Culinary Garden at the San Antonio Botanical Garden (SABOT) is truly a…
Growing Cucumbers
Michelle Hobbs, Bexar County Master Gardener One of things I like most about gardening is sharing with friends and family.…
This month in the Vegetable Garden: February
In February, the nurseries start selling tomatoes; the larger tomatoes earlier in the month, “cherry” tomatoes (Ruby Crush, BHN968) later…
Compost, Fertilizer, More Fertilizer and… What’s Mulch?
by Bill Swantner, Bexar County Master Gardener It’s almost Spring garden time and there will be a lot of talk…
Pruning Landscape Roses
by Janice Tapp, Bexar County Master Gardener The olfactory and visual rewards of cultivating roses are some of the many…
New Year in the Garden
by Melody Stramer, Bexar County Master Gardener After being confined to our homes for so long, some of us may…
Frosts, Freezes, and Hard Freezes
by Bill Swantner, Bexar County Master Gardener Last month, the nighttime temperature was officially registered at 28oF (my south Texas…
January in the Vegetable Garden
By the BCMG Vegetable Gardening Advance Training Team When the holidays are over, the temperatures are colder, and the nights…
What’s Wrong with my Turfgrass?
by Bill Swantner, Bexar County Master Gardener There must be a dozen types of grasses grown as “lawn grass” in…
Swanflower
by Deva Brown, Bexar County Master Gardener I was watching the black pipevine butterflies in my yard, which were flitting…