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Mild days have meant that Texas gardens have not yet shut down for the winter. Many gardeners are reporting very early bloom times for plant...

Are you dreaming about curling up on a chilly winter's day with a great gardening book? Then here is your chance. I am giving away a cop...

We were gone for 9 days over Thanksgiving and I have been playing catch-up all week. I didn't miss much over the last few days weather-w...

If you went to the stores at the moment you might be forgiven for not knowing whether we were about to celebrate Thanksgiving or Christmas. ...

In April 2012, I was driving to Dallas and took my usual short cut at Elm Mott. The two lane road winds through countryside and farm fields....

I was delighted to host the crew from Gardeners' Supply last week. They were in Austin filming their new products, in local gardens, fo...

That's what my father called it when my mother got busy baking and making jam. It was usually one of those cold English days when everyo...

As much of the nation shivers under frigid temperatures and in some places a blanket of snow, we in Texas also find ourselves in the path of...

We sat out in the front garden for lunch today. The temperature was only in the 40s but the front garden has a little more shelter from the ...

We are all too young to remember the First World War, which began 100 years ago in August  1914. An estimated 10 million lives were lost o...