Healthy landscapes begin with healthy soil. Discover how soil testing, compost, and Earth-Kind® practices improve soil structure, reduce guesswork, and support stronger, more productive plants.
Landscape
Preparing Your Lawn for Summer Stress
Learn how proper mowing, deeper watering, and proactive summer turf management can help your lawn develop stronger roots and better withstand North Texas heat and drought.
Earth-Kind Landscaping: Practical Turf Areas
Learn how Earth-Kind landscaping principles can help you choose, manage, and maintain practical turf areas that support both your landscape goals and the environment.
Garden Planning and Design: The Earth-Kind Way
Good garden design starts on paper. Learn how Earth-Kind planning—plant spacing, placement, diversity, and water use—helps create a landscape that is both functional and sustainable in North Texas.
Dandelions: Weed, Wildflower, or Something In Between?
Dandelions are more than a common lawn weed. Learn what they reveal about soil and turf health, their role in the landscape, and how to manage them effectively in North Texas.
Spring is Right Around the Corner: Put the Fertilizer Spreader Away...for Now
It may feel like time to fertilize, but your lawn isn’t ready yet. Learn why timing matters, how soil testing guides better decisions, and what to do instead in early spring.
Bud Behavior: Early Signs of Tree Stress
Tree buds reveal early signs of stress before leaves appear. Learn how delayed bud break, uneven development, and bud drop can signal deeper soil or root issues in North Texas trees.
Rooted in Care: Winter and Tree Health
Winter reveals what trees hide during the growing season. Learn why this quiet season is ideal for pruning, planting, and evaluating tree health to support strong, resilient landscapes.
Ways I'm Showing My Landscape the Love This Year
A personal and practical reflection on showing love to the landscape through better habits, patience, and care — from soil health and trees to tools, wildlife, and the gardener herself.
Going Vertical With Vines
Transform fences and walls into living displays. Explore the beauty and benefits of growing vines in North Texas—from honeysuckle to clematis—and see how vertical gardening makes the most of any space.
The Usual Suspects: A Gardener’s Guide to Plant Problems
Something’s not right in the garden. Leaves are curling, flowers are missing, and nothing seems quite as it should. Before jumping to conclusions, take a closer look at the most common culprits causing trouble in North Texas gardens.
Why Choose Native Trees?
Native trees are tough, low-maintenance, and vital to local wildlife. Learn how they conserve water, support biodiversity, and help restore North Texas landscapes—one sapling at a time.
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