PBS TV show Central Texas Gardener took photos and video of my Central Texas yard and interviewed me. I have been working on my landscape and hardscape since 2005 when we bought our home. My yard is a twice certified Wildlife Habitat. I garden organicly. I do not use herbicides or pesticides in my yard.
Green Education
Why have native plants?
So you can have friends like these! Texas is losing habitat very, very quickly! We all know about the homeless pet population. What about homeless wildlife? Their homes are being scraped away every day. How would you feel if you were asleep in bed one night and a bulldozer came and scraped your and your kids and
Wicking Bed
I just installed this wicking bed in my own yard. If you are not familiar with wicking beds they water plants from below rather than above. They’re basically containers with water at the base and they act like a giant self-watering pot. The moisture is drawn up through the soil via a process called capillary
Home Diagnosis Solves Energy & Air Quality Challenges
Home Diagnosis is a new science-based TV series coming to your local PBS station in 2019! Home Performance Experts Grace and Corbett Lunsford produced this show to demonstrate the ability of building science to improve the quality of our lives. Green homes and even the typical residential home can benefit greatly from regular reviews of energy,
News on the Garey Ranch Property
The Good Water Chapter of the Texas Master Naturalists is having its first chapter meeting for 2017 this Thursday, January 12th. The presentation and discussion will be regarding the Garey Ranch gift to Georgetown and how it will be developed. This ranch is a 525 acre property located on Highway 2243 just east of Ronald Reagan Blvd.
Presentation on “Invasives in Texas”
Presented by: Dr. Hans Landel Join the Texas Master Naturalists Good Water Chapter meeting on Thursday, January 26, 2017, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Free of charge and open to the general public. Dr. Hans Landel has conducted over ten years of field research, including studies of endangered wildlife species. He has worked with the
Texas Amphibian Watch at Austin Pond Society
Monday Evening July 18th 2016 at 6:30pm Mark Klym of the Texas Amphibian Watch will be the guest speaker at the monthly Austin TX Pond Society meeting held just off MoPac at 2220 Barton Springs Road in the Zilker Botanical Garden’s Austin Area Garden Center meeting room. This is a good match of two great
Crepe Murder in Cedar Park, Texas
Crepe Murder has taken place in in Cedar Park, Texas. Don’t let this happen at your home or business.
Economic Benefits of Sustainable Gardens and Wildlife Habitat
I am a National Wildlife Federation certified backyard habitat steward as well as a REALTOR® who specializes in green homes. I proudly display my TOFGA (Texas Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association) as well as NWF Habitat signs on my yard’s gate as well as display the signs on my table at green events where I
Electric Vehicles NOW In Austin Texas
Did you know that if you want to, you can drive an all electric vehicle now? Revolt Custom Electric Vehicles can take an ordinary car and turn it into a clean, all electric vehicle capable of running at highway speeds and needing no dirty oil changes.