Water conservation is no joke here in San Antonio, Texas. It’s feast or famine in our neck of the woods. Conserving water might not be on our minds when we have a spring that is so wet and cloudy we struggle to get our tomatoes to blossom and fruit. On the other hand,...
Do you remember the scene in Jerry Maguire when Tom Cruise is begging Cuba Gooding Jr. to “Help ME, help you. HELP me, help you! Help me, help YOU!”? It’s a pretty memorable scene and it portrays how I feel sometimes when I get the privilege of...
Rain is generally a welcome sight here in San Antonio, but sometimes we get too much of a good thing. In our city, it seems like it’s feast or famine when it comes to those precious drops of water. This timely, but short, blog is a reminder of what to look out...
Our weather in San Antonio sure does change quickly. A few weeks ago we were inundated with rain; this week the sun is shining bright and dialing up the heat! As promised, here is our second installment in our series on pests and weather. We’re switching gears from...
Weather has a big impact on what pest issues you may experience in your landscape. Extended periods of rain for instance, can bring out the snails and slugs at levels some may consider apocalyptic; hosta lovers, am I right? On the other hand, when the skies dry up and...
While most of us appreciate free water, a.k.a. rain, we also frown when a fungus arrives due to the cloudy days that accompany it, and having too much of a good thing! When we experience heavy periods of rain, plus humidity and lots of cloudy days, fungus issues are...
