Your Guide To Marble Falls, Burnet, Kingsland, Llano, Spicewood, Horseshoe Bay, and ALL of the Highland Lakes.
Follow these tips for good impressions and even better offers Attention to the right details can get you a better offer when selling your home. “You want top dollar for your house,” said agent Suzanne Brown of Dale Brown Properties Read more…
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Willard Horn thought he had a green thumb until he moved to the Council Creek area northwest of Burnet. For seven years before the move, he cultivated a lush one-acre garden, but that had been in good soil. In Council Read more…
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When planning a native landscape to attract wildlife, great resources can be found online and in person in the Highland Lakes. One such source for what to plant is the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center’s website, which includes a comprehensive Read more…
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Add water and relax; your feathered friends will visit soon Landscaping and gardening in a manner that’s most beneficial to birds can be summed up in two words: Go native — as in native plants. “When you think about it, Read more…
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Bug lights, white vinegar, sugar water, nematodes, diatomaceous earth, crushed calcium, and even spiders are key household items to keep your indoor living space free of intrusive pests without resorting to chemical warfare. In the early morning, while my coffee Read more…
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When the spring cleaning urge kicks in this year, don’t forget to freshen up your air along with your house. Cleaning the air in your home is as easy as changing your air filter on a regular basis. The standard Read more…
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You can tell if a bluebonnet has been pollinated by looking at the flower. Where there normally was a white spot in the middle of the blue, if pollinated, it will be pinkish-red. Pollinated blooms turn to seed. Once the Read more…
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A wide variety of vineyards and wine-tasting rooms dot the hills and nestle in the valleys of the Highland Lakes. Over a weekend, this reporter explored three of the many local vineyards available for a taste of the vine and Read more…
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When an inch of water reaches the ground, it penetrates various depths. In sandy soil, that one inch will soak down to almost 30 inches. In loamy soil, the same rainfall will soak down to approximately 15 inches. In clay Read more…
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Four species of yucca call the Highland Lakes home: Buckley’s, twisted-leaf, Spanish dagger, and Arkansas. If you are wondering why red yucca is not on the list, well, it’s not a yucca. In fact, it is known as a false Read more…
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