Your Guide To Marble Falls, Burnet, Kingsland, Llano, Spicewood, Horseshoe Bay, and ALL of the Highland Lakes.
Houseplants brighten your home while also providing a valuable service. As they sit pretty on your shelves and tabletops, they are also cleaning the air around you. Plants not only give off oxygen, they absorb harmful chemicals from the air. Read more…
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Washing machines need washing, too. The appliance that cleans your clothes can collect dirt and debris, promote mold and mildew, and just downright stink sometimes. Solutions are easy to keep your washing machine in good working condition for longer. The Read more…
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For the juiciest, sweetest watermelons this summer, plant them yourself and plant them soon. We asked Highland Lakes Master Gardener Willard Horn, a fan of all things watermelon, for tips on how to cultivate supreme citrullus lanatus in the Highland Read more…
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The second-largest expense in an average home is the water heater. According to Energy.gov, the average household spends $400 to $600 each year heating water, which accounts for 14-18 percent of energy bills. In addition, the average water heater only Read more…
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Even during normal cold and flu seasons, it’s important to keep your home as germ-free as possible. During the current coronavirus pandemic, it is essential. To make it even more difficult, panic shopping has led to a run on sanitizers Read more…
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It’s worm and soil season in the Hill Country, and, at Big Texas Worm Farm, business is heating up — literally — to 140-160 degrees. That’s when the combination of leaves, wood chips, beer grains, and other organic materials piled Read more…
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When deciding between compost or worms, Brian Fraus, owner of Texas Big Worm Farm in Bertram, has some advice. “If you’re gardening, you need to be composting,” Fraus said. “If you just want to get rid of food scraps without Read more…
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It is definitely gardening season. Thank you to everyone who has emailed us with questions and comments. Please feel free to continue emailing us with both questions and your discoveries. There are a few that we would like to share Read more…
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Better growing comes from better knowing your soil, said Kelly Tarla, the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agent for Burnet County. And the best way to know is testing before you grow, especially in the Highland Lakes, where soils can Read more…
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The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service has assisted farmers and communities since 1915 with the science of growing crops and raising livestock. First known as the Texas Agricultural Extension Service, it was formed by the Texas Legislature to help implement Read more…
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