Your Guide To Marble Falls, Burnet, Kingsland, Llano, Spicewood, Horseshoe Bay, and ALL of the Highland Lakes.
To state the obvious, soil is an important factor in gardening. Yes, we test nutrient levels and pH. Yet, there is another factor regarding soil that we haven’t discussed: temperature. There are four labels of temperature range for soil: minimal, Read more…
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Plants have to be really tough to live in Texas. Plants native to the Highland Lakes are resilient, beautiful, and a perfect fit for any yard, garden, or landscape, according to Sheryl Yantis, a Master Naturalist who lives on the Read more…
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Bluebonnets herald the start of the Highland Lakes wildflower season each year, but they are only one shade in a spectacular kaleidoscope of color that lasts all summer. The indigo of the Texas State Flower gives way in April to Read more…
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We’re going to plant dill. Want to know why? SIX LEGS Dill attracts lots of beneficial insects to your garden. For instance, dill brings in ladybugs, green lacewings, braconid wasps, tachinid flies, hoverflies, mealybug destroyers, and aphid midges. By planting Read more…
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Mike Chesnutt and Chris Sandman marvel at the growth in popularity of disc golf in the Highland Lakes since more than a decade ago when the two began playing. Back then, there was one disc golf course with a second Read more…
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Take a walk without going anywhere. Find a tree and touch it. Keep touching it. Just stay there. Feel the rough bark on your fingertips and against your palm. With phone off — completely off — find a favorite spot Read more…
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Unlike honeybees, native bees are solitary. The female bees lay their eggs in holes in trees and wood or in the ground. You can attract more native bees to your garden by building a bee hotel to make finding a Read more…
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Mason bees love bluebonnets, depending on them for nectar and nourishment. The bluebonnets are just as dependent on these native Central Texas bees for their own existence. In fact, this particular species of bee hatches each year just in time Read more…
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Whether you enjoy just hacking the ball around or believe you have a shot at the PGA Tour, the Highland Lakes has a golf course to suit your style. Blue Lake Golf Club, 214 W. Bluebonnet Road off RR 2831 Read more…
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For prospectors, floods can have a silver — or, to be more accurate — gold lining, especially on the Llano River. “A flood uncovers things previously covered by sand,” said Missy Smith of Long’s Fish and Dig, a fishing camp on Read more…
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