This has been an unusually dry few months. The cold fronts that have arrived have mostly arrived without rain. A period of freezing night temperatures in the twenties is being predicted starting tomorrow for several nights in a row and few more nights the following week.
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Irrigation Fact Sheet
Now is the time to turn your irrigation controller off if you have not already done so and leave it in the off position until warm weather returns. If your controller is on same setting as when you moved in, and you have been in your home for several months, follow the watering for established plants guidelines below. Here are some important irrigation facts about water usage for your landscape.
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LET’S TALK LAWNS!
It is summer in Texas! And with the summer heat the inevitable has happened – water rationing. The City has said all you can water is two times a week! That is what is recommended for your plants in the Harvest Irrigation Guidelines for the summer months but you need to make sure your irrigation is set for the dates that the City allows you to water.
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GARDENING BY THE MOON
Yes, it is that time of year in Texas! The heat has arrived and all the beneficial rains have stopped. When I am on site walking properties, I not only feel the heat, but I can see the stress the heat is causing plant materials. Monitor your plants closely and if you observe wilting or yellowing, and your soil is dry, water!
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Gardening By The Moon - August Newsletter Tips
All the recent heat advisories have not only been hard for each of us, but those high temperatures have been creating harsh conditions for all of your trees, shrubs, container plants and turf.
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