Spring

Is it a pesky weed or an advantageous addition to your yard? Think twice before ridding your landscape of these broadleaf beauties. While many people dismiss the broadleaf plants that take up [...]

Once-a-week watering is more than enough for your landscape, especially if it’s loaded with lush, drought-hardy plants.  With the chaos of the recent extreme winter weather, not to mention our [...]

Spring is here and that means it’s time to start barbecuing — and getting your irrigation system in good working order. An irrigation system checkup should be done at least twice a year, once in [...]

Dare to dream up a sublime space alfresco that also saves water. Then bring it to life with SAWS WaterSaver Coupons! After a rough winter, spring has never been more welcomed than this year. If [...]

Plant the beauty of an early Texas spring. Ornamental trees and shrubs are among the first to flower and provide nectar sources for pollinating insects and hummingbirds. One of the keys to [...]

These little guys are famished and your trees are a bountiful buffet. But before you banish them, remember this: Song birds are nesting now and caterpillars are the food supply for their young. [...]

Your grass won’t start actively growing until about mid-April. If you fertilize it now you’ll just feed the weeds. What can you do for your lawn right now? Coddle it with compost! You’ve probably [...]

October marks the peak of the monarch migration southward through Texas and on to Mexico for the winter. There are several ways you can help them along their journey. Texas is known for its wide [...]

There’s still time to make big water-saving changes to your landscape this spring (with big cost savings to boot). Apply for SAWS WaterSaver Landscape and Patioscape coupons — deadline is [...]

Fire ants have been the bane of landscape enjoyment for many years in Texas. Fear not, there’s an easy and effective three-ingredient remedy you can concoct at home. Temperatures are [...]