2026 Gardening Articles

Welcome to our Gardener Articles Page! This is where we store our Weekly Gardening Articles written by our Big Country Master Gardeners. Each week, we will post a new gardening article on our main web page in addition to sharing on Facebook. Once a new article is written, we will archive it here so you may access them all later. Enjoy!

2025 Gardening Articles

Gift for Gardeners

Weekly Gardening Article

Parasitoid Wasps – Part I

Weekly Gardening Article

Pansies are One Tough Plant

Weekly Gardening Article

Texas Native Plants vs. Texas Superstar Plants

Weekly Gardening Article

Finding Peace in the Garden

Weekly Gardening Article

More TEXAS MANTIDS Part 2

Weekly Gardening Article

Happy Fall

Weekly Gardening Article

More, lesser known, Texas Mantids – Part 1

Weekly Gardening Article

The Beautiful Hummingbird

Weekly Gardening Article

Fall Planting?

Weekly Gardening Article

Adding Gardens to Your Landscape

Weekly Gardening Article

Solitary Wasps of Texas - Part 1

Weekly Gardening Article

Oh Fig!

Weekly Gardening Article

Gardening in Pots

Weekly Gardening Article

Have You Tried Raised Bed Gardening?

Weekly Gardening Article
June 10

Texas Grasshoppers and How to Get Rid of Them!

Weekly Gardening Article
May 26

Have You Tried Grow Bag Gardening

Weekly Gardening Article

The Shade-Loving Oakleaf Hydrangea

Weekly Gardening Article
May 13th

Identifying & Attracting Butterflies - Part III

Weekly Gardening Article
April 30th

Happy Volunteer Week!

Weekly Gardening Article
April 21st

Identifying and Attracting Texas Butterflies – Part I

Weekly Gardening Article

Forsythia, Heralding Spring

Weekly Gardening Article

The Therapeutic Garden, and… Do I Need One?

Weekly Gardening Article

2024 Gardening Articles

Plant of the Month: Gregg’s Blue Mistflower

Weekly Gardening Article

Low Water Use Landscape

Weekly Gardening Article

Bug of the Month: Walking Sticks

Weekly Gardening Article

Plant of the Month: Gayfeather

Weekly Gardening Article

It's Time for the Fall Plant Sale

Weekly Gardening Article

Bug of the Month: Crickets

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Planting for Success

Weekly Gardening Article

Fall Obedient Plants

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Passalong Plants - Part 2

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Bug of the Month: Dragonflies

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Passalong Plants - Part 1

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Bug of the Month: Squash Bugs

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Guara, the Whirling Dervishes

Weekly Gardening Article

A - L List of Spring Tasks and Tips

Weekly Gardening Article

Bug of the Month: Mason Bees

Weekly Gardening Article

Is it Spring Yet?

Weekly Gardening Article

Bug of the Month: Imported Red Fire Ants

Weekly Gardening Article

Crossvine: The Evergreen Vine for West Texas

Weekly Gardening Article

Bug of the Month: Aphids

Weekly Gardening Article

Tools, Tools, and More Tools

Weekly Gardening Article

2023 Gardening Articles

All articles prior to September 2023 were formerly found in the Abilene Reporter News

Do You Want to Be a Master Gardener

Weekly Gardening Article

What to Do in December

Weekly Gardening Article

Planting Questions?

Weekly Gardening Article
Nov 13th

What Should I do with My New Shrubs

What to do in November

Finding a Home for My New Tree

Getting to Know Your Landscape

What to do in October

Planning your landscape

Moon Gardening

What to do in August

Why are we gardening in hot, dry July

Why we have Master Gardeners

What to do in July

What to do in June

Taking care of the garden

Why your St. Augustine grass may not be doing well

What to do in May

Hydrangea Blues

What to do in April

Five ways to extend and brighten your garden

Why are my daffodils not blooming

Gardening is for the birds

Spring Plant Sale

What to do in March

Growing Potatoes

What to do in February

Master Gardener Program & Intern Training

What to do in January

2023 Gardening Resolutions

My Master Gardener Intern Life