by Barbara Porsch, Permian Basin Master Gardener Pepper, peppers, more peppers. Growing more popular by the day. Think about this. Hot...

by Bess Barlau, Master Gardener Tried and true plants or adapted to our area are always welcome additions to beautify and simplify our...

by Carl White, Master Gardener and Bird Enthusiast There are very few gardeners that do not like having hummingbirds in their garden, and...

by Gwin Jamerson, Master Gardener Ornamental grasses can be used in many places in the landscape. After all, grasses grow here naturally....

Butterfly Garden Shan Wheeler What is more beautiful than butterflies flitting from flower to flower? Soon the Orange Sulphurs, Painted...

By Carol Siddall Master Gardener I love asparagus. I grew up in El Paso, and my mother had a huge bed of asparagus. We ate it, gave it...

By Linda Cranfill, Master Gardener Last spring the Permian Basin saw an amazing rose bloom due to the mild winter. Consider adding roses...

by Barbara Porsch, Master Gardener, Herb Enthusiast Salad Burnet Sanguisorba minor At this time of the year and earlier, one of the few...

By Carol Siddall, Master Gardener This time of year, gardeners me included, are looking through seed catalogues and their gardening...

By Frank Wells, Master Gardener and Certified Consulting Rosarian Legend says, Valentine's Day originated during the third century in...

By Barbara Porsch Herb enthusiast In flower language, lavender means devotion. So what better herb to talk about right before Valentine’s...

by Carol Siddall, Master Gardener This time of year is hard for gardeners in all stages of experience. The desire to go outside is there,...

by Jim Longstreet, Master Gardener, Vegetable Specialist Are you still trying to grow tomatoes in the Permian Basin? Many growers just...

by Carl White, Bee Enthusiast, and Ron Nelson, BeeKeeper, Master Gardeners The soft buzz around the flowers, the constant flow of bees...

By Karen Miller, Master Gardener Entomology Specialist Christmas is almost here, and what better way for an entomology specialist to...

IT'S CHRISTMAS! Carol Siddall, Master Gardener It is Christmas Time! The most wonderful time of the year. For a gardener, December does...

Carol Siddall, Master Gardener When fall arrives, it is hard not to regret the passing of all the summer blooms.  But take heart, for the...

by Shirley Jo Kelley, Master Gardener, Propagation Specialist Succulent plants are known as fat plants because their plant parts are...

By Barbara Porsch—Herb Enthusiast Lemongrass, cybopogon citratus, a tender perennial, is an aromatic clump grass with bulbous stems with...

By Karen Miller, Master Gardener Entomology Specialist Our “Ask a Master Gardener” program has received several inquiries about a pale...