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Side Yards
Side Yard Garden Photo: Kristi Clemmer By Debbie Roland and Emmy Ulmschneider, Master Gardeners If you live in a newer development in...
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Feb 24, 20252 min read


Plan your garden
Photo: Pinterest Sara Moran, Ector & Midland Counties Horticulture Agent, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Planning is essential in...
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Feb 10, 20252 min read


Simply Better?
Photo: www.calblendsoils.com By Emmy Ulmschneider and Debbie Roland, Master Gardeners On a walk last week, I came across an...
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Jan 27, 20252 min read


Monarchs
www.github.com By Emmy Ulmschneider and Debbie Roland, Master Gardeners Previously, in our Monarch butterfly articles, we mentioned...
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Jan 21, 20252 min read
Soil Erosion
By Debbie Roland and Emmy Ulmschneider, Master Gardeners As gardeners we know we need to water, prune plants and pull weeds but we may...
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Jan 14, 20252 min read


Odessa College Garden
Odessa College Pantry Garden Photo: Emmy Ulmschneider By Emmy Ulmschneider and Debbie Roland, Master Gardeners End the 2024 gardening...
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Jan 9, 20252 min read


Saving Holiday Plants
Amaryllis Photo: howdoesyourgardenmow.com By Debbie Roland and Emmy Ulmschneider, Master Gardeners There are several plants that we...
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Jan 9, 20253 min read


What’s Trendy for the 2025 Garden?
Photo: Pinterest.com By Debbie Roland, Master Gardener Last week we talked about using pots and other containers in your yard and...
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Dec 19, 20243 min read


Pumpkins
Midland Farmers Market Photo: Emmy Ulmschneider By Emmy Ulmschneider and Debbie Roland, Master Gardeners Each fall, walking around my...
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Dec 19, 20242 min read


Container Garden - a 2025 Trend
Photo: homebnc.com By Debbie Roland, Master Gardener I’ve been reading about what is new and trendy in gardening for 2025. One of the...
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Dec 2, 20243 min read


Winter Perennial Prep and Care
Mealy Blue Sage Photo: www.centraltexasgardener.org By Debbie Roland and Emmy Ulmschneider, Master Gardeners Did you know that fall is...
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Dec 2, 20243 min read


Buying Your Gardener a Gift
By Debbie Roland and Emmy Ulmschneider, Master Gardeners 2020 started many people down a new path that led to gardening, whether it was...
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Nov 19, 20243 min read


Growing Roses
www.fanpop.com By Debbie Roland and Mike Callaway, Master Gardeners This article was prepared with input from Frank Wells, a former...
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Nov 13, 20243 min read


A Tribute to Patty Manning
By Emmy Ulmschneider, Master Gardener Three times in my life I have been touched by people whose knowledge, passion, and willingness to...
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Nov 5, 20243 min read


November Garden Chores
Photo by Emmy Ulmschneider By Emmy Ulmschneider and Debbie Roland, Master Gardeners A gardener’s work is never done! No matter the...
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Oct 28, 20243 min read


Bulbs for Spring Color
Grape Hyacinth Photo: www.prweb.com By Debbie Roland and Emmy Ulmschneider, Master Gardeners Nothing says spring more than a garden full...
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Oct 22, 20243 min read


Responsible Beauty for Monarchs
Photo: mygardenlife.com By Emmy Ulmschneider, Master Gardener In our previous article, we examined the challenges migrating Monarchs...
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Oct 14, 20243 min read


DIY Soil Sponges
Use your kitchen and yard scraps Photo: Emmy Ulmschneider By Emmy Ulmschneider, Master Gardener I was first introduced to soil sponges...
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Oct 14, 20243 min read


Fall Planting for Birds, Butterflies and Pollinators
Photo: Emmy Ulmschneider’s Native Habitat By Emmy Ulmschneider and Debbie Roland, Master Gardeners Back in 2021, (Blog entries 9/12,...
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Oct 7, 20243 min read


Responsible Beauty for Monarchs
Photo: Emmy Ulmschneider By Emmy Ulmschneider, Master Gardener From September 12 to October 6, 2021, Master Gardeners did a series on...
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Sep 30, 20243 min read


A Tale of Three Trees
Japanese Persimmon (Kaki) By Emmy Ulmschneider and Debbie Roland, Master Gardeners West Texas is my second home. Growing up in the...
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Sep 23, 20243 min read


Cole Crops
Photo: www.slideshare.net By Debbie Roland, Master Gardener You have probably heard the term “cole crops” before. “Cole” comes from...
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Sep 16, 20242 min read
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