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    • Heat Zone Map
    • Why Deadhead?
    • Don’t Mulch Too Much
  • Discovery Garden
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      • Little Red Hen
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    • Eagle’s Nest
  • Gardens
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      • On the Wild Side
      • A Hummingbird Garden
      • Monarch Migration
      • Honeybees in North Texas
    • Container Gardening
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      • Shade Garden Plants
      • Made in the Shade
      • Growing Hostas in North Texas
  • Plant Selection
    • Earth-Kind Plant Selection
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    • Annuals
      • Favorite Annuals – Flowers
      • Favorite Annuals – Foliage
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      • Sow What? Annuals!
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    • Seed Starting
    • Guides to Get Started
    • Recommended Varieties for Rockwall County
    • Planting Dates
    • Crop Families and Rotation
    • Fall Vegetable Gardening
    • Cool Season Crops
    • Warm Season Crops
      • Ways to Accelerate Your Tomato Harvest
      • Planting Potatoes
  • Research and Information Links
  • Lawn Care
    • Spring Lawn Care
    • Inventory of Texas Turf Grasses
    • When Grass Won’t Grow in the Shade
    • Grasscycling
    • Fall Lawn Care
    • Weed Management in Turf
    • Pre-Emergent Weed Killers
  • Pests
    • Rose Rosette
    • Fire Ant Control
  • Water Wise
    • Prepare for Summer Heat
    • Catch Can Test
    • Conducting an Irrigation Check Up
    • Take Care of Texas Water Guides
  • Trees for North Texas
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Take Care of Texas Water Guides

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has provided an excellent series of six free publications which provide a general overview of environmentally friendly practices for your yard.

Guide to Lawn Care

Landscape Irrigation

Lawn Problems

Mulching and Composting

Rainwater Harvesting

Yard Pests

 

WInter EnviroSmart Newsletter

  • Bee Friendly Winter Plants
  • Christmas Cactus & Poinsettias
  • Tree Planting
  • Vegetable Garden Calendar

Winter 2021 Newsletter

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Rockwall County

915 E. Whitmore, Suite B
Rockwall, Texas
972-204-7660
Monday to Friday
8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
1:00 to 5:00 p.m.

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