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Weekend Gardener: Rainwater harvesting

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:57:37 GMT

This week John meets with Dani Slabaugh of Yard To Table Gardens to talk about rain water collection. Slabaugh designed and built this Thai Rain Jar cistern for Paige Hill of Urban Patchwork Neighborhood Farms using the traditional construction method.

Website matches up cyclists to ride out

Sophia Beausoleil — Wed, 08 May 2013 17:54:07 GMT

Austin city leaders and bike advocacy groups have come up with a way to help timid cyclists gain confidence to ride to work.

The afterlife has never looked so green

Josh Hinkle — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 22:16:18 GMT

Green burial sites are growing in the United States with at least three in Texas. One of those is right outside Austin – Eloise Woods Community Natural Burial Park.

Eating invasive species

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:33:04 GMT

Local caves may become more accessible

David Yeomans — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:44:40 GMT

The City of Austin recently agreed to help Bowie High School excavate a cave underneath the school with the goal of turning it into a learning environment. This is part of a citywide effort to make area caves accessible to the public.

Homeowners turn to rain gardening

Natalie Stoll — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:09:53 GMT

In the midst of a drought, more and more people are turning to water saving landscaping. Beyond zero-scaping or just using native plants, there’s another option -- a rain garden.

High pollution may hurt businesses

David Yeomans — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 22:21:48 GMT

If the level of ozone pollution in central Texas exceeds the federal limit this summer, there will be far-reaching implications - especially for certain local businesses.

Twinkle's Garden | What's your zone?

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:22:20 GMT

You can’t fool Mother Nature. Knowing your area’s hardiness zone is probably one of the most important things to know when you embark on planting your own garden or landscaping your yard.