Many thanks to our sponsors Edwards Aquifer Authority, Trinity Glen Rose Groundwater Conservation District and San Antonio River Authority for helping bring Go Gardening to the Bexar County community.

 

Go Gardening Show - Season 5 - Episode 9

 

This month's Go Gardening Show brings you some great information about landscape planning in the fall, and most importantly, some great information on compost and plants for pollinators.

 

First up...the Go Gardening crew took a tour of the new Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service offices. AgriLife is a unique education agency that has been a major supporter of people using more Texas native plants in their landscapes. Not only do these types of yards use way less water than a turfgrass version, but they are better for the environment and wildlife that live here. The highlight of our tour was learning about the various types of bees that thrive at the AgriLife campus. You'll be impressed with the new digs.

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Next, we visited the Alamo Heights Community Garden to learn the ins and outs of composting. There we spoke to a Mission Compost community education specialist and he gave us a very thorough lesson on how to create your own compost at home. Most people probably have a vision of large scrap piles in their back yards, but we saw a nice enclosed device that makes composting much easier. We also learned that you can drop off your bags of leaves at this site where they are put to good use.

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Go Gardening's mission is to help people conserve water in the Edwards and Trinity Aquifers by teaching homeowners how to convert turfgrass areas to low-to-no water use landscapes featuring native plants.

 

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