Lawn care, for Houston specifically.
Most lawn advice is written for somewhere else. These guides are written by the crews who maintain Houston-area properties every week, for the heat, the clay, and the rain we actually get.
St. Augustine, Bermuda, or Zoysia? Picking the right grass for a Houston lawn
How Houston heat, humidity, gumbo clay, and oak shade decide which turfgrass will thrive, and when St. Augustine, Bermuda, or Zoysia is the right call.
The Houston lawn care calendar: what to do, month by month
A month-by-month schedule for Houston lawns: pre-emergent timing, fertilizing, chinch bug and armyworm watch, fungus season, and freeze prep.
Plants that shrug off a Houston summer: a native and drought-tough shortlist
A field-tested shortlist of native and adapted shrubs, perennials, grasses, and trees that thrive on Houston heat, gumbo clay, and less water.
Eight questions every Texas HOA board should ask a landscaping vendor
A due-diligence checklist for Texas HOA boards comparing landscaping bids: proof of service, insurance, TDA licensing, storm response, and contract terms.
Houston clay, standing water, and how to actually drain a soggy yard
Why Houston yards flood (gumbo clay, flat lots, 50 inches of rain) and the fix ladder that works: grading, swales, French drains, catch basins, rain gardens.