National Gardening Month is a great time for novices to try their hand at gardening or for experts to branch out. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife)
Installing weed control fabric material and bark mulch in a residential garden to control weed spreading (Photo: iStock - brebca)

Colored plastic mulches may provide boost to garden crops

Monarch butterfly. (Photo courtesy of Monarch Butterfly and Pollinators Conservation Fund.)

Gardening for butterflies

Kindergarten kids friends arm around sitting smiling (Photo: iStock - Rawpixel)
Mixed pansies in garden (Photo: iStock - AnjoKanFotografie)
The total solar eclipse is expected to last over 4 minutes as it tracks across the Texas sky on April 8. Not only will the sky darken, but many animals will sense changes in temperature and wind speed. (Photo: Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife)

How do animals react to a solar eclipse?

  • By Ashley Vargo │ Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
Flowering white lilies (Photo: iStock - Elen11)

Tips to keep Easter lilies blooming