This year ‘The Garden Guy’ decided to add some dwarf buddleia into his arsenal of pollinator plants. The idea of 3-foot tall or less buddleias, or butterfly bushes, seemed like just what the doctor ordered to be able to incorporate them with lantanas, rudbeckias, gaillardia and salvias for a colorful wild Serengeti-style backyard habitat. Lo and behold, I have a found a Garden Guy favorite.
When companies like Amazon, Urban Mining, SmileDirectClub, Visionary Fiber Technology and others establish a new facility in our region, this accomplishment does not happen by chance.
Todd Colvin is the Assistant Fire Chief for North Hays County Fire Rescue (NHCFR) and he’s had quite the journey since first volunteering in 1994. That’s when NHCFR was an all volunteer department. He worked up the ranks to becoming a career fire fighter and to ultimately his current position. Colvin loves his job. He moved to the area,
This week, we’re introducing two new columns. The first is a column on the topic of economic development in our region. This column will run every other week and is authored by Jason Giulietti, President of the Greater San Marcos Partnership (GSMP)— an organization focused on creating economic diversity and strength in our area. Dripping Springs has been an economic partner with GSMP for about a decade and Giulietti will be sharing what’s happening with the business community in Dripping Springs and Hays County.
Every year most of us hit that period where the heat crosses over from hot to oppressive and we know the tough season for our plants has arrived. In much of the country it arrived early and there is one plant that if it could talk would say, what heat? This plant is Lemon Coral sedum and its botanical name Sedum mexicanum gives clear indication from where its rugged nature derives.
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