Home & Garden

Eco Housekeeping

By Tamara MayfieldArt by Matthew Lynaugh Few things are nicer than a freshly cleaned home. But whether you love or despise cleaning the house yourself, it’s a job that cannot be ignored. No ...

Greening the Hub

By Jessica DupuyPhotography by Valarie Campbell For some, an environmentally conscious kitchen might resemble a luxury version of a centerfold spread from Dwell magazine—replete with every ...

Gary Weeks & Company

Photography by Bill Albrecht Out in the Hill Country, near Gary Weeks and Company’s Wimberley furniture workshop, it’s hard to escape the enthusiasm and wide-eyed wonder people exhibit ...

Break It Down

While working at a local yoga studio, Melanie MacFarlane began to notice just how many cups were being thrown away following post-class tea—over 20,000 cups per month! Though technically ...

Sowing Seeds

If you’re looking to grow a garden, the Austin Public Library’s Central location has the perfect resource to help get you started. A repurposed card catalog on the sixth floor of the library ...

The Savvy Home Gardener's Favorite Tools

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Gardening the Green Way

Spring often takes the cake for Texans’ most beloved gardening season, but autumn is also an ideal time of year to put new plants in the ground. If your yard regularly requires an exasperating ...

Olive Trees

In Homer’s The Odyssey, Odysseus and his indomitable wife, Penelope, set the modern standard for using olive trees as interior decor: the foundation of their bed was carved into the roots of a ...

With grocery stores like Whole Foods Market and Sprouts donating produce to Austin food pantries and setting up community gardens, one could assume that the value of produce donations from at-home ...

Growing Indoor Citrus

Texas citrus rakes in more than $200 million for the Texas economy every year. Though the bulk of the harvest comes from ruby red grapefruit and sweet orange orchards, did you know there are ...