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Let It Bee

By Jeremy WaltherPhotography by Jody Horton For those of you with an already-full plate and a love for new projects, a warning: do not talk to a beekeeper. Their passion and love for bees is ...

Yard Labor

By Ellen SweetsPhotography by Andy Sams It’s a mild, blue-sky weekday that finds seven men in identical turquoise-and-gray-striped shirts and pants working on nicely banked rows of newly ...

On the Hunt

Story and Photography By Carol Ann Sayle Occasionally, a person will stroll through our farm stand in the winter, their eyes appraising tables full of broccoli, beets, carrots, greens and sweet ...

Doing Time in the Garden

By Spike Gillespie It’s early afternoon on a gorgeous autumn day as Municipal Judge Ronald Jones drives around Smithville checking on four community gardens. There’s one by the ...

Edible Landscapes

By Amanda Moon There is a growing trend in this country to get back to the basics when it comes to both eating and landscaping. One way to combine both of these ideas is to incorporate edible ...

Gray's Anatomy

By Jeremy Walther Some might say that of all the colors, gray is the most befuddling. Gray can be gloomy, dull, sullen, boring. It’s the color of haze, noncommittal, inconclusive, wishy-washy; ...

Flock and Roll

When Josh Hudgins was a kid, his family lived near North Lamar and Rundberg Lane—an area, at that time, considered outside the city limits of Austin. Things have changed a lot since ...

Just Between Us...

By Tootie J. TootumsPhotography by Carole Ann Sayle Even though I, Tootie J. Tootums, am educated and wear gold-rimmed glasses to prove it, I don’t type. My farmer, Carol Ann, has fingers ...

Herb Appeal

Story and Photography by Judy Barrett One of the great things about autumn in Austin is that we get to experience the whole range of the seasons within about a 24-hour period. It’s winter when we ...

Unity Park Garden

By Helen CordesPhotography courtesy of Lori Ferris Round Rock has been bustin’ out all over in recent years, with folks flocking to the booming burg north of Austin at record rates. But while ...