Welcome!
My name is Abbey. I garden in San Antonio, Texas (zone 8b). Our home and yard sit on an average-sized suburban lot in a 35-year-old neighborhood near the South Texas Medical Center.
When we moved in in 2007, the yard had four trees but no other landscaping. We hired a former nurseryman to help us sketch a plan that we've implemented ourselves. As
a result of the process, I've fallen in love with landscaping. I like
to learn about plants and their growing requirements, then find the
right spot for them in our yard and arrange them into the overall
scheme.
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San Antonio is at the edge of the desert so water conservation is a priority. Our area's native plants are xeric and so are most of the ones in my hard; however, not all of my plants are natives.
South Central Texas is situated over a shelf of limestone that creates alkaline soil. In most places on the north side of the city, you can dig only a few inches before you smack into rock. Luckily, our yard has several feet of soil.
