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Recommended Reading

Gardeners never stop learning. There is always a new group of plants, new varieties, new gardening techniques or some long forgotten gardening wisdom from years past. Bookstores are well stocked with volumes on every aspect of gardening you can imagine while dozens of gardening magazines provide a monthly dose of information and inspiration.
However the vast majority of printed material is much more applicable to other parts of the country than it is to central Texas. Our unique soils and climate render gardening wisdom from foreign countries like England, New Jersey and California of marginal help or totally misleading for would be gardeners in our region.
There are a number of printed resources that are very helpful in our area. The following is a brief listing of books and magazines for Texas gardeners to get you started. There are likely some good books and magazines that we have overlooked. Nevertheless, those included in the list below are will worth perusing. Some of these books out of print but are available through various online used book sources.

Books
Garden Guide for Austin & Vicinity by Travis County Master Gardener Assn
Xeriscape for Central Texas: A Water-Wise Approach to Home Landscaping; by The Xeriscape Garden Club of The Austin Area
Gardening Success with Difficult Soils; by Scott Ogden
Garden Bulbs for the South; by Scott Ogden
Perennial Garden Color; by William C. Welch
Commonsense Vegetable Gardening for the South; by Dr. William D. Adams and Thomas LeRoy
The Vegetable Book: A Texan's Guide to Gardening; by Dr. Sam Cotner
Antique Roses for the South; by Dr. William C. Welch
Texas Trees: A Friendly Guide; by Patty Leslie and Paul W. Cox

Magazines
Texas Gardenerhttp://www.texasgardener.com P.O. Box 9005, 10566 North River Crossing, Waco, Texas, 76712 254.848.9393 800.727.9020
Neil Sperry’s Gardenshttp://www.neilsperry.com P.O. Box 864 McKinney, TX 75070 972.562.5050 800.752.4769
Home Grownhttp://www.homegrowntexas.com/ P.O. Box 524 Taylor, TX 76574

Newsletters
Horticulture Update Newsletter (Texas A&M Hort. Dept.) http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/extension/newsletters/hortupdate/tamuhort.html

Television
Central Texas Gardener now airs on 5 Texas public television stations and coming soon to new Mexico. Check the station links listed below for the most recent local schedule
KLRU - Austinhttp://www.klru.org/ctg Noon Saturdays 8:00 a.m. Sundays (repeat)
KLRU 2 - Austin, Time Warner Cable Channel 20 http://www.klru.org/ctg 9:00 p.m. Saturdays 10:00 a.m. Wednesdays (repeat)
KLRU G - Austin, Grande Communications Channel 15 http://www.klru.org/ctg 6:30 a.m. Saturdays 6:30 a.m. Sundays 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays
KNCT - Killeenhttp://www.knct.org 1:30 p.m. Saturdays 5:30 p.m. Sundays
KLRN - San Antoniohttp://www.klrn.org 11:00 a.m. Saturdays
KWBU - Wacohttp://www.kwbu.org 3:00 p.m. Saturdays 2:00 p.m. Thursdays
KAMU - College Stationhttp://kamu-tv.tamu.edu 3:00 p.m. Saturdays 10:30 p.m. Thursdays
KENW - Portales, New Mexicohttp://www.kenw.org 10:00 a.m. Saturdays
Gardening With Skiphttp://gardeningwithskip.tamu.edu airs in Austin and San Antonio television stations. Check the station links listed below for the most recent local schedule
NEWS 8 - Austin http://news8austin.com Saturday Mornings
Fox 7 - Austin http://www.myfoxaustin.com/myfox/ Noon. Tuesdays
NEWS 5 - San Antonio http://www.mysanantonio.com/ Sunday Mornings

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