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Practical, non-salesy guides to help Austin homeowners understand landscaping problems, costs and next steps before they call a company.
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- What Is the Best Grass for an Austin Lawn?
Compare St. Augustine, Bermuda, zoysia and buffalograss for Austin lawns, with shade, drought, soil depth and watering rules for Central Texas yards. - Austin Watering Rules, Rebates and Turf Conversion: A Homeowner's Guide
How Austin-area watering schedules and drought stages work, what they mean for lawns and new plantings, and how to plan a turf-to-native conversion. - How to Fix Yard Drainage on Austin Clay and Limestone
Why Austin yards flood in sudden storms, how thin soil over limestone and blackland clay behave, and the fixes that work: grading, swales, dry creeks and drains.
Sources and further reading
- Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Travis County: The Real Dirt on Austin Area Soils
- Texas A&M AgriLife Extension: Turfgrass Selection for Texas
- Austin Water: Find Your Watering Day
- Austin Water: WaterWise Landscaping Rebate FAQs
- Austin Water: Backflow Prevention Overview
- City of Austin: Grow Green
- City of Austin: City Arborist (tree permits)
- Austin Fire Department: Wildfire Division
- TCEQ: Landscape Irrigator, Irrigation Technician and Irrigation Inspector licenses
- TCEQ: Edwards Aquifer Map Viewer
- Texas Department of Agriculture: Applying pesticides to ornamentals, trees, lawns or weeds
- Texas A&M Forest Service: Oak wilt
- City of Round Rock: Water Conservation
- City of Lakeway: Deer Resistant Landscaping
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
- EPA WaterSense
- Texas811: call before you dig