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I don’t care what you believe politically, but I think we can all get behind an 11-year-old kid mowing the white house lawn. Apparently he wrote a letter to the President and asked for the honor. Last Friday he got his wish and the President even came outside to tell him good job. Here you […]

Recap of the Texas A&M vs.  Louisiana-Lafayette Game 2017 This is football but I am going to throw a bit of a curve ball; I am feeling a bit different regarding the team and Coach Sumlin……..a bit. No, I am not ready to change anything I have said in previous post, rather, I am going […]

Recap of the Texas A&M vs Nicholls State Game 2017 Lynn & I left Austin for College Station last Friday mid afternoon and as she listened to C&W music and exchanged text with our daughter in Florida about her family’s plans to ride out Hurricane Irma I was lost in thought about the upcoming Aggie […]

Monterrey Oak Also known as Mexican White Oak.  This is a great shade tree, and very easy to grow and maintain.  Technically a native tree, but only found in landscapes in our part of Texas.  It is a relatively fast growing oak, typically growing 1-2 feet per year with little care, but sometimes grow 3-4 […]

Cacti are cool…as long as you don’t get speared by one. Actually, the little sliver things (glochids) are sometime worse than the daggers (spines). Also, since we are talking central Texas, have you ever tried to eat one of the pears (technically called “tunas”-how funny is that?)? I have eaten them several times. They are […]

While we have our own plant google in house (Andrew), we are always looking for good information – for our own edification and also to share with our customers. We have collected a lot of sites that we reference or disseminate and this is a great one. http://www.plantanswers.com/   One of the great things about […]

Recap of the Texas A&M vs UCLA Game 2017 In 1979 The Charlie Daniels’ Band released The Devil Went Down to Georgia on the Epic label. The song is about the Devil’s failed attempt to “steal” a young man’s soul through a fiddle- playing contest that involved enticing the young man’s participation using a worldly prize. […]

Friends, As many of you know, we have the fortune of having the honorable Gary Hunt working at Top Choice. Gary is retired, but still spends quite a bit of time around here because he believes in the business and likes the people. We are appreciative. If you haven’t yet spoken to him on the […]

I love trees so I will probably write up a few more quick and simple posts similar to this in the near future. Expect some more well thought out ideas and descriptions that are more localized to follow. In the mean time, here is an article from a Garden Design magazine that I get frequent […]

As we have stated many times before, we are locals and have been for a long time. I was actually born and raised right here in Austin. I lived in Allendale back when you could get a house for 100k. My back yard was the park where they filmed Dazed and Confused. Matthew McConaughey has […]