- 41. World’s Best Cactus Hotel Is In the Valley
- (Around Town)
- By Colleen Hook, Executive Director at Quinta Mazatlán The best cactus hotel in the world is right in our backyard, the Prickly Pear Hotel. This hotel offers everything from food, water, shelter, medicines ...
- Created on 23 June 2020
- 42. DHR Health and Hope Family Health Center announce August 22nd “Fishing for Hope” Tournament
- (Around Town)
- Edinburg, TX — DHR Health (DHR) is pleased to announce its 15th Annual “Fishing for Hope” Tournament, which will be held Saturday, August 22, 2020 at Louie’s Backyard on South Padre Island, Texas. Now ...
- Created on 10 June 2020
- 43. Manage Mosquitoes for a Safer and More Enjoyable Summer
- (Around Town)
- ... thuringiensis israelensis, a naturally occurring soil bacterium that kills the mosquito larvae but is safe for children, fish, pets, beneficial insects and wildlife. Invite the songbirds into your backyard ...
- Created on 29 May 2020
- 44. 5 Tips To Keep Mosquitoes Away
- (Around Town)
- Summer is on its way, which means so are mosquitoes. The flying pests invade neighborhoods like an army, but they aren’t just a backyard nuisance with bites that itch. They also can carry dangerous diseases, ...
- Created on 26 May 2020
- 45. Spring Bouquet of Flowers in the Valley
- (Around Town)
- Written by Colleen Hook, Quinta Mazatlán Flowers bring joy—and your backyard can deliver flowers to you daily when you plant a Wild Olive tree, also known as the Anacahuita (pronounced ANA-COW-EAT-A). ...
- Created on 31 March 2020
- 46. Exploring nature around our homes
- (Around Town)
- ... Great Kiskadees, Northern Mockingbirds, and Golden-fronted Woodpeckers are some of our most abundant backyard birds. A closer inspection of your lawn will probably reveal plants like three-lobed falsemallows ...
- Created on 25 March 2020
- 47. Honoring 700 years of growth
- (Around Town)
- ... higher – modern day Brownsville would have been under water. Thrilled to find such a gemstone of creation in her own backyard, Stovell said, “It is absolutely wonderful to be one of the custodians of ...
- Created on 18 March 2020
- 48. Nature, birds and butterflies
- (Around Town)
- ... nature tours, backyard habitat tours and classes. Harlingen Arroyo Colorado consists of Texas Ebony woodlands and Harlingen Thicket – over 90 acres of trees, shrubs and flowering plants that support ...
- Created on 11 March 2020
- 49. Best butterfly garden how to
- (Around Town)
- ... Texas State University; his land stewardship career spans 20 years. In 2002, after the arrival of a blue mockingbird, he opened his backyard oasis to tourists. Soon after, the first U.S. documented black-headed ...
- Created on 11 March 2020
- 50. Guided tram tour explores urban oasis
- (Around Town)
- ... Gean and Kris Jameson, from Minnesota. The Jamesons were in their second winter here. The first stop on the tour by the Unsickers, who live at the state park and like to show off their “backyard,” ...
- Created on 11 March 2020
