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Milberger's Nursery and Landscaping
3920 North Loop 1604 E.
San Antonio, TX 78247
210.497.3760
charlesmartelli@milbergernursery.com

Open 9 to 6 Mon. through Sat.
and 10 to 5 on Sun.



Three exits east of 281, inside of 1604 Next to the Valero station Please click map for more detailed map and driving directions.

 


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Most viburnums are very large deciduous shrubs that have dark green leaves and dense foliage with white blooms and blue berries in early spring. The birds eat the berries before they ripen.

QUESTION:
What's with my Spring Bouquet Viburnums? The books say it is five - six feet tall, but mine is ten feet tall. The blooms are attractive.

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Texas SuperStars are plants that the Texas A&M University System has been determined to be Texas' tough and consumer friendly. Every effort is made to select SuperStar plants that will consistently perform well for Texas consumers regardless of their plant growing expertise.

Cooler weather means a longer harvest period for many vegetables. Lettuce and leafy greens are sweeter and more tender. Lettuce, collards, spinach, broccoli, Brussels sprouts and Swiss chard will continue to grow to be a part of your Thanksgiving and, maybe even, your Christmas feast.

Planning for Fall Gardening. By Dr. Jerry Parsons. A fall garden often produces better quality and higher yielding vegetables than a spring-summer garden. But a fall garden requires careful planning. Planting must be timed to allow frost-sensitive vegetables to mature and to be harvested before frost. Those that will tolerate frost can be planted so that harvesting can continue after the first fall frost.
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The most versatile groundcover has to be Asiatic jasmine. It grows equally well in sun or shade, is a good xeriscape plant, is evergreen, and can be manicured or grown in more natural manner. The major limitation of Asiatic jasmine is that it is slow to be established.

Groundcovers. By Dr. Calvin Finch. A lawn is a groundcover, but there are other choices as well. The "other" groundcovers have some advantages over a lawn. They are usually less work than a lawn. No weekly mowing, less fertilizer, and less pesticides. Most groundcovers also require less water than a lawn. Once established many groundcovers do not require irrigation and others prosper with watering once per month. A major advantage of some groundcovers is that they have more shade tolerance than any lawn grass. Some groundcovers even have attractive flowers.
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"Showman Shooter" by Lucian Cary


*Showman Shooter* - The Life and Times of Herb Parsons -- If a
picture is worth a thousand words, then shooters should truly enjoy the over 500 pages and 250 never-before-seen photos of history's greatest exhibition shooter, Herb Parsons. This book tells the complete story of this shooting legend--his shooting history, his struggles with Winchester Arms Company management, and his personal life. The man behind the legend. All of this material is different than that at: Showman Shooter This book will be available in May, 2008, to coincide with what would have been Herb Parsons' 100th birthday. The book can be ordered from http://www.showmanshooter.com/html/order.html by his youngest son, Jerry M. Parsons


Mitchell Lake Wildlife Refuge which is owned by the San Antonio Water System and has been a destination for tens of thousands of migratory birds. The new Mitchell Lake Audubon Center serves the greater San Antonio community with nature education programs, using the resources around the 600-acre lake and adjoining wetlands as an outdoor classroom for visitors of all ages.

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