Your Livable Garden

Shawn and Blinda interview the photographer, Charles Kruvand, the artist behind the gorgeous photographs in The Living Waters of Texas.See some of Charles's beautiful artwork at his website: www.CharlesKruvand.com “In ten impassioned essays, veteran Texas environmental advocates and conservation professionals step outside their roles as lawyers, lobbyists, administrators, consultants, and researchers to write about water. Their personal stories of what the springs, rivers, bottomlands, bayous, marshes, estuaries, bays, lakes, and reservoirs mean to them and to our state come alive in the landscape photography of Charles Kruvand.”

Scott Thomas offers his killer Jerk Steak recipe for a fun weekend grilling recipe.

Don't dig it up! Shawn and Blinda save you the hassle of removing ugly and dying plants.

Shawn and Blinda recall a time when Shawn was saved by a giant Aloe Vera in their backyard...

Which offers better shade: a giant tree, or a gazebo? Your Livable garden hosts, Michael Shawn and Blinda Ann Kelly, explore the strengths of a shade tree in a backyard design.

Sometimes shifting your perspective will allow for design possibilities to flourish.

Designers and contractors are not the same thing. Shawn and Blinda discuss the difference between the two, and how to best communicate with a contractor.

Maybe that giant plastic play set isn't the most reasonable choice for your children...

Shawn and Blinda share the story of a client narrowly avoiding a very costly mistake.

A few helpful pointers before you throw your back out transplanting that tree...

Shawn and Blinda discuss how a well designed backyard can be the perfect environment for raising a kid.

Shawn and Blinda reveal the #1 most wasted space in nearly every yard across Texas.

Shawn and Blinda discuss how to make the most out of ugly perimeter fencing.