Laura Neff

Is Your Houston Lawn Trying to Tell You Something? 5 signs it needs help, and what to do about it Houston lawns work hard. Between the brutal summer heat, heavy clay soils, and subtropical humidity, your grass is under constant stress for most of the year. The good news? Your lawn communicates. You just have to know what to look for. Here are five signs your lawn is crying out for help, and how an organic approach can bring it back to life. 1. Patchy, thin, or bare spots If parts of your lawn...

Spring is here in Houston, and with it comes the inevitable: weeds. But here's the thing, at our organic landscaping company, weeds don't stress us out the way they might stress you out. A healthy, well-nourished lawn is naturally more resistant to weeds, and that's really what we focus on. Build the soil, feed the grass, and most of the time, the weeds sort themselves out. That said, we get it. Sometimes you just want them gone. So if you're looking for a few natural ways to deal with them,...

If you live in Houston, you already know our climate doesn’t play around. Intense heat, sudden downpours, clay soils, humidity, droughts, floods, sometimes all in the same month. That’s exactly why native plants are one of the smartest (and most beautiful) landscaping choices you can make. At The Rice Organization, Inc., we specialize in sustainable, organic landscapes that work with nature, not against it. Native plants are a cornerstone of that philosophy. What Are Native Plants? Native...