Xeriscaping

This Cedars Home Is Burning Hot, Both Figuratively and Literally

By Shelby Skrhak / July 29, 2020 /

This week’s High Caliber Home of the Week, sponsored by Lisa Peters of Caliber Home Loans went under contract as fast as a high-speed bullet train headed to Houston. And that’s not an superfluous simile. This custom contemporary home at 1605 McKee Street is located in The Cedars, future site of the high-speed Texas Central…

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Deadline For Dallas Water Wise Landscape Tour Submissions is Aug. 9

By Joanna England / July 22, 2019 /

Back at the turn of the millennium, the City of Dallas adopted our time-of-day watering restrictions in an effort to curb the incredible amount of water that irrigates Dallas lawns and landscapes. Since 2001, through education and smart watering restrictions, Dallas has conserved 398 billion gallons of water, cutting gallons per capita per day consumption…

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On MidlandDirt.com: Ultra-Modern is a Steal After Price Reductions

By Bethany Erickson / July 27, 2017 /

We’ve been playing a rousing game of “Is This an Ultra-Modern House or a Correctional Facility” over here today, if you’d like to join in. But spoiler alert, it is indeed a home — an ultra-modern that could use a landscaping budget. We have all the details (including a link to landscaping suggestions) over on…

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Thursday Three Hundred: Stephan Sardone Selling Stunning L-Streets Reno

By Leah Shafer / May 28, 2015 /

Parting is such sweet sorrow. At least it is for us at CandysDirt when one of our favorite homebuilders puts his sensational reno on the market. Stephan Sardone, owner of Sardone Construction, took the L-Streets house at 10229 Linkwood Dr. in Lake Highlands to the studs and reimagined the space entirely. What emerged is extraordinary—we’ve written about…

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MidlandDirt: Choose Your Plants, Trees Wisely for West Texas Landscaping

By Leah Shafer / April 29, 2015 /

The semi-arid climate in Midland and Odessa mean the sun burns bright and water is scarce. So how’s a homeowner to keep their West Texas landscaping from looking like a dry wasteland? By making smart choices about the plants and trees they put there. Those that are well acclimated to places like Ector and Midland counties can…

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