<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Laredo Landscaping Co, Field Notes</title><description>Notes on yards in Laredo and Webb County: the drought stage and what it does to a design, caliche depth, which plants came back after the 2021 freeze, and what the work costs here.</description><link>https://laredolandscapingco.com/</link><item><title>Buy Shade Before You Buy Anything Else</title><link>https://laredolandscapingco.com/blog/shade-first-then-everything-else/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://laredolandscapingco.com/blog/shade-first-then-everything-else/</guid><description>In a city with 74 days a year above 100F, shade returns more per dollar than any other landscape spend. Planted against built, timescales, and what it changes.</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Laredo Landscaping Co</author></item><item><title>Anatomy of a Builder-Grade Yard, and the Price of Fixing It</title><link>https://laredolandscapingco.com/blog/what-a-builder-yard-costs-to-put-right/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://laredolandscapingco.com/blog/what-a-builder-yard-costs-to-put-right/</guid><description>Thin topsoil, wall-to-wall turf and one overworked irrigation zone: what a new-build Laredo yard lacks, what each repair costs, and which order to spend in.</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Laredo Landscaping Co</author></item><item><title>Finding Your Caliche Depth in Twenty Minutes</title><link>https://laredolandscapingco.com/blog/where-the-shovel-stops/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://laredolandscapingco.com/blog/where-the-shovel-stops/</guid><description>A simple dig test that tells you how deep the caliche sits on your Laredo lot, what each depth means for planting, and how the number changes a tree pit price.</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Laredo Landscaping Co</author></item><item><title>The Landscape Year Here Starts in October, Not April</title><link>https://laredolandscapingco.com/blog/october-is-when-the-work-happens/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://laredolandscapingco.com/blog/october-is-when-the-work-happens/</guid><description>Why the cool season carries the productive landscape work in Laredo, a month-by-month schedule from October to March, and why summer pruning backfires.</description><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Laredo Landscaping Co</author></item><item><title>Cenizo, and How to Build a Border Palette Around It</title><link>https://laredolandscapingco.com/blog/cenizo-and-the-rest-of-the-palette/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://laredolandscapingco.com/blog/cenizo-and-the-rest-of-the-palette/</guid><description>Why cenizo anchors so many Webb County yards, what triggers its flowering, and which companion plants turn a thin-looking xeriscape into a composed border.</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Laredo Landscaping Co</author></item><item><title>The February 2021 Freeze and the Plants That Returned</title><link>https://laredolandscapingco.com/blog/freeze-of-2021-and-what-came-back/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://laredolandscapingco.com/blog/freeze-of-2021-and-what-came-back/</guid><description>What the 2021 winter storm did to South Texas yards, which plants died and which resprouted, and how Laredo homeowners rebuilt their planting lists after it.</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Laredo Landscaping Co</author></item><item><title>Your Watering Day, and Everything It Quietly Decides</title><link>https://laredolandscapingco.com/blog/watering-day-and-what-it-changes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://laredolandscapingco.com/blog/watering-day-and-what-it-changes/</guid><description>How the one-day-a-week landscape watering schedule works in Laredo, why drip irrigation sits outside it, and what that single rule does to a yard design.</description><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Laredo Landscaping Co</author></item></channel></rss>