Here are tips for caring for shade trees during the hot and dry spells in North Texas. When to water, how to control pests and how to identify problems.

It got me to thinking about 50 years ago when I was working in a local county Extension office answering the phone eight hours a day every day of the week.

50 years ago, Dallas-Fort Worth homeowners wanted fast growing shade trees. Now we look for quality and plants adapted to climate and soils.