Keep Cuero Beautiful Inc.

06/16/2026

Summer in Texas is no joke! ☀️ Prepping your home now means more comfort, lower bills, and less stress when the heat hits. A little effort today keeps your space cool, efficient, and ready for all your summer fun. https://ow.ly/xa4B50ZbaRV

06/16/2026

06/16/2026

When those Texas thunderstorms finally hit, don't let the water run off! One barrel can catch thousands of gallons a year for your garden. Free water from the sky? Yes, please! 🪣⛈️

06/12/2026

KCB achieved Gold Star affiliate status…so exciting! Thanks, KTB!

Day 2 was ALL about celebrating the people powering change across Texas. ⭐💚⁠
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During today’s Affiliate Showcase & Recognition Session, we recognized the communities, leaders, and local programs driving real change across Texas every single day.⁠
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Because when it comes down to it, our affiliates are the ones on the ground doing the hard work — solving problems, organizing volunteers, building partnerships, launching new ideas, troubleshooting challenges, and showing up for their communities again and again. 🌎♻️⁠
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We were especially proud to honor our Silver Star ⭐ and Gold Star ⭐⭐⭐ affiliates for their outstanding dedication and impact.⁠
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The passion, creativity, and commitment in this network is truly inspiring, and Texas is more beautiful because of it. 🤠✨⁠
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06/12/2026

KCB appreciates the work and effort of KTB for this virtual conference…we learned so much! Thx!

06/12/2026

Congrats!

We are SO proud of our 2025–2026 Young Texan Ambassadors and everything they’ve accomplished across the state. 💚⁠
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Know a student who is passionate about making a difference in their community? ⁠
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This is their moment.⁠
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Applications for the Young Texan Ambassadors program are now open. ✨ Apply today and help shape the future of Texas.⁠

https://ktb.org/our-work/young-texan-ambassadors/
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06/12/2026

Perennials are such a smart way to build a garden that comes back stronger each year 🌼
I love choosing long blooming varieties so the bed stays colorful for more than just a few weeks.

06/12/2026

Before you reach for anything, look at what you're actually looking at. Seven of the most common caterpillars in American gardens and yards — and the butterfly or moth each one becomes. 🌿

Seven transformations to recognize:

Black Swallowtail — the green caterpillar with bold black bands and yellow-orange spots on your dill, parsley, or fennel. Leave it. The adult is one of the most striking butterflies in the country.

Mourning Cloak — black with red spots and branched spines, often found on willow, elm, and cottonwood. One of the longest-lived butterflies in North America — adults overwinter and emerge in late winter.

Red Admiral — spiny dark caterpillar on stinging nettles or false nettle. The adult's orange-red wing bands are unmistakable.

American Lady — bristly dark caterpillar often found on pearly everlasting and pussytoes. The adult has distinctive eyespots on the hindwing underside.

Milbert's Tortoiseshell — black and spiny with yellow side spots, found on stinging nettles. Northern species, vivid orange and dark wings.

Cloudless Sulphur — smooth bright green, nearly invisible on its host. Becomes one of the most vivid large yellow butterflies in the US — common from the Great Plains to the Atlantic coast.

Tomato hornworm — the large green caterpillar with diagonal white stripes and a curved rear horn. It becomes the Five-spotted Hawkmoth — a substantial moth with pink and grey patterning and a wingspan approaching five inches. 🌱

Every caterpillar is a future pollinator. Observe before you react.

06/12/2026

Compost yard waste and let them break down into something beautiful.
There are all kinds of ways to compost, choose what’s best for you at http://www.timetorecycle.com/


Alt Text: A before and after of fallen leans on a yard transforming into new sprouts. The text reads "Your yard waste is not trash; it’s future soil and life."