At Mueller in east Austin, it's a new and yet old-fashioned way to garden, with compact yards that value resources and connect neighbors as nearby bungalows did years ago. It's a community that unites with nature, too, through the parks and ponds that have brought back the wildlife on land once covered by airport runways and parking lots.

Garden success, especially in drought, starts right at home. Pat McNeal from McNeal Growers shows how to grow where you're planted.

John Dromgoole explains what cool-weather crops can still be planted.