r/AustinGardening rules, stats, and what to post

Rule summary

No subreddit-specific rules were displayed on the public rules page when Rankhog verified it on 2026-09-30.

Works well

• A question about a specific Austin gardening problem, like what to plant this season or how to deal with local soil, phrased so locals can share their experience
• A short write up of something you grew in the Austin area, with what worked and what did not, so others can learn from it
• A helpful answer in someone else's thread about a local gardening issue, where you share real experience before anything about yourself
• A photo or description of your own Austin garden with an honest note about what you are trying to improve, which invites friendly local advice
• A post asking for local recommendations, like plants that handle the Austin climate, which signals you are there to learn from the community

Avoid

• Posting anything that is not about gardening in the Austin area, since the moderator one-liner says relevance to Austin gardening is what keeps posts up
• Dropping a link to your product with no gardening context, because a post that ignores the local topic is the clearest removal risk when no written rules exist
• Treating the empty rules page as permission to spam, since the moderator one-liner still warns that off-topic posts get removed
• Writing a generic gardening post that could apply to any city, because the community is specifically about the Austin area
• Being pushy or cold with locals, since the survival tip asks you to be helpful and friendly to other local gardeners