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Cool-season annuals can brighten winter landscape

Published Friday, November 20, 2009

Fall is the time for leaf-raking, mulching and planting. And it's a great time to add colorful cool-season annuals to brighten your winter landscape.As gardeners become aware of flowering plants for cool weather, garden centers are stocking a wider s ... full story

Garden calendar

Published Friday, November 20, 2009

Saturday* Brazos Valley Farmers Market, 8 a.m. to noon. Texas Avenue and William Joel Bryan Parkway in Bryan. Locally grown fresh produce and other items. www.brazosvalleyfarmersmarket.com, hpw@tconline.net or 229-5503.* Navasota Farmers Market, 9 a. ... full story

It's time to test soil for spring crops

Published Friday, November 13, 2009

If you have separate garden beds for spring-summer vegetable crops, now is the time to have the soils tested. When I was a student in a vegetable-production class, we were required to prepare the vegetable beds before Thanksgiving. If the soil has pr ... full story

It's time to give up on decaying plum tree

Published Friday, November 13, 2009

Dear Neil: We just moved into a new house, and there is a wild plum growing there. It grows in two directions from the base of the trunk. One half is hollow, with a large ant nest inside. The other side has a couple of dead spots that could easily be ... full story

Garden Calendar

Published Friday, November 13, 2009

Friday* Registration deadline for Benz School of Floral Design's Holiday Decorations for Your Home class on Saturday. $60. 845-1699 or 845-3841.Saturday* Brazos Valley Farmers Market, 8 a.m. to noon. Texas Avenue and William Joel Bryan Parkway in Bry ... full story

Take steps to prevent brown patch

Published Friday, November 06, 2009

Brown patch is a fungal disease that may occur in turfgrass. Fall rains and cooler temperatures can trigger development. SymptomsYellow to brown, generally circular patches are symptoms of brown patch. The patches may be several feet in diameter a ... full story

If you want a great wisteria, watch the pruning

Published Friday, November 06, 2009

Dear Neil: We bought a white wisteria three years ago. It has not bloomed at all yet. I prune the runners every 6 weeks in the summer to keep it in bounds on a 6-foot trellis. Is it the pruning that's stopping it from blooming, or is the white type j ... full story

Garden calendar

Published Friday, November 06, 2009

Friday* Lyons Christmas Cottage Arts and Crafts show, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Lyons Community Center, Texas 36 near the Lyons water tower. Hosted by the Lyons Extension Club. Vendors will have plants, canned food, candy, pillows, Christmas items, home-baked ... full story

With a little care, daylillies can thrive anywhere in Texas

Published Friday, October 30, 2009

Dear Neil: Is there a part of Texas where daylilies won't do well? Mine grow, but they keep losing lots of their lower leaves during the season.A: Daylilies are perfectly adapted to all parts of Texas. They may require just a touch of special attenti ... full story

Garden Calendar

Published Friday, October 30, 2009

Harvesting veggies at right time takes skill

Published Friday, October 23, 2009

Eating vegetables with the best flavor and tenderness is the ultimate reward from your home garden. Vegetables that mature during the cooler fall temperatures are expected to have better flavor than those harvested in late spring or summer.Stage of m ... full story

Garden Calendar

Published Friday, October 23, 2009

Bulbs' color can help offset drab winter months

Published Friday, October 16, 2009

Bulbs planted November through January provide weeks of easy-to-achieve winter and spring color in the landscape. For almost guaranteed success, consider bulb varieties that have thrived for generations in Southern gardens. The most common are certai ... full story

Garden calendar

Published Friday, October 16, 2009

Friday* Gardening Study School -- Course II, Series 13 (day 2 of 2). Texas A&M University. Instructor: Joe Novak, Texas A&M Horticulture Department. Course will include plant diseases and garden pests, container gardening, techniques for grow ... full story

Grass burs require systematic attack

Published Friday, October 16, 2009

Dear Neil: I have tons of grass burs in an empty area next to my house. When do I control them, and what do I use?A: Apply pre-emergent granules such as Team or Dimension. Make your first application two weeks prior to the average date of the last ki ... full story

Space, mulch veggies now

Published Friday, October 09, 2009

Fall vegetable plants must be properly spaced to become healthy and productive. If seeds were spaced closely to allow for low germination, the extra vegetable plants should be removed before their roots spread and damage the selected ones.When they c ... full story

Myriad troubles can plague St. Augustine

Published Friday, October 09, 2009

Dear Neil: Why would the grass area of my St. Augustine lawn be shrinking? I thought it might be shade, but the neighbor's yard is doing the same thing, and it's in full sun.A: Diagnosing St. Augustine problems without standing on the lawn is problem ... full story

Garden Calendar

Published Friday, October 09, 2009

Friday* A&M Garden Club, 9:30 a.m. Senior Circles Room, College Station Professional Building, 1651 Rock Prairie Road. Speaker: Cynthia Mueller, Master Gardener, International Bulb Society. Topic: "Growing and Giving Bulb Plants for the Holidays. ... full story

Wildflowers offer maximum beauty, minimum fuss

Published Friday, October 02, 2009

Texas is known for incredible spring displays of native wildflowers, especially bluebonnets, Indian blankets, evening primrose and black-eyed Susans. September to December is the time to plant wildflower seeds.Whether you create a small planting in a ... full story

Several culprits can kill St. Augustine

Published Friday, October 02, 2009

Dear Neil: I have St. Augustine, and all through this difficult summer, it continued looking healthy. In July, I mistakenly applied a soil activator/root starter. There are huge patches of dead grass in the front yard. Luckily, I did not treat the ba ... full story

Garden Calendar

Published Friday, October 02, 2009

Friday* Texas A&M University Holistic Teaching Garden Fall Plant Sale, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Horticulture-Forest Science Building on West Campus. House plants, including cacti, succulents, ivy and ferns; fall vegetables such as cabbage, Swiss chard, l ... full story

Home-grown vegetables have a lot to offer you

Published Friday, September 25, 2009

Earlier this year, an estimated 43 million gardeners were growing vegetable crops. That is an increase of about 20 percent compared to recent years.Home-grown vegetables should be significantly fresher and have better flavor than those grown commerc ... full story

Garden Calendar

Published Friday, September 25, 2009

Saturday* Independent Growers Market, 7 to 11 a.m. Sons of Hermann Lodge parking lot, 1104 W. William J. Bryan Parkway in Bryan. Local gardeners sell locally grown fruit and vegetables.* Brazos Valley Farmers Market, 8 a.m. to noon. Texas Avenue an ... full story

Soak trees with nutrients, water

Published Friday, September 18, 2009

Dear Neil: We have three magnolia trees. The one that is 30 feet tall sheds its leaves most of the summer. The 20-foot trees do not. We're watering regularly. What more can we do? We're raking several times weekly.A: It's possible that you have a she ... full story

Garden Calendar

Published Friday, September 18, 2009

Saturday* Independent Growers Market, 7 to 11 a.m. Sons of Hermann Lodge parking lot, 1104 W. William J. Bryan Parkway. Local gardeners sell locally grown fruit and vegetables.* Brazos Valley Farmers Market, 8 a.m. to noon. Texas Avenue and William J ... full story

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