GARDEN VIEW: Preparing the garden for fall

Planting a fall vegetable garden? Learn what to expect and you will be prepared. Our fall garden is the absolute best garden — less...

GARDEN VIEW: A review of lawn care basics

Questions on turf are always common, but in the past few months they have been so frequent I can hardly keep up. I’m not...

GARDEN VIEW: Winning wildscapes

Early fall is the best time for planting trees, shrubs and winter bedding plants in the Rio Grande Valley. September and October are also the...

GARDEN VIEW: Planting a fall vegetable garden

The fall garden produces the biggest variety of vegetables and if you have not already started planting, now is the time before it gets...

GARDEN VIEW: Vegetables that build the immune system

The current pandemic has put the spotlight on the importance of building our immune systems to fight disease. Vitamins and minerals found in vegetables...

GARDEN VIEW: Prevention is key to garden success

The heat is blazing, but now is the time to be thinking about that fall vegetable garden so I wanted to share some insights...

GARDEN VIEW: Growing a pizza patch

Need a school science project? A vegetable garden offers plenty of opportunity to study plant growth, soils, and water relationships, or test different fertilizers. Growing...

GARDEN VIEW: Anacuas: A history lesson

If you’ve noticed some trees around town that look like they’re covered in snow, those are anauca trees. They are putting on an especially...

GARDEN VIEW: Tips for starting a cut flower garden

One of my biggest pleasures as a child was bringing flowers from our garden to neighbors who were home bound. My grandmother had a...

GARDEN VIEW: Online Master Gardener Training to begin in September

Texas A& M AgriLife Extension Service and the Texas Master Gardener Association are excited to bring a new online training format to interested gardeners...