Travis County Master Gardeners Association
An educational, non-profit, service corporation which renders non-biased horticultural information to the community.
While most think about termites when it comes to their home, there can also be termites on landscape elements that cause issues. Termites have protozoa in their hindgut that allow them to consume and digest cellulose (wood-based) material. Continue Reading →
Historically our rainiest periods are late spring (April/May) and early fall (September/October), which coincides nicely with our spring and fall plantings, but weather is variable and every season is different. Do you remember 2007, when we received 10 inches of rain in July? I do …I had never seen so many worms munching away at my summer crops! Continue Reading →
I’d like to start out by saying that this has not been our average Central Texas winter! We’ve had a true winter season with below-average temperatures that lasted several days, on several occasions. Continue Reading →
Acrobat ants usually nest outdoors under stones or in dead wood such as firewood, tree stumps, dead tree branches, or hollow tree cavities. Continue Reading →
March in central Texas marks the passing of our last frost and the arrival of the spring season. I am excited for the upcoming season and hope you are, too! Continue Reading →
by Patty Leander At our monthly meeting in January, Pat Mokry mentioned an interesting visit she made to the Kitchen Pride Mushroom Farm in Gonzales. Perhaps this will be a … Continue Reading →
by Wizzie Brown Green lacewings are considered beneficial insects and are predaceous, in all larval and some adult stages. Larvae are well-known for consuming aphids and are sometimes referred to … Continue Reading →
by Patty Leander I hope you survived the deep freeze of January, and it is my hope that we won’t see similar weather in February …I’ll take sizzling heat over … Continue Reading →
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