Travis County Master Gardeners Association
An educational, non-profit, service corporation which renders non-biased horticultural information to the community.
A new year also means it’s time to get busy in the vegetable garden. So far winter has been, at least in my mind, tolerable, and hopefully January will bring us more mild, sunny days for planting, weeding and watering.
We are entering prime “cedar fever” season and millions of Central Texans will be affected—some more severely than others.
On May 16, 2020, the Travis County Master Gardeners will host our 10th “Inside Austin Gardens Tour.” We will be opening five personal gardens plus Extension’s Demonstration Garden for the public to tour.
Austin Concrete, LLC, one of our 2020 Inside Austin Garden Tour Sponsors, is not a driveway or walkway specialist, but an artisan of all things concrete.
Once again, our Travis County Master Gardeners hosted third graders from Title 1 Travis County Schools for the Science of Agriculture – Youth Event.
Goodbye watermelon, hello grapefruit! Some fruits and vegetables are simply better eaten fresh and in season. Watermelon in the winter? No way.
Who’s ready for cool weather?? I know I am! The comfortable days and cool nights of fall have finally arrived, and hopefully we’ve kissed those 90-degree days goodbye until next year. Continue Reading →
Field crickets seem to be popping up in large numbers in Central Texas lately, and the big question that I receive is WHY?
The weatherman said it best recently: “We are taking baby steps to fall.” Summer’s grip has been awfully tight, but every day we are getting closer to milder weather AND the next rain.
Fall is on the way and with it comes one of the best gardening seasons in Texas.