Happy New Year!
Start With Resolutions and a Plan for 2025 By Jackie Sledge, Big Country Master Gardener Association Happy New Year! Welcome, 2025! But what happened to 2024? What happened with my 2024 Resolutions and Plans? What do I want to do in 2025? I opened the notebook where I had jotted down several New Year’s Resolutions […]
Who are Master Gardeners, and Do You Want to Be One?
By Jackie Sledge Big Country Master Gardener Association Do you like plants? Do you like to work on gardening projects? Do you enjoy learning about plants and gardening? Would you like to meet and work with other gardeners? Would you like to learn more about gardening in the Big Country? If you answered yes to […]
Feeling Stress this Holiday Season?
By Kathy Turner Big Country Master Gardener It’s a busy time of the year! Holidays, Family, Deadlines, Changes, New Beginnings – just one of these events can cause a lot of stress, but in most cases, you likely have at least 2 or maybe 3 events happening at the same time. How can you safely […]
The Spectacular Tulips
By Grace Broyles Big Country Master Gardener I’m a first generation Dutch Canadian, and I naturally love tulips, but find they do not grow well here. My dear dad planted some tulips for me one year and I was so excited when the blades appeared in the spring. But very few flowers appeared. The next […]
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Bug of the Month: Ladybugs
By: Sarah Adams Member of the Big Country Master Gardeners This month’s bug is the ladybug. Ladybugs are in the Animal Kingdom, Phylum Arthropoda, Class Insecta, and the Order Coleoptera. Ladybugs are in the family of Coccinellidae. Perhaps surprisingly, ladybugs are not true bugs but rather they are beetles. However, they have been commonly called […]
Do You Like Bulbs?
Think Lasagna! By Jackie Sledge Big Country Master Gardener Association I like color in the landscape, and I really want to have it beginning early in the year when the weather starts to warm up a little. I recently started researching to try to find some early-blooming plants and kept finding lists of bulbs that […]
Gregg’s Blue Mistflower
By Grace Broyles Big Country Master Gardener Gregg’s Blue Mistflower may slowly be fading into its cold weather state above the soil, but it’s one of the autumn favorites for pollinators until its feathery purply blooms are done. It has been named a Texas Superstar plant for its easy care, long bloom period, and because […]
