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Defending the official state bird

WOODS, WATERS & WILDLIFE

A magazine I have admired since its inception and wrote for over a forty-plus year span is advocating shooting down the State Bird. My grandmother gave me a subscription to Texas Game and Fish Magazine when it first began publishing. She wanted me to have it since my grandfather had led the Game and Fish Commission, which later became Texas […]

AgriLife listens to ‘what’s important’

Samantha Shannon, Wilson County AgriLife Extension Agent-Agriculture and Natural Resources, outlines topics of importance mentioned in her focus group April 9, during the Texas Community Futures Forum in the Wilson County Expo & Community Center in Floresville. The forum was hosted by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension to gather information on issues of importance to communities regarding agriculture and natural resources, […]

Spider mites, preemergent, and deer proof summer plants

South TEXAS GARDENER

Q. I grow my tomatoes in large containers in an old vegetable garden in full sun. How important is it to control the weeds growing at the base of the containers in the garden soil? Last year, the wildflowers I planted on the site were beautiful but for the first time, I had spider mites. Do you think they are […]


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