January 2019
Bluebonnet Master Gardeners 2019 Training
Are you interested in becoming a certified Master Gardener? Do you want to learn more about the art and science of landscape plants, gardens, fruit trees and more? The Bluebonnet Master Gardener Association is offering a training program with weekly classes running from January 17, 2019, to graduation on April 23, 2019. Classes will be held on Thursday mornings from 9:00am-1:00pm in La Grange. Topics for the class include: plant growth and development entomology soils and plant fertility landscape and…
Find out more »February 2019
Grape Growers Field Day
The 27th annual Gulf Coast Grape Growers Field Day will be held on Friday, February 1st, at the Cat Spring Ag Society building in Cat Spring. The day will begin with registration from 8:30a.m.-9:00 a.m., with the program beginning at 9:00 a.m. The field day will conclude around 4:00 p.m. There will be several topics of interest to those in the wine grape production business as well as those who are thinking about getting started growing grapes. There will also…
Find out more »Small Farms & Vegetable Conference
The Horticulture Committee of Austin County will be sponsoring a Small Farms and Vegetable Conference on February 22nd at the Cat Spring Ag Society Hall. Registration will take place from 8:30 a.m. until 9:00 a.m. with the program to follow. This year’s program will focus on fruits, nuts and bee production for South Central Texas, and strategies related to raising, marketing and the economics of production. The program will begin at 9:00 a.m. and last until about 3:00 p.m. Lunch will…
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