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EXTENSION NEWS: So what do we do now? (opens the original)
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After the driest August on record, according to the official records at the Angelina County Airport, we started September with a tropical storm and more rain than many of us have seen in months. Tropical Storm Edouard moved inland this week after making landfall near the Texas-Louisiana border, bringing heavy rain, flooding and strong winds across Southeast Texas. After spending the last several weeks talking about drought, stressed trees and how to use irrigation water wisely, I suppose the obv
EXTENSION NEWS: Don't wait for cooler weather to start fall garden (opens the original)
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I know what youâre thinking. âThere is no way Iâm planting a fall garden in this heat.â And honestly, I donât blame you. It is hot, dry and dusty across East Texas. The garden soil is dry, the thermometer is still pushing toward triple digits, and the idea of putting young vegetable plants into that environment doesnât sound like a recipe for success. But fall gardening in East Texas doesnât wait for the weather to become comfortable. The calendar says fall garden. The thermometer
EXTENSION NEWS: Should you landscape fabric? (opens the original)
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A gentleman from Hudson stopped in and asked me this week if he should put down landscape fabric around his fruit trees as a mulch. My answer surprised him. For most trees, shrubs and flower beds, my answer is usually âno.â That immediately grabs people because almost everyone has been told the opposite. Landscape fabric is excellent for certain uses and it is poor for others. Let us look at why many folks buy it. Many gardening advertisements promise fewer weeds, less maintenance and longer
EXTENSION NEWS: Pasture mealybugs: A tiny new insect that could become our next big problem (opens the original)
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Even as weâre facing the screwworm out in far west Texas with great concern of it getting to our area, thereâs another insect already causing significant economic losses in parts of south and central Texas. While it isnât receiving nearly the same attention, it has already damaged thousands of acres of pasture and hay production. This is a tiny white insect, similar to the mealybugs that you may have found in your home landscape or garden. Itâs covered with a waxy covering, giving it kin
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