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OUT IN THE YARD: What is soil in Southeast Texas?

By Tim Schreck Soil is a mixture of minerals, water, air, organic matter, microscopic organisms, and decaying remains ...

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OUT IN THE YARD: It’s time for bird feeders

As winter approaches, now is a good time to look around your garden and check to see if ...

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OUT IN THE YARD: Use that leftover citrus

By Melissa Starr  November is the season for pumpkins, scarecrows, turkeys and citrus. Before I became a Master ...

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OUT IN THE YARD: Changing lives building one community garden at a time

By Eileen Slater Open your pantry or refrigerator and food is there or NOT! Texas is ranked as one ...

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OUT IN THE YARD: Harvest rainwater for greener lawns

Why do lawn and gardens become greener when it rains but not when watered with sprinklers connected to ...

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OUT IN THE YARD: Cucumber crunch is a sound of summer

By Tim Schreck We are hearing the sounds of summer in Southeast Texas here at our house.  Some ...

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OUT IN THE YARD: Inside scoop on watermelons

Summer is a time for vacations, swimming, and watermelons!  Watermelons have always been a part of my life.  ...

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OUT IN THE YARD: Children’s summer —time for fun in the sun

Summertime fun for children begins the moment that last school bell rings in June. Are you already  hearing, ...

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OUT IN THE YARD: Taking care about ‘Wicked Plants’

By Melissa Starr Did you know that some of the plants you have in your home or yard ...

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OUT IN THE YARD: Texas Master Gardeners Conference stresses need for ‘earth-kind’ gardening

By Eileen Slater At  the 2016 Texas Master Gardeners Conference  in McKinney, Texas, we visited  Myers Park  to ...

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