AGRICULTURE SPOTLIGHT The power of trying GROWING THE NEXT GENERATION PROUDLY SPONSORED BY Caeley Carmack goes from city kid to Harper FFA president Caeley Carmack has come a long way to be president of the Harper High School Future Farmers of America (FFA). The senior grew up in big cities, Houston...

The Native Plant Society of Texas (NPSOT), Fredericksburg Chapter, will hear from Gillespie County’s District Conservationist Warren Day during its Sept. 23 meeting. Day is the local conservationist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). He will ...

Lawn & Garden Fall-planted springblooming flowers must have been the inspiration for the phrase “late bloomer”. After these seeds sprout, instead of doing the decent thing and blooming, these plants form what is called a rosette. A rosette is a bunch of green leaves growing in a circle that hugs the...

Gillespie County 4-H is kicking off a new year, with New Member Night. The event will welcome new and returning families on Wednesday, Aug. 27, from 6...

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Pests creep closer The New World Screwworms have been a hot topic in the agriculture world. While the pest is still in Mexico, it is making its way to...