On March 1, Gillespie County Extension Office said farewell to a mainstay of the department for almost 25 years — Shea Nebgen, Family and Community Health (FCH) agent. Nebgen will take over as the Texas A&M South Region Program Leader for Family and Community Health. Nebgen, a Gillespie County nativ...

Sometimes you see a plant so often, you take it for granted. Irises are common in older Texas Hill Country landscapes, but they tend to blend in if not blooming. This can cause people, myself included, to take them for granted. Yet irises have strong benefits for local landscapes. The German bearded...

The Gillespie County AgriLife Extension Office will host a full slate of spring programming. The office said after a cold snap, chill hours, under 45 degrees Farenheit, are up to 687. Many peach varieties in Central Texas need between 550-850 hours for proper development, according to Texas A&M Agri...

Asnake discovered in the wilds of Indonesia was just declared by Guinness World Records as the “longest verifiably measured wild snake in the world.” ...

While not a native of the area, Catarina Craddock knew she would feel at home in the agriculture program. “Whenever I moved to Harper when I was in th...

Group opens applications for Eat More Beef Youth Cook-Off Fifty Hill Country Cattle-Women members gathered on Feb. 17 at the AgriLife Building in Fred...