Twelve elected officials and city leaders in the Hill Country Leadership Institute convened at Blue Hole Primary School in Wimberley on July 20 for a conversation about innovative water management strategies. The meeting location was symbolic as Blue Hole is the first “One Water” school in Texas, wh...

It’s brutally hot right now, but why not use that to your advantage? Soil solarization uses the heat of the summer to steam the soil, killing disease spores, insect eggs, root knot nematodes, living weeds and weed seeds. It takes only four steps and it’s organic, too! Soil solarization can be used w...

In response to continued positive detections of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in deer breeding facilities, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) ...

Gillespie County 4-H members participated in the State 4-H Dog Show held July 6-8 in Huntsville. 4-H spokesperson Fiona Gideon listed local 4-H’ers br...

Would you like to know what I’ve been doing a lot lately? Watering. Watering the basils and snapdragon on my front porch. Watering my raised bed of st...