There is always a favorite variety of fruit or other food I love that proves difficult to grow. Snow peas are one such vegetable for me: difficult yet highly desired.
Do you make treats so delicious that friends and family often suggest, “You should sell this stuff?” If so, you will want to get familiar with the Texas Cottage Food Law.
Owner and operator of Sugar Creek Honey in Flint, Jim Biles says he extracts honey in May which regularly carries his production over until next spring. But this year, he is out of honey at this time.
People aren’t the only ones dealing with a drought in East Texas, as the conditions are perfect for Clostridium diseases to spread in East Texas livestock.
She also said one of the biggest things that will come out of this election and possible adoption of the stock law is who’s liable if an animal is hit.
As we head into pecan season, you might see a difference in comparison to last year. Experts say the drought and heat have impacted orchards all across Texas.
Kama Bozeman, Owner of YesterLand Farm takes KLTV 7′s Lexi Vennetti on a tour of the farm. Bozeman said despite the drought, pumpkins are in great supply this year, but inflation has increased the cost of transporting the pumpkins.
The pandemic, the war in Ukraine, inflation, supply-chain chaos, and a tough Texas growing season—it’s all resulting in worries over a possible future food supply shortage.
Rainwater collection is the process of capturing and storing rainwater for later use. Collecting rainwater for later use is becoming more popular among Central Texans as the drought continues.
With the worst of this summer hopefully behind us, and sputtering’s of rain starting back into our local area, could the last of this drought be behind us? And what does that mean for cattlemen and hay producers?
Xeriscape becomes viable option for yards as Central Texas drought continues. Cutting yard maintenance up to 50% this method helps to save money, time and water.
The record heat and drought in Texas has been hurting Panhandle farmers. One local group is working on new ways to solve issues surrounding this recurring problem.
Looking forward with anticipation, or perhaps dread, at winter feeding and stocking rates, it is important that we that one strongly evaluates the anticipated hay needs and purchases.
Don’t water enough and you’ll end up with a thinning or dying lawn. Yet, water too much, or at the wrong time of day, and you will be full of fungal diseases that can also kill your lawn.
Last month at an Angelina County Extension seminar, our local vet Dr. Bradley Clary spoke about the common thieves of cattle growth, flies, and internal parasites. It was an excellent talk about the losses each could incur on the herd and the steps necessary to put them at bay.
Learn the active ingredient in pesticides often products may not have the familiar brand name yet when used at the same rate will yield the same results.
Beginning in mid-April, galls or knots appear on the leaf veins, leaf stems, the current season’s shoot growth, and nuts of affected pecan trees caused by the feeding of small aphid-like pecan phylloxera.
The tour starts at 9 am and is expected to be complete well before noon. This is a free event. Those interested in joining the tour and discussion should enter 16071 Hwy 94, Apple Springs into the map app on your phone. If you are heading away from Lufkin, the entrance will be on your right.
“We have already been collecting willow. We’ve collected probably almost 7000 linear feet, we should have, hoping we should have way more than we need for the house,” said Souther.
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