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Newsletter Archive

2010 In This Issue
November 2010 MG Newsletter Citrus Greening

Our Demonstration Gardens in the News!

October 2010 MGNewsletter Problem Ants in So Texas
Sep 2010 MGNewsletter
  • Sep 13 Garden Evening, Dinner Follows
  • Growing Bluebonnets
  • Aug 2010 MGNewsletter

    & 2010 MG Class

  • Member Interest Survey in Aug
  • Great Plants for Hummingbirds
  • July 2010 MGNewsletter.pdf

  • Hypoxylon Canker Killing Trees
  • June 2010 MG Newsletter.pdf

  • Monarch Butterflies
  • May 2010 Hidden Garden Tour in Pictures

  • 05 May 2010 MGNewsletter.pdf


  • Website wins TMGA Award
  • Kids GardenFest Report
  • Dodder, a Truly Parasitic Plant
  • April 2010 MG Newsletter.pdf


  • Successful Spring Plant Sale
  • Refresh Your Gardens This Spring
  • March 2010 MG Newsletter.pdf

    • Lemon Eucalyptus
    • Spring Turf Fertilizing
    February 2010 MG Newsletter.pdf
    • South Texas Sticker Burrs
    • Meet New Horticulture Agent, Virginia “Ginger” Easton Smith
    Jan 2010 MG Newsletter.pdf
    • Helping Your Garden Survive a Frost
    • The Spring Vegetable Garden

    2009

    In This Issue

    December 2009.pdf
    • Plants and Flowers of Christmas
    • Caring for Holiday Plants
    November 2009.pdf
    • Fen Shui Garden Design
    • Tin Can Raffle
    October 2009.pdf
    • Rainwater Harvesting
    • Rose Symposium, Victoria, TX, Oct 17
    • EarthKind & MG Class Schedules

    September 2009.pdf
    • The Hard Working Gourd
    • 20 Texas Gardens to See Before You Die
    • 5 Fabulous Hummer Plants
    August 2009.pdf
    • Fall Gardening in South Texas
    • 2009 EarthKind Landscaping Class
    • 2009 MG Class Schedule
    July 2009.pdf
    • Summertime Irrigation
    • Soapberry Borer Infestations in Texas
    • TX Master Gardener Handbook, 6th Ed., now available
    June 2009.pdf
    • Invasive Plants and Suggested Alternatives
    • Butterfly Wheel in the Children’s Discovery Room
    May 2009.pdf
    • Gophers and Moles: Garden Foes
    • Texas Master Gardener license plates
    • A-SP Master Gardeners win awards!
    April 2009.pdf
    • Citrus Greening
    • When to use the Texas Master Gardener title
    March 2009.pdf
    • Tussock Moth and Oak Leaf Roller
    February 2009.pdf
    • Success with Roses in the Coastal Bend
    October 2009.pdf
    • Growing Potatoes in the Coastal Bend
    • Texas Superstar Plants: Phalaenopsis orchids

    2008

    In This Issue

    December 2008.pdf
    • Garden Art and Decoration
    • Visit in the Gardens with D.J. Chilcoat
    November 2008.pdf
    • Texas Superstar Plants: Duranta, Chinkapin oak, Mari-mum, Firebush
    • The Best Growing Season
    October 2008.pdf
    • CEMAP: Coordinated Education and Marketing Assistance Program
    • Texas Superstar Plants: Garden phlox
    September 2008.pdf
    • Visit in the Gardens with Heather Bywater
    August 2008.pdf
    • Appropriate Landscape Maintenance
    July 2008.pdf
    • I Love Mulch! Let Me Count the Ways…
    • Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture
    June 2008.pdf
    • Efficient Irrigation, Part III
    • Visit in the Gardens with Maryellen Sherman
    May 2008.pdf
    • Efficient Irrigation, Part II
    • Visit in the Gardens with Mary Ann Geer
    April 2008.pdf
    • Efficient Irrigation, Part I
    • Check the Application Rate of Your Sprinkler System
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    Events

    Events will be held at the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension-Aransas County office, 892 Airport Road, Rockport, 78382, 361-790-0103, unless otherwise noted. Overflow parking is next door at the county facilities. Feel free to bring your own brown bag lunch to any Brown Bag Event. Find the schedule HERE.

    COME VISIT COASTAL OAKS DEMONSTRATION GARDEN

    The demonstration garden, designed and maintained by the Master Gardeners, is open to the public Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (closed holidays). As you approach the gardens, follow the signs and continue to the left corner of the fence where there is a small gate. This gate opens out only. Please be sure to close it if it does not close behind you.

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    News Articles

    April, 2019 – Plant  Your Easter Lily For Continuing Enjoyment by Virginia Easton Smith

    April, 2019 – Best Humingbird Plants by Ernie Schertz

    April, 2019 – Fruit Trees in the Coastal Bend by Martha Habluetzel

    May, 2019 –  Turn Off the Irrigation by Virginia  Easton Smith

    June, 2019 –  June-Garden-Checklist by Amanda Steves

    June, 2019 – Avoid a Wimpy Plant by Virginia Easton Smith

    Older New Articles go to the News Article Archive page.

     

    Contact

    Virginia Easton Smith
    County Extension Agent
    Aransas County Extension Office
    892 Airport Road
    Rockport, TX 78382-2744
    Ph: 361-790-0103
    F: 361-729-3937
    aransas.agrilife.org

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