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Tag Archives: Brazoria County AgriLife Horticulture
Fabulous Figs: Summer Harvest
Mid-summer fruit culture is celebrated with a bounty of figs. All of the fruit from varieties in our demonstration orchard in Angleton are beginning to mature and harvest will be coming soon. We currently host eight different varieties, some standards like Brown Turkey (also known by the name Texas Everbearing), Mission, Magnolia and Celeste, others offering unique fruit color and texture like LSU Purple, Italian Black, Alma and a mystery green fruiting fig called Mysteak. Even though each fruit variety is slightly different, I wish to impart information… Read More →
Gardening in the Gulf Coast: Fabulous Figs!
Join Stephen Brueggerhoff, Brazoria County AgriLife Extension Horticulture Agent for an engaging online seminar on fig culture. Stephen will talk about successful varieties for the Gulf Coast, techniques and tips to improve your fig culture, and more! The program is FREE with registration, and more information at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gardening-in-the-gulf-coast-tickets-106812198160.
Creating School Gardens Workshop
Harris County AgriLife Extension and Brazoria County AgriLife Extension invite you to join us for a 3-hour online workshop for educators and community leaders wanting to start a youth/school garden. No experience required, just a desire to learn the basics to create a successful school garden. Topics to be covered include the basics of planning; building a garden with raised beds or containers; easy vegetables and herbs; garden resources; trouble-shooting common challenges; and garden maintenance. Offered July 31 (Friday), from 9am to 12pm. Registration is $10, and browse… Read More →
Green Gardening Series: Seed Propagation
Green Gardening Series presents – Fall Seed Starters with Horticulture Agent Stephen Brueggerhoff. This will be a Facebook Live! event, and browse to Brazoria County AgriLife Extension Facebook page to join in: www.facebook.com/brazoriacountyextension/ It all starts from the ground up, and learn how to propagate fall vegetables from seed. Sponsored by Keep Angleton Beautiful and Angleton Parks and Recreation Department. Green Gardening Series promotes best practices in home garden development and management. Instructed by Brazoria County AgriLife Horticulture Agent Stephen Brueggerhoff and Brazoria County Master Gardener experts, topics… Read More →
Green Gardening Series: Container Gardening
Green Gardening Series presents – Container Gardening with Horticulture Agent Stephen Brueggerhoff. This will be a Facebook Live! event, and browse to Brazoria County AgriLife Extension Facebook page to join in at 6 pm: www.facebook.com/brazoriacountyextension/ Sponsored by Angleton Parks and Recreation Department, Keep Angleton Beautiful and Brazoria County Master Gardeners Container Gardening – Explore the joy of gardening at home with container gardening, discussing soil type, watering schedule, fertilization and benefits and challenges of container type and size. Green Gardening Series promotes best practices in home garden development and… Read More →
Home Grown Tomato Research
Howdy, fellow gardeners! The time is ripe for harvesting tomatoes, and I am pleased to share with you results of a tomato demonstration project committed and tended by yours truly and Brazoria County Master Gardeners. Before I get into the meat of this article, I encourage readers to improve personal eating habits by consuming tomatoes. Referencing Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Path to Plate initiative, tomatoes are fat-free, low in sodium, are a good source of vitamins A and C, and can provide 15% value of daily recommended vitamin… Read More →
Green Gardening Series: Water Conservation
Green Gardening Series presents – Water Conservation with Horticulture Agent Stephen Brueggerhoff. This will be a Facebook Live! event, and browse to Brazoria County AgriLife Extension Facebook page to join in: www.facebook.com/brazoriacountyextension/ Learn about water conservation through gardening, visit the rainwater harvesting system (virtually) at BEES demonstration gardens, and learn how to make a self-watering container for veggies. Sponsored by Angleton Parks and Recreation Department. All classes are held at the Angleton Recreation Center. Green Gardening Series promotes best practices in home garden development and management. Instructed by… Read More →
Ask the Expert Gardening Questions
It is truly an honor to support an estimated 330,000 Brazoria County residents. I receive a steady number of landscape and gardening questions weekly and I try to address every inquiry that passes through my desktop in a timely fashion. Sometime questions can be seasonal, such as reasons for lackluster cucumber production. On average I’ll field questions regarding tree health. I want to share a few questions that may seem familiar and relate to your gardening and landscape practices. You can submit a question to our service on… Read More →
Forest Tent Caterpillars in the Trees
My office receives a number of phone calls from citizens in surrounding areas in southern Brazoria County about this time of year describing large numbers of caterpillars that appear to cluster on outdoor walls, driveways and especially in the canopy of trees. County citizens are concerned with the large numbers of these insects and surprised at this occurrence, requesting information for insect eradication and prevention. This article is meant to help us learn a little bit more about the insect we have identified as Forest Tent Caterpillar (Malacosoma… Read More →