Farm & Ranch
The Garden Guy
By Norman Winter, Horticulturist, Author, Speaker
Oh my gosh, if you aren’t growing the Shoal Creek vitex you are missing the opportunity to add rare iridescent blue color to the landscape like few other plants can do. I’ve loved the vitex for years but the award-winning Shoal Creek has to be the best in the marketplace.
It was a Louisiana Super Plant, and Texas Superstar, too, and is perfect for the North Texas area with wide range of adaptability from zones five to nine. In warm climates it is grown as a large deciduous shrub or small open vase tree, while in colder areas it freezes to the ground and returns in the spring as a shrub, almost reminiscent of a buddleia or butterfly bush.
It is known botanically as Vitex agnus-castus, and is a marvel with its small structure, large, marijuana-looking leaves and fragrant, blue blooms that are most rare among trees.
Centuries ago, the seeds that followed the blossoms were used to Plant Shoal Creek vitex now for Summer WOW factor keep monks’ libidos in check.
To read more pick up a copy of the February 2019 NTFR issue. To subscribe call 940-872-5922.
By Tressa Lawrence
Babies are tucked away in every nook and cranny. Many ranchers across Wyoming have baby animals popping up all over this time of year.
By Lindsey Monk
Another load of grain in to keep feeding the calves until the green grass can really start popping.
By Rayford Pullen | [email protected]
Spring has sprung and hopefully the rains will continue where our country will heal from the previous droughts and our grasses will thrive. We are especially hopeful for the Panhandle of Texas where our neighbors and friends have been dealt a deadly blow to homes, ranges, livestock, and people. Keep them in your prayers as they will not be able to return to normal for many years if at all. Having lost their ability to benefit from this great cattle market is a double whammy for all of them.
Now is the time of year when we need to take care of business as it relates to our new calves that have been hitting the ground this spring. First and foremost is vaccinating for Blackleg followed by deworming with a white wormer and the IBR complex. Blackleg is a soil-born disease and with pastures extremely short this spring our calves have been grazing the green grass as soon as it shows itself, making them even more vulnerable to picking contaminates from the soil.
To read more, pick up a copy of the April issue of NTFR magazine. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
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