Outdoor

By Norman Winter, Horticulturist, Author, Speaker The Old Town Community of North Columbus is once again schooling us on the use of horse troughs for cool season color and this year they are maximizing the […]

By Tony Dean Annual broomweed can be a real nuisance to North Texas ranchers when we have a “broomweed year.” Broomweed, along with Western ragweed, are two of the most troublesome weeds that plague our […]

By Andy Anderson December is a month of magic, excitement, Santa, and giant, old, smart bucks. Just after the rut it always seems as if those big boys just disappear, ghost of the woods, rarely […]

By Jelly Cocanougher What is a best friend if it’s not covered in fur and doesn’t attend exploratory missions in nature alongside you? A little bomb of love that explodes when they see you. Reflection […]

By Tony Dean | tonydean.tx1@gmail.com People love to see pretty wildflowers, and this one certainly qualifies. The bright yellow flowers, from three to six inches in diameter, decorate Texas roadsides during late summer and early […]

By Norman Winter | Horticulturist, Author, Speaker Container gardening through the winter is one of the great joys of living in the south and the new AquaPots have eliminated the last of the anxieties, watering […]

By Jelly Cocanougher It’s the wildest and most universal in its appeal, saved from extinction, the native bison herd of the Llano Estacado. Days it would take for such a mass herd to pass through, […]

By Norman Winter | Horticulturist, Author, Speaker Naming a petunia Picasso gives clear indication this plant is something special. That is precisely what I thought too the first time I saw Supertunia Picasso in Purple […]

By Tony Dean | tonydean.tx1@gmail.com Purple threeawn is a short-lived perennial grass that is native to the western two-thirds of the United States, and can be found in Northern Mexico and Southern Canada. This species […]

By Andy Anderson The following is the first piece contributed by writer Andy Anderson in Volume 4, Issue 2 of NTFR Magazine. We hope you enjoy a bit of nostalgia from NTFR’s past. The internet […]