By Russell Graves The sight must have been a spectacular one. While estimates vary, sometime around 100 million years ago, the skies above what would later...
By Lisa Bellows The offer of an unripened persimmon to a novice can conjure up a good laugh. The alum-like tannins in the unripe fruit cause...
By Russell A. Graves While the ambient temperature isn’t all that cold – in the mid 50’s – I still grab the hoodie from my truck....
By: Steve Byrns Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, s-byrns@tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Dale Rollins, 325-653-4576, d-rollins@tamu.edu DALLAS – The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will conduct the Distinguished...
By: Kathleen Phillips Writer: Kathleen Phillips, 979-845-2872, ka-phillips@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION — As the first major cold snap approaches, people can take action to protect plants from...
By: Kathleen Phillips Writer: Kathleen Phillips, 979-845-2872, ka-phillips@tamu.edu Contact: Dr. David Byrne, 979-862-3072, d-byrne@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION — It’s late autumn, and most of the blossom-laden plants...
Writer: Robert Burns, 903-834-6191, rd-burns@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Deer hunting in Southwest Texas is expected to be “really terrific” this year thanks to timely rains, according...
COLLEGE STATION — If growing vegetables in a box with no soil and out of direct sunlight sounds a little fishy, well, it is. “Aquaponics” is...
By contributing writer Russell A. Graves North of Dalhart there isn’t much to stop the wind. A vast prairie cleaves horizontally into an even bigger sky....
By contributing writer Lisa Bellows, Ph.D., North Central Texas College Euphobia bicolor and Euphoria marginata or Snow-on-the-Prairie and Snow-on-the-Mountain are annual herbs that give us a...