CBMGA Plant Ramblings Featuring Kridler’s Korner

CBMGA honored Jim and Betty Falk for their years of service and presented them with a plaque honoring them by renaming our Superstar Bed, as the "Jim and Betty Falk Superstar Bed". Thanks Jim and Betty for all you have done over the years. You are an inspiration to us all. ​ The evening also… Read More →

CBMGA Plant Ramblings Issue 1, September 2016 Welcome to our first official digital newsletter/blog (at least in a long time). We hope you find it interesting, informative and entertaining and if you have any thoughts concerning the newsletter/blog, you can comment at the bottom. There are several places, include at the bottom of the newsletter/blog… Read More →

CBMGA held its annual Christmas Party(December Business Meeting)December 8 and the whole gang had something they wanted to say… As expected, it was an extraordinary evening mingling and visiting with good friends.  And of course there were lots of goodies to eat. and and what is a Christmas Party(December Business Meeting) without your traditional Christmas Elves!… Read More →

Our guest speaker for the May meeting was Dr. J. W. Smith, a renowned entomologist. He spoke on the various types of butterfiles, their habitats, presented pictures of their egg, larval and adult stages. We wish to thank Dr. Smith for his excellent and enjoyable presentation on butterflies and their fights. At the meeting, Rhonda… Read More →

We will be at the Titus County Fair manning our booth with lots of bulbs for sale at way below commercial prices, crafts and gardening advice. You can come by and "Ask A Master Gardener" a question about your plants, or most anything horticultural. See if you know which bugs are Good and which bugs… Read More →

WOW! CBMGA had a really great meeting this past Thursday. We had two great speakers on canning, our wildflower project is going forward with the arrival of the wildflower seeds, information of the Master Gardener State Convention, two field trips were announced and propagation of hydrangeas were covered. Our own Master Gardeners Jill Klepzig and… Read More →

Area Home School Students Tour the CBMGA Master Gardens The CHEMPA organization brought around 20 area home schooled students for a field trip Friday March 31 to tour the Master Gardens at the Titus County Extension Offices. The group tries to incorporate a field trip every Friday to offer the students experiences they won’t get… Read More →

Here is a list of things that can/should be done in your gardens during October and just a reminder to enjoy the upcoming holiday. Time for a soil test if it has been three years since your last test. Time to set pocket gopher, mole, rat and mouse traps around your property. See how many… Read More →

CBMGA PLANT RAMBLINGS and Kridler’s Korner Issue 2 – October 2016 ​ ​ Featured Speaker Rosemary Morgeson spoke of Roses – Planting, Pruning, Propagating We had another great social time before the meeting featuring some wonderful German food in honor of Oktoberfest. I should have written some of the names down but some of them… Read More →

First of all DON’T FORGET THE ANNUAL PLANT SALE AND GARDEN SHOW IS JUST 53 DAYS AWAY!! MARCH 23, 2019. Mark your calendar! On our web page (cmbga.org) is a link that gives gardening reminders for each month of the year. Here is the link for January Garden Reminders for January and for February Garden… Read More →

CBMGA 2016 – A Year of Accomplishments Wow, what an outstanding year 2016 has been for Cypress Basin Master Gardeners Association. And there is no question it would not have been nearly as outstanding without great hardworking members. We have been fortunate in so many ways including the outstanding leadership provided by our executive board…. Read More →

Here are some shots from the end of August Come Grow With Us Cypress Basin Master Gardeners