Topic/s: Home Fruit and Nut Production Well established and properly maintained fruit plantings can be productive as well as beautiful in a home landscape. However, to be successful, most fruit crops require years of patient care and hard work. Sharon Cowan will present her program on the home garden. This was originally scheduled for Feb.... Read More →
Topic/s: Home Fruit and Nut Production Well established and properly maintained fruit plantings can be productive as well as beautiful in a home landscape. However, to be successful, most fruit crops require years of patient care and hard work. First half of the Feb. 1 class will be Lisa Egner on how and what types... Read More →
In cooperation with the Texas A&M Forest Service The Master Gardeners will be holding a free tree give away on Saturday, February 3rd. This event will be held at the extension office from 9:00 AM till Noon There should be approximately 1400 trees to give away to the public in 7 varieties. These are bare... Read More →
Topic/s: Vegetable and Herb Gardening Successful herb and vegetable gardens require planning, preparing the soil, selecting gardening equipment, choosing and handling seeds and transplants appropriately, irrigating, fertilizing, and controlling weeds. CBMGA's very own Mary Christensen and Sharon Cowan, both with many years of successful vegetable growing experience will teach us the basics of growing vegetables... Read More →
Topic/s: Vegetable and Herb Gardening Successful herb and vegetable gardens require planning, preparing the soil, selecting gardening equipment, choosing and handling seeds and transplants appropriately, irrigating, fertilizing, and controlling weeds. Light fare food will be served for the interns from 5:30 to 6:00pm Syllabus
CBMGA Regular Monthly Meeting Topic:Business Meeting Featured Speaker/s:None The business meetings for the months of January and February will be held the Saturday morning after the second Thursday(our normal meeting night) due to the tight schedule required for the 2018 Master Gardener classes. The day is normally a scheduled workday and any work that needs... Read More →
Topic/s: Vegetable and Herb Gardening Successful herb and vegetable gardens require planning, preparing the soil, selecting gardening equipment, choosing and handling seeds and transplants appropriately, irrigating, fertilizing, and controlling weeds. Light fare food will be served for the interns from 5:30 to 6:00pm Syllabus
Topic/s: Plant Health Problems: Diagnosis and Management Diagnosis of plant problems is both a science and an art, and this ability is essential to keeping plants healthy. Gardeners can conduct a basic plant diagnosis of plant problems if they have experience, keen observation abilities, and specific knowledge of plants and their common problems. Light fare... Read More →
Topic/s: Plant Growth and Development To gain a working knowledge of horticulture, you need to understand the structure, function, and processes of plants as well as the factors that can affect plant growth. The first step is to learn how plants are categorized. Light fare food will be served for the interns from 5:30 to... Read More →
Topic/s: Plant Growth and Development To gain a working knowledge of horticulture, you need to understand the structure, function, and processes of plants as well as the factors that can affect plant growth. The first step is to learn how plants are categorized. Light fare food will be served for the interns from 5:30 to... Read More →
Topic/s: Plant Growth and Development Speaker: Dr. Dave Creech of Stephen F. Austin University Dr. Creech is going do a program on growing “World Fruits/lesser known food sources” then he will also split the program and cover some of the more valuable (to wildlife/home landscape/earth friendly) native plants that are mostly over looked and or... Read More →
