Monday, August 16, 2010

Friend or foe? Know your garden bugs

Ever walked through the garden, admiring your plants and suddenly see...oh my god...what is that?!!  A horde of bugs on your tomato plants.  Are they good or bad?  What should you do? 

How to Manage Garden Insects
Saturday, August 21, 2010
10am-Noon


LCRA Redbud Center, Rm 108N
3601 Lake Austin Blvd.
Austin TX  78703


Insects can be one of the biggest challenges for gardeners.  But you can deal with pests effectively without spraying general insecticides all over your plants.  Wizzie Brown, Texas Agrilife Extension Entomologist, will introduce Integrated Pest Management (IPM), teaching you how to protect your garden without harming the environment or your plants.  Learn to distinguish beneficial insects in your backyard from harmful insects.  Basic IPM strategies will be described that can help manage insect pests throughout the landscape, in vegetable gardens, even in the home. Seating is limited at this seminar due to room restrictions.

This seminar is free and open to the public.  It is presented by the Travis County Master Gardeners, a volunteer arm of the Texas AgriLife Extension Service in Travis County. www.tcmastergardeners.org

Monday, August 2, 2010

Get ready for fall vegetables!

It may be blazing outside, but cooler weather is just around the corner and now is the time to prepare your vegetable garden for the fall and winter season,  So arm yourself with all the knowledge you need by attending our free seminar. 

Fall Vegetable Gardening
Saturday, August 7, 2010
10am-Noon


Southwest Hills Community Church
7416 W. Hwy 71, Austin TX  78735


Learn the basics of vegetable gardening with an emphasis on varieties that flourish in the fall and winter months. Understand how to get a short season of warm weather vegetables early on.  Then we'll move into cooler weather crops, like broccoli, lettuce, Swiss chard, radishes and spinach. Vegetable gardens don't end in fall, so come learn how to keep yours going year round.

This seminar is free and open to the public.  It is presented by the Travis County Master Gardeners, a volunteer arm of the Texas AgriLife Extension Service in Travis County.