Monday, August 26, 2013

Learn to grow your own fruit!

How to Grow Your Own Fruit
Saturday, October 19, 2013, 10am-1pm
Travis County AgriLife Extension Office
1600 B Smith Rd., Austin TX  78721

Learn the basics of sustainable fruit production:  site selection; site preparation; variety selection, and the specific needs of various fruit crops including citrus, olives, pomegranates and jujubes.  Mr. Monte Nesbitt, Program Specialist –Pecans/Fruit/Citrus at Texas A&M University, will help you understand how fruit crops respond to our ever-changing weather conditions in Central Texas.  Tips will be given on how to enhance sustainable production using Earth Kind principles with conventional crops such as peaches and berries.  Explore newly emerging fruit choices that can be grown with minimal inputs.  Registration is required  $25 per attendee for early registration, $35 after 10/5. Register at https://agriliferegister.tamu.edu/TravisCounty or call (979)845-2604.

This talk is presented by the Travis County Master Gardeners, a volunteer arm of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in Travis County.  www.tcmastergardeners.org.  Call (512) 854-9600 for more information.

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Upcoming event: Rainwater Harvesting seminar

Rainwater Harvesting
Saturday, August 10, 2013, 10am-12pm
Zilker Botanical Garden, Garden Center
2220 Barton Springs Rd. Austin TX 78746


Take advantage of a rainwater collection system to help your vegetables, landscape beds, trees and lawn survive Central Texas’ drought conditions.  Master Gardener Ed Parken will discuss how to plan, design, and set up a sustainable water-harvesting system for your home and landscape.  New filtration and treatment technologies make rainwater harvesting relatively easy, which is why it has been growing in popularity. It’s an old practice that Central Texas gardeners can take advantage of with improved and more modern materials and systems.

The event is free to the public. Please be aware that a parking fee may be charged by Zilker Botanical Garden.  The seminar is presented by the Travis County Master Gardeners, a volunteer arm of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in Travis County. www.tcmastergardeners.org. For information, call (512) 854-9600.