What to plant in March through April? Beans, snap, lima, cantaloupe, swiss chard, collards seeds or transplants, cucumber, eggplant, “cool season” greens to name a few. Okra first of April, mustard till end of March, April peas English and snap through July. Also, pepper transplants now through May, sweet potato slips now through the end of June.
We are celebrating Holy Week this week. The Art Methodist Church will have a Good Friday Service April 2 at 5 pm at the cross. Easter Sunrise Service will be under the tabernacle at 7 am on April 4. There will be a light breakfast following the service. There will not be an Easter Egg Hunt this year for the children.
‘Space. The final frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Her five-year mission: To explore strange, new worlds. To seek out new life, and new civilizations. To boldly go where no man has gone before.’
When I was six years old, if someone asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I’d’ve told them I wanted to be Captain James Tiberius Kirk.
Property owners have the right to protest actions concerning their property tax appraisals. You may follow these appeal procedures if you have a concern about:
• the appraised (market) value of your property;
• the unequal value of your property compared with other properties;
• the inclusion of your property on the appraisal records;
• any exemptions that may apply to you;
• the qualification for an agricultural or timber appraisal;
• the taxing units taxing your prop ...
There are a lot of Whitetail Deer in Texas—about 5.6 million of them. In part, that is because there is a lot of Whitetail Deer habitat in Texas. If we exclude areas of West Texas where Whitetails do not occur, there are about 113 million acres of Whitetail habitat in Texas.
The City of Mason began accepting trash at the new landfill last week. We are so proud that this project is complete and will serve our city for generations to come.
Our March City Commission meeting was Monday evening. After a public hearing on several items, the meeting kicked off with awarding a contract to a company to assist the City with seeking a Texas Community Development Block Grant for purposes of funding the upcoming lift station project which will help to keep our sewer service ...
Many birds can be extremely helpful when it comes to controlling unwanted guests aka damaging insects, to our gardens. Bluebirds, Cardinals, Chickadees, House Finches, Hummingbirds, Purple Martins, Nuthatches, Oriole, Tanagers, Titmice, Woodpeckers, and Wrens to name a few of our beneficial avian friends.
To invite birds to your garden there are several requirements.
For many of us, the freeze clean-up is still underway. After many loads of frozen cacti, century plants, and tree damage trimmings it appears to be almost at a finish. I need some time for the garden. But this brings me to a question so many of us have.
After the freeze, broken pipes, pumps, wells frozen, and for many the loss of electric power, how can we prepare for the future?
In the past we've given you some indicators of how to know when you are in a country church. Here are some more.
You might be in a country church if ...
... its Zip Code is E-I-E-1-0.
... it sponsors a team in the county washer-pitching league.
... more than half the members have been to a Cowboy Camp Meeting.
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A few weeks ago I presented you with a recipe for Rustic Bread. It's a good recipe that makes up a really nice loaf of bread. Unfortunately, you had to make up the dough and chill it overnight and if you're anything like me, planning anything a whole day ahead of time is a challenge!
