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 Dear Texas Consumer, As a farmer, I have a passion for growing things. I take enormous pride in providing your family the necessities of life—not only the food that nurtures them but the fiber that protects them from the sun, cold, wind and rain. Continue reading Texas Table Top: Five things farmers want you to know The 2nd Annual Organic Landscape & Gardening Fair will be held at United Way of Greater Houston, 50 Waugh Drive, Houston, beginning at 8 a.m. Saturday (Feb. 25). Continue reading Organic landscape and gardening fair Saturday
 You never know what you might find at a master gardener plant sale. One last week in Angleton (pictured) had tomatoes, peppers and berry plants as well as fruit and citrus trees.
Harris County Master Gardeners, Precinct 2, will have a preview of their spring plant sale on Wednesday, Feb. 22, from 6-9 p.m. The preview will also have a presentation by the Heidi Sheesley, Owner of Treesearch Farms. Continue reading Harris County Master Gardeners Precinct 2 plant sale preview Wednesday
 Monument on the grounds of China Grove, the former plantation once owned by Albert Sidney Johnston.  Entrance to China Grove. “We may be annihilated, but we cannot be conquered.” — Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston upon accepting his command in August, 1861. (Source: Encyclopedia of the Civil War). The highest ranking officer killed during the Civil War was none other than Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston, who was mortally wounded during the Battle of Shiloh on April 6, 1862. Johnston, a Kentucky native and West Point graduate, fought in the west and Mexico before resigning his commission to care for his dying wife. When she passed away in 1836 Johnston came west again to serve in the Republic of Texas Army, and in 1837 was appointed adjutant general. Continue reading Search for the general’s Cherokee roses comes to a dead end  Rhubarb Red Swiss Chard.  A Fordhook Giant Swiss Chard plant. In some ways describing Swiss Chard is like describing the perfect wife: Good for you, reliable, easy on the eyes and low maintenance. Continue reading Under appreciated Swiss Chard deserves a spot in the garden
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