Horticulture is good for our environment and your health!
- Planting Your New Tree
- Tree Management Calendar
- LEAF-PRO Environmental Gardening Program Overview
- LEAF-PRO Landscape Drought -Tree Shrub Info
- LEAF-PRO Composting
- LEAF-PRO Recycling Landscape Waste & Other
- LEAF-PRO Garden Pest Management
- LEAF-PRO / Earth-Kind Roses
- LEAF-PRO Citrus
- LEAF-PRO Butterflies
If you enjoy these LEAF-PRO publications, you’ll want to listen to the LEAF-PRO audio tips located on the Horticulture – Master Gardener / LEAF-PRO page.
Vegetable Gardening Tips
The top resources for our vegetable gardeners are found below. For best results, be sure to:
- Choose a sunny, well-drained location
- Select the proper varieties
- Plant at the correct time (see charts and links below)
- Vegetable Varieties Recommended for Walker County (or explore the full list developed by our colleagues at the Montgomery County, Texas AgriLife Extension Office: Vegetable Varieties for Montgomery County
- Vegetable Planting Chart for Walker County Each vegetable listed links to direct you to Aggie Horticulture pages for details on growth, care, and management.
- Frosts and Freezes Learn how to protect your plants in this helpful guide by Skip Richter, Texas AgriLife Extension Horticulture Agent: Frost and Freeze Protection of Plants.
- Aggie Horticulture If you can grow it in a Texas yard, landscape, garden, or orchard – the information is here!
Limited on Space?
Keyhole gardens are a space-saving and sustainable option perfect for small spaces of drought-prone areas.
