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 -Treeshrub 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 enjoyed these LEAF-PRO publications, you will want to listen to the LEAF-PRO audio tips located on the Horticulture – Master Gardener / LEAF-PRO page.

The top resources for our vegetable gardeners are found below.  Make sure you have plenty of sun and a well drained location for garden success -then select the proper varieties and plant them at the correct time (see the links below).

Vegetable Varieties Recommended for Walker County (OR) You may want to explore the extensive list of recommended vegetable varieties that our friends at the Montgomery County, Texas AgriLife Extension office have developed: Vegetable Varieties for Montgomery County

Vegetable Planting Chart for Walker County  *Each vegetable species on this chart has a link built in to direct you to the Aggie Horticulture pages with information on growth, care, and management of the vegetable.

Frosts and Freezes: Frosts & Freeze Protection of plants. This publication written by Skip Richter, Texas AgriLife Extension, Horticulture Agent is an excellent reference explaining the “how’s and why’s” of protecting your plants properly.

Aggie Horticulture If you can grow it in your Texas yard, landscape, garden, or orchard the info is here.

Additional Resources for the Country Way of Life

The Urban Rancher (see the retired site link for the good stuff) The Urban Rancher is a good reference site for many “country” related topics that are useful to know.

 Are you limited on garden space?  

Think about a keyhole garden..