Features

After February’s freezing weather, San Marcos yards remain in recovery mode until warmer temperatures encourage new growth. So instead of a featured yard for March, here’s a selection of March winners from recent years. Most homeowners face challenges with water management (drought or deluge) and/or browsing deer, but native plants in local landscapes usually survive cold weather, even if cut back near the ground.

Because of the recent cold weather, my journey brought back memories of winters past. I spent my formative years in west Texas on a ranch (cow/calf operation); and winter was not a good time to be a cow. Mother cows were range cows with no man-made structures for protection. During the bitter cold mornings, my task was to break the ice crust on the stock tank/pond with an ax in the early morning hours for the cows to access water. In tandem, dropping bundle feed or hay off the back of a pickup completed the work — Cold, cold!

When Sam Montoya arrived in San Marcos, he was just 21 years old. A fresh face in the community as the new pastor of Sinai Pentecostal Church. 

Fresco, a new restaurant located at The Lyndon at Springtown, is now open.