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Fall garden vegetables can be mighty tasty

Tempting Tomatoes Patio Sunshine on porch or deck can produce a bounty of tomatoes.

Photos by Norman Winter

Tempting Tomatoes Goodhearted is small in stature but huge in production perfect for the porch, patio or deck

Basil, chives and fresh tomatoes are perfect for your fresh homemade pesto.

Norman Winter horticulturalist, author, and speaker

Fall garden vegetables can be mighty tasty

Sun, 08/21/2022 - 5:00am

Most gardeners think spring is the best time for gardening. But if you haven't tried a fall garden, consider putting one in now because it can be the best garden you have.

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Above, Taquitos Mi Rancho food truck located at 651 East St. in San Marcos. Below, four mini taquitos from Taquitos Mi Rancho. Two tacos came with carnitas and two came with pastor. Both were topped with queso fresco and served with grilled onions, raw onions, cilantro, lime, and red and green salsa on the side. Daily Record photos by Nick Castillo & Lance Winter

Foodie Friday: Taquitos Mi Rancho

Thu, 08/18/2022 - 8:27pm

Sometimes curiosity gets the best of you.

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Sirena del Rio, the Indigenous Mermaid of the San Marcos River, will offer a Native American water blessing at Ramon Lucio Park on Saturday at 9 a.m. Submitted photo

Back-to-school river blessing to take place Saturday

Thu, 08/18/2022 - 8:21pm

Sirena del Rio, the Indigenous Mermaid of the San Marcos River, will offer a Native American water blessing at Ramon Lucio Park on Saturday.

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Exploring Nature: Black Vultures, Part 2

Sun, 08/14/2022 - 5:00am

My backyard birdbath is a popular place these hot summer days and one species that delights in cooling off there is a large black vulture.

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Washing hands and using hand sanitizer is effective in the prevention of viruses, including monkeypox.
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Answers to Go

Sun, 08/14/2022 - 5:00am

Q. I saw on the news a report that something called monkeypox is spreading. Should I be concerned? Is it a virus?

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Water you waiting for? Try this sweet salad idea at your next cookout.
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Watermelon Wedge

Sun, 08/14/2022 - 5:00am

Sweet salad gets a summery makeover

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HCMGA offers 11-week master gardeners course

The Hays County Master Gardeners Class of 2021 works the demonstration garden at Jacob’s Well in Wimberley.
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The Kyle Library Pollinator Garden is one of the Hays County Master Gardener Association demonstration gardens.
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HCMGA offers 11-week master gardeners course

Sun, 08/14/2022 - 5:00am

With climate change affecting weather around the globe, including the heatwave we’re currently experiencing in the Hill Country, more and more people have taken an interest in plants.

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The Tiger Days of Summer: Let the celebration commence

The Truffula Pink Gomphrena has only been out for three years and has proven to be a real champion for Eastern Tiger Swallowtails and will bloom until frost.
Photos by Norman Winter

The Tiger Days of Summer: Let the celebration commence

Sun, 08/14/2022 - 5:00am

Today, I am here to say let’s give up the Dog Days and create a celebration of ‘The Tiger Days of Summer’. I am, however, not talking LSU, Auburn or Clemson starting football workouts. I am however touting states like Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia coming together for the one thing they have in common, and that is they have all chosen the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail as their state butterfly.

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Carl Finch on his accordion, bringing the unexpected element of polka on stage.
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Channeling the wildness of the unpredictable: Brave Combo members Carl Finch, Lyle Atkinson, Danny O’Brien, Alan Emert and Robert Hokamp. Brave Combo will play a benefit concert for the San Marcos Regional Animal Shelter on Aug. 19.
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Polka for Pets at The Porch

Sun, 08/14/2022 - 5:00am

Brave Combo’s music can be described as wild. The Denton-based quintet began 30 years ago as a band built around polka music, even though none of the five members grew up around it. Polka then opened a door to a myriad of traditional rhythms, including salsa, conjunto, zydeco, ska and punk.