Making Sense of Pelargonium Scents
Making Sense of Pelargonium Scents

  By William ScheickContributing Editor Error is a hardy plant,” Martin Farquhar Tupper wrote in his long-ago popular “Of Truth in Things False” (1838). His sage metaphor seems especially applicable to so-called geraniums, enormously popular plants bearing an erroneous common name. Although these supposed geraniums…

Stargate Manor Arboretum
Stargate Manor Arboretum

By Suzanna Labry Contributing Writer George Coulam is something of a wizard. He makes things happen — big things. Eighty-one-year-old Coulam is also known as “King George” to the personnel of the Texas Renaissance Festival, the largest event of its kind in the United States,…

The Miracle Tree: Moringa’s Amazing Gifts
The Miracle Tree: Moringa’s Amazing Gifts

By Mary Karish Contributing Writer Analyn Abbey, a native of Negros Occidental, the fourth largest island in the Philippines, was 8 years old when she cut her hand while playing in the nearby jungle. Her family home was many miles away from the nearest hospital.…

Tomato Trials: Fertilize and Graft for Success
Tomato Trials: Fertilize and Graft for Success

By Adam Russell Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Statewide tomato trials revealed a fertilization program can help plants reach their production potential, in some locations over 30 pounds of fruit per plant, said a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service specialist. Dr. Joe Masabni, an AgriLife…