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This CMG website was launched on October 1, 2019 and has served CMG by providing education and information to CMG members and county residents. As always, we appreciate inputs/comments that help us improve the site and make it more useful for all viewers. Send your inputs to email@comalmg.com.
CMG members, read more HERE about the CMG members who helped design and build the website.
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- Learn the basics of vegetable gardening from Comal Master Gardeners! The Beginner Vegetable Gardening Series Class will be held every Saturday from January 4th through February 1st, 8:30 am to Noon, in the Comal AgriLife Classroom. The cost is $35 which covers all course materials. Click HERE to register and pay for the class.
- The 2025 Master Gardener Training Class will be held every Wednesday afternoon from January 15 thru May 7, 2025. For more information and the application, click HERE.
- CMG members just exceeded 10,000 (that's a LOT) volunteer hours in 2024 with four months left to go! Thanks to everyone for all your work.
Creepy Crawlers
Field crickets seem to be popping up in large numbers in Central Texas lately and the big question that I receive is WHY? Read more HERE.
The Bad Gardener
Broccoli and onions into the garden, end of season okra and Malabar spinach, drip irrigation and friendly skunks. Read more about the musings of the Bad Gardener HERE.
Tips from the Garden
Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. ‘Cause that’s all that matters in the end. ~Kris Kristofferson~
Despite the lingering hot weather and lack of rain, we can look to future days of cooler temperature coming soon. There is time, meanwhile, to prepare garden beds for planting, empty and clean old flower pots for growing fall flowers, clean and sharpen tools, and do a safety check along all paths, making ready for the great fall that’s coming!
CLICK HERE for more Tips.
Focus on a Native - Bald Cypress
Bald Cypress, Taxodium distichum, is a deciduous conifer that grows in wet locations in Eastern North America through Mexico and Guatemala. In the Texas Hill Country, they grow prolifically along permanent creeks and rivers. Also known as the Southern Bald Cypress, Deciduous Cypress, White Cypress, Swamp Cypress, Gulf Cypress, and Tidewater Red Cypress, this stately tree grows to 50’-75’ or taller. They are slender and conical when young and develop a flat top in very old age. Click HERE for more information.
Veggies, Q&As, and Native Plants
Happenings and Harvests in the Veggie Garden
A weekly log of veggie garden activities
Native Plant Gallery
Visit our gallery of native plants--and Go Native!