Bulletin Board
- The CMG Annual Spring Picnic is Saturday, April 12th. Please RSVP HERE by April 11th.
- Register for our next Beginning Vegetable Garden Class HERE. The class will run on Saturdays June 5 - July 7.
- Our Annual Fall Auction was a success once again in 2024. Click HERE to see the list of the very generous businesses that gave donations .
Fertilizer Timing for Turf Grass
As the days get longer, the temperature rises, and there’s less football on TV, our thoughts turn to gardening, working in the yard, and green lawns. One of the top questions on people’s minds is always when to add nitrogen fertilizer to turf grass. The answer is, unless you are top dressing with compost, wait. This is not the answer most people expect or want to hear. Following are a few reasons why waiting is important, type of fertilizer, how much, and when to fertilize turf grass.
Creepy Crawlers
Grasshoppers
Most people don’t start to think about grasshoppers until summer when they become very noticeable because of their large size. Unfortunately, that large size also means that they eat more and usually at that stage they have wings and can fly to wherever they want to go. If you want to reduce grasshopper damage in the garden, it’s best to start looking for grasshoppers now and manage them when they are small nymphs and don’t have wings to fly away.
Click HERE to read more about grasshoppers.
Creepy Crawlers
Crane Flies
It’s a bit chilly and raining as I write this, but I know that soon the weather will warm up and the “Texas groundhogs” will be out in force. “Texas groundhogs” is the term I use for crane flies as these typically are the first insects we begin to see
Click HERE to learn more about crane flies.
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