Archive for July 2009

Texas Wintergarden Gets a Little Greener

Researchers at the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Uvalde have developed year-round management practices for artichoke production in the southwest Texas Wintergarden region, an unprecedented happening because almost 100 percent of commercial artichokes in the United States are grown in California.

July 1st, 2009 | Posted in RGBI
RGBI Project on HGTV

The work of a group of New Mexico Master Gardener volunteers was featured on “Gardening by the Yard,” a Home and Garden Television cable network (HGTV) show hosted by Paul James.

July 1st, 2009 | Posted in RGBI
CSREES Partners

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (USDA/CSREES) has released the latest edition of its Partners video magazine, titled “Fluid Planet.”

July 1st, 2009 | Posted in RGBI
Flip the Switch, Stop the Drip

Texas AgriLife Extension Service county agents and specialists worked together through the Rio Grande Basin Initiative to host three energy and water conservation workshops for homeowners held in Ft. Stockton, Uvalde and Weslaco during March, April and June 2009 with 150 participants.

July 1st, 2009 | Posted in RGBI