Your Guide To Marble Falls, Burnet, Kingsland, Llano, Spicewood, Horseshoe Bay, and ALL of the Highland Lakes.
It’s worm and soil season in the Hill Country, and, at Big Texas Worm Farm, business is heating up — literally — to 140-160 degrees. That’s when the combination of leaves, wood chips, beer grains, and other organic materials piled Read more…
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When deciding between compost or worms, Brian Fraus, owner of Texas Big Worm Farm in Bertram, has some advice. “If you’re gardening, you need to be composting,” Fraus said. “If you just want to get rid of food scraps without Read more…
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It is definitely gardening season. Thank you to everyone who has emailed us with questions and comments. Please feel free to continue emailing us with both questions and your discoveries. There are a few that we would like to share Read more…
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Better growing comes from better knowing your soil, said Kelly Tarla, the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agent for Burnet County. And the best way to know is testing before you grow, especially in the Highland Lakes, where soils can Read more…
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The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service has assisted farmers and communities since 1915 with the science of growing crops and raising livestock. First known as the Texas Agricultural Extension Service, it was formed by the Texas Legislature to help implement Read more…
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The challenge of compiling a Highland Lakes taco trail is not the quality, it’s the quantity. So many local establishments — restaurants, food trucks, gas stations — offer great tacos. This is Texas, after all. This list is by no means complete. Read more…
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Where Mormon Mill Road gets its name is no mystery. The byway’s moniker says it all: This is where a group of Mormon settlers built a mill. What it does not reveal is the rich vein of history that runs Read more…
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Have you heard your first hummingbird fly-by? When the hummers arrive, you want to fix their food a little higher in sugar than normal since they have had such a long trek. For the first week, mix a 3:1 ratio Read more…
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For state highways to put on their renowned spectacular show of color each spring, the Texas Department of Transportation has to know when — and when not — to mow. Making those decisions is Dennis Markwardt, director of Vegetation Management Read more…
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How the beautiful and pervading bluebonnet rose above the competition of a landscape of other wildflowers to become the State Flower of Texas and inspire countless small-town festivals, trails, and roadside photoshoots is a story of myth, law, and Texas Read more…
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