State Fair Swine Validation Tag Order
Deadline to State Fair Swine Validation Tags is April 14th
Deadline to State Fair Swine Validation Tags is April 14th
Are you ready to spruce up your yard with plants that THRIVE in the Big Country? Do you just love plants and can't get enough and need MORE? Did some of your plants die over winter that just HAVE To be replaced? Well, then be sure to visit our Big Country Master Gardeners' Spring Plant Sale. We will start with an online plant sale from Wednesday, April 12th (around 8am) through noon on Friday, April 14th. All online plant order pick ups will be Friday the 14th from... Read More →
Join us at the main library downtown on the second Friday of each month, when volunteers from Big Country Master Gardeners lead programs on different topics related to lawn and garden care, and all are open for you to attend free of charge.
Are you ready to spruce up your yard with plants that THRIVE in the Big Country? Do you just love plants and can't get enough and need MORE? Did some of your plants die over winter that just HAVE To be replaced? Well, then be sure to visit our Big Country Master Gardeners' Spring Plant Sale. We will start with an online plant sale from Wednesday, April 12th (around 8am) through noon on Friday, April 14th. All online plant order pick ups will be Friday the 14th from... Read More →
Please join us for this month’s Star Party at Abilene State Park. Meet us across from the swimming pool in the open area (soccer field). Please bring red lights if you have them. We ask you dim headlights when entering swimming pool area so people observing the stars don’t lose their night vision. You do not have to have a telescope to enjoy the star party but you are welcome to bring one if you have one. Come join in on the fun! What is a star party?... Read More →
2023 Spring Vector Management CEU Program This program is designed to educate personnel in cities and municipalities that are in the field of vector abatement or are working on setting up a vector management program. This recertification program will educate on mosquitoes, ticks, flies, fleas & bugs, control tactics, trap usage, surveillance, virus testing, and mosquito control. Pesticide CEU’s offered: 5 Agricultural 5 Structural 5 Animal Control CE’s 5 Registered Sanitation 5 Code Enforcement Click on the link to attend a workshop to register. **If you will be... Read More →
Join us for our monthly Saturday Seminars held the last Saturday of each month February through August 2023. Our April program is Plant Propagation. Doors open at 8:30 and the program starts at 9 and ends at noon. This month's program will be inside the Modern Living Mall on the Taylor County Expo fairgrounds.
EVENT IS FREE OF CHARGE - RSVP to one of the numbers below 1st Location: CALLAHAN WHEAT FORAGE PLOTS FM 603 & County Road 250, 1 GEN CEU 8:00 - 9:30 - Forage production & utilization of legumes in small grains 10:00 - Depart to Tuscola 2nd Location: TAYLOR WHEAT TESTING TRIALS FM 613 & County Road 142 Tuscola, 1 IPM & 1 L&R CEU 10:15 - Overview of varieties & research trials / Pest management options & results 11:15 - Depart for Tuscola Community Center 11:30 to... Read More →
Join some of our Texas Master Naturalists on the first Saturday of each month for a morning hike out at Abilene State Park. The walk starts at 9 and usually ends around 11:30am but at times we do go longer depending on weather and how the hike is going. You are welcome to end your hike whenever you see fit. Dogs are allowed as long as they are on a leash. Be sure to dress for the ever-changing Texas weather and don't forget your water!
Join us each at the south branch library on the FIRST Tuesday of each month, when volunteers from Big Country Master Gardeners lead programs on different topics related to lawn and garden care, and all are open for you to attend free of charge.