By Mary Karish Contributing Writer Ed Pechacek, a mango lover, did not know a chance encounter would change his life. It started with a longan tree (Dimocarpus longan). Pechacek had received a call from a woman who wanted to see the longan tree he grew…
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By Cathryn A. Hoyt Freelance Writer Alpine lies nestled in the foothills of the Davis Mountains of West Texas, surrounded by the wide open spaces of the Chihuahuan Desert. Towering yuccas and rows of Arizona cypress accent the lawn at Sul Ross State University. A…
By William Scheick Contributing Editor This was our situation. After several years of record-setting drought and triple-digit temperatures, our tree-canopied backyard in Central Texas had begun to revert to its original Mars-like stony terrain, where barely even weeds could grow. It wasn’t just our years-deep…
By Mary Karish Contributing Writer Dripping Springs, a town nestled in the Texas Hill Country, is home to juniper trees, serene rolling hills and rocky creeks. John Moss, an early settler who arrived in the area in 1854, needed a name for his town in…