By William ScheickContributing Editor Error is a hardy plant,” Martin Farquhar Tupper wrote in his long-ago popular “Of Truth in Things False” (1838). His sage metaphor seems especially applicable to so-called geraniums, enormously popular plants bearing an erroneous common name. Although these supposed geraniums…
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By Suzanna Labry Contributing Writer George Coulam is something of a wizard. He makes things happen — big things. Eighty-one-year-old Coulam is also known as “King George” to the personnel of the Texas Renaissance Festival, the largest event of its kind in the United States,…
By Mary Karish Contributing Writer Analyn Abbey, a native of Negros Occidental, the fourth largest island in the Philippines, was 8 years old when she cut her hand while playing in the nearby jungle. Her family home was many miles away from the nearest hospital.…
By Adam Russell Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Statewide tomato trials revealed a fertilization program can help plants reach their production potential, in some locations over 30 pounds of fruit per plant, said a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service specialist. Dr. Joe Masabni, an AgriLife…