This website has a wealth of information on many horticulture topics including fruit & nut trees, vegetable gardening, landscaping, and the Texas Master Gardener Program.
Gardening
Hill Country Master Gardeners
The Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service Soil, Water, and Forage Testing Laboratory offers Soil testing. You can print off a submittal form below, or you may pick one up from the Kerr County Extension Office. Once you collect your sample, you will need to ship it to the laboratory for testing. There are instructions on how to collect the forage sample attached to the submittal form.
- Soil Preparation (pdf)
- Planting (pdf)
- Fertilizing (pdf)
- Composting (pdf)
- Building a Raised Bed Garden (pdf)
- Texas Home Vegetable Gardening Guide (pdf)
- Spring Planting Guide for Vegetable Crops
- PLANTanswers Guide to Recommended Vegetable Varieties
- Vegetable Gardening in Containers (pdf)
- Growing Herbs in Texas (pdf)
- Grape Gardening
- Urban Rancher
Landscaping
- Recommended plants for the Kerrville area
- Urban Landscape Guide
- Deer in the Urban Landscape
- Landscape Drought Preparedness
Insect/Disease Control
- Managing Insect and Mite Pests in Vegetable Gardens (pdf)
- Insect Control (pdf)
- A Key to Common Caterpillar Pests of Vegetables (pdf)
- Non-Chemical Control of Plant Diseases in the Home Garden (pdf)
- Chemicals for Plant Disease Control at Home (pdf)
- Landscape IPM – Organic Pest Control
Lawn
- Keep Your Lawn Alive During Drought (pdf)
- Turfgrass Selection for Texas (pdf)
- Turfgrass Establishment for Texas (pdf)
- Maintaining Bermudagrass (pdf)
- Bermudagrass Varieties, Hybrids, and Blends for Texas (pdf)
- Maintaining St. Augustine grass (pdf)
- Fertilizing Texas Lawns (pdf)
- Lawn Fertilization_Environmental Impact (pdf)
- Protecting the Environment – Using Integrated Weed Management in Lawns (pdf)
- Thatch Management for Home Lawns (pdf)
- Take-All Root Rot (pdf)
- Lawn Water Management (pdf)
- White Grubs in Texas Turfgrass (pdf)
Additional publications and information can be found by visiting the online Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service Bookstore. You can type in the topics that you are looking for in the search box.
*NOTE: Publications from the Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service are copyrighted. You may download it for your personal, noncommercial use only. Any other use (including but not limited to any commercial use, making multiple copies, displaying publicly, placing on a web page, or redistributing) requires express written permission from the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. By downloading this document, you agree to all of the above. To request written permission, please contact:
Holly Jarvis, Ph.D.
2112 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-2112
979-458-5911
hollydjarvis@tamu.edu
