Gardening

Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists are looking for a better way to remove or degrade stubborn pollutants, also called forever chemicals, from waste before they impact human and animal health.

Microgreens are small vegetable or herb plants that are usually harvested 7 to 14 days after seed germination. They have become popular in the American diet, especially as a health food, over the last 15 years as a great way to add nutrition to dishes.

Spring is in the air and your garden is ready for some love and care!

This is a great time for planting a spring and early summer garden, but our heat, especially this past year, may be cause for concern.

This is National Heart Health Month and a good time to talk about foods that can provide some real protection from heart disease. Filling our plates with colorful vegetables is important for good nutrition and protecting our health. Vegetables in the Brassica or cabbage family are so healthy that several servings a week are recommended.

I think most of us are familiar with cilantro. The taste of cilantro is a special flavor found in Mexican cuisine. Salsa and pico de gallo would not be the same without cilantro, but this has not always been the case. Cilantro (Coriandrum sativum) seeds were brought to Mexico by Spanish explorers, where it became associated with Mexican cuisine.

MISSION — Goldenrods thick with yellow blooms in the sun stand tall above their beds bordered with landscape timber.

Native Plant Project will host its monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 26, at Valley Nature Center, 301 S. Border St. in Weslaco.

By Anita Westervelt, Rio Grande Valley Chapter, Texas Master Naturalist Nature decorates itself for Hallowe’en with showy orange pods of native balloon vine, Cardiospermum halicacagum....

Lori Murray, Cameron County Master Gardener, Texas Superstar Specialist One of my all-time favorite plants for winter in the Valley is the impatients. In the...