The Master Gardeners of Grimes County
is a non-profit educational and charitable association working with the AgriLife Extension to improve gardening skills throughout the community. Program objectives are implemented through the training of local volunteers known as Master Gardeners. We collaborate with AgriLife Extension to conduct youth and community education; establish and maintain demonstration gardens; and provide a speakers bureau. We work with special audiences in the community (4-H horticultural clubs, Junior Master Gardener groups, schools, and others) for youth and community outreach of a horticultural nature. We recruit and educate new Master Gardener candidates for effective volunteering.

More cold weather! Hopefully it won't "thunder in February" so we can avoid "Frost in April"! Now, more than ever, is the time to restrain ourselves from slashing all the "dead" plant material off and digging up "dead" plants, just in case there is still life in them. Don't forget the average last Spring freeze for our area is around March 1, but that this could occur sooner or later. Hopefully your transplants are doing well, but don't be tempted to plant periwinkles in the ground until the soil has reached at least 70F. Get ready to prune your roses on or after Valentine's Day, and keep on mulching!