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.

As the enthusiasm for weeding and mowing wanes with the rising temperatures, it is important to remember to wear
mosquito repellent whilst venturing out in the cooler morning and evening hours. We are expecting a bumper crop of pears and figs this year, and already the plums are weighing down the branches. Now all we need is timely rainfall to help the fruit development. As you pull up your spent vegetables remember not to put any diseased plant material in the compost bin. Dispose of this elsewhere so as not to spread the disease. The "hot & hardy" plants such as Canna and Daylily are putting on a show, tomatoes are ripening, but many people are having a really slow start to peppers, eggplants and cucumbers.
Drink lots of water while outside, and remember to take a little a/c time in the heat of the day if at all possible!