The Miró Quartet’s highly anticipated return, as part of the Blanco Performing Arts eighth season, was greeted by an enthusiastic audience from Blanco and the surrounding areas. The viewers of this fantastic presentation were treated to a world class performance by this prestigious chamber music group of twenty-five years, one which has performed in distinguished venues such as Carnegie Hall and the Lincoln Center , as well as in in competitions such as the Banff International String Quart ...
Regular readers of these columns have probably read something along the lines of: “One of the most important characteristics of a healthy, sustainable, productive native habitat is that it is biodiverse.” And there is certainly nothing wrong with that statement, as far as it goes.
When most people think about biodiversity, they think in terms of the number of plant and/or animal species that can be found on any given property or natural area—the more different species, the more biodiv ...
This is the month we prune fruit trees, roses and shrubs. Don’t prune early-blooming trees; wait until they have bloomed before pruning. Cut perennials and semi-hardy plants that have frozen back. This is a good time to fertilize plants, roses, trees and lawns. Using an organic fertilizer does not burn if you can’t water immediately.
Fertilize winter annuals with your favorite plant food.
The Blanco County Historic Commission met Monday, Feb. 19, 2018, at the Blanco County Library.
Chair Linda Howard, along with Co-Chair Jo Nelle Haas and commissioners Vic Hinze, Butch Crofts, Pat Weiss and Steve Rossignol were present for the meeting, which began with the treasurer’s report, and a consideration of the minutes from Nov.
John Kinsey is part of an international team of scientists (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, USDA-APHIS National Wildlife Research Center and Animal Control Technologies of Australia) that has been researching sodium nitrite as a wild pig pesticide under the commercial name, Hoggone, for more than a decade.
Kinsey, a wildlife research biologist with the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department at the Kerr Wildlife Management Area, is one of the principal scientists testing the efficacy of sodi ...
Mayor Herden called the meeting to order at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. Blanco Public Works Director Ronnie Rodriquez was first to address Council regarding the purchase of a Mini Excavator 303 for the Public Works Department. After Rodriguez presented purchase options to the Council, Mayor Herden motioned that the Excavator be purchased outright.
Legislation passed by Congress includes hurricane
relief funds
Gov. Greg Abbott lauded Congress’ passage of budget legislation Feb. 9, 2018, that contains nearly $90 billion in hurricane and wildfire disaster relief funding for Texas, Florida, California and Puerto Rico.
The federal Office of Coastal Management has estimated the total cost of Harvey at $125 billion.
Anyone who knows anything about the history of Texas music knows the name Neal Ford, formerly as founding member of the Houston group, Neal Ford and The Fanatics. The band dominated the charts from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s.
He has most recently played at the Oak Creek Cafe, Blanco River Pizza and other Hill Country venues.
Ford’s latest venture is an Americana-style CD that was a year in the making.
His new CD “Nothin’ Quite Like” was a year in the making.
This is the first of a series of columns to appear in the Blanco County News. I call the columns the “Hill Country Naturalist.”
You know the bumper sticker that reads, “I wasn’t born in Texas but I got here as soon as I could”? Well, I wasn’t always a naturalist, but I have been working as hard as I can for the past 17 years to become one.
