This is an informal round table discussion for local landowners to present and discuss their conservation issues with one another and a panel of local conservation professionals.
Our 5 Hour CEU Program will be December 7th. Donuts, coffee and lunch are included. Cost is $75 and checks should be made payable to Gillespie ANR Committee. For agricultural applicators, 2 general, 1 laws and regs 1 IPM & 1 Drift. Topics include landscape plant disease management, turf weed control, drift minimization and laws and regulations. Please contact Beth McMahon or Brad Roeder at 830-997-3452 for more information regarding this program.
Program Topic- Estate Planning Pilot Knob EEA meets monthly for educational programs, leadership development, and community service.
Join us for the 6th Annual Plantastic Vegetable Gardening Seminar on February 23! Special guest speaker Dr. Joe Masabni will present on organic gardening and hydroponics. Breakout session topics include Growing Herbs, Raising Your Own Tomatoes, The Permaculture Ecosystem, Growing Alliums: Onions, Garlic & More!, Good Bugs & Troublemakers. New this year is a thirty-minute lightning round where you get to choose between "Gardening Disasters", Vegetables for Heat", or "Conserving Water in Vegetable Gardens". Test your vegetable identification knowledge at the seedling table! Door prizes will be drawn... Read More →
This program will focus on how to grow Irish Potatoes and you will sample unique recipes.
In Gillespie County we offer, the Two-Day Certified Food Manager Certification Course. Program fulfills state requirements for Certified Food Manager status upon completion of course and successful performance on examination. Call the Gillespie County Extension Office at 830-997-3452 to register.
Program Topic- DeCluttering Pilot Knob EEA meets monthly for educational programs, leadership development, and community service. Please call the Extension Office at (830) 997-3452 for more information.
Join Beth McMahon as she talks about the basics of planting a lawn as well as benefits and negatives of local turf grasses. Then join us outside as we look at the turf demonstration plots. Beth will also demonstrate planting seed, plugs and sod. 1 General Pesticide Applicator CEU will be given. Call (830) 997-3452 to register.
This is the second session in a three part series. This session will focus on how to grow yellow squash and you will sample unique recipes. The final session in this series will be about broccoli on August 7. The cost of this session is $15 or $25 for the series. Call (830) 997-3452 for more information and to sign up.
Our annual Gillespie County EEA Spring Scholarship Luncheon is coming up May 2nd! We have some amazing raffle prizes this year, along with BBQ meal tickets! Presale BBQ tickets are $12 each, BBQ meal tickets are $15 at the door, and raffle tickets are $10 for 6 or $2 each. This is a great opportunity to support our Gillespie 4H youth! Tickets are available for purchase at the Extension Office!