Chiggers are non-burrowing mites and do not transmit disease. (Shutterstock │ #1079715854 - Jay Ondreicka)

Chiggers: K-State entomologist shares tips to avoid the itch

  • By Pat Melgares │ K-State Research and Extension news service
A child in a garden with tomatoes. (Adobe Stock │ #338325350 - yanadjan)

Tomato: how to grow it

Pruning branches with pruning shears. (Adobe Stock │ #423213171 - Anna)

Root awakening: spring tree tips

Grey wolf in the forest (Photo: iStock │ #968809406 - AB Photography)
The Bennett Trust Land Stewardship Conference on April 10-11 in Marble Falls will help landowners learn to protect their natural resources. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Bennett Trust Land Stewardship Conference set for April 10-11

Red cabbage. Photo courtesy National Garden Bureau.

March is the time to plant hardy, heady, healthy cabbage and kale

With the migratory spring season for swallows underway, a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert provides property owners with information to limit nest building on structures while adhering to federal law protecting the species. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Tips to prevent barn swallow nests this spring