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There is an art to maintaining a well-manicured, healthy lawn and fertilizer application has an important role in the maintenance routine by providing vital nutrients. Fertilizing a lawn provides thorough nutrition that will create a dense, luxurious “green carpet” (courtesy: agrilifetoday. tamu.edu).

There is an art to maintaining a well-manicured, healthy lawn and fertilizer application has an important role in the maintenance routine by providing vital nutrients. Fertilizing a lawn provides thorough nutrition that will create a dense, luxurious “green carpet” (courtesy: agrilifetoday. tamu.edu).

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The art of maintaining a well-manicured, healthy lawn

John Green,
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
Every week I typically begin by stating a few words about our weather patterns and this week is no differentit’s hot and getting hotter… enough already, I’m looking forward to autumn and have started planning the garden layout for crops to plant.
Electrical workers gather supplies early Wednesday morning to provide support to people experiencing major power outages after Hurricane Beryl in Houston. Credit: Joseph Bui for The Texas Tribune

Electrical workers gather supplies early Wednesday morning to provide support to people experiencing major power outages after Hurricane Beryl in Houston. Credit: Joseph Bui for The Texas Tribune

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Millions of Texans face third day without power in summer heat

News Staff
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
By Pooja Salhotra, Emily Foxhall and Alejandra Martinez, The Texas Tribune July 9, 2024“Millions of Texans face third day without power in summer heat” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public...

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Vidor area reports little damage as Beryl passes through

News Staff
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
Hurricane Beryl caused little damage as it swept by the Vidor area earlier this week and local residents could breathe a sigh of relief as it lumbered through East Texas and further north.Passing through the Caribbean as a Category 5 storm, as it crossed the Yucatan peninsula resort areas Beryl...

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OC Drainage District says Schoolhouse Ditch top priority

News Staff
Wednesday, July 3, 2024
5 years agoJuly 4, 2019: A huge excavator has been working back and forth along the front and west side of the abandoned Oak Forest Elementary school building, tearing into roof, the ceiling and walls, sort of biting away along the front of the school building.The fifty-two year old school building...

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VPD ARRESTS · JUNE 24-30

News Staff
Wednesday, July 3, 2024
In recent weeks the Vidor Police Department responded to many calls. What follows are but a few of the incidents that required police action. Readers should remember that a person who was arrested has not been found guilty of any wrongdoing.

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Three timely interviews with those ‘in the know’

John Grimaldi
Wednesday, July 3, 2024
WASHINGTON DC, June 28 -- The Association of Mature American Citizens’ Better For America team was on hand at the recent People’s Convention in Detroit—a gathering described as “the natural focal point of the national conservative political movement ahead of the 2024 election.”
Fact or Fiction: Garden Myths…Debunked

Fact or Fiction: Garden Myths…Debunked

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Fact or Fiction: Garden Myths…Debunked

John Green,
Wednesday, July 3, 2024
Gardeners, another week has served us well and delivered more rainfall! Fortunately, rainfall has been plentiful during spring and continues into summer, perhaps an indication normalcy has returned to SETX weather patterns.
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