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See Rock Art in Central Texas
A bluff in the rolling hills 30 miles east of San Angelo bears hundreds of paintings 1,000 years old or older, some of which accurately mark the solstices.
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The Top 5 Central Texas Landscape Plants
Use native Texas plants to create heat loving, colorful, drought tolerant landscapes that are perennial and easy to care for.
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Culture and Adventure in Fredericksburg Texas
In the surprisingly cool green hills of Central Texas, Fredericksburg has become the getaway spot for escapees from Austin, San Antonio and much farther afield.
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Interview with an Artisanal Raw Honey Producer
If you want to consume locally produced goods, Konrad Bouffard suggests you start with raw honey that's not only delicious, but is good for your body.
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Round Rock Heirloom Honey
Ever wonder about colony collapse and why bees are so important to our lives? Read on to find out more from one of honey's biggest supporters.
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Texas Hill Country Offers Unexpected Variety
The rolling green hills and rivers of Texas Hill Country offer travelers a blend of history, food, wine, music, culture and outdoor adventure.
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Tour The Texas Bluebonnet Country Near Dallas
Each spring, Texas wildflowers thrive along the highways between Dallas and San Antonio. The state flower, the Texas Bluebonnet, is the most spectacular and prolific.
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Racism on 6th Street in Austin, Texas
Many consider Austin, Texas an oasis of enlightenment, thriving in a desert of dumb conservatism. But even in this liberal enclave, an underground racist ethic prevails.
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Texas Hill Country Steam Train
Step back in time and appreciate the joys of steam train travel. Passengers can now ride leisurely through the hills, rivers, and ranches of Central Texas.
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The Best Trees for Texas Landscapes
Trees add beauty and value to a home. Shade trees can reduce power consumption in the summer. Landscapers should select trees that are suited to their area and purpose.
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TALES...FISHING AROUND THE WORLD EVENT
Special article for the Suite's FISHING AROUND THE WORLD EVENT.
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Water, water everywhere??
A list of Internet articles about agribusiness and the environment
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Texas Winter Gardening for Color
Add a bit of color to the winter landscape and garden with cold-tolerant flowers and shrubs. Winter landscapes in Texas do not have to be gray.
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Desert Homes, Lush Landscapes
Water-wise gardener numbers are growing. allowing areas to transform arid and desert areas into lush gardens.
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Even Virtual Reality Needs Barbed-Wire Fencing
A brief run down of cattle equipment vendors' Web sites, and a plea for more ranchers to get online.
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Fall Outlook
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has made the decree for fall.
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Start-up.com
Startup.com focuses on a small startup during the Infohighway craze of the late nineties, when investors were literally throwing money at anyone with an idea and some bandwidth.
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Texas Mountain Laurel
Texas Mountain Laurel is a small tree, great for an accent plant in the garden, a container-grown patio specimen, or even as a stand-alone feature.
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Volunteer on an Organic Farm
You can learn the basics of sustainable farming by exploring internship and volunteer opportunities with these organizations.
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Xeriscape - Landscapes for North Texas
The lack of summer rainfall in North Texas requires supplemental watering to maintain lush landscapes. Consider applying xeriscaping practices to minimize water use.
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Apache Plume Striking Native Plant
A native of southwestern North America, in, Apache Plume is a striking addition to any desert garden.
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Dealing With Squirrels in Texas Landscapes
When cold weather approaches, squirrels look for a warm place to hide and that could include an attic. Gardeners can do a few preventive things to keep squirrels a bay.
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Family Vacation in Austin
Overflowing with creativity and rhythm, the Live Music Capital of the World offers a wide variety of music, including many free shows, for the whole family.
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Favorite Vacation Spots Across Texas - Part I
From the historic, educational and adventurous to the fun-loving, romantic or restful, Texas offers a variety of vacation spots.
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First Monday is Not on Monday
First Monday used to be the first Monday of each month but First Monday is no longer Monday and now encompasses four days, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday preceding the first Monday of each month. Confusing?
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Growing Wine Grapes in Texas
Texas is the fifth leading wine producing state. Growing wine grapes requires knowledge and upfront costs, but the end result is worth it.
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Pure Luck and Some Horse Sense
It's really a small world. A case in point: the odds of three retired professionals from the communications field meeting in a restaurant in a small Central Florida town is are quite high.
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Saving the Shortgrass Prairie
The American prairie once teemed with wildlife. Human settlement took over most of it, but the American Prairie Foundation is bringing back this natural treasure.
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See Bats Emerge from Devil's Sinkhole
Every summer evening, millions of bats emerge from Devil's Sinkhole near Rocksprings, Texas. Guided tours of the phenomenon being at the Rocksprings visitor center.
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Texas Hill Country Among Best Places to Retire
Among the top retirement destinations for baby boomers is an unlikely area of land in central Texas where cedars sway and tall hills rise above canyon floors.
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The Colors of Spring
With a Texas treasure of 5000 species of flowering plants, and a dazzling array of some 370 species of wildflowers, something is always blooming in our fields, prairies, and hills, but you don’t want to miss nature’s elaborate show in her prime flowering months of March, April, and May.
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Tracking Occurrence of Tornadoes
With better technology more tornadoes are detected and tracked enabling meteorologists to issue tornado watches and warnings to the most at-risk cities for costly damage.
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Wildflowers in a Texas Landscape
A gardener is doing a favor to the environment when he grows wildflowers in the Texas landscape. Wildflowers require little care and bloom in the spring.
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Charles Goodnight
Former Texas Ranger Charles Goodnight built the first cattle ranch in the Texas panhandle and became one of the wealthiest cattle barons in the American West.
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Comanches, Past and Present
Though their numbers are disputed, historians agree that the Comanches had a profound impact on western history. They now face the twenty-first century with confidence.
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Finding The Golden-Cheeked Warbler In Texas
The Golden-cheeked warbler breeds in a limited U. S. habitat found only in the Texas hill country. Spring birders can find them at sites west and south of Austin.
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Join the Club
Skim a list of Doberman clubs from around the world to find one near you.
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More Disaster Preps For Musicians
This year has been very bad for natural disasters. Here are a few more ways a songwriter can prepare for the worst and handle this sort of emergency.
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Ruff Stuff Part 2 of 2
This interview with blues historian and Catfish Records owner Tary Owens is a continuation from Ruff Stuff Part One: D.J.: What is the advantage of having "field recordings" of these bluesmen on the album, Ruff Stuff? T.O.: Field recordings are special in regard to the fact that the artists are recorded in their own element. D.J.: Have you had the chance to write any books on your blues experiences or relationships, or do you recommend any books that you found particularly helpful . . .
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SPIDERS! PART THREE: THE RECLUSE SPIDERS
A look at the Recluse spider genus, and its species here in the United States. Signs and symptoms of Recluse spider bites are also discussed.
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Texas' Deep Dark Secrets
Hidden deep in the heart of the Texas earth, in a darkened chamber the size of a football field, a magnificent secret wonderland comes alive in breathtaking splendor.
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Acrocanthosaurus: Terror of the South
The new North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences opens today. Its featured exhibit is Terror of the South, an Acrocanthosaurus skeleton.
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Are UFO Sightings Reliable?
It's an age old question, how good are UFO sightings? People think they see lot of things, especially in the night sky. And with so many sightings turning out to be natural phenomenon or military aircraft, the question must be raised: Are there any reliable sightings. If you think not, think again. Perhaps you have never heard of one of the best public sightings of all time.
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