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Blacklands Cafe

Gardeners Still Have Tasks To Do

By John Mark Dempsey
Published November 19, 2021 at 9:30 AM CST
Scenes from The Gardens at Texas A&M on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. (Laura McKenzie/Texas A&M AgriLife Marketing and Communications)
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Texas A&M AgriLife Marketing and Communications
Scenes from The Gardens at Texas A&M on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. (Laura McKenzie/Texas A&M AgriLife Marketing and Communications)

Hunt County Master Gardener Wayne Bowman relates tasks that gardeners should do even though the growing season is over, such as winterizing gasoline-fueled power tools; cleaning and oiling hand tools; burning or disposing of dead plants; and placing mulch in gardens and flower beds.

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John Mark Dempsey
John Mark Dempsey is the host of the public interest program The Blacklands Café from KETR News. Dempsey is also the play-by-play announcer for Commerce Tigers Football on 88.9 FM and on ketr.org.
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