New Land Owner Educational Series Continues June 18
The Multi-County New Landowner Education program is a series of eight informational meetings, seminars, and field days designed to make new landowners in Austin, Colorado, Fayette, and Washington Counties aware of what types of agricultural enterprises are best for their property.
Participants in the program will hear from experts in a variety of fields in agriculture about best management practices that can be implemented on their own property. This innovative program assists new landowners in understanding the concepts of rural living. Participants in the program are given exposure to ideas on raising livestock and horses, plant identification, fence building, applying pesticides, soil testing, stock pond management, pond construction, fruit and nut production, rainwater harvesting, turf management, and much more.
The fourth meeting for the 2021 series will take place on Friday, June 18 at the Fayette County Fairgrounds Event Center, 400 West Fairgrounds Road in La Grange. The goal of this session is to help landowners with construction and/or under standing on pond management.
The discussion will discuss pond site selection and tips to determine suitability or collection and retaining run off. The second part of the program will discuss pond ecology, what is the life cycle and an aquatic environment to better reach our goals. Lastly, one of the most popular portions will be aquatic vegetation and management. If we have a pond, at some point we will have to deal with vegetation, which ones are tolerable and how much is too much to have. If you have a “pond weed” and would like to identify it, bring a fresh sample that includes leaves, stem, and flowers in a jar or bag with water.
The meeting begin at 1:30 p.m. and last between four and five hours depending on the topic and possible tour stops. The cost for the program series is $125 per person, $200 per couple for all eight meetings, $20 per person per meeting. Continuing Education Units (CEU’s) for pesticide applicators will be offered as they are applicable.
For more information, contact the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Office in Fayette County at (979) 968-5831.