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Navasota Farmers Market will be held Saturday, March 12, from 9 a.m. till 1 p.m. at Navasota Public Library. New vendors will also be at the market.
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The beautiful weather we have makes me want to work in the yard, plant flowers, pick up small twigs, mow etc. But like many others I have allergies including a runny nose, sinus headache, cough, etc. I hope this clears up soon.
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Area residents were shocked to learn of the death of Charlie Oran Mc-Duffie who died in an accident near his home in Iola Tuesday, Feb. 15. He was born March 23, 1944 in Houston, the son of Charles Oran Sr. and Mary Lillian Bean McDuffie. He was raised in Houston but spent his weekends in Iola. Mc-Duffie graduated from Stephen F. Austin High School in 1962. He married his soulmate, Ann Herzog, who survives him.
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In the early 1980s, Sarah Ann Silverstein Hoffman wrote a century old family story of her ancestors, the Isenbergs and the Silversteins. It was for the first edition published in 1982 of “The History of Grimes County, Texas.” It was also a century old story of a couple’s three buildings in Navasota.
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Have you and your family received the COVID inoculation? Please consider doing this for yourself, for your family, for your neighbor, for your community.
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Get your western attire ready, it’s rodeo time! There are trail rides, sleeping under the stars, country breakfast and barbecue. Nothing like a good rodeo!
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Borago officinalis, borage, bee bush or starflower, is a Mediterranean native found in southeast Texas gardens as a warm weather annual. Seeds are planted in late winter or early spring to attract beneficial bees and wasps for summer crops. Beekeepers grow borage to boost honey production. Borage repels harmful insects such as the tomato hornworm, Manduca quinquemaculata. It removes salts from soil that is toxic to other plants. Borage is an excellent companion plant.
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We are having true Texas weather; flip flops and shorts one day, jeans and long sleeves another, then double layers and heavy coats! I prefer the second choice.
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