Cary Sims

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Cary Sims is the County Extension Agent for agriculture and natural resources for Angelina County. His email address is cw-sims@tamu.edu Educational programs of the Texas AgriLife Extension Service are open to all people without regard to race, color, sex, disability, religion, age, or national origin.

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Angelina College Criminal Justice Students and Cadets Stage a Mock Trial

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Gospel Festival Fills The Historic Zion Hill Church Nov. 15

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Oak Grove Cemetery Marks Its Republic of Texas History with Two November Events

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Should You Use Landscape Fabric?

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Cary Sims - August 10, 2026

A gentleman from Hudson stopping in and asked me this week if he should put down landscape fabric around his fruit trees as a...

August Is When Trees Begin Showing Signs of Stress

Farm & Garden

Cary Sims - July 31, 2026

This past week, my good friend Kelly sent me a photo of a stressed red maple. The tree is near her floral shop downtown...

Pasture Mealybugs: A tiny New Insect That Could Become Our Next Big Problem.

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Cary Sims - July 17, 2026

Even as we're facing the screw worm out in far west Texas with great concern of it getting to our area, there's another insect...

250 Years Ago, the United States Were a Nation of Farmers

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Cary Sims - July 6, 2026

At the time of the American revolution, roughly 90% of the population in our original colonies said they were farmers. To be clear, the...

If You Must Transplant in Summer…Here’s How to Improve Your Odds

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Cary Sims - June 29, 2026

Last week a local resident asked me if they could move their old rose to their new house across town. It was a sentimental...

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Angelina College Criminal Justice Students and Cadets Stage a Mock Trial

Gary Stallard - October 23, 2026

Gospel Festival Fills The Historic Zion Hill Church Nov. 15

Events October 23, 2026

The African American Heritage Project brings a free gospel festival to the historic Zion Hill church on North Lanana Street Nov. 15.

Oak Grove Cemetery Marks Its Republic of Texas History with Two November Events

Arts & Culture October 23, 2026

The Daughters of the Republic of Texas will mark eight patriots' graves at Oak Grove on Nov. 7, and reenactors take over the cemetery Nov. 14.

Nacogdoches Main Street Sets Six Holiday Events for Downtown

Community October 22, 2026

Downtown Nacogdoches has five holiday events between Nov. 6 and Dec. 19, from the Merry Christmas Market to free outdoor Christmas movies.

TxDOT Opens A Bicycle Map for East Texas Comment Through Nov. 6

Community October 22, 2026

TxDOT's Lufkin District wants feedback on its bicycle plan. The map is open through Nov. 6, with library meetings in Lufkin and Nacogdoches Oct. 30.

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Angelina College Criminal Justice Students and Cadets Stage a Mock Trial

Education October 23, 2026

Criminal Justice students and Law Enforcement Academy cadets at Angelina College staged a mock trial on campus, from filing motions to jury selection.

Gospel Festival Fills The Historic Zion Hill Church Nov. 15

Events October 23, 2026

The African American Heritage Project brings a free gospel festival to the historic Zion Hill church on North Lanana Street Nov. 15.

Oak Grove Cemetery Marks Its Republic of Texas History with Two November Events

Arts & Culture October 23, 2026

The Daughters of the Republic of Texas will mark eight patriots' graves at Oak Grove on Nov. 7, and reenactors take over the cemetery Nov. 14.

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