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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Okra is Our garden Staple in The Hot, Dry Summer Season

Still looking for that summer-grown vegetable that can tolerate our heat and humidity as well as be tasty?  When tomatoes begin struggling and squash...

Blooms But No Fruit?

It’s one of the most common questions gardeners ask this time of year. “My vegetable garden looks great. The plants are healthy. They’re blooming everywhere....

Still Planting by the Calendar?

If you garden long enough in East Texas, you’ll learn one thing the hard way: The calendar will lie to you. Right now, outdoor conditions feel...

Young Artist Brings Family Memories to the Angelina County Fair

When visitors walk through the Arts and Crafts entries at the Angelina County Fair next week, they may notice something unusual among the entries...

Why We Do the Angelina County Fair

In just a few short weeks, trailers will begin pulling into the George H Henderson Expo in Lufkin.  Fans will hum in the barns....

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Still Time to Plant: A Fall Garden Guide for Forest Country

Sixty days to the average first freeze in Lufkin. Broccoli and cabbage are at the wire, but greens, roots and garlic still have a season ahead of them.

Burn Bans Split Forest Country as Drought Settles In the North

Six of our twelve counties were under burn bans as of last Friday while three others lifted theirs after Tropical Storm Edouard. Every county in the region now reads above the threshold where fire burns actively.

Texas A&M Forest Service Awards Nearly $5 Million to Rural Volunteer Fire Departments 

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Texas A&M Forest Service awarded...

Texas A&M Forest Service awards over $450,000 in Community Wildfire Risk Reduction Grants

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Texas communities will be more...
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