Aggie Horticulture

09/02/2026

Are you looking to start your own fruit tree orchard or berry patch? Thinking about going commercial or maybe keeping it for your own personal bounty? Register for the Texas New Fruit Growers Conference this October 15th and 16th in Rosenburg, TX!

A day and a half of intensive and hands-on learning perfect for individuals with no previous farming or food production experience!

Go to tx.ag/2026conference register!

09/02/2026

Brazos AgriLife Horticulture September 2026 Programs - https://mailchi.mp/f6967302123f/brazos-extension-horticulture-news-10609359

09/02/2026

For thousands of years, winemakers have been trying to solve the same problems: wines that were too acidic, cloudy, unstable, oxidized, or simply didn't taste very good. The solutions, however, could get interesting.

Ancient wines were treated with seawater, pine resin, herbs, honey, cedar oil, powdered marble, gypsum, ashes and, in some cases, dangerously, lead. Later winemakers clarified wine with egg whites, fish swim bladders, milk proteins and even bullock's blood.

In this episode of The Wine Lab, we travel through roughly 8,000 years of people trying to “fix” wine. Along the way, we look at what these strange additions were supposed to accomplish, the chemistry that sometimes made them surprisingly effective, and the practices that survived into modern winemaking.

From ancient aromatized wines to modern vermouth and from powdered marble to today's calcium carbonate, some historical ideas are much less bizarre than they first appear.

Others involve bullock's blood.

Those are harder to defend.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2519422/episodes/19713696

08/25/2026

Registration link active!! The 4th Annual Horticultural Sciences Field Day is October 2nd! Register now as spots are limited.

Crops featured include; Pecan • Peach • Apricot • Wine Grape • Table Grape • Muscadine • Pear • Asian Persimmon • Kiwifruit • Pineapple Guava • Fig • Blackberry • Potato • Pepper • Melon • Bald Cypress • Prairie Coneflower • Hibiscus • Moringa • And various other ornamentals

Link for registration: https://agriliferegister.tamu.edu/hort-ev-076

08/22/2026

Here are Dr. Larry Stein’s tips on preparing your fall gardens! Check out Aggie Horticulture’s facebook live video from yesterday at 1 PM for more information!

08/21/2026

08/21/2026

https://www.kbtx.com/2026/08/07/weekend-gardener-cpr-tips-summer-plant-care/

A Texas A&M AgriLife expert is urging gardeners to think “CPR” when it comes to protecting plants during the summer heat.

08/19/2026

Are you a new fruit grower or interested in becoming one? Join us for a one-and-a-half day event to explore and understand the undertaking that is managing a fruit tree orchard or berry patch!
Link for registration is: tx.ag/2026fruitconference

08/18/2026

Save the date! The 4th Annual Horticultural Sciences Field Day is October 2nd, 2026!! Field tours, greenhouse tours, a wine and fruit tasting, and catered BBQ lunch are included in the $35 registration fee.
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Registration link coming soon!!

08/11/2026

Cork or screw cap? For many wine drinkers, the answer feels surprisingly personal.

In this episode of The Wine Lab, we explore the history, culture, science, and occasional drama of wine closures. We’ll look at how natural cork became part of the ritual of wine, why screw caps gained a serious following in Australia and New Zealand, how sparkling-wine corks get their familiar mushroom shape, and why the humble crown cap deserves more respect than it usually receives.

We’ll also talk about cork taint, oxygen, aging, synthetic and glass closures, sabrage, restaurant theatre, and the question that refuses to disappear: can a wine under screw cap age as well as one under cork?

The answer, as usual with wine, is more interesting than a simple yes or no.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2519422/episodes/19610433