The Big Square Historical Marker

Twelve miles east of Lazbuddie at the intersection of Highway 145 and FM 503/504 just past where Parmer County gives way to Castro County, a community called Big Square thrived, for a time,  on land that used to be part of the XIT Ranch. Big Square is now gone,...

Don’t Abuse Your Red Yucca

Hesperaloe parviflora, commonly known as red yucca, is a popular landscape plant all over Texas, but especially in our area because it stands up well to the heat and dry climate. Native to the Chihuahua Desert in Mexico and West Texas and into south and central Texas,...

The Rest of the Trip to Schulenburg

The trip to Schulenburg that Elaine and I took was specifically to visit the painted churches, which we did, and really enjoyed.  I shared the churches with you in an earlier post.  But we also had a great time shopping and touring Schulenburg, La Grange,...