Workers with Tot's Landscaping in Licking place shrubs and other plants at the entrance to the Lone Star Annex and University Extension office north of Lone Star Plaza in downtown Houston. The project was completed with the application of mulch on Monday.

The 2017 Farmers’ Almanac is out, and as always, it makes for some interesting reading. My copy says it is the 200th edition. That means for 200 years, folks have relied on it to determine the best days to wash their windows and wax their floors. How is that possible? There are many mysteries to be uncovered in the almanac. It seems to raise more questions than answers.

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