December 2022

Dear Editor,

I see where the Pecos County Commissioners Court paid $1,800 to an aviation company to remove two coyotes from some ranches. That’s $900 per coyote.

The magnitude of your memories

Igrew up believing that you judge a man by the size of his Christmas tree. Each December my father and I would jump in our Willys Jeep and rush over to the local drive-in theater.
The magnitude of your memories

How we should bear good fruit

We often think of winning one more soul for Jesus, when we hear verses about bearing good fruit. Who doesn’t want to be a good tree in order to bear good fruit. I for example, am concerned about not producing and being cut off and thrown into the fire.
How we should bear good fruit

Mites, might be a problem for Mexican petunias

Dear Neil: What can be used to kill these insects, and what are they? I’ve looked closely at your photo, and best I can tell, it matches up with this information from Florida about a microscopic mite Acalitus ruelliae, and a growth problem called an erineum.
Mexican petunia Ruellia problem on leaves.