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RGV Life Event Announcements on Twitter

If you follow RGV Life on Twitter , you will see an increase in posts with Rio Grande Valley headlines, weather, and event announcments. This is a recent effort to make the RGV Life online presence more useful to the community. Unfortunately, it requires a greater time commitment to write blog posts, otherwise that would be the preferred method of announcing things. Still, keep checking back as more updates and modifications are made.

Texas Onion Festival 2014 Recipe Contests

Weslaco invites the public to participate in the Texas Onion Festival's popular Onion and Salsa Recipe Contest, to be held on March 22 at the Weslaco City Park.  The event will be held live before the public in the AEP Texas Culinary Center, which will be built on-site by Lowe's Home Improvement  There will be competitor categories based on age.  Entry forms and more details are available at http://www.weslaco.com.  The registration deadline is Friday, March 14, 2014. 

Winter Tall Grass

We live in a sub tropical climate. I never knew exactly what that meant. I still don't. But, I can definitely tell you that the winter weather has resulted in tall grass in my yard. Well, grass is a bit generous; weeds. These past years have been rough on yards with the constant drought. If you drive around the Rio Grande Valley, you would have seen a bunch of brown yards and a few dirt yards. There wasn't enough rain to keep a healthy lawn. We could have watered our lawns; but, there were also watering restrictions. So, what happens? You fall out of the habit of mowing your lawn. If your grass is just barely alive and growing very little in a month, you don't cut it as often. So, this winter, we have had a bit of moisture. But, more importantly, we have had cold weather. In the RGV, we do not like cold weather. It is a time for soups, teas, coffee, sweet bread, menudo, and just staying indoors. The weather rarely drops below freezing; but, it's cold enough for us...

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