Here's another garden event for people in the San Antonio-Hill Country area: At 7 p.m. Jan. 20, Bill Schneider of Devine will talk to Guadalupe County Master Gardeners about how to grow avocados. He's been growing them since 1983.

Schneider is a retired state employee and one of several people growing avocados in Texas.

The program will be at the Texas AgriLife Extension Office at 210 East Live Oak in Seguin. Call 830-303-3889 for more information.

You can read more about avocados as a Texas crop here .