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There is a real upside to two new sweet potatoes making their debut in 2023. I mean that tongue and cheek as that is actually part of their name, but their application in the landscape looks to be amazing. So here is the skinny, so to speak: Sweet Caroline Upside Key Lime and Sweet Caroline Upside Black Coffee are two climbing sweet potatoes that will be hot commodities in 2023.

Hays County Friends of the Night Sky announced that many area restaurants, breweries, wineries and distilleries will be celebrating Hill Country Night Sky Month with candlelight dining and drinking on the weekend of the full moon, Oct. 8 and 9.

Oh my, lots of folks are unhappy with the names of birds.

San Marcos Public Library

Dripping Springs Pumpkin Festival open now, set to run through Oct. 31

Well darn. My hummingbird has gone.

Flame Proof, Perfect Score All Season, Leader of the Packand Top Performer are just a few of the award designations for Truffula Pink Gomphrena. It has now taken in 50 such trophies. If your state has a flower trial competition, my guess is Truffula Pink has been a winner. I also believe that as the pandemic evaporates and we achieve a modicum of normality, the number of trophies will continue to mount. If you don’t know, Truffula Pink, it is a globe amaranth. It is almost always grown as an annual that reaches about 24 inches tall and almost as wide. You can’t give it too much sun. It is possible it might be perennial in zones 9 and warmer. I live in 8a and had a patch that was perennial for me for a couple of years. I’ll explain its demise.

Texas State’s Department of Theatre and Dance presents “Antigone” by Bertolt Brecht, translation by Judith Malina, Sept. 27 - Oct. 2 in the Patti Strickel Harrison Theatre.

Outsiders Anonymous will hold its inaugural Recovery on the Plaza Festival on Oct. 8 at San Marcos Plaza Park.