BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Robert "Skip" Richter
County Extension Agent - Horticulture
Texas AgriLife Extension Service
Skip received his master’s
degree in Horticulture from Texas A&M University, “the source of all earthly
knowledge.” He has been with the Texas A&M
AgriLife Extension Service for 28 years in Montgomery, Travis and Harris County
where he currently serves as a County Extension Agent in
Horticulture.
Skip has gardened in the
brush country of south Texas, the rocky hills of the Missouri Ozarks, the acid
sands of the East Texas piney woods, the semi-arid climate and high pH soils of
central Texas, and the humid, hot climate and black clays of southeast Texas.
He is an enthusiastic student
and teacher of natural gardening techniques. He helped develop Extension's "Don't
Bag It" yard waste recycling programs, the "Composting for Kids"
educational web page, and the Grow Green environmental education program which
educates Austin residents on landscaping practices that protect water quality.
He has written a bi-weekly internet
column for the National Gardening Association, numerous newspaper and magazine
articles on gardening. His “Gardening with Skip” YouTube channel features over
120 brief gardening videos. Skip has served as the National Gardening
Association’s regional horticulturist for the southeastern U.S. and is a
contributing editor to Texas Gardener magazine. He is the host of the Gardening
Success radio show. His new book, Texas Month-by-Month Gardening
provides guidance on planting and caring for your garden and landscape every
month of the year.
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