It's Better in the Country

Today is a landmark day for the community of Canyon Lake with the opening of Canyon Lake High School on the corner of FM 3424 and Ranch Road 32 and Startzville Elementary school on FM 3159 in Startzville.  These 2 schools are perhaps the best indicator yet that Canyon Lake is morphing from a slee...

Canyon Lake High School in Fischer Texas is just over a week away from opening.  I've noticed the sports teams practicing as I drive by the school on a daily basis, and teachers have been busy setting up their offices and classrooms as well.  All that remains is for students to arrive, and the ma...

Summer has finally arrived at Canyon Lake, a full month behind schedule. The days are hot and the lake level is close to normal for the first time in two months.  The Corp of Engineers should reduce river flow to a level acceptable for tubing by this weekend.  If you haven't been up to the lake y...

The salsa garden has come in and boy oh boy is the eating good.  We have a full shelf of tomatoes and are harvesting 3-5 new ones per day. The garden doesn't look anything like it did in March either, as many of the tomato plants are now 6' high and growing.  We've used no fertilizer, no plant fo...

The Hill Country salsa garden is alive and well.  Since we plant early in central Texas, we've been Cilantro for a month and tomatoes for over a week now.  We've used nothing but rain from mother nature to water and thanks to our wet spring, the rain barrels are still full to the brim.  The plant...

After the rainy spring we've had at Canyon Lake, the focus on water conservation this year isn't likely to be as strong as it has been the last two summers.  That's a shame, because history has taught us that it doesn't take long for drought to settle in here in Central Texas.  It's a good idea t...

Listing activity is way up at Canyon Lake this spring.  I've created a new web site to help home and land buyers connect to information about new listings as soon as they hit the market.  The site is located at www.canyonlakehotsheet.com.  I hope you'll check it out and, if you're looking for pro...

Sharpe Country Properties of Canyon Lake announced today that they are adding YouTube capabilities to all listed properties.  YouTube is the largest video repository on the Internet at this time, and as a result of it's relationship with Google, YouTube offers real estate customers more flexibili...

Sharpe Country Properties is open for business.  I opened my own company so that I may better focus on the needs of property buyers and sellers in rural Comal and Hays counties.  I hope that if you're in the area you'll stop by and visit.  We're located at 18100 FM 306 in Canyon Lake.  If you're ...

I found the following conversation between God and St. Francis posted on the Garden Line at the KTRH NewsRadio 740 website in Houston years ago.   At the time, I lived in suburbia and it made me laugh.  Now that I live in the country it still makes me laugh.  These days, it's posted all over the ...