Author: FBLID 11

Dear LID 11 Residents:

We would like to thank the many LID 11 property owners and residents who provided feedback regarding the proposed Fort Bend County paved trail.  The proposed trail, if constructed, would connect the Richmond County Office Buildings on Eugene Circle to the Brazos River at Sugar Land’s Veterans Park in Telfair, and a portion of the trail would be located on top of the LID 11 (Greatwood) levee behind adjacent homes.

After receiving feedback from many of you, including emails and in-person comments at the July 11, 2025 LID 11 meeting voicing concerns about the proposed trail, the LID 11 Board of Directors voted to oppose having the proposed trail be located within Greatwood.

The LID 11 Board of Directors has sent a letter to the County and City of Sugar Land expressing the Board’s opposition. Here is a link to the letter.

For additional details about the project, please contact Fort Bend County Parks and Recreation at parksinbox@fortbendcountytx.gov.

Thank you for your participation in this process.

Sincerely, The Board of Directors of LID 11

June in review

For the second year in a row, June was unusually WET! Usually, I am hoping for one good rain of an inch or more to give us some good ground moisture before the typical summer high temperatures dry everything out. Ants were bothersome, mosquitoes were thick, and the ground was mushy.

July – Action items for your lawn and garden

Garden

Cooler temperatures in June, thanks to the rain, may have kept some of the more temperate crops going longer than usual. Okra, melons, and purple hull peas are the Southern garden staples that continue to produce in the heat we can expect over the next 60 days. Tomatoes are unlikely to set any more fruit for a few months. If you have indeterminate or “vining” type tomatoes you can propagate new plants from their suckers and use this time of year to get those plants ready for a later summer planting for fall harvest. Last year we were harvesting tomatoes in December. Just cut the sucker when it 8” long or more, and put it in a cup of water for a week or so. It will make roots from the hairs, and those can be potted to strengthen them. I usually make sure these are in the ground by September 1.

Lawn

• Mowing
  If you are following our fertilization system, your lawn probably needs to be mowed at least every 7 days and possibly as often as every 5 days.  The Rule of Thumb is to cut no more than 1/3 of the leaf when you mow.

• Fertilization
  Good news, we don’t have to fertilize your yard this month! However, don’t forget to continue feeding your landscape plants.

• Pests/Insects
  Fire ants and mosquitoes are going to be a problem at least for the first two weeks of the month. Webworms are continuing to attack oak trees (last months post had details on treatment).

  We do want to keep an eye out for “gray leaf spot,” it is fungal, and Consan, Daconil, or Banner fungicides will deal with it. Making sure you are watering intermittently and the top of your soil is drying out between watering days will help a lot.

Warm weather and green grass,

Hunter Soape