Tree delivery and planting in Snook

The ground in Burleson County: Almost half of Burleson County has upland soils of grayish-brown sandy loam over clayey subsoils. The Brazos bottoms along Burleson County's eastern border have reddish, loamy to clayey alluvial soils, and the San Antonio Prairie strip has dark blackland soils with stiff clay subsoils. (source)

Trees that already grow around Snook: Most of Burleson County lies in the Post Oak Savannah; alongside the predominant post oaks, its hardwood forests include blackjack oak, hickory, elm and hackberry. (source)

The weather in Burleson County to plan planting around: Burleson County averages thirty-seven inches of rain a year and a 268-day growing season; July highs average 95°F and January lows 39°F. (source)

About Snook: Snook grew out of a Czech farming settlement first known as Sebesta, named for one of the area's early families. The town's 1895 post office was named for John S. Snook, then postmaster at Caldwell. A lodge hall for the Slavonic Benevolent Order of the State of Texas was built in Snook in 1910. Snook incorporated in 1972 and finished its city hall in 1975. Frank Sodolak of Sodolak's Original Country Inn in Snook says he invented chicken-fried bacon, a dish introduced in Texas around 1991. Snook hosts Chilifest, a two-day charity chili cook-off and country music concert that has been held every year, starting in 1991. Chilifest has donated to local groups including Burleson County Go-Texan, the Boys and Girls Club of Brazos Valley, and the Snook Volunteer Fire Department. In 1914, when Snook had two general stores, a grocer, and a blacksmith, the community built a new school called Moravia School. During the 1920s, Snook residents dug artesian wells to supply water for the town. A new Snook school building opened in 1937 after smaller schools consolidated, and it became the core of the Snook Independent School District in 1949. (source, source, source)