Fall Garden Festivities
Hello again,
Well the South Texas heat has finally stopped the relentless assault on us and the rains have returned… we even had a few temps down in the 60′s , you can’t beat that! So it’s been a busy few weeks around here, we have been horse sitting for a friend of my wife’s, we have moved cattle around to rotate pastures, and the garden work has picked back up.
After the Hornworm Incident last month, I had given up on the tomatoes, but there is one plant that still keeps chugging along. So we shall see how that goes. Mostly its been cleanup work, weeding , cutting back the dead stuff, you know how it goes. We have also been filling up the compost piles, lots of goodies for that endeavor, old hay grass clippings and what not, so now we have two pretty big piles ready for next spring, if everything works as it should!
Now The Garden Plan!
Down here where we live we really don’t get winter. oh yea I hear ya , it gets cool, 40′ s maybe a freeze in January, but over all its more like a hard Fall season…I was stationed in Colorado in The Army, now it gets cold there!! But that’s all the better for us , with the proper protection , you can garden dang near year round. Most of your cool season crops just love the mild weather here from October until usually late December, even some root veggies and onions can stay in ground until spring, That is if the cold rainy days don’t get to crazy and it all rots. So without further delay here’s what I’m planning for this fall season.
- Cabbage – some red and some green
- Carrots – can’t go wrong with carrots
- Onions and Garlic – Two more favorites around here
- Spinach and some Lettuce
- Broccoli – gonna try this again, I never have any luck with good broccoli
And whatever else I have a few extra seeds for , so stay tuned for the next installment now that things have cooled off a bit!
