How To Start Seeds For Fall Tomatoes
Late May and early June is the time to start seeds for fall tomatoes in North Texas. Here are some tips for getting started.
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Growing Onions in North Texas: The Ultimate Guide
Growing onions in the North Texas garden is easy and rewarding. Bad luck in the past? Growing onions for the first time? The following steps will make all your onion dreams come true.
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Why Is The Cherokee Purple Tomato So Popular?
Craig LeHoullier, reknowned tomato expert and author of “Epic Tomatoes”, named the Cherokee Purple tomato in 1990 after receiving a surprise gift of seeds from a John D. Green in Tennesee. Green explained that the seeds came from his neighbor who claimed that the seeds were given to his family by Cherokee Indians a hundred years prior.
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Propagating Fall Tomatoes From Cuttings: Part 1
Though your first tomatoes of the year are barely ripening, it’s already time to start thinking ahead to the second…
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When And How To Plant Garlic in North Texas
The universal guideline for planting garlic is 4-6 weeks before the ground freezes. Since it is rare for the ground to completely freeze in North Texas, gardeners here customarily plant garlic in mid-October. This is when garden centers are stocked with seed garlic and when online orders start to ship. Garlic can safely be planted in North Texas through November.
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Vegetables That Grow Well in North Texas
Here in North Texas, we are lucky enough to grow vegetables year-round. Despite a scorching hot summer, we have a relatively mild winter, a warm spring, and a temperate fall.
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Caring For Your New Tomato Plants
The weather is warming, the birds are chirping, and spring is here. You purchased your tomato seedlings, planted them with…
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F.A.Q.’s About Growing Onions in Dallas
Have you tried growing onions yet? Growing onions in Dallas is easy with a bit of preparation. Here are the six most frequently asked questions I get about growing onions.
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Growing Eggplant in North Texas, The Secrets
Season after season of trying and failing to grow eggplant left me wondering, “What am I doing wrong?
This is the year that all of that finally changed for me thanks to two simple techniques I used in my approach to growing that resulted in nearly 50 pounds of eggplant per plant.
