Last Call for Garlic: Window Shuts in 7 Days
Do this: Plant cloves 1" deep, 4" apart, rows 14" apart. Why: Plant today, first harvest around Mar 24.
- 1Pick your spotYour nearest Texas city sets every date.
- 2Pick your cropsTap what you want to eat. We lay out the beds.
- 3Do today's listTwo or three jobs a day, all the way to harvest.
In season now
Still Time for English Peas — 21 Days and Counting
Do this: Sow seed directly 1" deep, 1" apart, rows 18" apart. Why: Plant today, first harvest around Dec 29.
Spinach Is In Season. 21 Days to Make It Count.
Do this: Sow seed directly 0.5" deep, 4" apart, rows 18" apart. Why: Plant today, first harvest around Dec 14.
Still Time for Turnips — 21 Days and Counting
Do this: Sow seed directly 0.5" deep, 4" apart, rows 18" apart. Why: Plant today, first harvest around Dec 4.
Radish: 28 Days Left to Plant
Do this: Sow seed directly 0.5" deep, 1" apart, rows 14" apart. Why: Plant today, first harvest around Nov 29.
Garden chores
Hugel build season
Do this: Fall is the time to build: dig a 1-2 foot trench and stack hardwood logs, branches and greens so the mound settles by spring.
Sort your wood pile
Do this: Set aside oak, maple and cottonwood for a hugel mound, and keep black walnut and cedar out of it.
Looper patrol on cabbage
Do this: Check broccoli, cabbage and collards for small green caterpillars and treat young ones with Bt.
Texas farm & garden news
Pulled every hour from Texas Farm Bureau, Texas A&M AgriLife Today, Farm Progress and Google News headlines. Only Texas stories about growing, raising and feeding make the cut. Each one links to the original and shows the date its source published it.
Democrat Clayton Tucker declares victory in Texas agriculture commissioner race
Will the strong El Niño deliver much-needed relief?
Although much of Texas has received rainfall this fall, relieving some of the drought stress, deep moisture remains scarce. A super El Niño is forecast, but will it deliver what the state’s producers need?