Tuesday, November 3, 2026
The Daily Dirt

Texas grows its own. Here is today's job.

What do I do today?
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Start indoors & order seed

Planning ahead: next 30 days

16 days out

16 Days Out: Okra

Do this: Opens Aug 19. Get seed and bed space lined up now.

Garden chores

Preserving the Glut Safely

Freeze peppers raw

Do this: Seed and slice peppers and freeze them raw for salsa or blanch 2 to 3 minutes for cooking.

Building Big-Harvest Soil in Texas

Top up the mulch

Do this: Add fresh mulch where it has thinned out to keep soil cool and moist in the heat.

Harvest Log: Weigh It, Price It, Prove It

Weigh today's pick

Do this: Put today's harvest on the scale and log the pounds before it hits the kitchen.

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.

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