Thursday, November 5, 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

23 days out

23 Days Out: Kale

Do this: Opens Jan 4. Get seed and bed space lined up now.

Garden chores

Hugelkultur: The Buried-Log Garden Mound

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.

Organic-First Pest Control for Texas Gardens

Looper patrol on cabbage

Do this: Check broccoli, cabbage and collards for small green caterpillars and treat young ones with Bt.

Organic-First Pest Control for Texas Gardens

Clean up the hiding spots

Do this: Pull spent vines and remove boards and debris where squash bugs and other pests spend the winter.

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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