Keep the Line Moving: Turnips, Round 4
Do this: Sow another row today so the harvest never stops. Sow seed directly 0.5" deep, 4" apart, rows 18" apart. Why: Repeat every 10 days while the window is open.
In season now
English Peas Is In Season. 40 Days to Make It Count.
Do this: Sow seed directly 1" deep, 1" apart, rows 18" apart. Why: Plant today, first harvest around Dec 10.
Still Time for Spinach — 40 Days and Counting
Do this: Sow seed directly 0.5" deep, 4" apart, rows 18" apart. Why: Plant today, first harvest around Nov 25.
Still Time for Turnips — 40 Days and Counting
Do this: Sow seed directly 0.5" deep, 4" apart, rows 18" apart. Why: Plant today, first harvest around Nov 15.
Radish: 47 Days Left to Plant
Do this: Sow seed directly 0.5" deep, 1" apart, rows 14" apart. Why: Plant today, first harvest around Nov 10.
Planning ahead: next 30 days
12 Days Out: Garlic
Do this: Opens Oct 28. Get seed and bed space lined up now.
Garden chores
Feed the first-year mound
Do this: Plant peas or cowpeas on a new mound, or side-dress with nitrogen if leaves look pale from wood tie-up.
Flip the leaves
Do this: Walk the garden and check leaf undersides on squash, tomatoes and greens for eggs and pests.
Squash bug egg patrol
Do this: Crush the shiny bronze egg clusters on squash leaf undersides before they hatch.
Texas farm & garden news
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