Texas Fall/Winter thread!

[jinman]

RON: For netting, there are several grades. I buy the one that is about $65 per 100', but there is an industrial version for $125 per 100' that is much heavier and will keep those deer at bay. Here's an Amazon link to several grades.

Yes, I've had pithy radishes that were too big or grew too fast. I like the small ones just larger than a quarter in diameter. They are full of flavor and some are hot like horseradish. I just can't use many because I'm the only one in the house who will eat them.

I'm still planning a very small garden. I hope to use any spare time this spring to get my shop project going. My gardens have a way of taking over my life and using every spare minute.

 

[Bird]

Sounds as if she had an interesting life growing up, Ron. I've never had any experience with commercial potato farming, but I think just about everyone in our part of the country raised potatoes for their own use. Dad made a frame with 2 x 4s and attached a wire mesh (hardware cloth) to it to keep potatoes off the dirt floor of the cellar, so we'd spread the potatoes on that and sprinkle them with lime to keep them from rotting. So at least we had potatoes for a matter of months, although certainly not all year.

 

[jinman]

I forgot to mention it in my earlier post, but yes, Ron, we do have potato bugs. They like our weather almost as much as we do. You really have to keep an eye on your plants daily to see the bugs before they do damage, but if you pre-spray or get them when they just appear, you will control them easily. Nothing escapes bugs in Texas.

 

[jinman]

We're putting in the onions and potatoes TODAY.

Now, tht caught me by surprise. Good for you!:thumbsup: South Texas is such a great place to grow veggies as long as you get rain or have good irrigation.

 

[pacerron]

Sounds as if she had an interesting life growing up, Ron.

Yes her grandparents on that side were Hungarian ( he being a "Hussar" mounted cavalry) immagrants. German on the other side so hard work was just a way of life and survival.

 

[pacerron]

We're putting in the onions and potatoes TODAY. According to TAMU ag calendar for our region, our window to put those in extends from December 30-January 29. I am behind in starting my tomatoes from seed. We can put seedlings in the ground in about 6 weeks. Our broccoli and lettuce are doing great.

Ah ha, "TAMU ag calender." That was easy.

I had to talk to FG-19 on the phone to get the "kraut rolling over Polish" one.:thumbsup:

 

[sseelhoff]

Now, tht caught me by surprise. Good for you!:thumbsup: South Texas is such a great place to grow veggies as long as you get rain or have good irrigation.

Got a little carried away at the garden center yesterday. In addition to the onions and potatoes, we bought some peach trees, an avacado tree and a pomegranate tree. So now we have an "orchard" and a garden. :thumbsup::licking:

Today's plan is to limb up some mesquite trees in the paddock. Chainsaws and Tractors. Good day.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Saw peach trees about 1" for $20 at our HEB which is our grocery stores down here.

 

[sseelhoff]

Saw peach trees about 1" for $20 at our HEB which is our grocery stores down here.

They were selling bare root peach trees at our nursery for $9. Multiple varieties. About that same size caliper. I bought some La Felicianas.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

I never had any luck with my clay soil on fruit trees.