Texas Spring/Summer Thread

[mikim]

got 3/4 in of rain last night....planted wife's asparagus bed today...24' square area (24x24) fenced to keep out deer and rabbits. Now to keep it alive for 3 years to harvest.

 

[mikim]

Wife says freeze time is over -- mesquite is sprouting leaves. Spring has sprung.

 

[CowboyRon]

Wife says freeze time is over -- mesquite is sprouting leaves. Spring has sprung.

My mom always says that too. The Mesquite trees are never wrong.

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[txdon]

I'd say mesquite is right 95% of the time but Pecan is right 99%. My native pecan is still not coming out.

I'm going to attempt corn again this year after my 100% failure rate for the past 20 years. This year I will use a secret weapon against the raccoons. A radio blaring at night time the week before I pick it.

 

[foreman Etexas]

I'd say mesquite is right 95% of the time but Pecan is right 99%. My native pecan is still not coming out.

I'm going to attempt corn again this year after my 100% failure rate for the past 20 years. This year I will use a secret weapon against the raccoons. A radio blaring at night time the week before I pick it.

The electric fence has worked good for us to keep the critters out...

 

[texasjohn]

Txdon, you aware right...in 30 yrs I've seen mesquite get frost nipped once, pecan never.

 

[jinman]

Jim, thanks for the list! Did you notice if anything in particular grew better here ? I'm thinking most herbs should do well in our climate, at least the ones commonly used in sauces.
Oh, did you use raised beds?

I just planted herbs in a row like the rest of my garden. Basil grows like gangbusters with water and fertilizer. Mine were more like bushes than plants. Snip off the bloom/seed heads to keep it growing. Sage is pretty easy to grow also. Cilantro is best to plant several plantings a month apart. Once it grows to maturity, it puts on seeds very quickly. By having several plantings, you will have more crops. You can pinch the seeds off, but if you save them, they are Coriander. I don't know how many people know that Cilantro seeds are what is called Coriander. I sure didn't until I started growing it. Thyme is the slowest and most delicate plant to get going. Once it develops into a full plant, it does okay, but the young plants are tiny and delicate. That's all the info I can come up with off the top of my head. As they say, YMMV.

got 3/4 in of rain last night....planted wife's asparagus bed today...24' square area (24x24) fenced to keep out deer and rabbits. Now to keep it alive for 3 years to harvest.

24' x 24' . . . That's not an asparagus bed; it's an asparagus forest. I hope you love it because that's gonna produce a bunch.:thumbsup:

 

[Western]

Thanks Jim,
I didn't know that about Cilantro and Coriander. I will likely do a small raised bed, if I have thyme to build one

 

[NativeSon]

Thanks Jim,
I didn't know that about Cilantro and Coriander. I will likely do a small raised bed, if I have thyme to build one

Jim & Dennis, and ground Coriander is Comino for the Tex-Mex Crowd. A great spice for chilies, stews, and roasts.

Charlie

 

[Western]

Thanks Charlie, another thing I never knew! I have never really tried my hand a growing herbs, spent a good amount of time during my career trying to catch some that did grow ""herb"" though!!:laughing

Looks like today will be a heck of an outside work day, 70*:thumbsup:

Did y'all see the comet last night? I missed it, but it is supposed to be more viewable this evening 10-20 after sundown. (In the West, left of the crescent moon?)