It was sheer pleasure reading through the descriptions of each fruit and vegetable in the Seed Savers catalog. Even if you don't garden, its a good read. The SSE is a non profit devoted to saving and sharing heirloom seeds. Its a great alternative to conventional seeds and the limited variety of genetically modified crap you find at the big box stores. I look at it as my own little tiny way of thumbing my nose at "big agriculture". Here's a look at what's going in my raised beds next season:
Are you a Texas gardener?
Any tips for a novice?
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No tips since I've never had a garden, but definitely pinning for the future!
I loved their site. I'm going back when I have some time to pick some out for myself. Good luck with your planting.
If you're adding totally new, rich soil to raised beds, it won't be a problem, but if you're using existing soil from your yard, get it tested for it's nutritive value! I struggled for my first two gardening years with plants that just wouldn't thrive. I finally got my soil tested, and found out that my poor plants were living in totally barren soil!
Here in DFW -- add LOTS of used coffee grounds and Epsom salts to the new soil -- and have drip hoses in place ... Do watch if you choose to use vegetable or fruit compost -- might attract rats and other fun creatures ...
Also don't forget to prepare for the storms -- especially hail -- have stakes or even basic wood skewers(buy from Amazon -- restaurant supply places for shishkabobs) and use plastic bags from dry cleaners to stake into the ground and protect the plants from the storms ...
We gave up on our soil this year and just did herbs.. too many critters and too craptastic soil for a rental property to invest in improvements.. I'm slowly learning to plant Texas hardy foilage...I miss peonies and lilac.
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