Vegetable Demonstration Garden
Last period’s harvest included:
Red Lasoda potatoes—122.60 pounds
Kennebec white potatoes—40 pounds
Carrots—38.60 pounds
Squash—3.18 pounds
Hot peppers—0.15 pound
Sweet peppers—1 pound
Tomatoes—1.38 pounds
Onions—9.10 pounds
A total of 216.01 pounds of produce was harvested over the last 2 weeks. This produce was donated to the Caring Place, the Annunciation Maternity Home and Heaven’s Harvest Food Bank. To date, Williamson county master gardeners have donated a total of 645.938 pounds of demonstration garden produce and canned goods to local charities.
Weekly rainfall: 0.44 inch of rainfall was measured the period ending 05/07/2017.
Summary of garden activities
It was a potato-palooza in the garden this week! Over 162 pounds of potatoes were harvested over the past 2 weeks! Potatoes in row 5 were unearthed over the past 2 weeks and gathered as depicted below.
Carrots were thinned and harvested from row 4 (pic below). Last of the carrots were harvested on Friday then row 4 was amended and composted.
Onions in rows 6,8 and 9 were pulled and laid over to dry. Some are still growing as seen below!
Tomatoes in row 2 were weeded and mulched. Tomatoes on the vine (left pic) are starting to turn red. Zucchini are coming on strong (right pic).
Cages were placed around cucumber plants in trial beds. Coreopsis and black-eye Susans were planted in the Arbor area. Raised bed gardeners planted petunias, zipper peas and cleaned up their beds. Compost bins heated up to 138 and 135 degrees F but quickly cooled into the 80s over the 2 week period. General maintenance including hand watering, mulching and pest control also took place.
Please visit our website for the next blog post scheduled May 23!
May Gardening in Central Texas
The Texas A&M Agrilife Extension vegetable garden planting guide suggests the following vegetables for spring planting:
Cantaloupe
Warm season greens
Okra
Pepper (transplants)
Pumpkin
Sweet potato slips
Southern peas
Winter squash
Watermelon
Come visit us!
Our demonstration garden is located beside the Williamson County Extension Office driveway at 3151 SE Inner Loop Road, Georgetown, Texas. Master gardeners are usually at work in the vegetable garden on Tuesday and Friday mornings from 9:00 AM to noon, weather permitting. Anyone is welcome to stop by to see the garden or to ask questions of the master gardeners!
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