Vegetable Demonstration Garden
Last week’s harvests includes:
Cabbage—8.41 pounds
Lettuce & arugula—1.03 pounds
Tomatoes ripened at home— 2 pounds
A total of 11.44 pounds of produce was harvested last week. These vegetables were donated to the Caring Place and the Round Rock Area Serving Center. This year Williamson county master gardeners have donated a total of 11.44 pounds of demonstration garden produce to local charities.
Weekly rainfall: 0.3 inch of rainfall was measured the week ending 01/08/2017.
Summary of garden activities
Pest management and routine garden maintenance, including frost protection, were undertaken on Tuesday. Spinosad was sprayed on Chinese cabbage and bok choy in the row gardens for flea beetle eradication. Aphids were spotted on broccoli in row 2 and were hosed off. Bald cypress tree leaves were used as a mulch around vegetables for added frost protection in the row garden and raised beds. Reinforcement of row covers in rows 2 and 3 provided enhanced frost protection closer to ground level. Building supports for row cover in left pic and finished install in right pic.
What a nice cabbage harvest (left pic)! Cabbage doesn’t mind these cold temperatures. More cleanup ongoing in right pic.
Brilliant green rows of elbon rye serve as a winter cover crop and green manure later on.
The latest Arctic blast brought area temperatures down to the teens on Friday. Gardeners spent limited time in the garden area re-securing the wind break, covering a load of compost, and covering a raised bed with row cover.
January Gardening in Central Texas
The Texas A&M Agrilife Extension vegetable garden planting guide suggests the following vegetables for winter planting:
Asparagus (crowns)
Artichoke (crowns/transplants)
Asian greens (seeds or transplants)
Beets
Broccoli (transplants)
Cabbage (transplants)
Carrots
Cauliflower (transplants)
Swiss chard (seeds or transplants)
Collards (seeds or transplants)
Fava beans
Cool season greens
Kale (seeds or transplants)
Kohlrabi (seeds or transplants)
Leeks (seeds or transplants)
Lettuce (seeds or transplants)
Mustard (seeds or transplants)
Onions, bulbing (transplants)
Peas—English, snap, snow
Potatoes, irish
Spinach (seeds or transplants)
Radish
Turnip
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 8:30 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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