Vegetable Demonstration Garden
Last week’s harvests includes:
Brussels Sprouts—1.05 pounds
Tomatoes ripened at home— 0.7 pound
Canned tomato products—88.75 pounds
A total of 90.5 pounds of produce and canned tomato products were harvested/collected last week. These vegetables were donated to the Caring Place. To date, Williamson county master gardeners have donated a total of 101.94 pounds of demonstration garden produce and tomato products to local charities.
Weekly rainfall: 0.9 inch of rainfall was measured the week ending 01/15/2017.
Summary of garden activities
Cleanup of the garden continued in the aftermath of the arctic blast! Dead plants were cleared and added to the compost pile.
Compost (left pic) was added to row 6 and the west half of row 9, then broad forked in (right pic).
Frost covers still protect raised beds (left pic). A vigilant scarecrow stands guard over the fig tree (right pic).
Brussels sprouts plants were caged in the upright position. Friday’s workday in the garden was canceled due to rain.
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 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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