Vegetable Demonstration Garden
Tuesday’s harvest includes:
Okra—9.1 pounds
Peppers—14.6 pounds
Eggplant—4.3 pounds
Lima beans—1.7 pounds
Tomatoes—0.22 pound
A total of 29.92 pounds of produce was harvested on Tuesday. These vegetables were donated to the Caring Place. To date, Williamson county master gardeners have donated a total of 3,429.865 pounds of demonstration garden produce to local charities.
Weekly rainfall: 0.15 inches of rainfall were measured the week ending 10/23/2016.
Summary of garden activities
Weeding, irrigation checks, and clearing spent plants continued this week. Nut grass was weeded from rows 3 and the east end of row 4. Row 3 was amended and composted. On Friday, Swiss Chard was planted in row 3. Southern pea plants were cleared in row 8. Then, compost was admixed into that row. Rabbit fencing was installed around row 4. Gardeners removed spent lima bean vines from raised bed areas. A leak was identified in the drought tolerant garden and repaired. The compost pile temperature measured 110 degrees F on Tuesday.
October Gardening in Central Texas
The Texas A&M Agrilife Extension vegetable garden planting guide suggests the following vegetables for fall planting:
Artichoke transplants
Asian greens (seeds or transplants)
Beans, snap and lima
Beets
Broccoli (transplants)
Brussels sprouts (transplants)
Cabbage (transplants)
Collards (seeds or transplants)
Carrots
Cauliflower (transplants)
Cool season greens
Fava beans
Garlic
Swiss Chard (seeds or transplants)
Kohlrabi (seeds or transplants)
Kale (seeds or transplants)
Lettuce (seeds or transplants)
Onions (bunching/multiplying)
Mustard (seeds or transplants)
Spinach (seeds or transplants)
Shallots
Radish
Turnip
Come and 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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