Vegetable Demonstration Garden
This week’s harvest includes:
Okra—3.8 pounds
Sweet peppers—7.84 pounds
Hot peppers—5.75 pounds
Eggplant— 9.7 pounds
Turnips—15 pounds
Tomatoes—6.73 pounds
A total of 48.82 pounds of produce was harvested this week. These vegetables were donated to the Annunciation Maternity Home, the Round Rock Area Serving Center, and a new charity, Healthy Harvest. To date, Williamson county master gardeners have donated a total of 3,493.885 pounds of demonstration garden produce to local charities.
Weekly rainfall: 0.5 inch of rainfall was measured the week ending 11/6/2016.
Summary of garden activities
Soil preparation, pest management, weeding, harvesting and planting were underway this week in the vegetable garden. The east end of row 5 was amended and broad forked. American cabbage, Chinese cabbage, and rhubarb were planted in that row. The valve box was unearthed in preparation for connecting irrigation to the herb garden. Zone 18 is dedicated to the herb garden. A persistent leak in the keyhole garden was repaired by cutting the stand pipe down level to the garden and reattaching. Irrigation lines were tested. Irrigation lines were installed in Maggie’s raised bed. Then, compost and amendments were added to the bed and planted. Raised bed gardeners harvested veggies and planted Toy Choy and cabbage. On Friday, compost pile temperatures read 88 and 80 degrees F. New material including coffee grounds was added to the pile. Cabbage loopers and fall webworms were hand picked (yuck) off plants in rows 3, 4,5 and 7. Rabbit fencing was removed from row 7. The east end of row 4 was amended, broad forked and planted with arugula and bok choy (image below).
Master gardeners are picking peppers in the row adjacent to the plantings.
November 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)
Collards (seeds or transplants)
Carrots
Cool season greens
Fava beans
Garlic
Swiss Chard (seeds or transplants)
Kale (seeds or transplants)
Lettuce (seeds or transplants)
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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