I've always grown my broccoli in the fall, as well as cauliflower. I've started them from seeds in small strip in my garden, around the first of August, then transplanted them around mid September.

Why did you transplant them Bill?

It's getting deep in here, everybody got waders on?

It was easy to keep a 6 foot area moist, so I planted them in a very small area, and kept them moist during the hottest part of them summer. I could have 2 or 300 there. I transplanted them to 18 inches apart. They didn't require as much water after mid September.

Makes sense.

I lost everything too I had buckets over the peppers and tomatoes but that didnt help it got down to 26 here oh well I guess I will just start over like you just sucks because I had 12 different kinds of heirloom tomatoes from 3 different nursery's

Man sorry to hear that small town.

Just talked to my wife, she's home for lunch & said everything looks good. Woo Hoo!! I made it through!!

+1

Ya I guess you live and you learn I planted the same time I did last year but every year is different obviously so I think I might wait until April next year no matter what the forecast says, I didn't lose alot monetary wise maybe 30 bucks but it sure is a bad feeling to walk out there to your garden and all your plants be dead

I just got home, I have two (celebrities) that might not make it. Everything else looks good.

You can't learn with just one year. Don't give up. Keep trying for an early crop, or at least an average last frost.

I don't have a garden but the 5 fruit trees I planted earlier have bloomed and are doing well.I was afraid of the last 2 nights but they seem do be doing well today after the frost.We have 2 patio tomato plants but they were brought inside.I'm thinking about getting one more but we are in the middle of some renovating and wife enough for now.

Well I lucked out. Had not moved but 2 plants from the greenhouse to the garden. One bell pepper and one hatch chile. They were covered with plastic Tupperware but didn't make it. The lettuce seedlings actually came through, they had only sprouted 2 days ago. Peach trees were pretty much done blooming and came through fairly well. Looks like I will be planting this weekend!

This is my first year of gardening. for some reason fire ants are attracted to my garden. Any of you have the same problem?

I used to have them, started putting "over & out" on the lawn surrounding the garden. Haven't had any problems since then.

Link please!!

You can get over & out at any hardware store Bill. My wife works for a pest control company so I get my fire ant stuff for free but her boss recommends Over & Out to anyone wanting tips on how to do it yourself. Supposedly works pretty good

Thats the stuff, it comes in larger bags for a little bit cheaper. That one is 11.5 pounds, you can get a 20 or 25 pound bag.

I started using it 7 years ago after trying pretty much everything you can get with out a license. This has worked the best out of all of them.

After looking closely at my trees when we got home yesterday I noticed one clump of leaves had a blackish.The rest of it looked great along with the rest of the trees.I'm not looking for any fruit this year and i'll pinch any off if I see any this year.I'm planning on tilling the grass away from the trees hoping to keep grasshoppers off them.
What poison can I put down or plants to grow as a barrier to help keep grasshoppers off them ?.
Thanks

guineas

Just a few pics of my new gardens. Doing things a little different this year. It's not easy finding places to plant because I've got so many trees and not enough sun. I finally said the heck with it & started cutting trees down. I want my garden! The borders are all temporary scrap wood. I'll have more time to spend fixing it all up as soon as we're done with all of this home remodeling so don't judge me. Here's a pic of my tomato garden, six tomato plants along with beneficial flowers & herbs. Yes I'm using Live Oak leaves as mulch, (need to add some more though) no more weeding the garden!

Here's our flower garden, next to what will be my outdoor kitchen. There is drip irrigation under the mulch. I still need to bury the trunk lines.

Here are my two Louisiana Satsuma orange trees, Chiltepin, Mexibell, Sweet Yellow Bell, Hot Jalapeno, Jumbo Jalapeno, & Serrano peppers. Kinda hard to see, they're still babies.

My favorite pepper in the whole wide world, the Chiltepin.

Planted the vegetable garden last night. Pic of my wife teaching my two year old how to plant seeds. He planted his first row of corn & beans.

Again, using a different method this year. Dug three rows 10 ft long, 3 ft wide, 1 ft deep, & 5 ft apart. Planted sweet corn, snap beans, butternut squash, yellow straight neck squash, grey squash, spaghetti squash, zucchini, watermelons, cantaloupe, a little okra, & all of the beneficial herbs (cilantro, basil, dill) & a few flowers. I'm gonna dig one more little 3x3 plot for more okra. It's going to be a crowded little garden but that's kind of the point here. Once everything shoots up I'll put in the drip irrigation & mulch it good with oak leaves.

Nice job Skinner, looks great.

Thanks Payne.