No sir u just have a ripe jalapeño if u plant the seeds from the jalapeño next year u will have a (whatever) jalapeño. The two pepper plants next to each other will cross, but u won't see it until next year if u plant the seeds from the (whatever) or the jalapeño.

That's weird its small compared to the others that didn't turn red.

When is everyone putting there onions and potatoes in the ground?

I have volunteer onions and had potatoes up until the frost 4 days ago. Onions still look ok, but probably no good. Potatoes will be good though. I missed a whole darn row!

BTW, for the last 3 weeks, my fruit trees have been putting out leaves I need more "chill" hours!!

Last of the garden, tonight's freeze should finish off what's left.

I'd like to get some onion sets in the ground by Wednesday for the rain that's supposed to be coming our way. The ground was still a little wet when I went out to pick some cilantro this morning. Have any of you seen any onion sets in the stores?

Bill, I looked last weekend but didn't find any. Gonna try again tymorrow.

I'm about 10 miles from Home Depot. I'll look there next week. This week has been our first sunny week in over a month.

I found some today at my local nursery.

Our local feed store has them in. I am planting them next week. I plowed the garden today, and the soil was a little wet. It should till nicely next week.

I will have to start looking for onion sets, ones I left in the ground from last spring are up 5-50". Also have to fertilize the fruit trees.

Also want to get a Asparagus bed made and get those started.

T bar T feed in Kaufman has some.

Planted mine today.

while I was out hunting this past weekend, my wife texted me that one of our peach trees is starting to bud and bloom??? I haven't trimmed it yet ... should I leave it alone or go ahead and trim????

I trimmed my Peaches, pears and Apples around the 1st, all had a few new leaves. Been a tad warm, so hoping I get enough freeze time.

Your trees are still pretty much dormant, so I'd get the trimming and fertilizer done pretty soon.

this one has leaves and open blooms, a LOT? This is the little tree we planted in Nov. 2012 and it was covered up with peaches spring/summer 2013 (only in the ground 6 months). It was fully bloomed and putting on fruit by mid Feb. last year and those several late ice storms/heavy frost wiped the fruit clean (even with my attempts to save them by covering with garden cloth & a dozen shop drop lights) ... but the one I yanked out with my front end loader that hadn't produced in 5 years (I was going to use for BBQ wood, wife felt sorry for it and had me replant outside yard fence, deer really appreciated that) was covered up las t year, guessing it had a much longer freeze time and last year was the first year it was cold enough for it to produce.

yeah, I remember you having to "save" it LOL. One of my peaches had a few flowers, but not very many. Has been an odd year.

so you think I should go ahead and prune it back??? even with it covered with leaves & open blooms?

I would, we will still see frost/freeze and you sure wont get any production from those flowers. Did mine and they look fine.

BTW, the last cold front we went through, turned most of my leaves redish, except on the apples. I still trimmed them since they are still semi dormant. I also only did a light pruning since my trees are only 3-4 years old, mainly to remove interior branches this go around.

ok, I will make plans on trimming this weekend. Thanks!

I found them at Home Depot yesterday and got them planted. I got a bunch of reds and a bunch of1015Y. Bt hey cut the numbers of a bunch done by about 10 sets. I wonder if it was chance or intentional.

Was just at Lowes Monday to look at their electric cement mixer, we drove back home and totally forgot to see if they had sets yet That's OK, the feed store and a little plant stand in Springtown usually have healthier looking ones anyhoo.

Will be a week before I can get in the garden now after this rain, but I'll take the trade. My onions froze 2-3 times last year and 3/4's got fooled into flowering.

Does anybody know where to get good soil for a raised bed I'm building?

Well I am getting the bug to start our first vegtable garden this year at our new home and since our re modle of the entire house, I since put the washer and dryer in the garage to open up room in the kitchen. Having said this I have a grey water line coming off the side of the house running a few different directions in line of landscaping but was curious to know if I could use this grey water line to water the vegetable garden when the wife does the laundry (2x per week x 2 kids + my dirty work clothes)? In theory the water line keeps the yard very green where it is placed ( nitrogen in the soap plus winter rye) . So, will the soap make the vegtables soapy tasting, or make me some big ole maters and taters?