Fall Garden...

[Guest]

Well folks my spring/summer garden is gone - hubby cleared the garden patch last weekend all the weeds and dried up plants. We want to plant a Fall Garden here in SE Texas. I need some suggestions on what I can grow down here.

My mom (who I consider one of the best gardeners to ever live) said that in mid-september would be a good time to start working the soil and planting when the moom is right.

Any suggestions, comments or ideas are greatly appreciated.

Patricia

[Bestofour]

I'm in zone 7. I have mums in the fall and daphneadora that blooms in February. They both like shade. I don't worry at all about the mums here. Drought or flood they do fine. The daphne is a little more particular. It is beautiful and smells so good. How about camelias in your area?

[azsnowman]

Your mother sounds like a wonderful gardener ticka.......... wish I could help you out, my winter garden consists of old coffee grounds, eggshells and other veggie trimmings "LOL!"

Dennis

[Bestofour]

Ticka, hope I don't get in hot water for mentioning this but try posting your question on the Green Thumb Board. I'm not trying to encourage you to only go there, but isn't it all about helping each other and getting answers. I hope this doesn't offend anyone.

[Johnny]

Hey Ticka, how are ya? Yep, my garden is now history so to speak. I have pulled up all of my dried up tomatoes, bush beans, cantaloupe and cucumbers. My okra are still going strong. I'd give them another 3 weeks. My freezer is filled up with okra. I'm gonna have to give a bunch of it aways no doubt. I'm ready for my fall garden.

I don't do all that much in the fall exept, mustard, turnip and collard greens. I'll probaby put in some broccoli and some spinach this year also since I extended my garden area a bit. Radishes sound good too. Here's a few more you can plant.

Cabbage
Lettuce
Peas
Brussel Sprouts
Carrots
Beets
Cauliflower
Celery
Kale
Onion
Parsley


Hope this helps!!

[Stephanie]

Goodness - I'm in zone 6 (I think) and my garden is far from done. Usually for fall I await my mums to bloom and see how many more weeks I can get out of my impatiens and roses before the first frost. What is your average high & low temperatures down there for the fall and winter? I can't imagine why you couldn't use impatiens, begonias and coleus (for shade) since they don't need to get large before they begin to bloom.

[petal*pusher]

Isn't is strange to read of some of your gardens already finished!?!

One of the best thing about these forums is finding out just how different each of our growing zones are! Here in Michigan, tomatoes have only been ripening for a week or so! (Except for those wonderful hydroponic ones growing in one of the greenhouses at school!)......p

[Stephanie]

It is strange petal - but that's what makes it so interesting to discuss gardens, etc. with people from all over the country!

[deb_in_nc]

Ticka, This might give you some ideas.

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/PLAN ... irect.html

Debbie

[DelStormLover]

Try,Asters,Mums,Burning bush(Its a shrub,but some of the most vivid fall color on gods green earth!)I Have my doubts about BB being able to take texas heat, tho.
You cold also try crepe myrtle,its still blooming here in delware and may last into october in texas.

[breeze]

Our crepe myrtles are just now blooming, as well - I've got pink
and white ones blooming. I had to spray every other day for a
month to keep those pesky Japanese beetles off of them, but,
it looks like my labor has been rewarded!

The veg garden has gone to poop with the exception of okra
and October beans, btw.

[StormCrazyIowan]

I think my mama said we are in Zone 5. I also consider my mother to be one of the best! She has never been to school, but some people just have natural talent, and that is definitely the case here! I need to snap some shots of our backyard and put them on here! Our late summer flowers are still in bloom quite nicely, and our hostas on the sides of our steps are beginning to flower (all the other ones have already bloomed). I really don't know all that much about gardening, but I definitely appreciate the fact that my mom does! Our yard won a beautification award a few years back, and I love it! Oh, but I do know how to pull weeds, mom did teach me that!

[breeze]

Mama might not be fluent in academics, Jacki,
but, by what you said, she could probably oversee
a landscaping business better than a "pro"! She
is also talented at raising a good young'un!