My First Garden Ever

Vegetables. In Houston where extreme cold weather is not an issue and where some people say all year round is really summer (in winter very few days are below freezing point). In this year experience to me the trick for sowing vegetables from seed in the outside was to look at the middle of february, if the weather forecast lows for the 3rd week of february are going to stay above the 40's, then is a good idea to start sowing   beets, carrots, lettuce, chard, radish and peas in the outside. According to Aggie Horticulture the cold tolerance in vegetables goes as follows: Cold Tolerance in Vegetables Questio n. You have often mentioned cold tolerant vegetable crops and those which are very susceptible to frosty injury. Could you list these and temperature lows which they can tolerate? Answer . This is very difficult to do and be accurate since cold tolerance depends on preconditioning. For instance, if broccoli has been growing in warm conditions and temperatures drop below...

Now is the time when my garden will no longer be only a square ft garden anymore. I knew before that after a year with my square ft garden, soon I had to introduce pots and more work on the garden. Surrounding the inside of the patio will be japanese boxwood all the way. In one 90 degree angle my 2 square ft boxes will be placed where the sun hit the hardest and no shadow or moisture can be seen or felt. I got all my herbs now, at least the ones I really wanted since the begining, but still french tarragon is not available, let's wait some few more weeks to see if one hits the market. In the back(strawberry "quinault"), from left to right(greek oregano), (common sage), (german thyme), (sweet mint). I got stevia growing from seed and a rosemary plant too.