Fall is just around the corner...

I know it seems odd to think about fall with 100 degree days but now is the time to start your fall vegetable garden!  We are lucky in South Texas to actually have two different growing seasons when we can swap out our spring plantings and get in some plants that will soon enjoy the cooler temps. 

The first step is getting your soil ready.   You need to pull the weeds and till in some compost to the soil.  Keep any plants that are still producing - peppers planted in the spring can often continue to produce throughout the fall planting season as well as many of the herbs.

The next step is to determine what you want to plant.  Look for varieties of plants that have a fast maturity so you can get as much harvest before the first frost.

What are you planting this year? In the next post, I will go through our favorite plants for the fall season and when they need to get planted.