There are essentially three growing seasons in North Texas. There are a slew of summer vegetables you can grow in the heat (and dry) conditions of June, July and August. But the selection broadens ...

NORTH TEXAS (CBSNewsTexas.com) - As your spring-season greens give up in the summer heat, replace them with easy-to-grow summer crops like sweet potatoes, summer peas and okra. Summer peas include ...

Knowing when to do things in your vegetable garden is just as important as knowing what to do. I’m a veteran of 52 of these battles with the Texas weather, soils and pests, and I can tell you that the ...

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You'll want to start prepping your beds in order to plant fall seeds and seedlings at the right time.(Irina Nazarova/Getty Images) As the summer heat gets real and your carefully planted spring garden ...

Whether you're a gardening expert or can't keep a succulent alive, today is the day to strive for a greener thumb, celebrate the beauty of plants and embrace the joy of growing something of your own.

Frustration and ‘an exercise in futility’ is how many see vegetable gardening in West Texas. The soil is too alkaline, the municipal water is too contaminated as is the well water, the pests are too ...

The difference is that their old states don’t stay at those temperatures for prolonged periods of time. It may get to 105, but that’s rare, and it probably will only last for a day or two out of the ...

LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - While most of us are just excited to get some rain and see cooler weather, there is a tried-and-true group of folks that also think about planting vegetables in a fall garden.

Tom Spencer and Master Gardener Patty Leander get ready for the cool-weather... Tom Spencer and Master Gardener Patty Leander get ready for the cool-weather vegetable garden. On tour, visit Eastside ...

For most Central and South Texas gardeners, the fall garden is the best time to have a vegetable garden. Now is the time to get started. Cat’s claw vine is very difficult to control and spreads by ...