Garden
What Our North Texas Garden Looks Like in August — and What We're Doing Next
A real look at the late-summer garden — what is finished, what stays, and how we start clearing for the next season.
Garden
Growing Food, Learning as We Go
Stakes and string for straight rows, room for the tiller, soaker hoses on a timer, and plenty of trial and error along the way. From garden planning and watering to fruit growing, vegetable harvests, and seasonal updates, we're sharing what works in our North Texas garden and what we learn as we go.
Seasonal Garden Updates
Garden
Clearing Out Our Summer Garden: An End-of-August Reset
After a long, hot summer, we cleared out the finished plants, brought in the tractor, and tilled the garden for a fresh start.
Garden
How We Reset Our Strawberry Bed for Fall
Clearing dead growth, pulling weeds, seeing what survived the summer, and getting the soaker hose back in place.
Garden Planning & Care
Garden
How We Water Our Garden Without Standing Outside With a Hose
One spigot, a four-way splitter, soaker hoses down the rows, and a timer that runs early in the morning.
Garden Planning
How We Lay Out and Plant Our Garden Rows
Stakes, string, and enough room to run the tiller through — how we lay out and plant our in-ground garden each spring.
Seed Starting
How We Start Seeds at Home: Our Simple Method
Our garden season starts indoors with seed trays, potting mix, and a setup that doesn't need to be complicated. Here's the method we use and what we've learned along the way.
Vegetable Growing & Harvest
Harvest
Growing & Harvesting Radishes
Radishes are one of the first things we sow directly into the garden, and one of the first crops we get to pull back out.
Harvest
Growing & Harvesting Beets From Two Seed Packets
Two seed packets, a few months of watering, and about 9½ pounds of beets out of our in-ground garden.
Garden
Growing Sweet Corn in Our In-Ground Garden
We started with little rows of corn and ended with a harvest for the kitchen — plus plenty of stalks for the Longhorns.
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