Regional Gardening Archives

What to Plant in October in Texas? Here’s a Complete List

For Texas gardeners, October is the month the garden finally turns friendly again. The brutal summer loosens its grip, and

September in Texas still feels like summer with a new calendar page. Triple-digit afternoons still show up, yet garden centers

Most people associate prickly pear cactus with Arizona or Mexico. The idea that prickly pear grows wild in Colorado surprises

Most people hear “fig tree” and picture California or the Deep South. Colorado does not typically enter the conversation. But

Pears break the most basic rule of fruit harvesting. With apples, peaches, and plums, you pick when the fruit is

Lettuce is one of the few crops that actually prefers Colorado’s cool shoulder seasons over the hot summers that most

Garlic is one of the most satisfying crops you can grow in Colorado, and the planting calendar is the opposite

The standard tomato planting advice that works in most of the country falls apart in Colorado. A gardener in Ohio

Every spring, many Worcester gardeners buy their seedlings early and pop them straight into the ground. Then a late frost

Many new gardeners in Springfield plant tomatoes or roses in April and watch a late frost wipe them out overnight.