Comments on: Zone 9 Spring Planting Guide

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:16:11 +0000

@CNancarrow,
You could try some Swiss Chard!

By: CNancarrow

CNancarrow — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:35:20 +0000

I just cleared out my lettuce due to the hot temps. I’m in Houston, what can I plant now in that empty space?

By: Cathy

Cathy — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 12:17:58 +0000

Just discovered your blog! Great info! I live in Ocala and doing a first garden with my 5 yr old grandsons. They picked the veggies they wanted to plant (and eat) from a Spring planting list. We have also started a compost pile for next garden. Everything is doing well except for the eggplant. After reading your info I think it may have been too cool when we planted (early March). Is there anything we can do to pep them up?

By: earthworm77

earthworm77 — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:45:08 +0000

Dan, do you have any info/advice about growing asparagus in Fl. I grew it and it was great up North. Although I see it in the garden centers down here, I don’t know anyone who actually grows it. I know it needs a little bit of cold weather, I suppose this years cold season would have been more than sufficient.

By: JonRigby2005

JonRigby2005 — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:03:07 +0000

First off great site you have here. This will be my first garden season (except once when I was 10, and it did fairly good for an unresearched kids garden) I can’t afford raised bed yet, so for this spring/fall it will be in native soil. I have 2 question… [edited for space, answered via email]

By: Holly

Holly — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:42:40 +0000

Thanks for the calendar! I recently moved to las vegas- got my raised beds built and have my peas, carrots, spinach and loose leaf lettuces out.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:51:09 +0000

You can plant them about the same time as Beans, just make sure the temp doesnt drop bellow 45!

By: pieternel

pieternel — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:45:21 +0000

When do we seed snow pea’s? Thanks

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:29:59 +0000

@Deborah,
It gets 100+ only a few times here, but there are a few vegetables that will do okay in that weather! Good luck with your garden!

By: Deborah

Deborah — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:58 +0000

Thanks for this site. I live in Lower Rio Grande Valley Texas, and even Neil Sperry doesn’t cover us much! New to here (from Virginia), I have no idea how to garden in 100+ weather (Heat Zone 11, USDA zone 9-10), and at least I can adopt your information. Not much from gardeners down here! THANKS AGAIN, have subscribed to your RSS!