Yes, it’s true! The 2025 garden kickoff has begun. Being in North Texas we are still experiencing some cooler weather but we don’t have any snow on the grown and hoping for no deep freeze weather to hit. We do a lot of raised garden beds here so cleaning up the beds from the fall garden is pretty simple to do. Then, adding compost or other soil amendments and working them into the garden soil. And, adding the plants to our garden beds. It all sounds so easy but as we all know there is more to it.
You can see how Ron got our 2025 garden started here.
Weather
It’s never a fool proof plan on when to start your garden. Yes, knowing your zones can help but it’s not a guarantee. If you are like me, you like to push the envelope and pray for nice weather early and are willing to take the risk of putting your plants out early. To help with this there are several things you can do. One, make sure to harden off your delicate little plants while they are still inside by having a fan going over them. As they do well with that then you can move them outside during the day time and bringing them inside at night. After a week or so of that let them stay outside over night if your temps don’t fall below freezing. I don’t let them stay outside if it gets below 40.
Check this out for learning more about your gardening zones.
Cold or Hot Plants for the Garden
It’s important to know when to start certain plants. There are plants that do better in the colder parts of your gardening season. These are your root crops and your brassicas. If the bulb is in the ground, such as carrots, beets, turnips then a cold snap isn’t going to hurt them. Cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli can do fine if the temps are chilly. It might actually help the veggie taste sweeter. In the heat of the summer is when you want to put out your tomatoes, peppers and eggplants plus so much more. The hot weather is when these type of plants will grow, flower and produce.
Hope these gardening tips gave you some ideas for your 2025 garden!
Shawn
