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Finally after three years our old farm house is almost done and we are moving in again. My yard will be a cottage garden with no grass where I hope to tuck some heirloom vegetables in with the flowers. My youngest son is off to college and his show cattle pen is now all mine as well! For years I have coveted that 50' X 50' fenced area and now my dream of a real garden can hopefully come true.
It has been years since I had a true garden, now I would like to start small (yea right) and ultimately fill the pen with heirlooms. I plan on setting up a few raised beds using the dirt I have and probably put in soaker hoses. Although we are northwest of Houston, TX. we get maybe 1/3 of their rain and our summers are long and very hot. I want to start with some good basics and maybe some fun things as well. Oh heck, I want it all in one season but I realize that it probably is too big a project to see through the first year.
I would like a few tomatoes, hot peppers like habanero, jalapeno, and serrano, green beans, eggplant, squash, and herbs. I realize after reading the absolute favorite tomato thread that I may be opening up a can of proverbial worms, with more answers than I can use but with my inexperience in mind, can y'all point me in a general direction. Remember heat, humidity, did I mention heat?, and relative ease of care suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Our growing season is very early and late, I have a couple tomatoes producing now and will, if I protect them, continue for most of the winter.
Thanks,
Joy
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