Tag Archives: vegetable gardening

Gardening on the Gulf Coast: Vegetable Gardening

Gardening on the Gulf Coast Lecture Series: Vegetable Gardening with Horticulture Agent Skip Richter, starting at 10am. Sponsored by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Southeast Region. Learn how to increase your spring vegetable bounty at home with less work. This is a presentation via MS TEAMS.  FREE with registration, and browse online: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gardening-on-the-gulf-coast-tickets-137506051301

Extending the Tomato Harvest

It’s tomato harvest time, and avid gardeners are taking pride collecting and eating their delicious homegrown tomatoes. My personal observation is that gardening pride is directly related to production success, often measured in either weight or volume. While varieties such as Big Beef, Cherokee Purple, Delicious and Mortgage Lifter are beefsteak style tomatoes that may take longer to grow, the payoff are harvests that can equal up to 50 pounds per plant. I encourage readers to take pride in healthy eating habits by an enhancing personal nutrition by… Read More →