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The difference is that their old states don’t stay at those temperatures for prolonged periods of time. It may get to 105, but that’s rare, and it probably will only last for a day or two out of the ...

There are essentially three growing seasons in North Texas. There are a slew of summer vegetables you can grow in the heat (and dry) conditions of June, July and August. But the selection broadens ...

NORTH TEXAS (CBSNewsTexas.com) - As your spring-season greens give up in the summer heat, replace them with easy-to-grow summer crops like sweet potatoes, summer peas and okra. Summer peas include ...

Knowing when to do things in your vegetable garden is just as important as knowing what to do. I’m a veteran of 52 of these battles with the Texas weather, soils and pests, and I can tell you that the ...

You'll want to start prepping your beds in order to plant fall seeds and seedlings at the right time.(Irina Nazarova/Getty Images) As the summer heat gets real and your carefully planted spring garden ...

For most Central and South Texas gardeners, the fall garden is the best time to have a vegetable garden. Now is the time to get started. Cat’s claw vine is very difficult to control and spreads by ...

We never know what kind of weather we will have from one week to the next during West Texas winter — it may be warm and sunny, or a cold front may come through with frigid temperatures. But it’s a ...