Found a bag of Tiger 90 Sulphur at Tractor Supply in Bartonville - said they had one more.

JR

Went to Texas Pecan Nursery in Chandler this weekend and picked up 40 pecan trees at 10 dollars each, my peach trees are dying off as they are 20 years old this year. Wished I would have planted pecan trees back then. Any how, my back, forearms and shoulders are about give out. I planted 49 and some how I still have 6 more to go. They give you extra in case some don't turn out.
I decided this was the year to plant pecan saplings as this is supposed to be a wet el nino year, bought 500 foot of water hose in case I got to water em.

Also went to Harris Nursery in Tyler and got all my Celebrities and Peppers. I know it's still too early to plant the tomatoes and peppers but I'm tempted.

If your looking to buy fruit or nut trees, Texas Pecan Nursery is the place to go, for veggies Harris Nursery is the place to go.

i found $1 - 4" pots of all kinds of veggies at Atwoods; Red Dirt company from Guthrie OK; really nice plants; as stated above, 2 early to stik n the ground but prolly will on the 8th9th or 17th18th per Farmers Almanac; cover as needed

https://reddirtplants.com/

I had to wait to get my onions as no one brought them into the stores here locally till after the first full moon of January, which was actually good because of the hard freeze, ended up getting 11 bunches which was right at 650 of em - all Dixondale red, yellow, and white and I got them in the ground the weekend after the hard freeze, they are coming right along.

Supposedly the cicadas are going to be really thick this year, two brood cycles hatching at the same time, one comes every 17 years, the other comes every 13 years, I was thinking of using some real cheap mosquito netting over the tomatoes and peppers. This hasn't happened since the early 1800's so really not sure if it's even worth it. What say you?

I'm not going to worry about it. I believe the overlap of the 2 species is mainly going to be in the upper Midwest. I've never had a problem with cicadas in the past in the garden. If it was locust or grasshoppers. Cicada killers should have a busy year.

Derek I feel sure you covered this last year but with so many pages I will ask again. I will follow the holiday fert schedule. I still have a bag of 13-13-13 should I start with that or pickup some Scotts Max. Can you confirm best ration for time of year?

I'd start with the T13 for a couple of apps then switch to the Max. T13 I would do 2lbs per 1000. If you find it hard to spread that amount evenly you can go up to 3lbs per 1000. 2lbs per 1000 would be .25lbs of actual NPK on the ground. About the perfect amount for St. Aug. I'll need to look at the Scotts label and get back to you.

(Edit-Forgot you were on the Holiday schedule. I would do the 3lb per 1000 on the T13)

dunce cap covered plants; 34* tonite; ant takin' a chance; plants look really good;
after i did this, i got a load of dry grass clippings from scalping and put around the base of them all; orta b ok;
gonna b a good crop this year

shore enuf, frost on the roofs this morning; glad i coverd'm

I was out of town in Florida and was worried to death about all mine, got lucky as I did not cover mine, checked them out last night when I got home and they all are looking good. Looks like a few nights next week and then we should be out of the frost warnings. Rains are helping as well. I got it all tilled up before I went out of town as well. I'll try and plant em all on Sunday if it dries out enough. New Pecan trees should start budding soon. Peach blossoms are all just about dropped.

I have about 10 tomato transplants and 6 pepper transplants available if anyone needs them. Tomatoes are Celebrity and Tycoons in one gallon pots. Peppers are in 4" pots. We're in Argyle. PM me if interested.

At today's prices, I can't stand to throw them away.

Gone

FYI :

Atwood's has sets of peppers and 'maters for 99 cents ( better than Lowe's or Walmart ) . Got ghost , habanero , serrano and jalapenos along with several varieties of maters .

Yes they do. Going to add the Ghost to some of my salsa this year. 🔥
Except for watermelon and cantaloupe my garden is in. Going to start canning my turnip greens next week.