Yalls gardens are looking great this year.

finally got to put n my gard at the lake 2dy...gotta git my stakes put around'm, but got plenty of time for that
strawberrys, sugar snap peas, zucchini, str8nek, peppers, porters, celery, lettuce, spinach, carrots aplenty...got plenty of sunshine here that i don't have at Nacog...will plant okrey later

Looks great. I planted Strawberries in my turtle enclosure last year. Got about 10 before the heat shut them down. They survived through winter and are blooming like crazy right now.

bottom right---carrots are covering up my tomatoes right now, top right---roma II crop failure twice, bad seed i guess, replanting Monday...corn looks good...onions fair



bottom---peppers / cucumbers lookin' good...top---potato crop failure...tried to use last years taters we didn't eat...doesn't work...planted strawberries instead

It's a new year and a new same old garden.

Lower garden




3 varieties of tomatoes plus cherry tomatoes, asparagus, Boston picklers, zucchini, Mexi-bells, green chile, banana peppers, strawberries, sweet potatoes, string beans, snap peas and romaine lettuce. Almost forgot the carrots.

Upper garden




Boston picklers, zucchini, strawberries, sweet potatoes and string beans.

Best of luck to everyone. Eating fresh veggies has sure improved my health.

Got wildflowers in with the fruit trees and then a few of different stuff growing out there.

a few stuff growin'...ur plate is full and ur cup runneth over

Droyhef, do you plant your strawberries new in the spring each year or try to nurse them through the summer?

I planted a strawberry plant where I keep my turtles last spring. It survived winter no problem and has produced very well this spring. I have done anything to it except water it. Where I have my turtles I made about a 4-5" tilled in mix of peat moss and sand. My strawberry plant seems to love it.

I keep them alive. Some of these are new. I gave away 7 gallone of plants in the fall from runners that had rooted. The bed was full.

How often to water my containers during this heat wave. Plants are looking the best in a long time. And not one yellow leaf on my tomatoes yet!!

Beautiful gardens you guys have posted. How do you think this heat is going to affect tomatoes? If it's too hot they don't produce any blooms and mine are just starting to get loaded with tomatoes. My cucumbers are just beginning to run also. Will this heat hurt this year's yield? Peppers will love the heat so I guess that's a positive.

Most varieties of tomatoes will set up till lower 90's.
Celebrities will set up to 95 degrees.

What herbs will grow well in containers , in East Texas , with minimal maintenance ?

I know cilantro will grows well here, but my wife uses lots of Rosemary , thyme , oregano , basil when she cooks.

Thanks

MO

You shouldn't have an issue growing any of those. Herbs are about as low maintenance as it gets.