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hoot wrote:North Dallas area....
A single jalapeña plant gave me more jalapeñas than I could consume (or give away).
Bell pepper went absolutely crazy. More than I could eat or give away.
Only once did I have luck with tomatoes.
Hoot

Last year my tomatoes sucked. Maybe I should try jalapeños this year.

74novaman wrote:Got our garden in this week!

Decided to go raised beds due to massive amounts of black clay here in central texas. Bought 8 foot long 1x6 inch boards for our borders (some day it'd be nice to pretty it up with some decorative rocks or something, but its functional.)

Very nice - I am jealous. It looks like your yard is big enough for a small farm.
Thanks for the pictures. Post some more when it gets to be pickin' time.

Good luck to you. I hope to hear some hints from other forum members.

I tried my first Texas garden last year and it was a disaster. I love home grown tomatoes so I planted three different types, but the stink bugs just swarmed all over my plants. The few that I could eat tasted as good as the ones I have been buying in the grocery store; which is to say tasteless.

My basil did really well, but what good is basil without the tomatoes?