Compost, lots of fertilizer, and plenty of dust or spray! Seriously, you can garden in the South, just takes a little more time and effort, and you just have to know in advance that you’re not going to be able to keep ahead of the weeds and bugs!
OTOH, you can do two crops of pretty much everything! Start your cole crops in Feb-ish. Get your warm season stuff in as early as you can, put out another set about mid-June to mid-July and about end of Aug/mid Sept you can start another set of cole stuff.
Have fun!
Thank you Garden Girl, I knew you would have the right answer.
Sounds good to me, growing all that food.
Thank you for the information. I hate bugs! I was considering getting a greenhouse and growing some salad vegetables in tubs in there. What do you think.