I gave a couple of my neighbors some leaf lettuce seed (since I buy my seed at a nursery in Elgin - 1/4 cup for $.50) and they have had exceptional luck. Same goes for turnips and spinach. I'll be pulling the winter crop out this weekend and planting new lettuce for the summer.
My neighbor planted about 50 potato plants and they are about two feet tall now. He got several seed potatoes and asked me how to plant them since I grew up on a farm. I told him to cut the taters with at least one good eye. He did and every one came up and are growing like crazy.
Yes, we do need the rain. I hope the lakes come up quite a bit before summer. Our congregation has had a prayer for rain during the service for several months. I did hear the first cigarette boat on Travis today since the drought hit.
I needed to get out and collect some broccoli seeds from an old plant but may do that in the morning.
I crossed the Pedernales bridge on 71 yesterday... still just a trickle.
I am officially gardening this year - last year was container gardening, this year my husband dug out a small plot of st. augustine in the yard and filled with good soil - I’ve got tomatoes, cucumbers, jalapenos, a variety of bell peppers and pablano peppers, eggplant and leaf lettuce - other than the peppers, which I started from seeds, the other plants are growing like crazy. I am stunned by the growth in less than a month of being in the ground. I’m already wanting a bigger plot next year!