Good Sanitation practices for your bedGood Sanitation practices for your bed Seeds provided for Fall plantingSeeds labeling for Westbury Community Garden Vegetables and Herbs to plant in the summer
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Vegetable/Herb
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When to Plant
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What to Plant
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Where to get seeds
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Varieties to Grow
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May
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June
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July
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Arugula
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X
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Seeds
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Johnny’s
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Sylvetta
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Basil
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X
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x
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X
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Seeds
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Nurseries, Johnny’s
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Genovese
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Bean (Pole)
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X
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Seeds
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Johnny’s, S. W. Fertilizer
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Any
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Bean (long bean)
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x
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x
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x
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Seeds
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Kitazawa, S.W. Fertilizer
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Any
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Bean (lima)
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X
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Seeds
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S.W. Fertilizer, Johnny’s, Wabash
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Any speckled variety
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Bitter melon
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X
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x
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Seeds
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Kitazawa
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Any
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Chili Pepper
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X
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X
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Transplant
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Wabash or SW Fertilizer
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Any
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Cucumber
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X
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x
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x
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Seeds
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Johnny’s
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Suyo Long
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Eggplant
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x
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Transplant
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Wabash, S. W. Fertilizer
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Louisiana Long, Ping Tung
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Garlic chives
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X
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X
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x
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Seeds or transplant
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Someone’s yard
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Okra
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x
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x
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Seeds
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SW Fertilizer
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Any
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Southern peas
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x
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x
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X
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Seeds
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SW Fertilizer, Wabash
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Black eyed, Zipper
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Squash (winter)
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x
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Seeds
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?
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Seminole or Tahitian
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Sweet Pepper
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X
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Transplant
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Wabash
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Any for SW Fertilizer or Wabash
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Sweet potato
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x
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x
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Slips
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Grow your own
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Beauregard, Georgia Jet
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March 21 st Garden meeting and trainingGarden meeting and training March 1st - It's time to purchase your tomato plants and pepper plants. Visit the Urban Harvest website www.urbanharvest.org Click on Gardening Advice, then Vegetable Gardening, then Seed Recommendations for the Houston Area. Listed there are the tried and true vegetables along with the varieties that have been proven successful in metro Houston. Also listed is the supplier of each variety so you will know where to get the seeds. Southwest Fertilizer or Wabash Antique and Feed on Washington Avenue have tomato plants. Other things to grow in the spring are bush green beans (Contender is an excellent variety sold at both stores), summer and winter squashes, okra, sweet potatoes, chili and sweet peppers, eggplants, cantaloupe (Ambrosia only), corn, cucumber, southern peas, arugula, lima beans, basil. Do you have advise to share? Send it to westburygreen@gmail.com and we will add it here. |