Here in Austin Texas Zone 8B, spring is the most exciting time of the gardening season. This easter I'm harvesting carrots, discussing my peach orchard, and planting my summer garden.
I'm working with some really dense clay soil, because of this, I've decided to grow fruits and veggies in a large raised bed, and build a french drain for my peach trees.
My raised bed is 60 square feet (20'x3') and about 2 feet high. If you're curious about how I built it, I made a video on the process in fall 2021. This spring I'm growing parsley, cilantro, basil, cabbage, romaine lettuce, carrots, tomatoes, jalapeños, blueberries, blackberries, strawberries, radishes, and a fig tree. I'm also doing a little zone pushing by growing pineapples and an avocado tree in containers.
I hope this garden tour is entertaining, educational, and inspiring. Good luck with all your gardening projects this spring, and thanks again for watching Austin Texas Gardening!
Also, a big thanks to / @acappellahymns for providing the acapella rendition of "The Spacious Firmament On High" for our intro highlight reel!
Video Chapter Timestamps:
0:00 Intro and Highlights from Garden Seasons Past
3:14 Backyard Peach Orchard
7:07 Growing Pineapples in Containers
8:31 Growing Sunflowers
9:20 Fire Ants, Spider Mites, and other Pests
10:13 Planning our Harvest
11:03 Cabbage Harvest
12:02 Carrot Harvest
17:32 Radish Harvest
20:43 Planting my Raised Bed Summer Garden
21:34 Growing Blueberries
22:29 Growing Strawberries
23:57 Growing Blackberries
24:28 Growing Jalapeños
25:56 Ornamentals - Petunias, Marigolds, Tulips, Bluebonnets
27:08 Growing Romaine Lettuce
28:13 Why I Use a Raised Bed
29:24 Growing Fig Trees
30:42 Growing Tomatoes
31:40 Regrowing Cabbage and Growing Eggplant
32:18 Growing Cucumbers
32:58 Cilantro, Parsley, and Green Onions Going to Seed
34:50 Thoughts on Budgeting and Building the Raised Bed
36:15 Growing Bluebonnets, Crepe Myrtles, and a Granny Smith Apple Tree
38:16 Growing Sweet Potato Vines, Zinnias, and a Sunflower
38:38 Closing Thoughts
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