{"product_id":"b0h9l1f2tn","title":"Planting Season Texas: The Year-Round Vegetable Gardening Playbook for All Six Texas Climates","description":"\u003cp\u003eGrow food all year in Texas, from the Panhandle to the Valley, with a calendar built for a state that is really six climates in a trench coat. Texas is too big for one planting date, and that is exactly why the generic gardening books fail here. A gardener in Amarillo and a gardener in Brownsville do not share a season, a soil or a last frost. Miss the narrow spring tomato window or the July fall-garden start, and the Texas summer will punish you for it.  Planting Season Texas  gives you the calendar that fits your part of the state, plus the soil, water and pest playbook that keeps a home garden productive through heat, drought and a surprising winter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWritten for Texas's six growing regions, the high, cold Panhandle, the North and North-Central baseline around Dallas and Fort Worth, the acid sands of East Texas, the limestone Hill Country, the humid Gulf Coast, and the near-frost-free South Texas and Rio Grande Valley, this guide turns a huge, contradictory state into a simple month-by-month plan. You will know what to sow this week, when the soil is warm enough to plant out, how to beat the summer, and when to start the fall garden that most Texans miss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat you get inside: A true Texas planting calendar with the best sowing windows for every major crop, built around the tight spring window and the July-to-September fall garden that carries you to a mild winter harvest. A full plant library of more than 100 crops that produce here, from the spring and fall tomato windows to okra, southern peas, sweet potato and the heat lovers that thrive when everything else quits, each with spacing, sun, water, pests and companions. Soil playbook for the state's split personality, the alkaline blackland clay and caliche of the center and west and the acid sand of the east, with honest raised-bed and amendment advice for each. Pest and disease field guide for real Texas pressure, from grasshoppers, fire ants and squash bugs to the fungal and bacterial problems of a humid Gulf summer, all organic-first. Water strategy for drought and restriction, drip irrigation, mulch and rainwater, plus the extreme-heat and late-freeze protocols the state keeps throwing at gardeners. Companion planting, organic sprays, a beneficial-insects chapter, crop rotation, seed saving, composting and worm farming in the heat, small spaces, and real Texas case studies from six regions. A native and heritage edibles chapter, from prickly pear and nopales to native beans and Southwest staples. A Real Talk voice throughout, with honest advice on what to skip, when to rest the garden through the worst of summer, and how to stop guessing your planting dates. Who it's for: New Texas gardeners who lost a garden to the summer and want the real planting calendar for their region. Transplants from cooler states who keep getting caught by the heat and the tight spring window. Families wanting homegrown food, lower grocery bills and a garden that produces spring, fall and a mild winter. Why this book is different:\u003cbr\u003e\nIt was written for Texas and structured around the six climates inside it, so a Panhandle reader and a Valley reader get different advice, not the same bland guidance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePair it with the free Planting Season app  at plantingseasons.com for month-by-month alerts, watering reminders, and the full plant library on your phone. Your book includes three free months of Pro.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTap  Buy now  and get the Texas growing calendar built for your part of the state.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":67934592040996,"sku":"YSL33107","price":7.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0805\/2614\/7620\/files\/71PaUw1MIbL._SY1500.jpg?v=1793248559","url":"https:\/\/booktavero.com\/products\/b0h9l1f2tn","provider":"BookTavero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}