Summer Garden Tips & Guides
July in the San Antonio Vegetable Garden
Mid July is a good time to think about a few change outs for your gardens, especially vegetable gardens. Soil preparation for the upcoming fall veggie season is also important. Keep in mind that much of your work in the garden during this time is best done in the...
July: Garden Maintenance and Summer Plantings for San Antonio
Thank you June 2022 for doling out a dose of much needed rain during the last couple of days of your month. July, can you please, pretty please, top June? We typically think of July as a garden maintenance month, where we are not doing much planting but rather...
The Blog You Need To Read About Mulch!
Another blog about mulch? Yep, that’s right. Why? Because we care about you and we care about the plants you take home from Rainbow Gardens. It is our desire to continue to offer you gardening tips that only increase your chances of success. Mulch is one of those...
Here Comes The Sun: Summer Gardening Tips
How’d you feel about the sun recently pushing our temperatures up into the upper 90’s? We had a big string of cloudy weather (and not enough rain), and now that the sun has finally arrived, it blazed in like a furnace! We need the sun to rosy up our tomatoes, but not...
Maximilian Sunflowers: A Perennial Treat for Native Pollinators
A stop in to one of my favorite Facebook pages, The Butterfly Landing, inspired this week's blog on Maximilian sunflowers. Laura Jarvis, owner and operator of The Butterfly Landing, often highlights amazing pollinator plants, many of them native, on her Butterfly...
5 Reasons to Try Xeriscape Gardening in the Landscape
Is there a picture that pops into your mind when you hear the word “xeriscape”? I know that when I first envisioned what this word meant, I pictured sparse, twiggy plants, with little to no color, sticking up out of dry dusty soil. Maybe an occasional green cactus...
Planting Calendar by Month
The planting dates on this calendar range from the earliest (in the spring, you might need to protect from late frosts) to the latest (in the fall, you might need to protect from early frosts). You will probably get the best results by planting in the middle of the range. And remember to keep an eye on the weather forecast!
Planting Calendar by Month
The planting dates on this calendar range from the earliest (in the spring, you might need to protect from late frosts) to the latest (in the fall, you might need to protect from early frosts). You will probably get the best results by planting in the middle of the range. And remember to keep an eye on the weather forecast!
Things to plant starting in Jan.:
- Peas, shelling, sugar snap & snow: Jan. 1–Feb. 15
- Cauliflower transplants: Jan. 1–Mar. 15
- Broccoli transplants: Jan. 15–Mar. 15
- Cabbage transplants – Jan. 15–Mar. 15
- Collards – Jan. 15–Mar. 25
- Turnip – Jan. 15–May 1
- Radish: Jan. 20–May 1
Things to plant starting in Feb.:
- Beets: Feb. 1–Apr. 20
- Carrots – Feb. 1–Mar. 1
- Kale – Feb. 1–Apr. 1
- Kohlrabi – Feb. 1–Apr. 1
- Leeks – Feb. 1–May 1
- Leaf lettuce – Feb. 1–Apr. 1
- Mustard – Feb. 1–Apr. 1
- Potato, Irish – Feb. 1–Mar. 15
- Swiss chard – Feb. 1–Apr. 15
- Chinese cabbage – Feb. 1–Mar. 15
- Tomato transplants – Feb. 15–Apr. 1
- Corn: Feb. 25–June 15
Things to plant starting in Mar.:
- Cucumber: Mar. 1–Apr. 15
- Pepper transplants: Mar. 1–May 1
- Squash, winter and summer: Mar. 1–May 15
- Watermelon – Mar. 1–May 1
- Beans, bush: Mar. 5–May 5
- Beans, lima: Mar. 5–Apr. 20
- Beans, pole or pinto: Mar. 15–May 1
- Cantaloupe: Mar. 15–May 1
- Eggplant transplants: Mar. 15–May 10
- Southern Peas: Mar. 20–Jul. 10
- Sweet Potato, slips: Mar. 20–May 31
Things to plant starting in Apr.:
- Okra: Apr. 1–Jul. 1
Things to plant starting in Jul.:
- Cantaloupe: Jul. 1–Aug. 15
- Eggplant transplants: Jul. 1–Sept. 1
- Okra: Jul. 1–Aug. 15
- Watermelon: Jul. 1–Jul. 31
- Southern Peas: Jul. 10–Sept. 1
- Squash, winter: Jul. 10–Aug. 15
- Pepper transplants: Jul. 15–Sept. 1
- Tomato transplants: Jul. 15–Sept. 1
- Rutabaga: Jul. 15–Dec. 15
- Beans, lima: Jul. 25–Aug. 20
Things to plant starting in Aug.:
- Beans, bush or pole – Aug. 1–Sept. 5
- Cabbage transplants: Aug. 1–Dec. 1
- Cucumber: Aug. 1–Sept. 15
- Garlic: Aug. 1–Sept. 30
- Squash, summer: Aug. 1–Sept. 10
- Corn: Aug. 13–Aug. 23rd
- Kale: Aug. 15–Dec. 15
- Kohlrabi – Aug. 15–Dec. 15
- Radish – Aug. 15–Dec. 15
- Swiss chard – Aug. 15–Dec. 15
- Turnip – Aug. 15–Dec. 15
- Potato, Irish: Aug. 20–Sept. 10
- Broccoli transplants: Aug. 20–Dec. 1
- Brussels sprouts – Aug. 20–Dec. 1
- Chinese cabbage – Aug. 20–Dec. 15
- Carrots – Aug. 20–Dec. 1
- Cauliflower transplants – Aug. 20–Dec. 1
- Collards – Aug. 20–Dec. 1
- Leaf lettuce – Aug. 20–Dec. 15
- Mustard – Aug. 20–Dec. 15
Things to plant starting in Sept.:
- Beets: Sept. 1–Nov. 15
- Celery transplants: Sept. 1–Dec. 15
- Head lettuce – Sept. 1–Dec. 15
- Spinach: Sept. 1–Mar. 1
- Strawberries transplants: Sept. 1–Oct. 15
Things to plant starting in Oct.:
- Onion seed: Oct. 1–31
Things to plant Starting in Nov.:
- Asparagus crowns: Nov. 15–Mar. 15
- Artichoke transplants – Nov. 15–Mar. 15
- Onion transplants: Nov. 15–Mar. 1st
