May planting list – 2010
Johnson's Blue Geranium flower
Useful local references:
Collin County Master Gardeners
Dallas Planting Manual, The Dallas Garden Club of the Dallas Woman’s Club
I’ve put an asterisk by the ones I think I’ll be planting.
okra* (thru 1 Jun.)
peas, southern (thru 20 May)
sweet potato slips (thru 15 May)
I planted sweet potatoes last year, and they grew well and tasted good. But I’m the only one who eats them much, so I won’t be doing it again. They take up so much room in the garden that it’s just not a good use of space for us.
And I usually plant my okra in May, rather than April. By May, I’m pulling up the cool season stuff like peas and lettuce, which gives me room to place the okra. With about twice the square footage, I could avoid these compromises, and would even have room to let more plants go to seed for my seed stockpiles. Such is life.
