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Many weeks ago, when it became obvious that we probably were going to have an early Spring, getting your gardens planted with the early vegetables was our topic. We discussed soil testing, preparation of the soil, selection of plants and their varieties. Well, now it’s time to be getting the later vegetable crops planted, such as beans, tomatoes, corn, squash, cucumbers, peppers and eggplant. And then watermelons, cantaloupes, okra, blackeyed peas and other Southern peas can be planted even a little later. Some of these can be “double cropped” which is planting one crop, such as beans, and then when their productive growing season slows down, plowing or pulling them up and using and the same ground to replant later producing crops, such as okra.

In line with signals from the White House to restart the nation’s economy, Gov. Greg Abbott on April 17 issued executive orders to move the Lone Star State toward normalizing citizens’ activities during the COVID-19 crisis.

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