Blog items for Weather

In February, the nurseries start selling tomatoes; the larger tomatoes earlier in the month, “cherry” tomatoes (Ruby Crush, BHN968) later in the month. The 4” tomatoes can be potted up into 1-gallon containers but it’s too early to plant tomatoes in the ground.

by Bill Swantner, Bexar County Master Gardener

Last month, the nighttime temperature was officially registered at 28^oF (my south Texas thermometer doesn’t go below 50^o). When the temperature gets this cold, the weather forecasters spoke of the “Three P’s”: plants, pets, and ...