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keeping veggie garden from year to year
Is there a general rule as to what plants you keep in there vs. what plants you take out?
This is our first year and we have tomatoes (tons of produce), cucumbers (flowers, but no cukes), eggplant (flowers, no eggplant), strawberries (a few small ones), jalapeno (3-4 peppers), red and green peppers (tons), and butternut squash (way more than we need).
So, I was reading in the strawberry post below that the plant needs to become more established. I just keep them in there and cover over the winter? What about the other plants?
It's a raised bed, if it matters.
Re: keeping veggie garden from year to year
strawberries are perennials. all the other plants you listed are annuals.
other perennial edibles include asparagus, mint, thyme, sage, parsley (well, biennial), rosemary, lavender, rhubarb, walking onions, asparagus, artichokes, and probably some more things I'm forgetting.
in Austin you probably don't need to cover your strawberries. If you do, just a layer of hay would do.
Most of my herbs are either perennials or they drop seeds and just come back every year.
I have aspargus too which stay in the ground year after year.
You may want to rotate your crops. For example I had bad stink bug type bug problem. I didn't plant squash for 2 years hoping they will have died. I also changed location for my squash.
My strawberries were evergreen last year, and I'm guessing Austin has milder winters. What I've been told is that they're stronger after two years, but decline after three. If you keep the daughters you can establish a 3 year rotation where you have 1 year plants, 2 year plants and then take the 3 year plants out at the end of the season and start the cycle over. We'll see, I'm short on space, but then strawberries don't seem too picky.
The tomato/eggplant/pepper family are susceptible to the same diseases, mainly verticillium wilt. I don't know if that's a problem in your area. If it is you need to rotate your crops so members of that family aren't planted in the same spot each year. Your local extension services should have info on plant diseases in your area and what measures to take. Check their website, ours has most of their publications on it, although you can always call with specific questions.
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