Living in Dallas means getting your gardening done early. By this time of year we have temperatures that stay consistently in the way upper 90s and even in the dark of night it rarely gets cooler than 89. I usually plant tomatoes, sticking with varietals that tolerate the heat well. But by now they’ve stopped setting on. Typically, if you leave the tomato plants in the ground, they’ll produce a small crop in September and October. But that’s all I’ve ever known about fall gardening. That’s until I saw this post from the folks at Ready Made. They list several resources for gardening almost year round, including the What to Plant Now web site, which I found really helpful.

The site allows you to search by region and month for crops that will do well in your area and even tells you whether to start the seeds outside or indoors. I can’t wait to try my hand at growing radishes and summer squash and maybe even a little broccoli.