Hey my favorite gardeners, I am in full planning mode for my 2026 garden.
As you can see I have an all new garden location, because gardeners are always expanding 😆
So what is your tops suggestions for me to grow for 2026?
Your top picks will most definitely be featured in the garden. Comment or DM me your top picks. But make sure to consider my growing zone, and also let’s limit it to fruits, vegetables, herbs or flowers. The more unique the better!
I think this is going to be fun, can’t wait to see what you come up with. The top winners will have their user names added to the plant tag. It will force me to actually label my plants! 😂
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Add some native flowers and pollinators around or near your beds in the back, not in them. It will help the bees, birds and butterflies and give color for your gardens
Also try some Asian varieties you haven’t grown before
I'm in zone 6a. So not a lot of help, but you could start with spinach, arugula. Curly parsley is a beautiful plant. Basil & thyme are great companion plants for strawberries. The thyme would flow over the side of the bed.
Artichokes, time to start them if you going from seed.
ONIONS
For spring? Peas, carrots, lettuce.
Congrats on the new beds! I put a few lemon balm in with my strawberries to give them a little healthy competition. For the others… talk to Jacques at Epic about inoculating your beds with mushroom spawn in addition to planting in them; the mycelium will help keep your soil happy, and will give you delicious mushrooms as well. I'm planning to put winecaps in my beds. Also, of course, put some aromatic herbs in each one both as a good source of culinary herbs but also to discourage pests. Sunflowers tend to make pollinators really happy, and I personally love having several types of lettuce, mustard greens, etc. Maybe some rhubarb for baking with all your strawberries? SO MANY OPTIONS.
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I love San Marzano tomatoes. They did well for me. Just trim back after they finish the first harvest around August to give a second prolific harvest before the first frost. I struggled with squash bugs and beetles with my cucumbers. My MIL does well with onions and yellow potatoes. Can’t wait to see what you decide.
How are you prepping already? I’m in NW Ft Worth area 8a. and it’s cold out there. My beds are full of broccoli and cabbage, strawberries, lettuces, beets and herbs. I don’t have too much room for much more. I’ve been trying to figure out what I am going to grow. I think I want to do something completely different this year.
Egyptian walking onions. We always had them in out FTW garden. Best greens for baked potatoes.
Best success on whatever you choose.
Love this guy. Grow whatever you like and I will watch.
Can you do mixed greens? Like what you would use for salad. They are usually pretty in different shades of green and even red or purple.
Strawberries are a nice idea 👍 can you grow carrots there?
For spring, carrots and parsnips could be seeded now. If you wanted to do larger variety radishes like daikon, those would be now, also.
You can border with bunching onions or shallots (helps reduce rat, rabbit, and other rodent invasion – though I know from experience it doesn't always stop them). Those grow right through the winter and the greens are usable whenever you need them for cooking.
Snow peas are great now and put nitrogen into the soil, then once it warms up you can switch to beans. In my yard we've used cattle panels to make arched trellises over some of the beds and grow pole beans and yard-long beans up them. Also works for climbing squash and melon varieties.
If you want interesting accents that also become great foods, you can try lemon grass and/or turmeric. We've had great luck with both (we're over in Lewisville, so pretty similar weather to you). In fact, I really need to go dig out my turmeric and separate out my harvest from what I'm putting back in the ground. It's a great thing to grow in a place where your drainage from the beds runs by so it gets water but doesn't stay wet. And I've found turmeric really doesn't care about soil types the way ginger does. The blooms are also stunning, but they don't show up until late summer.
For cherry tomatoes, I've found the very old gooseberry to be a fabulous choice that can stand up to Texas heat and keep producing well into the summer. Sometimes all the way through until fall.
You could also put cilantro in now. It grows straight through the winter here, usually. It may die down in freezes, but often comes back, and if you have seeds in the soil, they will sprout as soon as any ice on them melts and you get new plants. That assumes you don't hate the taste of cilantro, though.
Bed dimensions?
Texas sage (ornamental and medicinal), eggplant and peppers. Its TX. Gotta have peppers.
I would say peppers and eggplants i really like them
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The Bushel & Berry selection of blueberries & blackberries are very nice. I struggled with their raspberries. I purchased the 3 gal size (already fruiting when purchased) from Calloways. They are designed for containers which makes them visually appealing and they taste great. An herb garden with rosemary & lavender as the visual interest would be beautiful all year round. Very interested in seeing what you do. I’m also in the DFW area.
I'd love to see herbs that would grow good in Zone 8B and live through the heat. Grow whatever you would use/eat/season your food with.
Do you and your family like green beans, zucchini, tomatos? I know sweet potatoes like warm soil. I think you should grow a loofa and then sell them. I would buy one LOL
I'm not sure about your zone, but I think merlot grapes for wine.
Cucumbers, squash, beans, watermelon – I’m struggling to grow those. I’m in DFW area too. The bugs and heat are real problems
Roselle Hibiscus. I have two plants. can’wait to see the flowers . They like heat.