It's that time of year. This is the thread to post questions and answers about your home vegetable garden for 2023. Feel free to share tips and photos, let us know what cultivars you are planting, seek advice and help with your garden, and impart your wisdom to those new to the joy of growing.

As is usual for our family, we have started a large number of varieties of tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, peppers, melons and eggplant among others that we will narrow down during transplant. Here is the start list:

Tomatoes: Tigerella, Queen of the Night, Great White, Sunrise Bumble Bee, Pink Bumble Bee, Purple Bumble Bee, Ozark Pink, Patio Choice Yellow, Burbank Slicing, Purple Calabash, Lida Ukrainian, Arkansas Marvel, Ace 55, Porter, Hawaiian Pineapple, Abigail, Blush OG, Lollipop, Delicious, Eva Purple Ball, Sophie's Choice, Neptune, Glacier, Illini Star, Japanese Black Trifele, Topical Sunset, Rubee Dawn, Early Wonder, Jersey Devil, Russian Big Roma, Beauty, Cherokee Purple, Red Snapper, Carmello, Wild Boar Beauty King, Virginia Sweets, Hungarian Heart, Red Pride, Stellar, Floridade, Purple Russian, Marianna's Peace, Annanas Noire, Evergreen, Moneymaker, Creole, Vintage Wine

Squash: Zephyr, Chiffon, Long White of Palermo Zucchini, Magda Zucchini, Grand Prize Farmore, Cube of Butter

Peppers: Nadapeno, Lilac Bell, Chocolate Beauty, Habanada, Merlot, Golden California Wonder, Yolo Wonder B, Chianti, Sweet Banana, Early Jalapeno, Lola, Jalapeno M, Fooled You Jalapeno, Sunsation, Baron, TAM Jalapeno

Cucumbers: Ashley, Silver Slicer, Martini, McPick, Painted Serpent, Slicemore, National Pickling, Persian, Thunder

Melons: Early Girl Watermelon, Tommy Apple Melon, Navajo Yellow Melon, Yuma Grande Cantaloupe, Wilson Sweet Watermelon, Early Moonbeam Watermelon, Yellow Crimson Watermelon, Tendersweet Orange Watermelon, Peacock Improved Watermelon

Eggplant: Snowy

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We are transplanting some of the early tomatoes, squash and cucumbers this week in South Central Texas. Currently, we are mulling over several varieties of okra as well. Happy gardening everyone!