Same general area as pod, but I am NW 1 hrs from Houston and a bit farther south. I like your raised beds- mine were built for me without my prior input from salvaged back porch, chuckl. I do have mine on metal fabric as we have mole problems. I also wish they were farther spaced but I worked with what I had. No GH here and I have trees in a full circle around me. I set out pepper and tomato set mid Feb- they were already hardened off- I also threw tomato seeds straight into the ground Feb 6 and they are up
And then it got windy and cold, so buckets over the sets, glass back over the hollow the seeds were sprouted in. Some plants grow when the day length reaches 10 to 11 hours. Potatoes go in by St Patrick's day.
Onions, garlic, Carrots went in last fall along with mustards, lettuces, arugula, radishes, cilantro, chards...tomatoes stop setting fruit when temps get to 90* and up here. The ht of the beds has helped with humidity, at least.
With raised beds we can push the plant season out later and begin earlier down here.
