Sunday, January 22, 2012

Planting the front bed...


A long time since the last post. I decided to start anew in my front bed, so I dug it deep and then raked in a cubic yard of compost... Let it sit for a week, then today my daughter and I planted... radishes, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, chard, beets and a lot of flowers! I'll get back to blogging soon... In the meantime, enjoy the temperate weather... My plum trees are blooming! (Crazy... and no good!)

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

You are right, the weather has been crazy warm. Orlando may only get 100-130 chill hours vs. the average 260. Hopefully we will get a bit of cold weather in February.

Susan said...

Glad to see you're back!

Michelle said...

My Plums, peaches and apples are all blooming already :( I'm over in NSB.

Plain Jane said...

i just stumbled onto your blog - and YES you need to start blogging! this is my second year for a garden and i need all the pointers and tips i can get!

Anonymous said...

Hello, I live in Sanford, FL, about half way between Orlando and Daytona. I plant a small garden in my front flower bed (on the south side protected from the north wind) sometime in the month of October. I plant tomato transplants and they usually start flowering and setting fruit within 4 to 5 weeks, about the end of November, and they set fruit usually until the end of December when the weather really cools off. This year we have had a couple of very cold, frosty nights, with temps down to 28 in Sanford. I covered the plants with a couple of layers of lightweight sheets or towels, and the plants survived unharmed. In January the weather has been beautiful this year, and all those fruits that set in December, began ripening. Last week we had freezing temps again, so I harvested all the ripe tomatoes and the ones that were green and just starting to turn pinkish. I covered the plants again, and had very little damage, even the flowers were undamaged. More fruit is ripening, and the weather has warmed back up. Just fertilized again to encourage more growth and flowering before the weather gets too humid and the bugs and disease season begins. Hoping the plants will set alot more fruit for the next two months! If you have a protected place on the south side of your home and some space in your front flower bed, it is a great place to grow tomatoes. I even have kale growing this year too. We keep the flower bed mulched, so the soil is more fertile than the rest of the yard. Our front flower bed is nestled in the corner where our front wall and garage wall meet, creating great protection from cold north wind, and hot sun from the west. Hope this helps someone with successfully growing tomatoes in Central Florida. I don't have any luck at all growing tomatoes in the spring.

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