tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170840272024-03-07T01:44:38.305-05:00Gardening in Central FloridaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger821125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17084027.post-4628311926697006402020-08-12T10:38:00.001-04:002020-08-12T10:38:48.291-04:00Amaranth! Callaloo.... Greens in the summer garden<p> Heavy rains, warm night temps... Nothing much going on the Central Florida garden... Even my eggplants are blooming without setting fruit, which likely has to do with the high-lows we’re experiencing... Most solanacae won’t set fruit if the low is above 70*....</p><p><br /></p><p>I am growing callaloo (an amaranth, as you can see from the photo!)... It’s very slow to germinate (2 weeks!) and grows slowly at first, and then... The leaves are tender, can be eaten raw, and are like a slightly nutty spinach. Not a tropical green (like chaya), so you don’t need to boil it. We’ve had a lot of wind storms lately with gusts in the 40mph range, and yet these greens, despite their height, have not blown over. So, highly rated! Growing well: peanuts, mint, scallions, and of course crowder peas and limas.... My fruit trees (and bananas) love this hot, wet weather. So long as they don’t succumb to mildew or rot, they love this weather.... It’s great to have something on the back burner — fruit trees — while everything else in the garden is hibernating....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Hfer6ZiKq4_eWhI-Q-CWwCRFhj_FULqj8HhJHRZiG7PhsuuWStGgr2xmUPtiPIfjtFsQdOVuV3jpzfV3Z2bDZlYrJ5yAcIRMVMbjxMmO4HalMknNtUu-f3DQKRRcTT8lL8iw/s2048/693E4DEF-4195-4DFC-9404-AA7A6839FA0F.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Hfer6ZiKq4_eWhI-Q-CWwCRFhj_FULqj8HhJHRZiG7PhsuuWStGgr2xmUPtiPIfjtFsQdOVuV3jpzfV3Z2bDZlYrJ5yAcIRMVMbjxMmO4HalMknNtUu-f3DQKRRcTT8lL8iw/s640/693E4DEF-4195-4DFC-9404-AA7A6839FA0F.jpeg" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17084027.post-32030951648312135122020-07-26T08:42:00.000-04:002020-07-26T08:42:01.087-04:00Lilioceris cheni and air potatoes...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 15.75px; word-spacing: 1px;">Go back ten years, and I rememebr how we’d send the kids out to pull air potato vines out of the trees in our small backyard.... I think I paid a quarter for each tuber. It was a serious problem everywhere in Central Florida that has, for all intents, abated in the last ten years after the introduction of Lilioceris cheni, a beetle with a ditinctive red back. I find them in great numbers in the spring, near compost and under my mulch. I’ve seen many more of them over the past five years... And a concommitant reduction in air potato vines during the summer... For all intents, the vines are gone — the vines are ravaged (I assume by the larvae of the beetles) and never mount the trees or fences before they die. It’s amazing. Here’s a leaf of an air potato vine I found growing... it’s demolished, and the vine only got a couple feet up the tree before stopping...</span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17084027.post-65190052707032156832020-06-21T09:09:00.000-04:002020-06-21T09:09:33.447-04:00Edible parts...It's buggy, hot, and rainy... hard to grow leaf plants like chard, spinach, lettuce. Which brings us to... what can you eat from all that green stuff growing in your garden... I'll emphatically recommend the new, reddish leaves and tips of sweet potatoes. Batatas are rampant growers and it's easy to gather a few handfuls of leaves a day without really slowing the growth of your sweet potatoes. The leaves are tenderer than spinach with a perfectly nice, slightly nutty flavor. I throw them in soups and larb all the time. I've never tried the leaves of cowpeas, but I plant to, as I have a large batch of volunteers growing in a corner of my yard...<br /><br /><br /><table align="middle" border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; width: 90%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="middle" width="30%"><b><font face="Arial" size="-1">Vegetable</font></b><font face="Arial" size="-1"></font></td><td align="middle" width="30%"><b><font face="Arial" size="-1">Common Edible Parts</font></b><font face="Arial" size="-1"></font></td><td align="middle" width="40%"><b><font face="Arial" size="-1">Other Edible Parts</font></b><font face="Arial" size="-1"></font></td></tr><tr><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">Beans, snap</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">pod with seeds</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">leaves</font></td></tr><tr><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">Beans, lima</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">seeds</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">pods, leaves</font></td></tr><tr><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">Beets</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">root</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">leaves</font></td></tr><tr><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">Broccoli</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">flower</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">leaves, flower stem</font></td></tr><tr><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">Carrot</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">root</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">leaves</font></td></tr><tr><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">Cauliflower</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">immature flower</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">flower stem, leaves</font></td></tr><tr><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">Celery</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">leaf stems</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">leaves, seeds</font></td></tr><tr><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">Corn, sweet</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">seeds</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">young ears, unfurled tassel, young leaves</font></td></tr><tr><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">Cucumber</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">fruit with seeds</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">stem tips and young leaves</font></td></tr><tr><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">Eggplant</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">fruit with seeds</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">leaves edible but not flavorful</font></td></tr><tr><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">Kohlrabi</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">swollen stem</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">leaves</font></td></tr><tr><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">Okra</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">pods with seeds</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">leaves</font></td></tr><tr><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">Onions</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">root</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">young leaves</font></td></tr><tr><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">Parsley</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">tops</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">roots</font></td></tr><tr><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">Peas, English</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">seeds</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">pods, leaves</font></td></tr><tr><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">Peas, Southern</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">seeds, pods</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">young leaves</font></td></tr><tr><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">Pepper</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">pods</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">leaves after cooking, immature seeds</font></td></tr><tr><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">Potatoes, Sweet</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">roots</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">leaves and stem shoots</font></td></tr><tr><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">Radish</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">roots</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">leaves</font></td></tr><tr><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">Squash</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">fruit with seeds</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">seeds, flowers, young leaves</font></td></tr><tr><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">Tomato</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">fruits with seeds</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">----------</font></td></tr><tr><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">Turnip</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">roots, leaves</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">----------</font></td></tr><tr><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">Watermelon</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">fruit -- interior pulp and seeds</font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="-1">rind of fruit</font></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial" size="-1" style="background-color: white; 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Dainello, editor, April, 2002</font>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17084027.post-45884239190165041122020-06-08T14:51:00.000-04:002020-06-08T14:51:05.823-04:00Papaya...Spring rains........ <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">Remember when Florida had a dry season, fires, arid days of June? No longer... </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">During a brief break in the rain, I added a papaya to my dooryard orchard... Right now, going strong in my garden: Peppers (hybrid banana), okra, eggplant, small-bodied tomatoes, leeks, oregano, thyme, rosemary... I transplanted some Malabar spinach to replace a flagging tomato plant. Experimenting with basil, trying to find SOMETHING reliable for the Florida garden in summer, so I planted some Eritrean basil seeds from Southern Exposure. (I like Thai basil well enough, but it's quite camphor-y!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nothing going on in the fruit world in June... my guavas, grapes, pineapples, persimmons, and Nesbit grapes are ripening but months from harvest....... </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This spring, I've added a banana plant, passionfruit vine, Peruvian Apple Cactus (<i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmbFde-tDcQ">Cereus repandus</a></i>), an avocado of unknown but reliable stock ("It looks like a Florida avocado but has the flavor and texture of a Mexican" is what my friend told me)...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And a Jackfruit tree in the front... All of these are a couple years before they produce...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So, listing fruits in my yard: Figs (green (Alma) and purple), plums (3 kinds, all of the <a href="https://justfruitsandexotics.com/shop/?cat=Fruit%20Trees~Plum%20Trees">Gulf Series</a>), lemons, Sunraycer nectarine, Florida Tangelo, Nesbit grapes, blueberries (Emerald and several others), Surinam cherries, pineapple guavas, so many pineapples, 'gator pear, Fuyu persimmons (2 trees), <a href="https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/mysore_raspberry.html">Mysore Raspberry</a> (black), Kaffir lime tree...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I cut down my mulberry tree because it was misbehaving. Never had luck with my pomegranate (watery, flavorless), so I cut it down, too...</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Guavas: July and August</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Persimmons: September</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Grapes: August, September, October</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Tangelo and Lemons: Winter (November-January)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Blueberries: March mostly... but produces through April</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Surinam Cherries: April, May and again in fall</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Plums: March and April</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Nectarine: April</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Raspberries: Spring</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Figs: Late May</span></li>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17084027.post-27991284619042868682020-05-08T17:40:00.004-04:002020-05-08T17:40:44.775-04:00I'll write more soon... but, for now... <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17084027.post-30480801824607963802020-04-11T13:20:00.001-04:002020-05-08T17:37:40.434-04:00Oh, and... CHOCOLATE SPRINKLES FNT HYBRID & MINT JULEP from Tomato Growers Supply Company <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<br /><br />I've been really impressed by the vigor of<br /><br />CHOCOLATE SPRINKLES FNT HYBRID <br /><br />which I bought from (of course) Tomato Growers Supply Company... It's been producing in my garden since early February (maybe January? This is why I used to keep a blog...). It's very vigorous, productive, the tomatoes seem to ripen reasonably quickly once set... And the flavor of the tomatoes is excellent, not overly sweet. And they look great mixed in with other small-bodied tomatoes. MINT JULEP has done well in my garden, too: Largish for small-bodied tomatoes, it's hard to know when to pick them. (Pick them when they come off the plant without undo tugging, then let them ripen on the countertop a few days.) Very pretty green and yellow... Good flavor, not great. <br /></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17084027.post-51988161488237904992020-04-11T13:12:00.002-04:002020-04-11T13:12:14.653-04:00It's been a while...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I'm still gardening, and this coronavirus pandemic has meant I'm spending more time in the garden than usual. Plums, nectarines, figs, lemons, leeks, tomatoes, blackberries, blueberries, arugula, herbs of all sorts, broccoli and kale........ All that's going on, mostly in the 15'x15'...<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17084027.post-14051812424138648932015-01-08T13:59:00.000-05:002015-01-20T15:00:16.201-05:00Plant your tomato seeds!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It's that time already in Central Florida! The aim is to have seedlings large enough to transplant by March 1... I'm usually late, and it all works out OK. These aren't really my A-List of tomatoes, but, really, they'll work. I've written this many times in many ways, but here are my priorities for tomatoes:</div>
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1) Have a good mix of cherry, small, medium and a few large. The large tomatoes are really for bragging rights... It's HARD to grow large tomatoes in our climate! And they don't really merit the effort. But it's very easy to grow smaller ones. Juliet is an all-around best tomato for Florida--it has remarkable resistance to skin split and to piercing insects. Plus, it's multifunctional--it's a small-bodied Italian Roman type, so you can make a great sauce with it, and you can eat them out of hand. </div>
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3) Hybrids. Yeah, I know, no romance. But in exchange, you get tomatoes! Forget about your olde-tymey tomatoes... they were great a hundred years ago!</div>
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4) Pick the tomatoes with the most letters after them! (The letters indicate disease and pest resistance.)</div>
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5) Only indeterminates. Do NOT bother with determinates. Trust me. </div>
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6) Worry less about spacing when you plant them, more about SUPPORT. Look through this blog for my ideas on trellising. Ultimately, the best, cheapest, most adaptable trellis is made with a mix of electrical conduit, rebar for sidewalks, and LOTS OF ZIPTIES. figure that each plant will weigh in excess of 35 pounds when fully bearing. Multiply that times the number of plants, and then add zome more zipties!</div>
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7) Plan to pick them earlier than you'd think: I like to pick my fruit when the bottom of the tomato is fully colored. Then, I let them ripen on the counter. Better flavor, better texture.</div>
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I really like Tomande, a constant in my garden. It looks and tastes like an old-fashioned tomato, but is an excellent hybrid. </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17084027.post-43558629388096592702014-12-29T18:49:00.001-05:002014-12-29T18:49:13.936-05:00A little verticality...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17084027.post-8095863571172701452014-05-11T12:36:00.000-04:002014-05-11T12:41:04.808-04:00The pickleworm is arrived... And an update on the Central Florida Garden in May<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It was a great cucumber season. But I noticed a couple worms today... If you search this site, you'll see the various ways I've tried to defeat the worm, but, really, after such a great season, this time I'm going to call it quits... So I picked the ones on the vine, soaked them in a bucket until the worm popped out (only a couple had been attacked), and will give them to friends... (Only so many cucumbers can one man eat!) </div>
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By the way, you can greatly extend the freshness of a cucumber by wrapping it tightly in plastic wrap (I use Saran) and tucking it into the refrigerator. Those "English cucumber" guys are on to something...</div>
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I'm also amending my "best crops for Florida" list to include Fortex pole beans. Wow. The sheer fecundity and ease of culture. Very tender (too tender, if anything), and completely stringless, even when they're quite long and bean-y. They are very early and vigorous, though it seems they go out of production as quickly as they come into production: The first sowing produced beans for about a month before declining (considerably less than, say, Kentucky wonder). But I sowed a second crop, and it's come into high production as the first crop declines. I don't know how heat- and drought-tolerant these beans are--likely not as tolerant as the Rattlesnake Beans. But the vines are deep green and pest/disease free now, after ten days of 88+ degrees and after some torrential rains, so, they're clearly tough beans! <br />
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I planted some Rattlesnakes last week, and they're already up, so I foresee several months of continuous bean production. This is my Fortex row. The vines are growing up seven-foot "walls" made of electrical conduit and concrete rebar wire sheets, and when they reached the top of the rebar, I wedged some branches into the wire and the beans continued merrily up to about twelve feet, still producing beans on their way up. I wonder: Do beans stop producing when they reach the top, or do they stop producing after X-days of production, because that's their phenotype, they just shut off? </div>
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Finally, my tomatoes are a couple weeks behind (at least) after a cool and cloudy April, but they are full of fruit, and the first full-sized harvest is maybe a week away. I've been harvesting tomatoes from plants that I bought from Lowes earlier this spring--mostly Celebrity. Not my favorite variety, but very early and easy to find as seedlings. As always, I'd recommend Tomande, Juliet, and SunGold as my "go-to" varieties here in Florida.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17084027.post-5455970555139969922014-05-10T10:40:00.001-04:002014-05-10T10:40:16.506-04:00Plum Season Has Begun<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Again, the first fruit I would recommend in Central Florida is the plum. The Gulf Series isn't large (I think there are four kinds), but they are so fast to mature, so prolific, and so tasty. I got mine from <a href="http://www.justfruitsandexotics.com/Plums.htm">Just Fruits</a>, but I noticed trees at the local nursery... Grafting is always an issue, though, so I tend to stay true to Just Fruits.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17084027.post-1526047939525386612014-05-09T11:49:00.003-04:002014-05-09T12:40:51.680-04:00Plums, cucumbers and some Juliet tomatoes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I've been harvesting cucumbers for a couple weeks now, and plums for about a week. The generic pickling cucumbers in the picture are pretty good and prolific, but I planted them in a bit too much sun for Florida. The Tasty Jade I'm growing in a bit more shade in the back patch are much better, more prolific. Those cucumbers are amazing: Long, sweet, basically seedless. The skin is spineless, but I think still needs to be peeled, as it's quite bitter. Anyway, the plums are excellent Florida plums--the flesh is a tiny bit mealy, but very sweet. The skin is tart. So, perfect for pies, but a little suboptimal for eating out of hand. (Don't get me wrong! Far better than any supermarket plum, but you're never going to get the same quality of flesh in Florida for peaches and plums that you get up North! These are early-May plums!)<br />
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I only grow the <a href="http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/hs250">Gulf series plums</a>--I have five trees, and they are prolific and ripen over the course of at least five weeks. Anyone looking for dooryard fruit couldn't do better... They hit "maturity" after two, maybe three years. Much earlier than even my Earligrande peach... And, as anyone who grows fruit can attest, the earlier, the better in Florida.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17084027.post-56930687414935261992014-04-24T19:12:00.000-04:002014-05-09T12:37:30.161-04:00First cucumber of the season...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I wish I remembered what kind... Suyo? Probably Southern Delight... in any case, this "style" of cucumber (Asian long) is the best for Central Florida potage... I grow mine up rebar trellises, and embrace the idea that you cannot overwater a cucumber... Lots more on the way.<br />
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Later: Tasty Jade. Almost certain it's a Tasty Jade. What a vigorous, fruitful, and early plant! From <a href="http://www.johnnyseeds.com/p-5686-tasty-jade-f1.aspx">Johnnys</a>.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17084027.post-56582508676648209122014-04-22T17:23:00.002-04:002014-04-22T17:23:17.704-04:00Bleg: Rattlesnake Beans?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I'm out of Rattlesnake pole beans. Don't feel like spending the money for a packet with shipping and handling... I just forgot to save back some seed last year. I'll trade anyone out there some great Florida-friendly seeds (tomatoes? cukes? chard? kale? You name it!) for a couple handfuls of Rattlesnakes... Just drop me a note at centralfloridagardener@gmail.com!</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17084027.post-44512466594723466332014-04-19T10:39:00.000-04:002014-04-19T10:40:35.723-04:00Fortex beans... a great bean for Central Florida<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
First beans of the season. These are Fortex, a hybrid I think. Anyway HUGE beans (8" isn't uncommon) that stay tender. Very prolific and great tolerant of heat and drought. <br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17084027.post-82670415103635380622014-04-18T17:49:00.000-04:002014-04-18T17:49:04.919-04:00Beets & Potatoes...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I really love Chioggia beets in the Florida garden... I've grown several kinds, including the standard Detroit. In the end, Chioggia do the best for me. My Slavic nature makes me wary of any beet that doesn't stain your hands red, but Chioggia are so pretty I can forgive them. Anyway, my potato culture is pretty simple: All winter long, anytime a potato looks hinky, I plug it into the row of leaf must and compost along one edge of my garden. I know it's time to scrabble when the potato leaves start to decline... Very productive crop, of course, even here in Florida...<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17084027.post-71607617757625205592014-03-31T15:25:00.001-04:002014-04-01T13:30:45.794-04:00Kale...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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If I had to choose one winter crop to plant, it would be kale. Prolific, tough, cheap seeds, grows fast, repeat harvest, tasty, adaptable to many cuisines, and tolerant of heat (until May, at least...). I grow Tuscan (Lacinato) Kale and Winterbor Kale (from Johnnys). The Winterbor is probably a bit tenderer and a bit more prolific. We love kale in any recipe that calls for spinach or chard--yeah, different flavor, different texture, but no big difference really. Since it's a fairly substantial green, it can be used in any recipe that calls for collards, too, with some slight adjustments for its faster cooking.<br />
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Finally, a real favorite in my household is any raw kale salad recipe. I like <a href="http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/kale-and-apple-salad-with-pancetta-and-candied-pecans">this one</a> from Food & Wine... and the one below, which comes from (I think I'm getting this right) a Lebanese friend of a friend... It's so easy and really tasty.<br />
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Kale Salad - the King of Greens<br />
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1 large bunch black kale, torn into bite size pieces<br />
1/4 cup olive oil<br />
1 -2 lemon<br />
1/3 cup currants or 1/3 cup other dried fruit<br />
1/3 cup pine nuts, toasted<br />
1/4 cup pecorino cheese, grated<br />
1 teaspoon red chili pepper flakes<br />
salt and pepper<br />
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Tear kale pieces off the main fibrous center stem. Add the kale to a large mixing bowl, season with salt, pepper and drizzle with olive oil. Massage with your hands making sure to coat the kalewith oil and begin to break down the cell structure.<br />
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Grate the zest and squeeze the juice of the lemons over the massaged kale. Add the currants, toasted pine nuts, pecorino and toss to combine. Serve with a pinch of red chili flakes, if desired.<br />
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Serving Size: 1 (34 g)<br />
Servings Per Recipe: 6<br />
Amount Per Serving: 6 servings Calories 156.6 Calories</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17084027.post-81466515259399699132014-03-31T14:16:00.001-04:002014-04-04T11:14:20.877-04:00Loquats... Recipes, processing. <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Well, it's that time of year. A friend dropped off four gallons of loquats, just a small part of the harvest from one tree... Loquats are delicious, I think: A sort of citrusy apricot with mango. The flesh is very tender and dense, like the best apricot flesh.<br />
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They're very perishable. I suggest immersing them in a lot of water immediately after harvesting, and letting them sit in that water for a few hours, adding ice if the water doesn't feel cold to the touch. This cold water bath stops them from perishing and cleans them. (One reason I suspect they are so perishable: The stem wound tends to ooze when they're picked, and the sugary juice hastens spoilage. So, the water bath solves that problem. It also seems to plump them up a bit... Makes them easier to handle.)<br />
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The work is processing them: They are small and have large seeds and a seedcoat that need to be removed. Some people skin them, too: I don't think it's necessary, but it's not difficult to do. With a little practice, you can process--skin seed, and clean--a gallon of loquats in around twenty minutes. Slice the stem and blossom ends off, cut the fruit open from pole to pole, shift the knife back into your palm, and use your finger to remove the seeds and the seedcoat in one motion. Drop the seeds and ends into one bowl, and the fruit in another. It's nice to have a sliced lemon in the fruit bowl---from time to time, toss the fruit with the lemon juice and reduce the browning.<br />
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You can make whatever you'd make with apricots, more or less following the recipe. Personally, I don't like my fruit over-sweetened, and I find loquats to be rather mild and sweet. They lack much acid for balance. So, I add less sugar than most recipes call for (recipes that call for loquats or for apricots), and I like to add some lemon juice and zest for balance. Taste and adjust the jam, jelly, filling, etc., starting with a lot less sugar. (A rough guide: Half the weight of the processed loquat seems like just the right balance for me.)<br />
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Anyway, I discovered the wonders of a pressure cooker when dealing with lots of fruit: Just a splash of water in the pot, fill it to the "fill" line, and 5 minutes on high pressure got the seeded loquats cooked perfectly. The skins fall off the cooked loquats, so if you want to seed them, and are going to cook them anyway, then wait until <i>after </i>you cook them. In the (fuzzy!) picture below, you see some loquat puree I'm going to dry.<br />
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Two jars of "varenie"--a Polish/Russian way of preserving fruit that's not quite a jam: Think whole fruit in a sugar syrup. I used half the weight of the fruit in sugar, let the processed fruits sit for a couple hours, drained off the (copious) liquid, and boiled it to just at the soft-ball stage (134° on the candy thermometer). The syrup caramelized a bit, but the resulting product was really tasty. Oh, I threw in a few pieces of dried Meyer lemon zest and half a vanilla bean. Tasty! Like apricot jam, only better.<br />
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The seeds can be made into a <a href="http://www.guntheranderson.com/liqueurs/loquatse.htm">nut liqueur</a> (haven't tried that yet, but will!). The seeds are very flavorful, but, like apricot seeds, contain a bit of cyanide-producing compounds... Like bitter apricot pits, they have a culinary use in moderation.<br />
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I'll make a small batch of jelly from the juice. (The juice you see in the pics came from the skins and trimmings. IT's very sweet and very tasty.) <br />
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I'll probably use the remaining cooked fruit in a pie...<br />
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Adding: A friend tells me that in southern Italy, where these fruits are considered a regional delicacy (<i>nespoli</i>), that they're commonly served, pitted and halved, in a bowl of ice water... so maybe I'm onto something here with the water bath.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17084027.post-43707353986861331292014-03-30T17:48:00.001-04:002014-03-30T17:48:58.754-04:00Rat snake...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I found this snake entangled in a castnet that i keep in a lidded bucket... it had gotten in the bucket somehow, tangled with the net, crawled out of the bucket and under the shed dragging bucket and net with it. i was, to say the least, surprised to find it while cleaning up my fishing equipment. who knows how long it was there? but the snake was alive and ANGRY. it took me the better part of half an hour to slowly and carefully snip it out of the net--the nylon strands had buried themselves in the snake, but not cut its skin that i could tell. the last part, the head, was the hardest. i couldn't use gloves because the operation was too delicate, so i held the head with one hand and the scissors with the other... it lay there for awhile before slithering off into the burn barrel...</div>
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Gardeners! Lowe's has onion sets in right now... For their ease, and given how expensive sweet onions are, onions are among the best things to grow in the Florida garden. Plus you can eat the onions at any stage, from just swollen to huge.<br />
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I often come across old onions in the fall during my cleanup. They last,what, a week in the pantry? Or six months in the garden....<br />
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Just be sure that you buy <i>southern </i>onions, those that are marked "day neutral." Otherwise, you'll end up growing scallions...
In the past, I've grown onions from seeds. This year, I got a batch of bad seeds (need to figure this out) that never germinated, so I don't have the long row of red onions I have had in the past...
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Never tried this in Florida, but seems appropriate: A way to avoid our poor soils & nematodes.<br />
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(HOO-gul-culture) meaning hill culture or hill mound.
Instead of putting those branches, leaves and grass clippings in bags by the curbside...build a hugel bed. Simply mound logs, branches, leaves, grass clippings, straw, cardboard, petroleum-free newspaper, manure, compost or whatever other biomass you have available, top with soil and plant your veggies.</div>
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Much more <a href="http://www.inspirationgreen.com/hugelkultur.html">here</a>...<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17084027.post-42557981131299403992014-02-03T11:10:00.003-05:002014-02-10T08:00:41.444-05:00An incomplete list of open-pollinated seed sources in Florida...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Mary's Heirloom Seeds</b><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://marysheirloomseeds.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://marysheirloomseeds.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">They offer all organic, open-pollinated, non-gmo and non-hybrid seeds. All the seeds that you order will be "Free shipping" and will be delivered within 24 hours except for holiday. You can contact them thru the online form in their website.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Crispy Farms<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></b><a href="http://www.crispyfarms.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://www.crispyfarms.com</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">They sell homegrown meat, dairy produce, pantry items and non-GMO plants and seeds. Contact them thru the online form in their website or Email: <a href="mailto:crispyfarms@earthlink.net" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">crispyfarms@earthlink.<wbr></wbr>net</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">They offer organic and hybrid seeds for vegetables, tobacco seeds, medical and healing plants and many more. Contact:<a href="tel:%28954%29%20382-8281" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" value="+19543828281">(954) 382-8281</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Grower Jim's Plants and Produce</b><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://growerjim.blogspot.com/p/buy-seeds.html" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://growerjim.blogspot.com/<u></u><wbr></wbr>p/buy-seeds.html</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">They are a small sustainable farm selling fresh produce, plants and seeds. Their seeds are hand-picked, open-pollinated, non-hybrid, non-GM, and heirloom types grown chemical-free in a natural environment. Their selection includes both edible and ornamental varieties of trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants. Contact them through their website or Facebook page.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Florida Backyard Vegetable Gardener<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></b><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.growincrazyacres.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://www.growincrazyacres.<u></u>co<wbr></wbr>m</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">All of their seeds and plants are non-GMO and open-pollinated. Contact:<a href="tel:352-650-7343" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" value="+13526507343">352-650-7343</a> and Email: <a href="mailto:desiree@growincrazyacres.com" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">desiree@<wbr></wbr>growincrazyacres.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Healthy Harvest Seed Company, LLC</b><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.healthyharvestseedcompany.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://www.<u></u>healthyharvestseedc<wbr></wbr>ompany.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Healthy Harvest Seed Company is a small, family owned and operated, seed company located in Central Florida. They sell different kinds of vegetable, herbs and many more. Contact: <a href="tel:855-340-3451" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" value="+18553403451">855-340-3451</a> and Email:<a href="mailto:customerservice@healthyharvestseedcompany.com" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">customerservice@<u></u>healthyh<wbr></wbr>arvestseedcompany.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Organic Sanctuary<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></b><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.organicsanctuary.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://www.organicsanctuary.<u></u>co<wbr></wbr>m</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Organic Sanctuary seeds are Non-GMO, Non-Hybrid, and grown in a Honey Bee friendly Open-Pollinated environment. You can contact them in their online form.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>QR Seeds Inc.</b><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://qrseeds.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://qrseeds.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">They offer non-GMO vegetable garden seeds. They have signed "The Safe Seed Pledge of The Council for Responsible Genetics" Contact:<a href="tel:352-345-7387" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" value="+13523457387">352-345-7387</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>The Pepper Gal</b><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.peppergal.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://www.peppergal.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Pepper Gal sells many kinds of non-GMO pepper seeds including hot pepper seed, sweet pepper seed, ornamental pepper seed and many more. Contact: <a href="tel:954-537-5540" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" value="+19545375540">954-537-5540</a> and Email: <a href="mailto:peppergal@bellsouth.net" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">peppergal@bellsouth.net</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Self Reliance Strategies, LLC</b><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://selfreliancestrategies.com/hub/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://selfreliancestrategies.<u></u><wbr></wbr>com/hub/</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">They are selling 100% non-GMO and non-hybrid of a large varieties of seeds. Contact: <a href="tel:%28321%29%20348%20-%204113" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" value="+13213484113">(321) 348 - 4113</a> and Email:<a href="mailto:info@selfreliancestrategies.com" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">info@<wbr></wbr>selfreliancestrategies.<u></u>com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Two Seeds in a Pod</b><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.twoseedsinapod.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://www.twoseedsinapod.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">They have a large varieties of non-GMO and heirloom vegetable seeds. They have signed "The Safe Seed Pledge of The Council for Responsible Genetics" Contact: <a href="mailto:contact@twoseedsinapod.com" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">contact@<wbr></wbr>twoseedsinapod.com</a></span></div>
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