Gardening in Central Florida

Update: They flew away today, June 17. We had five that made it. One sneaked out of its container, found a spot to hide somewhere among our ...

My first 'Miniature White' cucumber... I planted these at the end of August... They're supposed to bear in forty-nine days. Not...

A lovely late-summer day. "Cool" temperatures (86 degrees or so) and very low dew point of upper 50s combined to make a gorgeous t...

So, what's fluttering in YOUR garden? We've had a couple of deluges this week here in western Volusia -- more than 2.75 inches this ...

These Giant Swallowtails are so large I sometimes think they must be birds. They're finicky insects, and easily spooked -- thus diffic...

I planted a bunch of bronze fennel last fall, aiming to attract Black Swallowtail caterpillars. They decidedly prefer my garden's Flore...