Gardening in Central Florida

A very useful demonstration of pruning fruit trees.

French Breakfast and Cherry Bell radishes, about thirty-four days after I planted the seeds. I grew these in an eighteen-inch by six inch ...

From Just Fruits & Exotics, I got in the mail today... Brightwell (Rabbiteye Blueberry) Gulf Coast (Southern Highbush Blueberry) S...

I work again this evening, so I stole a few moments to work in the garden. I think I've finally come to the "top" of my vegeta...

On a Florida Forum GardenWeb recommendation, I planted this Lavandula species to replace my long-lived Indigo Spires Salvia. My hope is tha...

Some seeds started (the binder clips are key!)... And radishes ready to pick ... (below) Red Sails Lettuce, some to transplant into the gar...

W ith guests in town and a holiday meal to make, I didn't have much time for gardening this past weekend. I found a very few hectic minu...

After half a week away at a conference, I was eager to get dirt under my nails... After a long day catching up in the office, I planted the ...

For serious home gardeners and hobby growers, and for lovers of arcane data like cooling hours, the best site I've found is the Florida ...

I've started using this technique for my new vegetable and flower beds... It makes a lot of sense here in Florida: I'll report back ...

The National Arbor Day Foundation has a startling map that demonstrates the reality of climate change over a very short period of time. Base...

After a little less than a year growing in a smallish pot, my Oxalis triangularis needed to be repotted. I started with around a dozen corm...

From Pinetree... 1 258. KNIGHT (56 days) 1.25 1.25 1 260. TALL TELEPHONE (Alderman) (68 days) 1.25 1.25 1 259. SUPER SUGAR SNAP (...

In my seed starter, on November 3, I planted: 1, 2, 3: Pink Paeony Papaver 4, 5, 6: 'Rocket' Snaps 7: 'Sensation Cherry' Ge...

National Clonal Germplasm Repository (Corvallis, Oregon) : Where I found free cuttings of blueberries appropriate for Central Florida: Gulfc...

Climax Blueberry (2) Misty Blueberry (2) Apache Thornless Balckberries Pkg of 10 Arapaho Thornless Blackberries Pkg of 3 Sweet Charlie Stra...

Blueberries: Woodard Blue Gem Brightwell Gulf Coast Sharpblue Emerald (one not listed on their website but apparently well-adapted to my co...

Fig Interest Group

[an update] : The Тurnip Тoppers were up nearly the next day and have already been moved to pots. It's Thursday (so a few days after sow...