Gardening in Central Florida

Very useful information.... Temp. Spring Date Fall Date Probability Level P...

#5606 - Matina - 30 seeds. This very early variety bears loads of 2 to 4 oz. red fruit with terrific flavor normally found only in a huge be...

Ah, another balmy, March-like day in December. This global climate change is great for the winter garden here in Central Florida, but I wond...

After our week of warm weather -- a week that saw a number of high low-temperature records sets, and three tornadoes on Christmas day in ou...

I planted today... eighteen Broccoli di Rapa (from Pinetree): thirty days nine Delfino Cilantro (Pinetree) nine Agina Cutting Celery (Pinet...

I spent a warm, humid and very un-December-like morning in the garden: planting blueberries from Johnson's Nursery, two Climax and two M...

We had the heaviest rain in months last night. Here on the north-east side of DeLand, it rained in excess of three inches. My lettuce crop g...

I ate the first few of these, standing in the garden after a day of yardwork. Mmmmm. I fear, though, that I managed to kill the one Cucino...

I planted a nine-pack of broccoli in the garden the third week of October. A couple of them simply failed to grow -- I don't know what h...

Let's see, I did a lot this weekend: Planted ten Foxgloves (Foxy) and five Delphiniums, from 4" pots I bought at DeBary Nursery. I ...

I planted out in the garden sixteen Windsor Favas (from Pinetree). In seed starter cells, I planted Bright Lights Chard and Space Spinach. A...

My traditional Monday morning moment in my garden. A couple of weeks ago I bought two green plastic window boxes (three-foot by six-inches b...

I've been reading a bit more about the ECHO approach to gardening that I've been using this season, and I came across on Wikipedia (...

Deeply doubled tea rose with dark green foliage. From Seminole Springs Nursery. Very vigorous. I'm fighting a really persistent run of...

'Cucino' cukes, in bloom, planted October 14, so approximately six weeks from seed to bloom. These 'Cucino' seeds were EXPEN...

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...