Gardening in Central Florida

I received in the mail today hardwood cuttings of five blueberry cultivars from the National Clonal Germplasm Repository: Beckyblue Bluegem...

I'm always trying out new bulbs in my garden. I read somewhere on Dave's Garden that you can grow Alstroemeria here in FLA as a pere...

Even for a Tomato, Looks Aren’t Everything - New York Times Even for a Tomato, Looks Aren’t Everything By FLORENCE FABRICANT FO...

I started the seeds for this Winter Density (from Pinetree) at the very end of November, so six weeks from sowing. You can see Red Sails nex...

It's been pretty nice, more or less seasonable the last week. School's back in session, and I had the flu earlier this week, so I d...

Our neighbor's mother, Linda, surprised us with this Christmas card, her excellent water-color painting of our beloved pink house. We l...

Today, I planted: Four each of Tiffany (VFNT Hybrid), Matina (very early, good flavor), Sun Gold (the folks over at GW rave about it) Two e...

A good source for Vermiculite. One and a half bushels (quite a lot!) for $20, delivered to your door. Horticultural Perlite and Vermiculite ...

Florida Weave questions - Growing Tomatoes Forum - GardenWeb : "I used 2x4s, 2x2s, and lots of chainlink fence toprail. I got the topra...

The Barefoot Gardener: No, You Don't Need A Loom : "How Do I Use Florida Weave? How Do I Use Florida Weave? Florida Weave is wi...

DeLand saw its lowest summer rainfall total ever... 2006 one of the driest years on record... 2006 will go down as one of the driest years o...

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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...