Gardening in Central Florida

I became a mostly vegetarian--I choose not to eat meat, but I am willing to do so--one morning a year or two ago, when I woke up and decided...

A thoughtful video from Japan. Their situation isn't terribly different from our own, with the important caveats that 1) they deal with ...

Gator Belle Hybrid #9029 (30 seeds) $2.45 A very productive large bell pepper especially well suited to the Southeast. Uniform, bright gr...

While I'm recommending seeds, I'll add Bella Rosa determinant tomato (TGS) to the list... Produced over a long time. For indetermina...

And, while I'm on the subject of seeds, Burgundy Okra from ECHO. I let the pods get to nine inches and they were still tender. Added.......

A strong recommendation for California Wonder Fat and Sassy (oops!) bell peppers (TGS carries them). Even at the height of the doldrums in ...

Is defeated. Thirty cubic yards. Two large dump trucks full. Spread, generously, throughout the yard. Easily two-hundred trips made between ...

One of the scores of reasons NOT to buy plants from bigbox retailers like Lowes. Not only do they sell the unhealthy specimens of the wrong ...

I think I've reached the halfway point in the mulch pile. About 125 loads of mulch so far dragged into the backyard. My wife is doing th...

I ended the tomato season (a disappointing one) yesterday by ripping out the full-sized tomatoes that were still in my garden. This being Fl...

Thirty cubic yards. That's how much mulch my tree guy dropped onto my driveway. Now, I need to move said cubits into the garden. I'm...

My recently transplanted malanga.

Another map of chill hours. I love how every one is different... Map shows hours below 45 degrees received to February 10th in 75% of winter...

A common question--what can grow in our hot and humid summers? One way I've learned to deal with the problem of the months-long hot and ...

From Southern Exposure . Poinsett 76 CUCUMBER {als, an, dm, pm, spm} 67 days. [Developed cooperatively by Clemson and Cornell.] An improved ...

Oh, I forgot to add: I started another vin de maison : a batch of vin de pêche (from the excellent book aperitif by Georgeanne Brennan), us...

Well, it's surely summer here. I know that because I yanked out my last remaining collards last week (whiteflies!) and my sweet potatoes...