Gardening in Central Florida

I only have one eggplant this year, and it has only just started to set fruit... but it has set four or five already and its growth rate ha...

I get lots of emails with questions. When I have time (like this morning), I answer them. Hi there, My name is . I recently bought my firs...

First cucuzza/trombone squash of the season. I think the common names are interchangeable. In any case, it's not really a squash, but a ...

Trombone squash, aka Tromboncino... bent on world domination. Good harvest of Nesbitt grapes this year... they've ripened at the begin...

Never grown watermelon here in FLA before. I planted the seeds ( Asian Sweet from Evergreen seeds ) at the end of the first week of March, ...

Someone sent me this interesting calculation of chill hours in Central Florida, based on FAWN temperature data . I have calculated chill hou...

I spent most of May and June out of town, and am only now getting back into the gardening groove. I set up a micro-sprinkler system for my v...

What a pain to grow... but, so beautiful.

Just one this year. My Anna and Dorsett bloomed at different times, so I didn't get much pollination... This is the second year it'...

Mid-April is a beautiful time in Florida, and this season, with its cooler temperatures and regular rainfall, has been particularly nice. We...

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Citrus: Honeybell Tangelo, Hamlin Orange, Owari Satsuma (these all on Flying Dragon), Sambokan Lemon, a Kumquat in a pot, and a kaffir lime ...

Apple blooms, potatoes, beans, blueberries... etc. This didn't come out well, but I'm too beat to do it again. Long day in the garde...

I made this earlier this winter with my mom's "organic" oranges. I used a cheap red boxed wine, not a white, but otherwise, s...

Cukes and melons are up. First blackberry bloom of he season... very late. All winter I stick sprouted potatoes into black nursery pots an...