Gardening in Central Florida

It doesn't look like much here, but this hole is the start of a new, small garden bed. It measures ten feet by eight feet, and I've...

Our  average December high in this part of Volusia county is the mid- to low-70s. It's reached or exceeded the average only three times ...

Late-December harvest... the first turnip of the season was fantastic--sweet and crunchy, no heat. It would be a pity to cook them... Citrus...

Pretty hard freeze last night. My guess is it got to 28° last night here, on the highest point in DeLand. Maybe a degree colder. This mornin...

I got a Big Green Egg  off of Craig's List recently. It's a kind of ceramic oven/grill that uses lump hardwood A smallish bag of th...

Cauliflower, turnips, carrots, lettuce... I planted seedlings of this chard (I think it's Lucullus, but I'd have to check) on Octob...

Winterbor (F1)-Packet Vegetables > Kale & Collards > Green Kale Conquistador (Pelleted)-Packet Vegetabl...

I like Swallowtail . Good selection, great prices, fast to ship. Here's my latest order. I'm a little late for geraniums this year, ...

So, I've concluded that this winter will be as warm as the last was cold... so, today I planted my spring tomato plants. Tomande, SunGol...

Warm and sunny weather this November... I don't think I've ever had such a fine winter garden. Peas, potatoes, tons of salad (especi...

Hakurei Turnips. I'll have to thin these, but they can be grown very close together. Small, sweet, tasty turnips. Very quick to mature-...

I didn't put in a fall garden this year--no time in July to start tomatoes and peppers for November and December harvests... This summer...

A hot day to dig sweet potatoes. My patch was half the size as previous years'--I planted a bunch of peanuts instead. It's hard to b...

An early onset of the dry season. I think it's fair to say that it started last week, after Nicole blew out of the Panhandle and clobbe...

The "Blue Wind" broccoli  Snow Crown cauliflower I planted a few weeks ago, transferred into the garden. I've been very pleas...

I got this blooming cactus from a friend (thanks, Mary!). It blooms at night, and I've missed most of the flowers this season, but our ...

For the last several years we've had a beehive in a crack in the stucco exterior of our house. Most of the year I'm only somewhat aw...

I'm a bit behind in this, but only a week or two. I planted the classics for the cool, dry season... which is just 'round the corner...

So... well. Now. Hm. I was so happy to see that my watermelon had started another cycle of blooming and fruiting. I planted it in spring,...

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...