Gardening in Central Florida

A friend asked me about peach trees at Lowes and chill hours. Here's my answer.  chill hours are a complex calculation--essentially, a...

A rainy MLK day has put me to thinking about vegetable gardening planning. People write me all the time asking when they should plant seeds...

A quick note... Among many other things this weekend, I planted: Pack I (6 seeds per item) 1) Johnnys Hybrid Slick Pik squash 2) Tien Chin ...

Planted today in my Parks seed starter: 1. Bella Rosa tomato 2. Mountain Magic  tomato 3. Virgina Sweets  tomato 4. Applause  tomato 5. Sun...

My new bed--seven rows, six feet each. I spent yesterday morning shoveling two cubic yards of compost and topsoil, filling in the bed. (I...

A note to myself: Snow Crown Cauliflower (Johnnys). High quality, smallish heads, but very quick to mature. Planted tight--maybe 12" ce...

My two cents.  Forwarded conversation Subject: beans and misc ------------------------ From: Date: Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 10:17 PM To: ...

First head of cauliflower this morning. I have six or seven heads out there, all of them ready to pick. In the past, I've made the erro...

Our first major rain event in months. At least two and a half inches here in West Volusia. I'm sure it's a record amount. We needed ...

Red beets. First beet of the year. Tennis-ball sized. I got these as seedlings back in October from a local organic co-op in Orange City. Fo...

Forwarded conversation Subject: cucurbits ------------------------ Hello, I am a shareholder with a CSA (Community Supported Agricultur...

Warnings for Inland Volusia County, Florida : Weather Underground : "Statement as of 8:57 am EST on January 1, 2011 ... Record cold ave...

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, ...