Gardening in Central Florida

Here's a better picture of my new, front bed. I've already started doing what I swore I wouldn't--tearing out brassicas and sala...

What isn't in this slideshow? Apples, blueberries, peaches, onions, lettuce, cabbage, collards, chard, broccoli, peas... The slideshow i...

My new, front bed today. This half of the garden has onions, mache, turnips, carrots, lettuce, and cabbage. The garden one month ag o, af...

My pole beans are up, my tomatoes are in the ground, and my peppers are up to bat. Apple, peach, plum and blueberries are all blooming. 

A couple weeks early, I've planted squash, tomatoes, melons, pole beans, & cucumbers in the garden. I need to get my peppers in the ...

A warm week ahead, so, several weeks earlier than in the past, I planted two short rows of pole beans (McCaslan and Fortex). I had to harves...

A great beet season.

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...