Gardening in Central Florida

The welter of activity preparing for the spring garden has mostly passed. I've got beans, cukes, melons, tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, s...

I've got more dirty hippie credentials than anyone I know. But when it comes to seeds, almost without exception, I plant hybrids. The Ti...

The floriferous side of the garden.  St. David blooming under Earligrande peach.  I love  the red Knockout roses. But I hate  the pin...

Tomatoes are a bit smaller than I'd like, but they're growing quickly.  Borage With all the cold this winter, my Lady Banks yellow...

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...