Gardening in Central Florida

I'm in the mood to try something new in my summer garden... I've grown Amaranth, which is really tasty and a breeze. It's been a...

kelly:  " How do you battle stink bugs? We barely get a tomato from our plants because the stink bugs beat us to them?" For what...

Before dashing to the office, I planted: Perilla Basil (Genoa... I couldn't find a more heat tolerant one in my seeds) A bunch of Tro...

Most people I know here in Florida plant two bean crops--one for the fall (mid-August plant date) and another for spring (first warm week pl...

Back after a month on the road. Ridiculous tomatoes. These are today's harvest--my wife tells me it's small compared with previous ...

All this dry weather, I have a bit of an aphid infestation. I'm away from my garden for a few days, and a friend is looking after it. Sh...

My beans are suffering a bit from some nutrient deficiency... note the cucumber to the left. This is my smallest cuke! Persimmons. The hive ...

Lisa, gardenias are exceptionally difficult to grow in pots. I can all but guarantee you that your gardenia was suffering from over waterin...

Hmmm... Well, they aren't exactly cherry or grape tomatoes, though they grow in long clusters. The flavor and texture is very reminisce...

My kids' 4H group has placed these hives all over town in community gardens, local growers, and convenient backyards, like ours. They h...

Tomande. A superior tomato . In the past I've grown it as a cool-season tomato. 

I picked up a bunch of this stuff  last year, when Lowes was clearancing it. Yes, it really works, and it's organic. I used it last year...

Tomatoes, cucumber, squash, plums, persimmon...

These are so cool...

I have a couple of these large gardenia bushes... They are about five years old, six feet tall, six feet wide. It's important to get bu...

Mostly Tomande tomatoes, which is what I had on hand when sowing my spring crop. Great tomatoes, but I'm worried about the deep ribbing...