Gardening in Central Florida

Let's see... High summer is upon us. Here's what I've got going on in the garden...  eggplants, four or five kinds of hot peppe...

Poor bees. With the rain over the last few days, they were getting feisty. I made hay when the sun was shining and I checked the hive yeste...

I get this question all the time. I revisited this guide that I wrote a few years ago. It's pretty good...

Despite the near absence of sunshine the past week... my full-sized tomatoes have ripened (especially the determinate Celebrity), my pepper...

We do it old-school, low-tech... The honey is, to say the least, minimally-processed. Never warmed to more than, say, 90* (the ambient te...

My figs are really late this year, but there's an abundance of them hanging in the tree, probably more than a hundred. They ripen sudde...

Some quick shots from the excellent you-pick called Green Acres in Yalaha, just minutes from the excellent bakery...  These trees ar...

I have a long row of these. I've grown all sorts of beets, but these are the best, especially as their greens are perfect for cookin...

Making room for tomatoes...

From the comments... something I wrote responding to someone who wanted to know more about sugar snap peas. They're easy, and as you c...

Since someone asked... from the comments: lgj... i put out two sets of broc, and the second set is still producing. i think the second se...

I cannot believe that I'm covering plants on March 3! We had just enough of a cold start to the winter to send everything dormant, then...

Yeah, it's a Mexican Flame Vine. Not really right for our zone. I've had it in the ground for three or four years, and this is t...

Not a lot of posting lately. Lots going on in the garden, including several new peach trees, a new mulberry (Pakistan), and two new pear tr...

A beautiful morning here in Central Florida! First day of the dry season. (I'm sure the wet season isn't completely over, but every...

I need to get back to regular blogging! Dug out my front summer bed and transplanted my (sorry little) seedlin...

I've been traveling for the last three weeks, so nothing much going on in the garden. More eggplants than I care to eat. Lots of sweet ...