Growing Food in Florida

What is luffa? It is a gourd type plant, also sometimes spelled as loofah or even lufa, and is mostly known for using its mature fruit as sp...

What a versatile vegetable! Not only it is insanely productive, not bothered by pests and requires little attention, it also provides fertil...

I used to belong to the "brown thumb" league. Seriously. Houseplants or outdoor plants that somehow ended up at my house were prom...

My readers asked, when do you pick okra and cowpeas? "When they are ready", seems to be an obvious answer, but it is not always th...

I've been just a pantry sprouting queen lately. Everything I plant turns to green! The latest project was seeding chickpeas (garbanzo be...

My cool new little toy, mechanical kitchen scale. Green, baby! Would not it be nice if we could plant a garden and always have plenty o...

I caught this woodpecker on camera this morning. He looks like a well dressed gentleman in a black tuxedo and a little red hat. He sure is h...