Growing Food in Florida

If you planted any okra this season, right now you would be drowning in okra pods, and the okra plants themselves would be rivaling your oak...

In my never-ending quest to grow tomatoes year-round in Florida I have embarked on trying them out in our excruciating summer heat. We know ...

Woo hoo! It's been a whole month away from my blog, and I feel pretty ashamed of myself. But, to my excuse, we cannot do that much in th...

We all can agree that growing greens in Florida’s summer is no easy feat. Last year I tried growing baby bok choy in the shade , as well as ...

My adventure with the small grains, namely Flax Seed and Barley finally came to fruition. I harvested both grains about two weeks ago. I did...

I have to admit, I spent quite some time researching the options of shredding my garden waste for composting, such as tomato, corn, okra, an...

Whew! Somebody aircondition Florida, please! It has been an extremely hot spring. At the end of May we usually finish harvesting spring se...