Growing Food in Florida

It's September, finally! We can get ready to start our most productive and enjoyable fall season. I am cleaning my beds, ridding them o...

Greens? We know that in the summer we might as well throw in the towel, or a shovel... Nothing grows but cowpeas and okra. Some months ago...

That's one bug you want to attract and keep. They are a predator insect, and feed on moths, mosquitoes, flies, and crickets, among other...

This was a hint from my fellow gardener, Carol, who makes some delicious dishes out of green cowpeas. Usually, I cook young cowpea pods like...

Grow what you eat, eat what you grow, right? So I harvested a half a pound of black beans the other day, and they were sort of "burning...

I have to admit, I plant haphazardly. Whenever I want to plant something, like tomatoes, or peppers, I just find an available spot in my gar...

This year I am having an exceptional crop of collard greens. I seeded them in October, first in nursery containers, and then replanted into ...