Jan 9, 2025 | "How To" Garden Guides, Gardening Tips, Seed Starting/Saving |
Seed Starting- Transplant or Direct Seed Starting Indoors Most start seeds are started indoors about 6 to 8 weeks before the last frost date of spring. But planting schedules will vary depending on your growing zone, your area’s frost date, and the types of...
Jan 19, 2023 | "How To" Garden Guides, Crop Growing Guides, Gardening Tips |
Bok Choy Dwarf curled blue kale mustard2 Baby Greens grown in small cells I just love greens! Lately i have realized that i love eating baby greens more than the full size greens. I don’t mean microgreens. I mean baby as in when they are 3-6″ tall. I...
Apr 8, 2022 | "How To" Garden Guides, Miscellaneous, Seed Starting/Saving |
Dec 16, 2021 | "How To" Garden Guides, Seed Starting/Saving |
Hardening off Transplants Hardening off transplants for the garden (outside) As your starts begin maturing, bearing their “true” leaves, we know the time is drawing near to transplant. Transplanting can be stressful for growers because it is common to lose plants to...
Dec 14, 2017 | "How To" Garden Guides |
Jun 30, 2017 | "How To" Garden Guides |
Gardening Guides Seed starting/Saving Vegetable Growing Guides Herb Guides Insects Recipes About Me Monthly Planting Guides Click on image to enlarge and or...
Dec 10, 2016 | "How To" Garden Guides |
Gardening Guides Seed starting/Saving Vegetable Growing Guides Herb Guides Insects Recipes About Me Fl. Planting Guides Shop Heirloom Seeds Click the PDF below to download the FL. Planting Guide . ...
Jan 20, 2016 | "How To" Garden Guides, Gardening Tips, Miscellaneous |
Why did I use the word intimidating? Because I hear it a lot when talking to first time gardeners. Okay, at first we may be a little scared that we may kill everything, lol. I also said it doesn’t have to be complicated. I am a simplist gardener and you can...
Oct 18, 2015 | "How To" Garden Guides, Insects |
Here is a very easy to follow crop rotation guide. Each season we should plant something different than the crop before. Crop rotation helps with overwintering pests and keeping the soil healthy. The different types of crops attract certain bugs, by not planting...
Oct 9, 2015 | "How To" Garden Guides, Miscellaneous |
October is the month! For what? Planting out just about ALL fall/winter crops. Actually if you planted as early as I did you are harvesting some stuff now! I have been bringing in sugar snap peas, cucumbers, zucchini, radishes, small celery, kale and some lettuce. My...
Jan 25, 2015 | "How To" Garden Guides, Container Gardening |
Vegetable Container Garden Planting Guide Don’t have the room for a traditional or raised bed garden? Grow in containers! Here is a handy guide to help get you on your way. Just fill the container with a good organic potting soil and get...
Jan 14, 2015 | "How To" Garden Guides |
Today I sat down and drew up my Spring/Summer garden plan. I suggest everyone that will be having a garden do the same, Soon! Here is what I use: List of what I want to grow and how many of each. Florida Planting Guide. Drawn out sketch of...
Oct 1, 2014 | "How To" Garden Guides |
Fall / Winter Garden Guide Since we have a Spring and Fall growing season here, I find I need to have Spring and Fall garden beds. What I mean is some of my Spring crops are still in when I am ready to plant for late Summer and Fall. The same goes for my...
Sep 10, 2014 | "How To" Garden Guides |
It’s Time to Plant Fall Crops! Yes it is still hot outside. As we get into September we start to lose daylight. For plants to have enough light to grow they need to be planted at the right time. They may need some shade at first to adapt, which...
Aug 12, 2014 | "How To" Garden Guides |
Vegetable Crop Yields, Plants per Person & Crop Spacing Download this complete list. (File Size: 146kb) Artichoke Grow 1 to 2 plants per person. Yield 12 buds per plant after the first year. Space plants 4 to 6 feet apart. Arugula Grow 5 plants per...
Aug 11, 2014 | "How To" Garden Guides |
Companion Planting Guide When planning your garden it’s a good idea to plant good garden communities. This is the whole concept behind companion planting. It’s true that certain plants grown close to each other help each other and the...
Aug 11, 2014 | "How To" Garden Guides, Seed Starting/Saving |
Germination Chart (Days to germinate are for optimal conditions) Type OPTIMUM SOIL TEMPERATURE FOR GERMINATION DAYS TO GERMINATE AT OPTIMUM SOIL TEMPERATURE Bean, lima 85 degrees F 7 to 10 days...
Aug 10, 2014 | "How To" Garden Guides |
New updated 2023 Florida Vegetable Gardening Plant Hardiness Zone Map Use this to determine your zone when Planning out your garden. Then go to the Florida Planting Guide for planting out dates. Remeber this is Not perfect, we still need to pay attention to the...
Jun 9, 2014 | "How To" Garden Guides |
I just love this time of year. The process of selecting all the different types of veggies I’m going to plant and imagining myself out there reaping the harvests! If, like me, you start your own seeds, you have the added benefit of starting your...
Apr 26, 2014 | "How To" Garden Guides |
Raised Bed Gardens You can buy or build your own raised beds I built my own out of wood. You don’t want to use pressure treated wood because the chemical they use to treat it will seep into the garden. A lot of hardware and department stores sell kits now that...
Apr 25, 2014 | "How To" Garden Guides |
Planning your garden is planning for success! With the help of the Florida Yearly Planting Schedule and Seed Starting chart figure out what you are going to grow and when. Once you have done that, you should draw out what you are going to put and...
