May 28, 2020 Okra & “Fire Lilies” Today we planted okra. Three long rows of okra plants just far enough apart to walk through the rows with the mower for easy weeding, pruning, and harvesting. Yesterday and Tuesday were the 6 by 4 corn patch. The 5 by 4 corn [...]
March 24, 2019 Spring Blessings March 20th was the official first day of spring. I live in Florida, so “Spring” as we see it means beach weather – at least for those of us who don’t consider 70 degrees too cold for sand, surf, and sun. The flower bulbs are [...]
Come join us for some craft show fun! Sunday, October 14, 2018 between 1pm & 4pm [...]
May 24, 2018 Elephant Ears One of my favorite garden bulbs is what we call “Elephant Ears.” These are from three bulbs that we dug up in some weeds when we first moved in. They were tiny, neglected, and crowded. With good fertilizer and plenty of water, (we didn’t have [...]
March 3, 2018 Spring Seeds Florida likes to tease our tropical plants a bit with a fake spring. It’s really the start of spring weather but we will have at least one more cold snap to remind us that we do participate briefly in the season the rest of the [...]