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Let’s face it – gardening in Florida can be tough. With our heat, humidity, rains, and poor soil, it seems like the deck is stacked against us. However, when you consider that so much of the Earth enjoys a tropical climate, even warmer than Florida, yet people live off the land and grow food in […]

I was recently gifted 30 pounds of freshly picked but slightly over-grown pickling cucumbers. We were fortunate to be able to rescue some of the Florida-fresh produce that did not make it to the traditional market during the pandemic, so we wanted to honor the energy that was put forth by the farmers, picking and […]

Growing food doesn’t need to be hard or expensive. You don’t need a bunch of raised beds or expensive planter boxes. If you have an area in your yard about 30 feet long and 10 feet wide give or take, you can grow a pretty good amount of food for very little money and take […]

It takes everything in me to wait until nap time to pull a few weeds or pick the tomatoes… But, monkey see, monkey do… only my little monkey isn’t quite so discriminating about his choices. He zeroes in on a weed (aka lettuce plant) and yanks then shreds. All tomatoes are balls and all zucchini […]

We bought our forever home five years ago and decided immediately that we would grow a substantial amount of food on our large suburban lot to offset our grocery bill. So we went and we did what so many gung-ho gardeners do – we went to Lowes and bought a few of each – berry […]