I called this one “Alternates” since I have several other plant options for summer gardening in south Florida, but they aren’t as important to me (yet?), though I may have grown, or am growing them now.
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Summer crops for coastal South Florida, Zone 9B / 10A – Yard-Long Bean
From www.evergreenseeds.com: Yardlong Bean, also called Chinese Long Bean, is a vigorous climbing annual and the plant begins to produce long pods, ranging from 14 to 30 inches, 60 days after sowing. The pods hang in pairs that should be picked for vegetable uses before matured. Yardlong Bean is a subtropical/tropical plant and is widely grown […]
Summer crops for coastal South Florida, Zone 9B / 10A – Malabar Spinach
Malabar spinach is an answer to one of my many garden-based prayers, the most common request being “Please give me SOMETHING organic, besides fire, to eliminate these
Summer crops for coastal South Florida, Zone 9B / 10A – Intro
I grew up in the mountains of West Virginia with rich, fertile soil. We also had seasons that included frost, a definite garden killer for most plants. Now that I live 1000 miles south (1005 miles to be exact, at least driving miles) of the farm I grew up on, I have to deal with the […]
Kindle 3
kin·dle/ˈkindl/ Verb: Light or set on fire. Arouse or inspire (an emotion or feeling). To give birth to young. Used especially of rabbits. Fire is something I’ve written about several times, and is one of the major skills in survival circles. Since this blog is for expanding my circles of knowledge, […]
Home Grown Garden Fresh Green Mango Salsa, or Growing and harvesting everyting on your table
Last night, after dealing with the dreaded tobacco hornworms, I saw that I was starting to get behind on the tomato harvest, so I ended up picking
Pre-Weekend News Mishmash 27 Apr 2012
Friday, Friday, Friday! By the time you are reading this, I’ll be out on the Atlantic Ocean fishing, as I collect on one of my “Karma dividends”. I helped out some friends, and they are taking me fishing. Treating people like you care (well, I do!) pays off in the long run, and allows me […]
Random Edibles #1: Sorrel
Spinach Dock is another name for Common or Garden Sorrel and Narrow-leaved Dock. Sorrel is has a lemon-like sour flavor. The bright green, oblong leaves of this sorrel variety grow atop long, narrow stems with a habit similar to spinach. Sorrel is easy to grow in cool months, and it tends to spread. Sorrel has […]
Updates 12 Apr 12
Updated the Gardening and Rabbits pages. I don’t always mention when I do, so check back often. Gardens are doing well and spring is well on its way. The mango tree is looking like it will be another bumper crop, as long as we don’t get any nasty wind like we did two years ago. […]
They come out after dark
Every evening, I go out to my chicken coop to shut the chickens and ducks in (and the predators out). I also check the rest of my animals, their water supply, and look over my