Seminole Pumpkins

Posted by Adina A lady friend and I shared a Seminole Pumpkin we got at VarriGreen Farm in Okeechobee Florida. It was delicious, and we got lots of seeds. My friend Holly suggested I try to grow them over the South Florida summer months when only the most heat tolerant crops will grow. In July I put [...]

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Path To Freedom

Posted by Adina I was checking into Joel Salatin, well respected practitioner of sustainable farming when I found this video. I have been agonizing over whether I have space enough on my property for more than gardening. Now I feel certain I do. Check this out, no matter how you feel about your garden this [...]

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Varri Green Farm

Posted by Adina Varri Green Farm is a wonderful Natural vegetable producer in Okeechobee Florida. Last season Varri Green Farm made an excellent showing at the Fort Pierce Green Market. Every week they had a variety of sprouts, several varieties of radishes, beets, carrots, greens, arugula, and amazing bags stuffed full of very clean substantial lettuce, [...]

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Food Supply Crisis

Posted by Adina Everything I read in the paper and on the internet, and every trend I see in the grocery store leads me to believe that our food system is about to have an upheaval. I think it will be tough for a while, and we consumers will suffer, but ultimately if we survive the food [...]

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Crazy Hart Ranch

Posted by Adina I have a new friend in Fellsmere Florida.  Linda Hart of Crazy Hart Ranch is raising pastured chickens and turkeys for the production of meat and eggs that are of a quality one can not find in the grocery store.   I am an omnivore who refuses to eat creatures that were treated like commodities. I [...]

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Composting 101

Posted by Adina I was explaining to her that the bacterial action heated the compost pile.  ”Does it smell?”  she asked me.   I was sitting next to a very smart college graphics student the other night.  I showed her my new design for my business card hoping to get some critical help.  ”So you sell compost?” she asked me. [...]

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Soil Tilth And The No Till Garden

Posted by Adina I am having a revolution in the garden of my mind. That garden happens long before I tie on a bandana, don gloves hat and clippers and walk out the door. As I prepare several of my garden sections for the South Florida Fall planting I am for the first time planning not to dig [...]

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Microbial Life of a Compost Pile

Posted by Adina If you are expecting my science project here forget it. I have decided that if you want the down and dirty  on the microbial life of a compost pile you can check out this link for The Cornell Waste Management Institute at Cornell University. If you want to know the very specific science [...]

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The Compost Pile

Posted by Adina I have been for many years creating compost for my vegetable garden by composting directly into fallow sections. I garden in South Florida. Our growing seasons are upside down here. Most of our vegetable growing is done in the winter when the humidity is down, and our lowest temperatures rarely make [...]

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Weeds: Food For Rabbits

Posted by Adina I recently acquired three female bunnies. Being a Manure Maven, and an avid gardener this was bound to happen. They were at Creature Safe Place in Fort Pierce Florida. They had been rescued. I adopted them. What I knew about bunnies that day you could write in a line or [...]

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