Archive for the ‘In The Garden’ Category
Oct
10
Posted by Adina
In the garden it is important to create support for your climbing vegetable plants. Pole beans, cucumbers, squash, and tomatoes benefit from good support systems. In the case of tomatoes, and for our region specifically, a tomato support system should be designed to also support coverings like tarps or sheets, in case of a frost [...]
Tags: Bamboo Vine Supports, Climbing Vegetable Plants, Cucumbers, Pole Beans, Sisal, Sisal Rope, Sisal String, Vegetable Plant Supports, Vining Plant Support
Sep
30
Posted by Adina
In previous posts I have mentioned growing bitter melon in the garden. For many years I have enjoyed eating this unusual asian bitter gourd.
While working in Chinese restaurants I had the good fortune to eat food that Chinese chefs do not make for their American clientele. Each day the chef made something traditional for the [...]
Tags: Bitter Gourd, Bitter Melon, Growing Bitter Gourd, Growing Bitter Melon
Sep
28
Posted by Adina
It is late September in the garden. The new moon has just passed. The last day of summer is past, and it is snowing in Colorado. It is still wicked hot here in South Florida, but fall weather is right around the corner. This is a good time to put seeds and transplants in the [...]
Sep
02
Posted by Adina
I have been studying companion planting in the garden.
With a single google search you or I can come up with myriad charts for companion planting, so I see no reason to repeat that arrangement of information. Rather I am going to write about how I am grouping the vegetables I am planting this year [...]
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Tags: Companion Planting, Growing Organic Vegetables, Home Garden, Home Grown Vegetables, organic insect control
Aug
18
Posted by Adina
Here’s what’s going on in the garden this summer of 2009. I am growing okra, black eye peas, peanuts, green peppers and sweet potatoes as well as my perennial, asparagus. Long Beans have just quit, and new long beans are in the ground. It is perfect timing for some new seeds, so I put in [...]
Tags: Grow Food At Home, Growing Organic Vegetables, Home Garden, Home Grown Vegetables
Jul
28
Posted by Adina
Today when I got up and went outside it was barely light, and getting darker. As I worked through my morning chores the darkness closed in, the wind blew and thunder shook the sky. It was a strange morning in the garden, they don’t usually start out like that, and in that strangeness, because it [...]
Jul
26
Posted by Adina
In The Garden: It is nearly planting time and Pole Beans make a great hot weather crop and a great way to start out in the garden this August. There are several types of beans that grow on poles. The Yard Long Bean, Vigna ungulculata is my favorite so far. Yard Long Beans look like [...]
Jul
22
Posted by Adina
This is a great time to be growing Sweet Potatoes in the garden. They don’t mind the weather this hot,and as long as they are in well drained soil they can take whatever rain we are getting. Sweet Potato slips planted now (July) here in S. Florida would be ready in time for Autumn dinners, [...]
Tags: Grow Food At Home, growing sweet potatoes, Home Grown Vegetables, Organic Sweet Potatoes
Jul
07
Posted by Adina
This site is primarily focused making soil and growing natural food, however the ecosystem we hope to make of our yards is dependent upon diversity. It is therefore appropriate to post some pics of what else is blooming in the garden this summer.
Enjoy
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Jul
06
Posted by Adina
[/caption]South Florida in the garden: It is July now and you have decided that you want to be ready to grow vegetables for your family when our first planting time comes NEXT MONTH!?! Yes, some of us will start putting seeds in as soon as August. Don’t worry you don’t [...]
Tags: Grow Food At Home, Home Garden, Lasagna Garden, No Dig Garden, No Till Gardening
Jul
02
Posted by Adina
When ranchers, farmers, feed store keepers and those of us in the garden talk about Hay and Straw we are talking about two very different commodities. When I say it is good to mulch with Straw I do mean straw, and not hay.
Hay and Straw come from the same plants. Hay is the top [...]
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Jun
09
Posted by Adina
It is June now and everything in my S. Florida organic garden is changing with our weather. The rainy season has commenced, and that means high temps and high humidity. Rain brings some wind and cooler temperatures and if the sun doesn’t come out again it will stay comfortable outdoors. If the sun comes out [...]
Jun
07
Posted by Adina
I have written about many different types of compost piles in the garden and I wanted to take some time to write about the way I made compost for my garden when my job kept me from home most of the days of the week.
Your preparations for the organic garden do not have to cost [...]
May
15
Posted by Adina
Oh gee, It is May now and I haven’t been posting pics from all the lovely food I have been growing. This is the season for changing from cool weather vegetables to warm season vegetables. These pics are from the beginning harvests of beans and the end of lettuce radishes, mustards, beats and large tomatoes. [...]
May
10
Posted by Adina
Photos in this post have been taken from the internet. If I have taken a photo that belongs to you and that you do not care to share for this article please send me an email about it and I will take your picture down immediately. adina@manuredepot.com
In my Post Organic Gardening and Pest Control [...]
Tags: Organic Gardening, organic insect control, Predaceous Insects
Apr
14
Posted by Adina
Last month my husband and I packed up the dogs and jumped into the van and drove to Maryland. His Dad was in the hospital and we were needed there to help out a little. Ten days later it was time for me to go, and my husband needed to stay longer. My brother and [...]
Tags: Add new tag, Frogs in the Garden, South Florida Frog
Apr
03
Posted by Adina
Greenbrier, Catbrier, Horsebrier, Smilax from the family Smilacaceae is edible. Not just edible for my rabbits, it is also edible for me. Better than edible it tastes great. I have heard it called wild asparagus, and I have found pieces so vigorous and large that they resembled asparagus tips a little. Like asparagus the part [...]
Tags: Add new tag, Catbrier, Edible Weeds, Greenbrier
Mar
31
Posted by Adina
I have a very small Queen Palm or Cocos Plumosa in some of the whitest soil on my property. That poor palm has been yellow for as long as I can remember. Over the course of many years I have done very little for it. I am sure that at least once I have put [...]
Tags: Cocos Plumosa, Palm Nutritional Deficiencies, Palm Yellowing, Queen Palm, Soil Health
Mar
28
Posted by Adina
Over the course of this year we have had the good fortune to harvest and eat swamp cabbage, or the heart of the Sabal Palm three different times. The first tree fell casualty to our new shed. We had to do some clearing to get the shed in. That was the only tree other than [...]
Tags: Giant Palm Weevil, Hearts Of Palm Harvest, Sabal Palm, Swamp Cabbage
Dec
28
Posted by Adina
It is December, just before the shortest day of the year. Here are some pics from the gardens including the new box gardens. This so far has been a good season for South Florida growers. There is lots to eat in the garden. Here are some pics from the last 30 days or so.
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Tags: Growing Organic Vegetables, South Florida Vegetable Gardens, Vegetable Gardens