Wow! What a garden...I scrolled back up to see what zone you were in figuring it had to be warmer than mine and you're in zone 5 versus my zone 6. You got the touch and a LOT of it after seeing all those sprouts and actual PLANTS in those containers. What a great job. I have Zinnia envy and not just the Green Envy ones...LOL. I can't get enough of them but since I've moved some newly sown ones up to windowsills in my father's "office" to get them to germinate in warmth (40s for weeks at night) we've come to a standoff. What a job you did...so impressed and you're going to have gorgeous bloomin gardens. Congrats on gardens and son's graduation. Awesome.

Lisa, oh Lisa, darling where are you? sent you an e-mail. what nice present do you have for the groundhog. the neighborhood is infested with them this year. I'm worried about fungus on my toms again this year. At the rate the weather is going though, there may be more to worry about than that. Like nothing is going to grow cause the rain won't stop and temps won't warm up. Geez, they say by friday in the mid 80's humid and finally some sun. the plants won't get a chance to dry out before the humidity hits them. Still got tons of stuff to get in the ground. Fran

Hi Martina, it was very kind of you to answer my message considering the date of the original post. I checked out your photos on Instagram and, O, my God, you have such a beautiful collection of tropical plants. You Anthuriums are mind-blowing! I collect Calatheas myself but it's a bit challenging considering I live in Colorado which is not really a Calathea-friendly state. I have to work extra hard to provide enough humidity and other care to make sure they are happy. I was trying to find Calathea Princeps that you had in your old garden for quite a while now but to no avail. Is it possible to find Calathea Princeps and other exotic Calatheas in Florida garden centers or nurseries? I also saw another Calathea on one of your photos. I think it's either Villosa or Pavonii. What a beauty! Would you be kind enough to consider maybe trading or selling me a rhizome? Now I'm one of your followers on Instagram. Thank you very much. (I attached your photo of Calathea I was talking about. I hope your don't mind it )

Wow! Great peppers and herbs. I don't know anything about vegetable gardening so I am of no help there. I tried vegetables for the first time this year so, of course, we had a drought and water restrictions. I had corn (with ears started, then it dried up), eggplant (killed by spider mites), cauliflower (never flowered), cherry tomatoes (grew five feet tall, low yield and fell prey to spider mites), hot peppers--explosive embers (they produced but I have to soap & neem them for white fly on a regular basis), and some bunching onions that stayed pretty small and won't stand up. We still can't water more than once a week, 4 a.m. to 8 a.m. Good luck with your cukes. You have a great veggie garden. Julie in WPB