Things Your Burglar Won't Tell You:
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Comments (154)I find it strange that so many people are trying to grow northern vegetables following a northern calendar in FL. No wonder you're having so much trouble! I'm in central FL 9B and I grow stuff all year round - but what I grow changes with the temperatures. For example, this past year in the cooler months (late fall/winter) I grew lots of leafy greens like lettuce, chard, cilantro, garden and red sorrel, bok choy, radishes, carrots, and peas. I've got a few pigeon pea "trees" (they live for ~5 years and produce pigeon peas year round. They are drought tolerant and infertile sand tolerant). I've got straight Myakka sand and I haven't been amending. To my surprise, quite a few plants were very happy in my infertile sand. The only thing I do is occasionally add some coffee grounds once in a while or some diluted urine. I'm now in the process of making and charging biochar to long term improve the fertility of my sand since any compost I added in the past disappeared almost immediately (to be honest, it disappears in my compost bin before I even really get a chance to use it). In October I started tomato plants from seeds - now that it's March they are flowering and fruiting. Everglades tomato is a FL native tomato that can perform even during our crazy hot and humid summers. There's also Floradade tomato, which was developed in south FL specifically to cope with the brutal summers and can handle up to 100F. I've got those sprouting now (mid March) so we'll see how they do. There are at least 10 other tomatoes I know of that purportedly thrive even in FL summers but they will not be the tomatoes everyone knows in the north. If you want to grow northern tomatoes, just do it in the spring; most tomatoes will drop flowers by June due to the heat. If you can keep the plant alive through the summer (usually by shading it from afternoon sun) they will start producing again in the fall when temps cool down. I've also got sweet and hot peppers, sweet potatoes, cowpeas, eggplant, callaloo (amaranth), garlic chives, lagos spinach, New Zealand spinach, Ethiopian Kale, Malabar spinach, Roselle, Cranberry Hibiscus, Chaya, and Moringa for the summer. Rule of thumb for FL gardening: Southeast Asian + Caribbean veggies do particularly well in FL summers and "northern" veggies grow well here in the winter. As for fruit trees... stop trying to grow what does well in the north and grow what does well here. I've got a monster guava that I never fertilize or water and can deal with the occasional cold snap. Mulberries also do particularly well - they are basically zero maintenance (no extra watering, fertilizer, thrive on neglect). They fruit multiple times a year (mine are flowering now). There are plenty of other options if you look....See MoreThings we won't let die.....
Comments (16)OH and here is another one I don't know how but one of my dads 9 sisters got their grandmothers coat she died in about 1940 and I'm sure she had not had a new coat in many years. My aunts came up with the idea of gettin an old fashioned teddy bear pattern like the original teddy bear and making all the siblings a teddy bear. 12 total. I took this a step further and was the 1st of over 40 neices and nephews to ask for just a scrap of that coat I would have been happy witha 1 inch square. But my aunt pieced together the scraps and believe me they was scraps and made me a little flat bear front that was about 5 inches tall the back was just a piece of satin type lining material she had and she apolgized for not having enough material for the back. YES there has been many many make overs in my family. I remember mom had a piece of light brown double knit that she used for a table cloth for special occassions for 20 yrs then decided she wanted a pair of pants that color. Of course I've always teased her asked her if she was gonna make a table cloth out of those pants when she gets tired of them. LOL Then there was the pants mom bought at a yard sale for a dime that was marked a size 10 she took them home laid them out and cut out a pair of size 14 pants out of them. Apparently the pants was much bigger than a size 10 LOL...See MoreJust so you won't think I took your advice and ran...
Comments (9)Onerae...I'm sorry to hear about the delay in your plans and the problems your family is experiencing. I pray things will get better soon so you can get back on track with your kitchen plans. However, I can certainly relate. We are purchasing my MIL's house where we plan to put on an addition and remodel the kitchen. The day before we were to put our house on the market, my DH got laid off. It is suppose to be a temporary thing, but he probably won't go back till after the 1st of the year. Anyway, we had to put our plans on hold for now. So in the meantime, I am just planning out my kitchen so when the time comes, I'll have all my ducks in a row....See Moretell me about a plant you won't miss if it dies, yet you won't yank
Comments (19)This dumb white rosebush from Kroger or the like. Kids got it for me for Mother's day one year. I kept it nice outside, assumed it would die with the winter and I'd be done with it. Nope! Come spring, it roars back with growth. I ignore it, after chunking the whole pot/paper/decor in the back of my butterfly garden (very busy spring/summer). The dratted thing is STILL THERE and thriving come fall. And winter. And the following spring I potted it nicely and made it a spot where it sits. And thrives. And I just don't like roses!! Eventually MY mother took it for her garden. At least it's loved there....See Morecynic
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