Watch My Food Grow

Laura and David Hatt of Haines City were kind enough to send me some pictures and information about their Florida vegetable garden.
Haines City (Florida) Raised Vegetable Garden
The Vegetable Hatt is a small garden located in Haines City, Florida. We grow many different types of vegetables and fruit year round. Our gardening area is a half [...]

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A few months back, I wrote about Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew. In order to be successful in his method of gardening, a key element is vermiculite. Unfortunately, vermiculite is hard to fine.
Vermiculite Found at Atlantic-FEC in Miami
Lawrence, a Watch My Food Grow reader, mentioned Atlantic-FEC as a potential vermiculite supplier in a comment. [...]

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South Florida Backyard Garden Planted
As you may have heard, South Florida was hit by a very un-Florida like cold front at the first of the year. Instead of planning on New Year’s Day as I had planned, I waited a few weeks. Last night, I got home unusually early and put two tomatoes and three [...]

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This Crookneck Squash is pretty much the last thing growing in my South Florida backyard raised vegetable garden….

Long story short, it’s hot here in South Florida and our growing season is pretty much over until October.
Coming soonish… a review of the LinkSys webcam that is powering the live garden video feed.

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Amanda has been a friend since we both attended Forest Hill High School back in the day. Her birthday a couple weeks ago. My wife was out of town visiting her garden-hating sister.
I had no time to shop as I was taking care of our son while she was gone.
What to do?
Fortunately, Amanda is a [...]

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Sunflower Friday!
Want a cheap Mother’s Day gift? Plant sunflowers. Here is what Malcolm’s Mother is getting this year…

Don’t Tell Sarah About the Sunflowers
We want it to be a surprise.
—Farmer Matt

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Check Out This Cucumber

Broward Farm Bureau Supplied the Seeds
I picked up this pack of ‘Marketmore 76 Cucumber’ seeds from the Broward Farm Bureau booth at the South Florida Fair. They were promoting this variety of cucumbers because they are resistant to scab, mosiac, downey mildew and powdery mildew. I don’t really know what that means [...]

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My watermelon is growing!
For weeks I have been watching the little yellow flowers hoping they would turn into something that even remotely resembles a watermelon. Nothing, nothing then more nothing. Finally, yesterday: pay dirt.
Tiny but a Watermelon Nonetheless

It Looks Like a Watermelon
It’s just a bit smaller. About an inch tall. Maybe an inch and a [...]

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Malcolm called me out to the backyard this afternoon because he had something important to show me. It turns out, we had a lot of beans ready to harvest.
Malcolm Harvests Green Beans

Malcolm isn’t the only Steinhoff to have picked beans from his own garden. His Great Grandfather, L.V. Steinhoff was also a fan of beans. [...]

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Yesterday I went into the backyard and my broccoli was standing tall and ready for harvest. In fact, it may have even been a tad bit past ripe. Some of the heads were looking a little seedy. In any case, I harvested from five of the eight broccoli plants. Nice! Broccoli with smoked provolone cheese [...]

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