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They Are Eating My Herbs!

March 21st, 2014 1 Comment

Fennel Stripped to the Stems Last spring, I wrote about finding my parsley patch stripped down to the stems overnight by a bunch of colorful caterpillars. Black Swallowtail Caterpillars They were Black Swallowtail caterpillars, and they had voracious appetites. They are back and chowing down on my garden. Last week, they stripped the fennel plants […]

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Going from Winter to Summer Garden

February 27th, 2014 2 Comments

Pulling Out the Winter Garden If you live in south Florida, February is the time to plant the summer garden. One hitch, though… the winter plants have to be removed first. Besides the herbs, which, for the most part, are perennials… in October, my gardening partner Bill and I planted snow peas, poblanos, jalapenos, green […]

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Greens for the New Year

December 31st, 2013 3 Comments

New Year’s Tradition Our family welcomes the New Year with traditional food. We usually have ham, black-eyed peas and greens for good luck and prosperity in the New Year. Broccoli We planted broccoli for the first time this past October. It has come up and is way bigger than I thought it would be. The […]

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