In early March, my newly planted peppers began wilting overnight. After doing some research, it sounded like they were suffering from too much water. The plants were relatively young, and the rain in south Florida would not let up. My solution was to construct a box with much better drainage. I replaced the peppers and […]
Entries Tagged as 'Backyard Garden'
Peppers and Phytophthora Root Rot
May 17th, 2012 4 Comments
Tags: Pepper Plants · Phytophthora Root Rot
Green Beans… from Plant to Plate in 40 Minutes
May 13th, 2012 1 Comment
For about a month, I have been picking green beans from the bushes I planted at the beginning of March. The bean plants are the most prolific of everything I planted. They are flowering all the time, and there are beans in all stages of growth on the bushes. This pretty much guarantees a continuous […]
Tags: Green Beans · Raised Garden
Noble Experiment Was a Mango Semi-winner
May 10th, 2012 No Comments
A couple of weeks ago, scores of mangos were blown off my trees during several thunder storms. The mangos were half as big as they would be at maturity and were two months from ripening on the tree. It seemed like such a waste to dispose of so many, so I laid the undamaged, larger […]
Tags: Mangos
