Spring Garden In South Florida, there are two growing seasons… the first begins in October and ends in February; the second begins toward the end of February and goes until about mid-June. Planted Raised Garden Boxes B-I-G Bunch of Green Beans The first of the produce has just come in. In the last two days, I […]
Entries Tagged as 'Backyard Garden'
First Harvest of the Spring Season
April 24th, 2014 6 Comments
Tags: above ground garden · eggplant · Green Beans · Raised Garden · Tomatoes · Vegetables
Yippee! A Key Lime Tree
April 2nd, 2014 No Comments
Trees on the Property – History When we bought our house in 1976, the property had fruit trees that were already about 40 years old when we moved in. There were three coconut palms, two mangos, two avocados, a sapodilla, a calamondin, a grapefruit, a naval orange, a tangelo, a tangerine and a key lime. Property […]
Tags: key lime tree
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 […]
Tags: above ground garden · Black Swallowtail Butterflies · Black Swallowtail Caterpillar · fennel · garden pests · parsley · Raised Garden
