Putting the Garden to Bed July is the end of the growing season in South Florida. It just gets too hot. This is the time to take care of the soil that will be used for the season beginning in October. In April, the garden was at its peak. The vegetables were deep green and […]
Entries Tagged as 'Backyard Garden'
Soil Solarization for Raised Gardens
August 3rd, 2013 2 Comments
Tags: above ground garden · Raised Garden · soil solarization
Baby Carrots
July 27th, 2013 1 Comment
The Last of the Harvest I mentioned that the garden is finished for the season, so, in the next few days, everything will be pulled up and the boxes covered to bake in the sun until October. However, there was one last crop of carrots to pull first. Baby Carrots Each year, I ask grandson […]
Tags: baby carrots
Black Swallowtail Butterfly
July 21st, 2013 No Comments
Caterpillar Issues If you remember, I wrote about what I thought were Monarch caterpillars eating my parsley. Black Swallowtail Caterpillar It turned out that they were Black Swallowtail caterpillars. They look very much like Monarchs… same size and color, but the striping is slightly different. Cocoon Shortly after I discovered the caterpillars, I found a chrysalis […]
Tags: above ground garden · Black Swallowtail Butterfly · Black Swallowtail Caterpillar · garden pests · parsley
