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First Harvest of the Spring Season

April 24th, 2014 6 Comments

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 […]

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Green Tomato Relish

March 11th, 2014 No Comments

A Gallon of Green Tomatoes At the end of February, we cleared the fall plants from the garden, so we could put in the spring plants. Last weekend, I was asked if I threw out the green tomatoes that were taken off all the spindly tomato vines before we pulled them up. Green Tomatoes Holy […]

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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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