Watch My Food Grow ~ A South Florida Raised Vegetable Garden

Malcolm called me out to the backyard this afternoon because he had something important to show me. It turns out, we had a lot of beans ready to harvest.

Malcolm Harvests Green Beans

Malcolm isn’t the only Steinhoff to have picked beans from his own garden. His Great Grandfather, L.V. Steinhoff was also a fan of beans. His bean plants, however, look a lot better than mine.

L.V. Steinhoff Harvests Green Beans

Show Us Your Backyard Vegetable Garden Beans

How is your garden doing this season?

The beans are doing surprisingly well. Those are the first vegetable we have grown from seed. Everything else came in a pot.

Tonight we’re doing stir-fried beans with a bit of onion, garlic and a bit of bacon.

—Farmer Matt

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Yesterday I went into the backyard and my broccoli was standing tall and ready for harvest. In fact, it may have even been a tad bit past ripe. Some of the heads were looking a little seedy. In any case, I harvested from five of the eight broccoli plants. Nice! Broccoli with smoked provolone cheese was on the menu last night.

Broccoli, Tomatoes, Eggplant, Green Peppers, Jalapenos

In addition to the loads of Broccoli, we had a great garden day yesterday. We had plenty of fairy tale eggplant, hot bird peppers and jalapenos. There was a nice bell pepper and, of course, there are always sun sugar tomatoes ready to be plucked. Check out all this food…

What Is Your Garden Producing Today?

What are you pulling from your garden today? What is ripe? What is on the menu for dinner? Let me know.

—Farmer Matt

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Truth be told, I’m not much of a farmer. Fortunately, I didn’t know any vegetable gardeners better than me in South Florida when I started this project. So, I was secure, if naive, in my pursuit.

A few weeks after starting my backyard vegetable garden, the future cousin-in-law of a friend, Kara, emailed about my garden. She had just gotten the renewed green itch.

Kara’s Garden

Here’s the big difference between the two of us… Kara knows what she is doing. And, on her five-acre homestead in Palm City, she has the space to grow. Kara’s Garden looks amazing. It’s huge and well-landscaped. While mine is a box of dirt, hers has presence.

You really need to check out the late March garden update to get a feel for the size and variety of her backyard vegetable garden.

Make sure to check out Kara’s garden. Not only does she have a better vegetable garden, she updates her blog more often, too. If she had live video from her garden, I’d be out of business.

—Farmer Matt

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