Chewed and Stunted Okra I have the first pest problem of this gardening season. I have scads of voracious aphids on my okra. Okra Leaf Covered with Aphids Because they suck the juices from the newest, most tender growth, the okra pods never get more than 1/2 and inch long before they shrivel. (Click on […]
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Okra Under Siege
April 19th, 2013 4 Comments
Tags: above ground garden · aphids · garden pests · Ladybugs · Okra
Evolving Blog – Gardening and a Whole Lot More
November 26th, 2012 No Comments
The Beginning Back in January of 2009, my son, Matt, decided to make an above ground, or raised, garden. First Raised Garden He built it, filled it with dirt, planted all sorts of veggies and aimed a 24-hour webcam at the box. Then, he began to write about it on this blog called ‘watch my […]
Tags: Construction of Raised Garden · dogs · flowers · garden pests · Green Market · Raised Garden · redbud tree · Tomato Hornworm · trees
Gardeners in the Family Tree
September 8th, 2012 1 Comment
South Florida’s Wilting Summer Florida summers are ‘off time’ for gardeners, and I am no exception. What the plague of worms, six-legged pests, fungus and nematodes didn’t get last spring, the Florida heat and oppressive humidity of the summer would wilt. Start up for the garden will be sometime in October. In the meantime, a […]
Tags: Christina Hoffman · garden pests · garden season · L. V. Steinhoff · Malcolm Steinhoff · Matthew Steinhoff