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Ladybug Desire

July 17th, 2014 2 Comments

Aphids Made Me Do It Last year, theĀ okra in my garden was covered with aphids. I wanted to use natural pest control, and ladybugs were the answer. I ordered live ladybugs from an online vendor. I released my mail order ladybugs into the garden and the aphids were controlled in three days and for the […]

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Vegetables Are Peeking Out of the Ground

November 3rd, 2013 No Comments

Veggies from Seed It has been about a month since the plastic was pulled off the garden boxes, and they were fertilized, raked level and watered. Right after, seeds were planted at various depths. Seed packets always have planting times, depths and distances on the backs of the packages. For theĀ  lettuce, spinach and radishes, […]

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October Gardening Season

October 25th, 2013 3 Comments

Time to Plant It is October in Florida, and that means the solarization covers on the garden boxes come off and the prep work for the winter season begins. Removing Solarization Plastic Sheeting Once the plastic is removed, fertilizer is added to the soil and is raked in to a depth of four to six […]

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