Category: General

One of my favorite hot weather crops to grow in my vegetable garden is cowpeas, also known as black eyed peas. This crop will not only grow in the h

Here in zone 9 we experience very hot summers. There are many vegetables that will not grow and many just die in the heat of our summers. So I have

I spent about an hour out in the garden today, in nearly 100 degree weather and found that my green beans are approaching harvest time! These beans a

10 Days ago I wrote a post called How to Propagate Basil. In that post I showed the technique I use to take a clipping of a basil plant (I used Cinn

The record rainfall that Central Florida experienced in May damaged most of my garden. One of the plants that took it the hardest was the Cantaloupe

A few days ago I wrote about how my Green Beans were starting to flower. Well, today I noticed there was quite a bit of flowers as well as a few very

I spent some time in the back yard today taking pictures, and needless to say, being in Central Florida there is an abundance of bugs. Some are good

It is well known that many garden pests, such as squirrels and rabbits, are repelled by the sent of their predators. A common predator of these garden

Today I was inspecting my Kentucky Wonder Green Beans to see if there are any new pods or flowers developing. I was happy to see that there were a f

One of my favorite greens to grow is Spinach, but it is already far to hot in Central Florida to grow. Still wanting some greens in my garden I deci