Are you ready to fall in love with your organic vegetable garden this season? It’s time to start thinking about preparing your vegetable garden. In order to garden organically, we need to allow the natural organic processes to occur in the garden. Primarily, we amend our gardens with nutrients, minerals, and good bacteria from many sources.  For example, you can … [Read more...]

So, what are worm castings anyway and what are their benefits in the organically grown vegetable garden? To get to the point, worms eat garbage and poop out magic as far as the vegetable garden is concerned. In a container, raised bed and even elevated vegetable gardens, there is an element from nature that’s missing, no matter what you add to it … unless you add worms. We … [Read more...]

Summer in the Florida garden can still be a productive time of year, depending on your taste and gardening goals. If you like heat-loving varieties of vegetables, you can have a thriving garden all summer long, even in the Central Florida heat. If you don’t like the limited vegetables that can “take the heat,” you can use the summer to address any plant pest, plant disease, or … [Read more...]

Well, it’s mid-spring in the garden, and everything should be thriving. We’ve had gorgeous weather, and it should be harvest time for most garden vegetables. Here are some harvesting tips and tricks, even when things don’t quite go your way in the garden. In the beginning of the spring, the weather is still hot and cold, on and off. The up-and-down weather can cause the … [Read more...]

There is so much happening in the vegetable garden right now as spring is in full bloom. Pollination, pruning and powdery mildew are three hot topics! The weather is hot, and we have gotten some rain. This is a recipe for a thriving garden with branches and vines and vegetables everywhere. When gardening in small spaces, if this is left untamed, you’ll wind up with an unruly … [Read more...]