Not too long ago, I discovered a company called 4Ocean that sells simple, adjustable bracelets made from recycled materials. They boast that the purchase of one of these bracelets equates to the removal of one pound of trash from the ocean. That’s my kind of jewelry, so I began my collection (and some for my daughters) and wear my bracelets with pride, showing off how many … [Read more...]
Fleet Farming Swarm Ride! In Audubon Park
Join Fleet Farming for our bi-monthly Swarm Ride! This is a free community event that invites you out to bike and farm with us in the Audubon Park Community. We meet at East End Market in the front farm, then ride out less than a mile away to resident's front and back lawns converted into productive farmlettes. Bring your bike, skateboard, rollerblades, or unicycle! Juice … [Read more...]
Tough Things to Talk About: Earth Day
Each year, Earth Day, April 22, is celebrated and commemorated as the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. The height of counterculture in the United States, 1970 brought the death of Jimi Hendrix, the last Beatles album, and Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water.” War raged in Vietnam, and students nationwide overwhelmingly opposed it. At … [Read more...]
In the Garden: Spring Has Sprung!
Now is the time to pollinate. After a very strange weather pattern during the month of March, with unseasonable cold the first half of the month, our plants were totally confused. They started to flower with the warmth at the end of February and then went into a temporary state of shock when we hit the 40’s in the evenings most nights in the first two weeks of March. The plants … [Read more...]
Who’s ready for a Spring Garden?
Spring is right around the corner: Who’s ready to plant a vegetable garden and take full advantage of the spring season? First, decide what to plan. The success of a garden will be largely dependent on selecting seasonal varieties of plants that are meant to be grown in the spring in our Central Florida planting zone, 9b. It is important to select seeds that are heat tolerant … [Read more...]