Is that time of the year once again, for South Florida gardeners
to start planning our fall vegetable gardens.
Yesterday I cleared out all the weeds and pullout what was left from
last year’s garden. This year I will be expanding
a couple of the beds and going high (Pictures to follow)
Before
I am the ultimate optimist when it comes to my vegetable
garden, every year I have mix results and every year I persist and hope the
next season will be better. The main
reason for most of my failures can be attributed to “location, location,
location”. The long strip between my
house and my neighbor's house is the only space I have available for the
vegetable beds, unfortunate during the winter season this part of the garden gets limited sun
exposure.
After
Last year started all my plants from seeds, with limited
success. The carrots, peppers and salad
greens did well. The tomatoes, eggplants,
broccoli and cucumbers perform poorly.
This year I’m planning to do 50/50, some I will grow from seeds and
others I will purchase the seedlings from local nurseries, especially the tomatoes.
This yellow pepper plant survived the hot summer month and
continues to bear fruits. This is a first
in my garden; usually these plants are all dead by early June.
3 comments:
Getting the hang of growing veggies in Florida is definitely not all that easy. Good luck to you, and I hope you have a bountiful harvest.
You are just coming into your growing season, while we are heading into our wet season. I also decided to grow a lot of things on trellises this year! on the whole it worked well. I had cucumbers and beans on trellises and in the shade part underneath them I grew lettuces and bok choy. I planted lettuce and bok choy seeds very close together and then harvested the leaves as they grew. It worked very well.
I really need to get moving on cleaning up the veggie garden and get planting!Whew!
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