Aug 18, 2022 | Composting, Container Gardening, DIY, Fall Season, Gardening, Native Plants, Planting Prep, Pollinators, Vegetables, Who We are, Wildflowers, Wildlife
The blog this week will be quite short, I’m afraid. I contracted COVID-19 (right around my birthday) and I haven’t been working in a couple of weeks. I’m not recovering as quickly as I want to be. But it doesn’t stop me from daydreaming about...
Jun 7, 2022 | Composting, DIY, Education, Fall Season, Food, Gardening, Landscaping, Lawn Care, Native Plants, Organic, Pest Control, Planting Prep, Spring Season, Summer Season, Vegetables, Winter Season
Fungus is a surprise we never like getting. It always seems to me that one day my plants are just fine. Then next…ewww…there’s stuff on my once pristine leaves and they’re turning yellow or brown. Fungus spreads by spores that float through...
Mar 31, 2022 | Bees, Birds, DIY, Education, Gardening, Landscaping, Native Plants, Planting Prep
Ornamental grasses, in my opinion are the unsung heroes in the landscape. They can serve so many functions, I can’t imagine a garden without them! The ornamental grass category are often overlooked and upstaged by the showy and crazy colors of the flowers that...
Jul 9, 2020 | Who We are, Chickens, Container Gardening, DIY, Education, Gardening, Native Plants, Organic, Pollinators, Vegetables
If this Coronavirus pandemic has highlighted one thing for me, it is how dependent our society has become on the grocery store food and supply distribution system, and how that system is not built with sustainability in mind. Seeing the empty shelves and the panic...
Oct 3, 2019 | Container Gardening, DIY, Fertilizers, Gardening, Native Plants, Organic, Vegetables
In honor of the City of Tampa fertilizer ban ending this week, I thought it might be fun to answer one of our most asked questions: “What fertilizers am I supposed use in my garden, and how do I know which ones are needed for each plant?” Gosh, this is a...
May 16, 2019 | Who We are, Bees, Container Gardening, DIY, Education, Gardening, Native Plants, Organic, Pest Control, Planting Prep, Pollinators, Vegetables, Wildflowers
Are you feeling it yet? That blistering white-hot H-E-A-T that signals that Summer is actually here already? Yeah, me too. It’s starting to feel like a muggy oven out there, and actually, the heat can be dangerous if you don’t stay covered and hydrated...
