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Every Saturday morning at 66th street and Biscayne blvd, at the gate of Legion Park, a small farmers market is thriving even through the hottest months of our Miami summer. Urban Oasis Project is certainly the center of attention, with a . . . → Read More: True Summer Spirit at Upper Eastside Farmers Market
Here we are, 2 days away from August and Miami is hellish, although it may not look that way in pictures. I’d say from 6:30am to about 9:30am it is pleasant enough to work in the garden, but after that the sun . . . → Read More: Summer Bananas
Last October at our heirloom tomato seedling sale we also had a few varieties of eggplant, herbs and peppers. One of the pepper varieties was the Hawaiian Chili, which has turned out to be a great long term plant to over-summer. We didn’t have many . . . → Read More: Hawaiian Chili Peppers Once the mangoes begin to ripen in South Florida you’re pressed to find a blog, magazine, newspaper or anything related to South Florida without at least a picture of a mango. I feel I need to join the band wagon; even though we are all tired of seeing photos of fruit laden trees or . . . → Read More: Token Mango Post No such thing! But we’ve definitely been harvesting more than we can eat fresh. This is a perfect example of what defines summer in South Florida. Not just too much passion fruit, but too many mangoes and other tropical fruit. Since the end of the CSA in March there have been fewer and fewer . . . → Read More: Too Much Passion Fruit Custard Apple, Annona Reticulata, is a very rare in South Florida. A hobby horticulturalist friend of mine just got the first few fruit on her tree, which she had to hand pollinate. Sugar Apples are a delicacy and not easily compared to any other fruit or food in general. They are so rich and . . . → Read More: Custard Apple Inoculating peanut seeds before planting
I love Peanuts. This summer I’m growing them for the first time, so it’s a bit of an experiment, but so far so good. I bought seeds from a company in Virginia called Southern Exposure Seed Exchange. There were two varieties that stood out as . . . → Read More: Planting Peanuts One of the crops we will be harvesting this Fall is Cassava. This past winter, while working in Homestead I got to try a variety of Cassava that was far superior than any I had ever bought at the super market. Luckily, since I am now friends with the farmer who grows that variety, . . . → Read More: Cassava aka Yucca |
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