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by David The Good

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Florida Gardening in February

The madness is back. Can you feel it? Clutch your wallets and purses, gardening friends – alluring trays of veggie…
bees

Capturing a swarm of bees

How many of you have been involved in capturing a swarm of bees? If you haven’t done it, man… it’s…
Seeds, Trees

Reasons NOT to start fruit trees from seeds (and why they’re dumb)

Rachel and I were talking this morning about starting trees from seeds and why some people simply won’t do it.…
Citrus, Fruit trees, Seeds, Trees

Growing fruit trees from seed: a success story

Still not sure about growing fruit trees from seed? Today’s story will change your mind. Allen the Beekeeper shared some…
Fruit trees, Seeds, Trees

The Long-Awaited, Gigantic, Starting Fruit Trees From Seed Post

Okay… I’ve posted on before on starting fruit trees from seed… and I’ve written a bit about starting nuts here,…
Cassava, Crops

Growing cassava, a reliable staple for subtropical gardeners

Here’s my latest entry for Mother Earth News – an ode to growing cassava: http://www.motherearthnews.com/grow-it/cassava-subtropical-gardener.aspx#axzz2KdXyIQsL As a side note on…
Cassava, Crops

Keeping cassava cuttings through the winter

Since we’re not in the tropics, keeping cassava cuttings alive through the winter so you can plant them again the…
Birds

Live at the Gallery East

Not only did rycamor and I play at the mural dedication at Gallery East in Belleview today… we also became…
Birds

Playing at the Audubon Society mural dedication

Though I unfortunately didn’t get asked to paint the mural (though perhaps that’s a good thing for the local AS,…
Encouragement

You can’t grow that here! You can’t do that! It won’t work!

I laugh when people tell me one of my gardening ideas is impossible. Sure… some things are almost impossible. For…
Frugality

You must be kidding

Another claim that it takes roughly a bazillion dollars to raise a child: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/consumertips/household-bills/9823143/Cost-of-raising-a-child-hits-record-222000.html Who are these people? I’ve got…
Reasons To Grow Your Own Food

And so Big Ag made a factory farmer…

With apologies to Paul Harvey (and Dodge), I present the following: And on the 666th day Big Agriculture looked down…