I’m still stuck without internet, but we’ve been gardening like crazy. Got 12 or so beds going with scotch bonnets, cassava, cabbage, beans, spinach, beets, Missouri corn cob pipe corn, and yams. I also planted a breadnut tree and some papaya seedlings we dug up by the river. Yes, we moved much further south than our old place in North Florida.
Wait ’til I get back online and can post pics – you’ll love it.
I’ll be chasing down the internet folks again today… it’s hard to do any normal writing work on a hunt and peck phone. I’ve also got a half-dozen videos to post. Ah well, eventually. Might as well enjoy the extra gardening time for now.
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16 responses to “New gardens are in!”
Sounds great. I’m looking forward to those pics and videos from “much further south.”
Thanks, Herrick. I brought my wheel hoe but it’s really hard to use on the slope here… I’m thinking of ways to terrace already.
Hang in there, we are waiting patiently!! The internet wasn’t wired up in a day, and i know from experience comunistcast takes two weeks. Enjoyed hearing from you just the same, glad you are busy getting things planted.
Thanks, man.
Ha! hunt and peck phone is about right for these newfangled stuff. You’ll be eating from your garden in no time.
Thank you, yes. I would almost prefer a rotary phone.
Wow you’ve been busy – good luck with the new homestead. And already zone pushing with a breadnut!
Hehheh
Planting cabbage, spinach, and beets in southern Florida this time of year!??
I am in Sarasota county and am pulling out the last of those vegetables. Way
too hot for them this time of year.
We’re a bit further south than Florida now, in the mountains near the equator – the climate never gets too hot to plant them. Coming into the rainy season right now and the highs are only in the low 80s. Otherwise, you’re totally right. I’d lose all credibility as a gardening writer if I were planting these gardens in South Florida!
Sounds like you’re having fun. I’d be excited about setting up a new garden too. :)
It’s always the first thing I do after getting a new place… gotta get that food going.
Where in the World is David the Good?
Let’s see: Much further south, by a river, recent visit to Echo. Lee County? Possibly Charlotte County?
Karl
Equatorial county!
good do hear. which varieties of our veggies are you planting? My ECHO collection is doing GREAT on my back patio in large pots. JD
I’ve got a purple-podded climbing Roma bean, some Seminole pumpkins, Missouri Pipe Corn, some strange varieties of tomato and pepper we picked up from the feed store (they come from Thailand), and other odds and ends.