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Grafting Chickasaw Plums
Last year I performed the above graft of an improved European plum variety onto a native Chickasaw plum and it…
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A Video on Growing Apples in Uganda
If apples grow in Uganda, apples should grow in Florida: Notice how they strip the leaves in order to induce…
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“It’s a Long Road, Backholme”
There are times when one needs to step back from gardening in order to create a deeply meaningful art film.…
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Giant purple sweet potato
I don’t remember where I got the original sweet potato I grew slips from, but these purple sweet potatoes taste…
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Growing Apples in the Tropics Book
I bought this book a couple of days ago. Utterly fascinating. You can find it here as a download. I bought…
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Potatoes 2015: Yeah, I’m Trying Again
I’m trying again. Last year’s potato patch was an abject failure, thanks to fire ants. They ate the roots, giving…
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Growing Apples In Florida
Now I’ve done it: Most varieties of apple are not supposed to grow in Florida, including all of the varieties…
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Found: A Weird and Wonderful Florida Worm Lizard
My third-born son was hoeing around the citrus trees in the food forest the other day when he made a…
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Taking the top off a tree and changing the variety through grafting
I’ve been studying up on grafting over the last couple of weeks and just found a good post by Lee…
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An Excellent Florida Artist: Tim Forman
This isn’t gardening related, but it’s worth mentioning. I grew up with this cat – he’s always been brilliant, but…
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Revenge of the Ants
I saw this comment here yesterday and laughed out loud: JenJanuary 13, 2015 at 9:31 PM Heh, usually I…
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Goal for 2015: Grow a (Literal) Ton of Food
This last year’s yields weren’t as impressive as I had hoped. I mean… come on! 680lbs? Kid stuff. That’s pathetic,…






