New book, book tour, and more

The Art of Maintaining a Florida Native LandscapeThe Art of Maintaining a Florida Native Landscape Yay! My new book is now available for preorder from Amazon. I've covered a wide array of topics, which I think have not been covered sufficiently in other books and online resources.List of Chapters1....

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A wish for a greener 2015

I wish you and yours a wonderful and bountiful New Year!!A frosty reddish leaf lettuce.Winter vegetablesHere in Florida, even here in North Florida where we receive several killing frosts each winter, we can grow most cool weather crops right through the winter. In most of the country, gardeners spend...

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Gardeners know when to "fold"

Gardeners are gamblersWe plant seeds or seedlings and we bet that we'll end up with a bountiful harvest, but it doesn't always happen that way. So when a crop is in distress, we need to yank it out and move on to something else. Case in point: our fall cucumber crop that I talked about last time. We...

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A field trip, a Florida native plant hero, & pasta salad

I traveled over to Gainesville on May Day to meet with my editor at University Press of Florida and Marjorie Shropshire who will be illustrating my third book, "The Art of Maintaining a Native Landscape." It was a productive meeting and good progress is being made on the book--it's currently out...

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Spring is in the air!

Some trees and shrubs are already producing their spring growth.Spring is beginning to show itself with new growth on some of the plants and the extreme busyness of the little birds. It's too early to plant the tender crops because we are still likely to experience more frosty weather, but the rest...

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Florida's Arbor Day

Hard-working native trees are also beautiful and add value to your property. While most of the country celebrates Arbor Day in April, both Florida and Louisiana celebrate on the third Friday in January. It’s a much better time to plant a tree because deciduous trees are dormant and others are less...

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The holidays in Florida

Sugar snap peas are delish right from the vine.Starting from the point of the knife: oregano, curly parsley, garlic chives, purple & orange carrots, sugar snap peas.It's two days before Christmas and the rains are headed our way, so it was time to harvest some of the Christmas dinner.  The...

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One week only: signed books offer

From November 10th to the 17th, I am taking online orders for my books. See the Gift Book Offer page. Maybe you know an avid gardener who would love one of my books for a Christmas present. If so, let me know and I will hold off mailing it until the middle of December and include a Christmas card...

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