Cup o' Joe and Tea Too

[N F C]

Morning @penny1960 How are you. I wish I had a garden, but hard to do in Florida as it is too hot.

We had a huge garden when we lived in north FL (about 50 miles east of Gainesville). But most of our stuff grew either early in the year or in the fall. Otherwise, the heat and bugs killed off everything.

It's not easy to grow stuff in FL as a lot of people think, there are definite challenges.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Wow...I would think a garden would flourish in Florida. Just can't keep enough water on them, I suppose.

The heat is in the 90's with the humidity in the 100's at this time. Too hot for a garden.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

We had a huge garden when we lived in north FL (about 50 miles east of Gainesville). But most of our stuff grew either early in the year or in the fall. Otherwise, the heat and bugs killed off everything.

It's not easy to grow stuff in FL as a lot of people think, there are definite challenges.

You are ever so right.

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

Good morning, All. On my second cup of coffee here.
We may or may not be getting rain today, so I have not planned my day yet.
My four-week old chicks are liking the new run I made them yesterday. They can scratch and play and still be safe from the wrath of the Big Girls.

 

[igorsMistress]

We had a huge garden when we lived in north FL (about 50 miles east of Gainesville). But most of our stuff grew either early in the year or in the fall. Otherwise, the heat and bugs killed off everything.

It's not easy to grow stuff in FL as a lot of people think, there are definite challenges.

I'll tell ya, AZ is the same way. It's possible to garden even in winter if you can cover your crops at night, but summer? Forget it. That was a learning lesson, it's the opposite of most other places.

 

[N F C]

I'll tell ya, AZ is the same way. It's possible to garden even in winter if you can cover your crops at night, but summer? Forget it. That was a learning lesson, it's the opposite of most other places.

Exactly!

And the bugs just don't die off in the winter the same way they do in cooler climates. Our bug load was horrific.

 

[igorsMistress]

Exactly!

And the bugs just don't die off in the winter the same way they do in cooler climates. Our bug load was horrific.

I frequent the garden thread and people put dark plastic over their garden beds to heat up the soil and kill whatever weed seeds and bug eggs/larva are in the soil. I'm going to give it a try next summer.

 

[N F C]

I frequent the garden thread and people put dark plastic over their garden beds to heat up the soil and kill whatever weed seeds and bug eggs/larva are in the soil. I'm going to give it a try next summer.

We did that in parts of our FL garden. Seemed to help!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Yes I cover everything in black plastic in the winter .. I will build a new greenhouse in the spring .. Smaller than the dome was .. Have a an actuall kitchen counter in another dome that I can work off in the new greenhouse... Used a bay in our garages last year, not the whole thing one table.
Morning gang

 

[CapricornFarm]

Wow...I would think a garden would flourish in Florida. Just can't keep enough water on them, I suppose.

The soil is all sand, water runs right through.