Open to the residents of Laureate Park only. Planning a Fall Vegetable Garden - Seasonal Veggies, Square Foot Gardening, Soil Prep … [Read more...]
In the Garden: How to Get the Most Out of Your Summer Garden
We’re in the home stretch as far as the summer gardens go. Anyone who has held out to this point and is still producing vegetables really understands how and what to grow in Central Florida in the summertime. In our Laureate Park Gardening Workshop, we harvested some beautiful petite white eggplants. Eggplants really thrive in the Florida heat, just like okra and peppers. … [Read more...]
In The Garden: It’s Time to Tackle Tomatoes
Why is it so difficult to grow tomatoes in Central Florida? Every time I try to grow tomatoes, the leaves turn brown and shrivel up, or the tomato splits or turns brown. There are several common tomato diseases and issues that can cause either a single tomato plant or an entire group of plants to die. It can certainly seem overwhelming to overcome the numerous challenges we … [Read more...]
In the Garden: April Showers Bring May Flowers
Well, it’s a good thing that April showers bring May flowers! The weather in March and April has been a ping-pong game, bouncing back and forth between winter and spring. Finally, in May, spring is in full bloom. Our plants, however, are about a month behind normal for the season as far as growth and bloom. When the weather has unseasonable changes, it causes the plants to go … [Read more...]
In the Garden: Spring Has Sprung!
Now is the time to pollinate. After a very strange weather pattern during the month of March, with unseasonable cold the first half of the month, our plants were totally confused. They started to flower with the warmth at the end of February and then went into a temporary state of shock when we hit the 40’s in the evenings most nights in the first two weeks of March. The plants … [Read more...]