Gardening in Miami

Three pineapple fruits are on their way. They were started from tops of regular grocery store fruits about three years ago. They didn't take much maintenance. In fact, I didn't do anything after ...

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Even now as I am familiar writing the date 2013, I look back over the sabbatical time in 2012 and continue reflect on the nature of 'sabbatical' and it's impact. The third metaphor for the year ...

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Sabbatical has had significant impact on me. This year-long process was important but it took some serious imagery to get my mind around it. Even as the year draws to a close I'm still working th...

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Sabbatical time could be a "fallow" season. Fallow is often viewed as the field laying at rest. Do no work. Leave the fields unplanted. It might be serene. Maybe former seeds volunteer to bloom...

http://gardeninginmiami.blogspot.com/2012/08/fallow.html

I'm taking some sabbatical time this summer. First let me say how wonderful it is that I work in a organization that allows for sabbaticals. Second I have to say how anxious I was taking time...

http://gardeninginmiami.blogspot.com/2012/06/sabbatical-time.html

What the majority of the US population does in the fall, we do in the spring. We gather the limbs, palm fronds, and tropical invaders into a pile on the curb. But we don't jump into the pile and ...

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Just as I sat slightly anxiously considering the risks today. Today three churches are gathering together. They're mixing food (culture,) music (culture,) and party conversation (culture.) I ha...

http://gardeninginmiami.blogspot.com/2012/05/risk-love-and-courage.html

We live near a lake. No surprise since really everyone in South Florida lives near some body of water or another. In our area we have frogs that get really loud at night. I don't see them but I c...

http://gardeninginmiami.blogspot.com/2012/04/frog-hiding.html

One year after my first, I found this beauty today. I hadn't even looked because I didn't expect another pineapple could follow so quickly. Any name suggestions?

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Maybe there is something to planting by midnight, because I have a large amount of very happy tomatoes.  This bed was planted at midnight January 8 as I returned from Atlanta. The Full Moon see...

http://gardeninginmiami.blogspot.com/2012/02/midnight-planted-spaces-now-bursting.html

I did it and did it literally. I planted as much empty soil space as I could. And I planted in the light of the full moon last week.  I write today because already a sprout of cucumber is bustin...

http://gardeninginmiami.blogspot.com/2011/11/planting-by-moonlight.html

I've heard rumored advice to plant at the full moon that follows the equinox. But I'm still pretty sure that gardening in Zone 10b probably shouldn't follow advice from zones 5 and 6.  If I ha...

http://gardeninginmiami.blogspot.com/2011/11/thursday-full-moon-garden-begins.html

The upcoming winter months will be full of new experiences for me. Every year I like to try something new. Last year it was heirloom tomatoes in my backyard raised garden and this year it's swe...

http://gardeninginmiami.blogspot.com/2011/10/new-gardening-season-is-upon-us.html

This sad little blog reflects my sad little garden. OK, It's not as sad as it is backwards. Miami's growing seasons can be all year around. My pineapples are certainly growing fine and they're ...

http://gardeninginmiami.blogspot.com/2011/09/backward-seasons.html

I thought I should post something before the summer gets too hectic. So here goes.... It's been about a month since I planted my first ever summer garden. With only a couple exceptions, I was c...

http://gardeninginmiami.blogspot.com/2011/06/my-summer-garden-in-miami.html

We have one lychee tree. I only discovered it was a lychee after learning a bit from a dear neighbor. It hadn't produced fruit before, probably because of my inappropriate pruning. But this yea...

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This is my first year with a summer garden in SoFla. I'm pretty excited about the prospect of eating from the garden year round. About a week ago, I bought a few plants from one of the vendors at...

http://gardeninginmiami.blogspot.com/2011/05/summer-garden.html

 Loquats are also known as Chinese pears. I learned this from Nathaniel, native of Miami, neighbor of the West Grove and friend to Erica and Kristy in the Urban Resurrection Community .  Natha...

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 In addition to Pina Nina growing every day, there are bananas coming along. What I had mistaken for kumquats, simply because I guessed, are really loquats. The three trees have a large crop t...

http://gardeninginmiami.blogspot.com/2011/03/variety-of-march-in-miami.html

It's a baby pineapple being born! I think this plant has been gestating for 3 years. It was the top from a willing participant in my gardening experiments.  Slice the top off, remove extra ...

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I've been on a kick of posting photos of warm & sunny So. Florida on to Facebook. Last month I had the honor of attending the youth worker Extravaganza in Kansas City and the APCE Conference i...

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From time to time the temperatures really drop...even in sunny South Florida. Tonight is one of those nights with temperatures expected to get down into the 30s...there is even a frost watch. ...

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The garden took off after the weather started to cool down. The cukes (to the right of Jonas) and lettuce (to the right of the marigolds in the foreground) are particularly happy. The tomatoe...

http://gardeninginmiami.blogspot.com/2010/11/things-are-coming-along-in-new-raised.html

Traveling a lot can do funny things to you. It can certainly keep you from posting on a blog. When I travel, I have odd habits getting more ingrained as I go. I always get a meal just before ...

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