The weather here in South Florida is hot for most of the year. I grow tomatoes when it's snowing in several states.
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| HOT Peppers love the Heat! |
What's an organic gardener to do?
-Add Compost and seaweed
-Build raised-beds
-Replace all of the dirt and start all over
-Keep digging!
What is Compost? is a great place to start.
I'm sure there are plenty of other options but these are just off the top of my head. I started with a little 4x6 bed that quickly grew to about 8x16. Once the side-yard project was complete I started on the front porch project.
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| Using Seaweed in the Garden |
While the soil was not ideal at first, it still managed to produce quite a bit of veggies the first year with very little ammendments. So far I have ammended the soil with homemade compost, store-bought compost, layers of dead and decaying leaves, rinsed seaweed, seaweed tea, store-bought organic soil (both container and garden varieties) and LOTS of sweat and hard-work.
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| In the beginning... |
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| Seedlings are planted...now what? |
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| Everything grew so quickly! |
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| This is the view from the BACK |
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| After all that hard work the garden turned out great! |
Since these picture were taken we have expanded! It's HUGE now!
Herbs are a GREAT addition to any organic garden. They taste great AND when planted around certain veggies they can keep the "bag bugs" away!
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| Purple Opal Basil |
just starting to change color
Before I head out into the garden I'd like to invite you to join
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9 comments:
I live in South Florida too and know your pain. You must have better soil than I do, since I find sand about 8 inches down and in some cases no dirt at all to speak of. I do a lot of herbs in pots on the deck. I have pineapples in the ground, 4 mango trees, orange, lemon, fig, avocado and macadamia trees. I love all the fruit trees. My soil is getting better. Good luck with your garden.
Bev
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How exciting! I couldn't even imagine having my own fruit trees in my yard. You must have a lot of great mango recipes!!!!
Gotta love the sunshine state of Florida. I have lived here since the 80’s. Organic gardening in Florida definitely has it’s challenges but it can work with a lot of effort and time. I have had much success with containers. Enjoy your yummy mangoes.
How rewarding to have your own garden as the result of all your hard work. Thanks for sharing at Inspire Us Thursday.
We've made a very small veggie patch this year and we can't wait to get planting in the spring :-) I'll be featuring you this week on Mom's Library at Crystal's Tiny Treasures. Thank you for linking up and have a great week!
My poppaw could only get watermelon to grow at his home in Orlando...but they were good! Thanks for sharing, D@TheShadyPorch
I'm in Ohio so I'm super jealous you can garden almost all year round! It looks like you've done a lot of work to your garden to get the soil just right! I never would have thought that seaweed would be good to add!
Thanks for sharing with us at the Homeacre Hop! We hope to see you again next time!
Mary
www.homegrownonthehill.blogspot.com
Really great to read Mary. This is one way to know for those starters like me into gardening.
Soil place really an important role in a plant. I'm now learning on how to use organic planting.
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