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Organic Garden Works: October 2014
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Thursday, October 30, 2014. What's The Best Way To Pick Citrus? If you're lucky enough to live in Florida this time of year, you'll know it's time to pick some citrus. Digger's Tip Of The Day. As the lovely picture above suggests, the way to pick grapefruit, oranges, etc is:. Bend the fruit up. We're enjoying some freshly bend-ed, inverted, twisted and pulled grapefruit even as we speak. All grown organically. And without pesticides, of course. Yummy. Organic Fertilizers For Citrus. Hello from the farm!
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Organic Garden Works: February 2015
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Saturday, February 14, 2015. Attacking Hawk Mystery Solved. Would there be a happy ending for our Sparrow Hawk visitor. Part 2 of 2). Operating on the information given to us by the Fish and Wildlife agent, we set out to find a possible. Nest that the hawk(s) were possibly. Protecting. Armed with an umbrella I bravely headed out to investigate the abandoned horse trailer in the pasture. But, she held her composure and the hawk was captured. It wasn't the falconer's long-lost falcon, unfortunately. Ap...
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Organic Garden Works: July 2014
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Thursday, July 31, 2014. August Florida Gardening - Annuals. Certified Organic Worm Castings Based Fertilizers. OKOK I know, it's HOT. The August heat in Florida is biblical, giving testament to the old adage: " It's so hot you can fry an egg on the sidewalk. I can personally attest to the hotness of the sidewalk because my foot pads are blistered. But, that's no excuse not to garden in Florida. It's almost time to sow your fall warm-season flowers. Some good annuals to sow in Florida mid-month:. Next Mo...
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Organic Garden Works: Easy on the Phosphorous
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Thursday, June 5, 2014. Easy on the Phosphorous. Learned something interesting about Phosphorous. From an old timer. But is it true? Digger, suffering from writer's block. Bet you didn't know it was possible for a dog to experience this condition. Me either. But, then again, who thought it possible a dog could write in the first place? I've recovered sufficiently to relate the following story:. After a comment on vegetable taste and, being as how he and his wife were kind and helpful by nature, he began ...
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Organic Garden Works: June 2014
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Sunday, June 29, 2014. Super-Charged Worm Castings and Legendary VermaPlex. There are many methods of controlling bamboo. To be honest, all of them sound very labor intensive. And you know me. I'm allergic to labor intensive. As you can see in this photo, the bamboo. Followed the line of horse manure we laid down all last summer. The shoots ran in both directions from the mother plant, east and west. And get this: There were no shoots beyond the manure! Bamboo following the manure. If any shoots do appea...
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Organic Garden Works: November 2014
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Tuesday, November 11, 2014. Here's a look at our heirloom tomatoes we're hoping to keep through most of the winter. These are the ones on the outside at the south of the house. A couple are still on the porch, with me. Frost cloth at the ready. Heirloom Tomatoes Wintering In Florida. Remember, these are the tomato plants produced from seeds. A big fat sucker, there on the back. Above is one sucker we missed. It will make a nice tomato transplant to keep on the sun porch. I know, "move over, Digger. Liqui...
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Organic Garden Works: September 2014
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Monday, September 1, 2014. Florida Vegetable Fall Gardening - Tomatoes. Ol' Bill braved the heat and humidity and managed to plant some heirloom tomato seeds we saved from the spring/summer garden. He's doing O.K. A little red-faced, but O.K. Heirloom Tomato Seeds Planted. As per my last post (you did read it, didn't you? We should start our Florida fall garden on August 15. Ol' Bill filled a 16 slot tray with seeds with our potting soil mix. If you're beginning Florida vegetable gardeners, take a tip fr...
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Organic Garden Works: January 2015
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Tuesday, January 27, 2015. A Visitor From Mother Nature. We recently had an unexpected visitor who caused quite a stir. Turns out it had a story. While feeding the horses one day, our neighbor came walking over and told me about a small hawk attacking him that morning. As he was walking to his mail box, the hawk swooped down and hoovered over his head. The hawk continued his daily attacks on my neighbor as he made his customary trip down through his pasture to check the mail box. It was a puzzle....It's ...
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Organic Garden Works: Winter Garden Duties - Compost, Worm Compost, and Worm Castings
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Thursday, June 5, 2014. Winter Garden Duties - Compost, Worm Compost, and Worm Castings. Now that Christmas is over, maybe we can get something done around here besides eating. Oh, never mind. We must always work around that. Piling up the Compost. One thing's for sure, we're going to need a bunch of compost for filling all our self-watering containers. Self-watering container ready to be filled. Our potting soil mix. The plan: pile up as much horse manure as we possible can ( Her Royal Shiekyness. Now m...
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Organic Garden Works: August 2015
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Thursday, August 6, 2015. Florida Garden In August. It's hot. It's wet. It's Florida in August. Are you brave and tough? Well, here are some August garden chores that need your attention. Take care of those bulbs. They give us flowering in this heat when everything else is pooped out. Transplant any container bulbs that have overgrown their pot. Don't transplant bulbs that have gone dormant. Withhold water and fertilizer for bulbs you want to go dormant. Watch out for caterpillars. Hang in there. Thi...
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