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Easy Spinach Greens (and more) for a Summer Patio Garden
Anyone with some sunshine can grow these delicious and nutritious greens. “But I don’t have a green thumb!” you say? Don’t worry, these plants will ‘grow easy on you’! With the amount of boxed and processed foods most of us eat, I believe it helps our overall health to get at least some portion of…
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Tired of paying for vegetable plants over and over again? Learn how to start your own seeds and grow a wide variety of plants for pennies! “I’m a total beginner. How do I start simple? Simple, simple!” What plants grow effortlessly year round? Learn about perennial edible greens! How to prevent your tomatoes, cucumbers and…
How to Mix Your Own Potting Soil
I rarely buy bags of potting soil–I mix it myself! Here is a recipe for the soil mixture that gives me the best growing results: It’s essentially this: 50% your own dirt from the ground50% peat moss Plant in this mixture and throw compost on top, water it in. Or better yet, you can mix……
Growing Sweet Potatoes
Sweet potatoes can easily be grown in Florida all year round. It’s a good feeling to know I always have delicious food in the ground whenever I want it. Usually sweet potatoes are planted in Spring and harvested in Fall. If you plant in May, you can harvest about six months later in Oct/Nov, in…
Introducing…. myself!
My name is Elizabeth and I love bananas! And much more that grows in my Tampa Bay area backyard garden. I am in zone 9b/10a in Central Florida, and you would not believe how much loves to grow here throughout the entire year! My purpose with this blog is to help and inspire other beginning…
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