August: Are the Plants Okay?

We live just north of East Central Florida. It is August. I can feel the breath of the sun. So today, I wanted to give an update on the things I planted in spring, because the sun’s breath is a little unforgiving.

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Brussels Sprouts and Mustard Greens

On October 18th, I planted Carrot Seeds, Mustard Green Seeds and my Brussels Sprouts in a small plot in my garden. I double-dug a small area and covered it with organic topsoil. I outlined the plot with carrots, then with the mustard greens, and I planted the Brussels sprouts in the center. I heard that mustard greens are good to plant near Brussels sprouts because the pests that attack Brussels sprouts with go for the greens first, so here's to hoping my border of mustard will be a nice barricade for them. I've been trying to garden for a few years now, and I'm so not with it. I don't have pests memorized, and I'm pretty bad at guessing the right time to plant stuff. I should have been keeping a log of when I plant stuff so I can learn from my mistakes, so that's why I'm blogging, in case you stumbled upon this blog. It's really for my own self, but hey, maybe you'll learn from my mistakes too! I do have some eggplants, okra and sweet...

My Neighbor's Gift Bloomed!

I mentioned in a previous post that I had something growing under the fennel that my neighbor had given me before she passed on. She had no clue what it was and asked me to tell her what it was when it grew. It was some kind of bulb, and much to my surprise, today I saw it in full bloom! I kept losing this plant under the fennel. I thought it had died after the winter. I had such a hard time finding the slender leaf blade that originally grew from the bulb, that I thought it was gone. A week ago or so, I noticed the blade a little further to the corner than I was usually looking, so imagine my surprise to see the big pretty purplish face! Thank you, Kelly, for your amazing gift. So, what is it? It's a Zephyranthes or rain lily! They have a tendency to bloom in spring, usually after rain storms, so that's why they are called "rain lilies." :) It's so pretty.

What's Happening in Spring to Summer Florida

I'm a terrible garden blogger, because I get all frazzled and don't do things on a regular basis, but this blog is the big ol' update on stuff that's happening and what I'm doing differently than I did before now. Pineapple Plant Here's a pineapple plant that I think I planted in a pot over a year ago. I had two, but I was a bad plant mommy and left them both in the cold during the winter. This one was closer to the house than the other one, and it did well. The weeds in the pot are purslane. They are actually edible and good for you too, so I tend not to weed them out unless the start crowding my intended plants out. This plant is starting to get little spikes in the center, so I'm hoping, hoping, hoping its trying to grow a baby pineapple. Wild Persimmon I live on a long dirt road, and part of it was paved up a ways. Before the county started paving that part, they started clearing out the area across from me...

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