Gardening

[Richard OFfill]

Summer in Orlando -- Garden rots. It is too hot and humid. But as MacArthur said, "I will return" (in October)

[Ed Sutton]

Grow papayas and bananas and pineapples, grow the blue java (ice cream & dwarf red Jamaican banana) and the white giant low acid Mexican pineapple.  Get an old semi rotten Hawaiian papaya out of the store, plant the seeds in flower pots of rich stuff, water, put in a air tight box in half shade & lock the door - leave for 2-3 weeks = 6 inch tall papaya seedlings ( snow white - no sun ) harden in the shade of a tree, they will green up.

Dig a deep trench two widths of a shovel wide, fill with 1/2 fresh manure, 1/4 Spanish moss, 1/4 the sandy Orlando dirt, plant 1 or 2 blue java banana & dwarf Red Jamacia banana trees (propagate from pups once descent roots form on each pup), if Walmart or home depot or Lowe's has them, stick in a Meyer or a variegated pink lemon somewhere, mulch with 5-6 inches deep sawdust or wood chips and keep the mulch on top of the ground, do not mix the mulch in the dirt it robs nitrogen.  Plant pineapples between the bananas for best visual effect, every other banana tree , red, green, red, green and so on.  An arbor with yellow and red and pink Mandivilla & Carolina jasmine for smell, you will have a show stopper border to your yard & can eat fresh from it too.

On non rainy days put out a saucer of corn grits where ever there are fire ants, they feed the dry grits to the queen, she drinks water swells up dies. Used to live slightly south of Mobile in Theodor AL.

[newbie]

have learned to plant the bell pepper plants in the shade and now they don't get burned by the hot sun....

get the husky tomato plants with large leaves that shield the tomatoes so they don't burn either...

the herbs all seem to do fine...

the trees seem to do well too...  have a lemon tree

[sdazeal]

So miss having a garden. Had a large one- 100'X100'- in Oklahoma with many different veggies. I am currently seeking a country home on acreage, and then I can have one again. Thinking this would be a good time according to SOP council.

[newbie]

Thinking this would be a good time according to SOP council.

so true...  the herbs do well down to about 25 degrees, the spinach and kale also.. 

only the tomato plants need to be covered from the freezes...

The taste of the organically grown veggies and herbs is so sweet and flavorful that I cringe having to buy things in Dec. - April...  can't wait to get it all started again.

[sdazeal]

Well, I was thinking more in terms of this being a good time in history, not necessarily a good time of year plant stuff. But thanks! In Oregon, we can grow stuff year round in the mildish climate. Especially Kale, Lettuce, etc.

[newbie]

Well, I was thinking more in terms of this being a good time in history, not necessarily a good time of year plant stuff. But thanks! In Oregon, we can grow stuff year round in the mildish climate. Especially Kale, Lettuce, etc.

agreed....my mind side tracks easily 

[sdazeal]

 

[ColporteurK]

 Gardening is medicine to the soul. 

[Ed Sutton]

So Pastor, how is your garden ?

[sdazeal]

I am in trouble if we are not supposed to "covet our neighbor's garden." 

[Raven]

A lot of us are in the same boat every summer. 

[Ed Sutton]

 quoting sdazeal

I am in trouble if we are not supposed to "covet our neighbor's garden." 

Then enjoy google images instead ....... Romans 12:21  Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

quinoa

[ColporteurK]

 Wow, is that all yours , Ed ?

[Ed Sutton]

Only in my pictures folder - now apartment dweller - lone tomato in a bucket outside the apartment - too much shade.