Summer is winding down and it is time for us to gather all the fruits of our labor down here in Zone 10a! We live in Central Florida where we harvested pounds and pounds of food from our Central Florida Vegetable Garden and yes, it is in our urban front yard.
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33 Comments
You can juice the watermelon!! Add some sugar, or not. Its delicious either way.
Recipe for canning onion soup 🙏🏽❤
Armenian Cucumbers for sure….But be ready….to eat them a lot…..It produces like crazy….I end up using them in salad and I make cucumber salsa ❤❤ try it so Yum!
I’m zone 10b and have had super success with Brazilian spinach (sisso). Is grows fast and SO EASY to propagate. It is delicious! Please try it. I’m in Miami if you want a few starter plants.
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If you need more strawberries just let me know. I have a ton of them. We put about 20 in the Green Stalk my son bought me for mother's day. ❤😊 The raised bed is still full of them.
I always have really good luck with short carrots. That one you mentioned has been my go to. They are so much sweeter straight from the garden. I'm in 10a on the treasure coast. I've had really good luck with red Russian kale. It's not all that good fresh eating but cooked it takes on a really good flavor.
I live in Houston, TX 9A and am growing the Suyo Long cucumber. I got it from Baker Creek. It is parthenocarpic and does not need to be pollinated to produce a fruit. It has been extremely productive and is still alive and going. We have had temps in the mid to high 90s for a few weeks now so it doesn't seem to mind the heat. I would definitely recommend it. No bitterness either.
Laughing with you being in a funky zone because the Line for Zone 9b to 10a goes straight through the middle of my house so my backyard is 9b and my front yard is 10a 🫠
Awahia onion is a variety from Hawaii that’s supposed to work well in tropical climates. That’s what I’m trying this year. I’m doing an Asian variety of paste tomatoes for this fall (Pink Thai egg). I’ve found a lot of tropical Asia varieties of plants do really well here.
Making my list. I enjoyed reading all the comments. I'm taking notes & will be shopping for my seeds very soon. Still figuring out my garden plan. I keep adding grow bags, another one just arrived today, lol. Thanks for all the helpful advice.
National Pickling cucumbers have been doing great for me this year here in 9a.
Aji is a Spanish word used for pepper and dulce means sweet. Aji dulce= Sweet Pepper, and Ajises is the plural, so, peppers. That type of pepper is essential in making "sofrito" a condiment use in many Hispanic recipes.
I needed this kick int he pants to get my seeds ordered! I have found some new varieties of tomatoes from a local grower, Practical Plants. He will have a Fall plant sale with tons of tomato and pepper starts if you want to try some new ones. I bought some Aqui tomatoes that were a Roma that did great. The couple I pulled up were RKN free! I also got turned on to Chocolate Sprinkles tomatoes that are a super sweet little snacker! Has anyone found a mild Radish? I am great at growing them, but don't love the taste.
We live near Fort Myers. How do you combat the ants in the garden? We've had ants decimate crop roots (i.e. lettuce, potatoes, tomatoes, etc.)
I live in zone 10a in North Fort Myers. Malibar spinach does very well here. Plant it anytime. You practically can’t kill it.
watermelon has been doing great for us! They're so satisfying to grow because they're so fast, you get to see new growth every day! 🤩 I'm looking to try some pink tomatoes this fall and now want to add those carrots. onions seem so complicated. I have some starts growing now but maybe I put them in a tad late.
Our Black Magic kale that we planted in Sept/Oct is still going strong even now. It's in full sun, and still growing. And, beets are awesome!
Ohhh, I would ❤ to see a video on your canning of full meals with your produce and herbs.
Ouch, I was caught off guard to hear you take the name of God in vain. God Bless you. 🤗
Kale thousandhead is growing great now (zone 9b Florida) my beets are ready to pick, datil peppers still going strong, surprisingly my cilantro are thriving and my sweet peppers are producing well too!
try out hoss tools for their onion sets. they have a bundle with 3 different types of short day onions they send out a red, granex, and a round yellow/white every year they've grown fabulous for us. we've been growing swiss chard over the summer to replace spinach my family loves it in salad with some lemon juice. it can get buggy but it grows so rapidly the bugs cant keep up. the pickle worms have made cukes/squash impossible here 9b without netting and hand pollinating.
this has been the first year ive had a great crop of bell peppers. when are you starting yours? an early start and lots of shade in the beginning and coplanting with beans really helped. they are still going strong. we harvested like 30 today alone… friends and family are hiding from me as i try to share more of them.
romas are the way to go. we're bringing in about 20lbs of them a day, though the season is almost over for us now. i'd say we have 2-3 weeks more of harvesting unless i decide to pull them all out and start pinkeyed peas to rebuild the soil a bit. asward eggplants are my new favorites. they produce giant eggplants that are super sweet. they seem to be resiliant to heat and to the crazy rain we've had lately.
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My everglades tomstoe plsnts finally produced but they didapear..i think the birds are eating them … and A TON Of tomatoe plants poped out of my compost and thse tomatoes were HUGE 😮…
Zone 10A as well. Per your recommendation, I grew Cubaanelle peppers and had great success. I grow most of my herbatious edibles in containers. Assorted basils, garlic chives, green onions, Malabar spinach, dill, rosemary and Everglades and cherry tomatoes are my success stories and the most used in my kitchen.
I use sweet potato greens as a spinach alternative for cooking and smoothies
This is the best comment section ever .. I want to screen shot everyone’s suggestions!
I can't seem to grow cucumbers no matter what variety I try. I am in 9B/10A on the treasure coast.
I accidentally weed whacked the only 2nd year swiss chard plant that I had going to seed for next year. 🙄
Ping tung.
What do I think? I think, HOW CAN YOU LIVE without watermelon! 😊
I’m in central Florida on the nature coast. What time of the year to I transplant banana pups.
I’m new to Florida just moved from Oklahoma & I love your Channel! When do you plant Onions here? I love growing onions & garlic, so easy to grow them in Oklahoma ❤️
Have had good success with baker creek turtle black beans in zone 9a