Fall Florida Garden

Posted by ModernPioneerMom in The Simple Life, Urban Farming and tagged with autumn, backyard, compost, fall garden, Florida farming, garden, grandfather, grandmother, produce, squash, veggies October 13, 2012

Fall Florida Garden

One of the great benefits of living in the sub-tropical climate of central Florida is that we can garden almost all year-round (with the exception of the dead heat of summer … at that point all that will grow for me are hot peppers, which I don’t love!)

Autumn is such a great time of year here. While everyone else is starting to bundle up, we’re just now starting to turn off the air conditioning for a few hours in the morning and enjoy our outdoor spaces. And part of that for me is amping up my garden for the cool (but mild) fall and winter months. Continue reading →

Harvesting Sweet Potatoes

Posted by ModernPioneerMom in Real Food, Recipes, Urban Farming and tagged with compost, edamame, garden, harvest, hash, Real Food, recipe, sweet potatoes September 10, 2012

Harvesting Sweet Potatoes

I planted sweet potatoes for the first time ever this year. Put them directly into the ground … which I don’t do with many of my edibles, since the Florida dirt is so sandy where I live. But I read that sweet potatoes thrive in poor soil and don’t need fertilizer. So I planted them (I did mix a bit of my chicken poop compost into the dirt first), mulched them, watered them lightly approximately every other day (unless it rained, which it does a lot this time of year here), and that’s it.