Here in Florida we are lucky to have so many choices available when adding fruit to our landscape. We can go the classic route with all...

The North Georgia Candy Roaster, fancy name Cucurbita Maxima is yet another one of those “light bulb on” type of plants. The type of...

Are you looking for a new easy going plant to add to your landscape? What about a plant that requires zero maintenance and is completely...

Everyone wants to have a successful garden. You see pictures in the magazines and seed catalogs of smiling gardeners reaping baskets full...

Heads up all my fellow lazy gardeners because I think I may have finally found the perfect green. Right now I am in love with Okinawa...

This ugly little green fruit is called Solanum uporo, or the Cannibal’s Tomato. It is a bitter nasty fruit that grows on spiny eggplant...

The most common question people ask me about gardening organically is how to control pests naturally. Just like controlling pests in the...

Nature never ceases to amaze me. No matter what humans need, somewhere there is plant that makes it. Why people started making artificial...

One of the bigest advantages to being a gardener, is that you get to try more food. When you shop for food, you are limited to what is...

If you only ever plant one thing, plant sweet potato. Sweet potato is the easiest vegetable you will ever grow here in Florida. Sandy...

As if the Roselle plant were not already the near perfect plant, those of you who planted in the spring when I did, are now finding out...

Most people are surprised when they first learn that those scrubby natural sponges sold at bath and specialty shops don’t come from the...

When it comes to fruit trees, papayas are the closest thing you can get to instant gratification. They grow from seed to fruiting tree in...

The calabaza squash is another one of those vegetables more commonly found in Central and South America than in the North. As a heat...

Shadow Benny is a wild growing Caribbean plant that goes under many names. Chadon, Shadon, Shado Beni, Mexican Coriander, Sawtooth...

Whenever a first time gardener asks my advice on what they should plant, I always say kale. Everyone should have some kale....

I am a lazy gardener. There are few things I love more than a  plant that can take off and grow all by itself. Malabar spinach is one of...

The Roselle plant, also known as Cranberry Hibiscus, is fantastic addition to any Florida garden or landscape. It is beautiful and...

As spring seems to be coming early this year, it is time for me to get on the gardening (and blogging!) bandwagon again. So, for the...

We all have those people in our life. The ones who makes the day better when they are in it. When they are around the jokes are funnier,...