The Florida Gardening Blog
How to Beat Lubber Grasshoppers Without Poison
If you have seen a large, slow-moving, yellow-and-black grasshopper chewing through your garden like it owns the place, you have met the eastern lubber. These...
How to Beat Lubber Grasshoppers Without Poison
If you have seen a large, slow-moving, yellow-and-black grasshopper chewing through your garden like it owns the place, you have met the eastern lubber. These...
When to Prune Freeze-Damaged Plants in Florida
After a Florida freeze, your plants look terrible and every instinct tells you to cut the dead stuff off right now. That instinct is wrong, and acting on it...
When to Prune Freeze-Damaged Plants in Florida
After a Florida freeze, your plants look terrible and every instinct tells you to cut the dead stuff off right now. That instinct is wrong, and acting on it...
Did My Tree Survive the Cold? How to Tell
After a hard freeze, the yard looks rough. Leaves are brown and mushy, stems look black, and you are not sure if your mango, moringa, or tropical is dead or...
Did My Tree Survive the Cold? How to Tell
After a hard freeze, the yard looks rough. Leaves are brown and mushy, stems look black, and you are not sure if your mango, moringa, or tropical is dead or...
Most Cold-Hardy Mango Varieties for Florida
You live in Central or North Florida and you want mangoes, but everyone tells you mangoes freeze. That is true for some varieties. It is not the whole story....
Most Cold-Hardy Mango Varieties for Florida
You live in Central or North Florida and you want mangoes, but everyone tells you mangoes freeze. That is true for some varieties. It is not the whole story....
Can You Plant Bananas Next to Your House?
You want bananas close to the house where you can pick them from the porch. Makes sense. But somewhere you heard that banana roots can crack a foundation, and...
Can You Plant Bananas Next to Your House?
You want bananas close to the house where you can pick them from the porch. Makes sense. But somewhere you heard that banana roots can crack a foundation, and...
Best Banana Varieties for North Florida
Bananas in North Florida is not a crazy idea. It just means picking the right variety. The wrong one will die back to the ground every winter and take years...
Best Banana Varieties for North Florida
Bananas in North Florida is not a crazy idea. It just means picking the right variety. The wrong one will die back to the ground every winter and take years...
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