Fall/Winter Vegetable Garden in S Fla

Well, I've been absent from the veggie forum since my melons died out but now I need a thread to record the minor deeds for this late fall/winter season. Here's a pic of one of my plots - mostly maters but also Uncle Walt's Vermont Cranberry Pole Beans, seven vars of radishes, 3 types of sweet peppers and 3 herbs. 6 vars of lettuce are growing up and will soon be in this garden.

Another garden will soon host some snap beans, more leafy stuff and maybe some cukes along with my host maters.

Flip.

You forgot the partridge in the pear tree....

GGirl, no partridges here in Miami. Just a lot of doves!
BTB - anyone that calls my ol' buddy Tplant, Paw, has got to be OK!. I guess that makes you my Sis.

Well, pleased tah meet cha, Sis! And the fact that "Paw" would allow me to even call him that says volumes about him, too! He's a sport and so are you!

AAAWWWW SSSHHHUUUCCCKKKSSSS !!!!

Flip,

I was just reading earlier about double cropping and the drain on the soil!! Up here we have put most gardens to bed for the winter. Gardens are a distant memory right now except the stored squash, sweetpotatoes, potatoes, frozen berries, refrigerated apples, canned beans, and well, I tossed most of the remaining watermelons out. I did eat a bit from one and had a bit of juice from it.

I do have some more cauliflower yet and some nice lettuce...plus a few apples on the tree.

Heya Sis - we S. Fla boys are okey doke!

Indy,

I've followed a lot of your gardening exploits this year, especially the melons you did. You had a really nice year with them and all of your other veggies.
I reuse each of my little plots every fall as this is our best growing season. Summer melons are an on and off thing so the soil does get an occasional rest. And, I do amend the soil fairly regularly - just take the pickup down to the local soil depot, get some fresh, add it to the plots and mix it up. When transplanting, I also dig large holes and back fill with a nice garden soil. It's worked well for me for a long time.
Sounds like you're stored up with winter veggies and fruit. I have an avocado, orange, lime and grapefruit tree but can you believe I've never seen an apple tree? Hang in there. Your seeding will start soon and your season will be here before you know it.

Flip

Flip, your gardens are amazing. All I can say is salad must be wonderful at your house. I just love fresh vegetables. The juices that come from them when they are homegrown are fabulous. Even grocery store bought vegetables in the summer are good to me. I have a spinach salad pretty much everyday for lunch. When it is fresh veggie season it is mostly all veggies with just a bit of spinach. I love all these cool tomatoes that I can now grow and add to my plate as a feast for my eyes and stomach. :-) The gardening part of it is so fun too. The anticipation is crazy!
Thanks to DG and all of you that share the passion and let me really get into a hobby.

Merae


Indy, it would have torn me up to throw melons out. I mean, seriously, how depressing to put your garden to bed and throw out your fruits. I know you are a fabulous gardener and have lots of canned to enjoy while you can't enjoy growing them. I bet they are tasty!

Hi Merae - It's really neat to share our passion for gardening. I've been growing veggies since I was young boy in Cub scouts and had 'grow a garden' as a task to perform. With a few exceptions, I've always had something growing in the back yard. My family is salad and veggie eatin' and they forgive my obsession when I bring in the fresh stuff! My wife says we should move to a farm :-)
Today I'll be transplanting lettuce into small pots. In a few weeks they'll go into the garden. I also have a little room for another veggie type - maybe a cuke mound or some other snap bean type. The maters (now at 35 plants) and peppers (14 plants) are all growing pretty well and get their first dose of Messenger and daconil tomorrow.
Have a good day!
Flip

Me too Flip! I'm going to spray them this evening. The growth for one week has been truly remarkable thanks to the rain. I call it the "Lord's fertilizer." I'll bet yours shot up also. I even had some flowers but I removed them as they were to soon and I don't want to take the strength away from the plant from the cost of flowering to early.