1-New comers to S.Florida first common mistake is to garden as if they are still home up north.Wake up call:Please forget about using a fork to dig out the SAND.Your soil HELLO is SANDY.So , start to learn how to prepare yopur own SOIL FREE of NEMATODES! 2-Upon deciding to grow plants in containers: Please
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It is not too late to learn how to grow your own food and medicinal herb garden. Now people are rushing more than ever to learn the process of being self sufficient after being hit hard in their pockets. We have ongoing organic gardening classes that suits your budget and we can help you jump
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From an experienced horticulturist point of view (20 years of community urban farming in S.Florida), I sum up the Pros and challenges as follows. A: The Pros- 1)Urban Farming as a THERAPY:I have been interviewed by the Sun-sentinel back in 2008 and the topic was :Gardening as a THERAPY!People who grow their own food have
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Happy New Year ..No numbers in mind!

  • December 31, 2012
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How many of us drink coffee to stay alert or wake up from a nights sleep deprivation OR A  HANGOVER OR WHAT HAVE YOU!.How many of us daily are aware of being awake as we are rushing to a job while half asleep,  or rushing to catch a bus,plane or an event half dressed or
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This is another day gone in the countdown ,before we celebrate Christmass and the New Year Eve..For some ,another day is another dollar and for ALL of us  another drama ,like the shooting of school children yesterday in Connecticut.. When will we learn our lessons on violance? Preventing and fighting violance by NON-Violance programs like going
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PRUNING BASICS ..For begginers!!!

  • November 26, 2012
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The location is a community garden down town of a South Florida Beach City..The decision to cut down an overgrowing ponciana tree was sought three years ago. A plot that once flourished now has been struggling to grow flowers and vegetables but in vain..The ponciana tree was shedding its branches and leaves and continuing to
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Welcome to The Florida Tropical Sizzling Environment.Now learn how to eat to ward off the heat ,using “COOLANT “locally grown fruits and vegetables. Talking about locally grown lends us to mention growing your own Tropical food at your back-front yard or even in containers if you do not have access to land. Why to eat
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