Tag: winter garden
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Comfort from the Winter Garden: Creamed Kale
This has been a strange winter weather-wise. While my family up north is buried from last night’s historic blizzard, the temperatures here will be in the 70s …
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December Morning In My Garden
It was nice to have a couple of hours to myself in the garden this morning—well, almost to myself. I did have a visit from my next door neighbor, Bella. She is so nosy! I was surprised to see a fresh bloom on my climbing rose, New Dawn. Just planted in spring, this climber is…
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New Year, New Life
It is almost the New Year, and the winter garden is bursting with new life. It grows more slowly at this time of year, with its shorter days and very cold nights. We have had freezing temperatures for the last couple of weeks, but still the garden grows. Seed pods burst and spread their seeds,…
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December Garden
The fall and winter are some of the most productive gardening seasons here in north Florida. Although we do experience freezing temperatures, we also have warm days where the temperature rises up into the seventies. There are fewer pests and diseases to cope with, thus less drudgery and more fun gardening than in the heat…