Most of the plants that you’ll put in your yard or garden have a one year or less. Trees, however, represent a long term commitment.  The type of tree that you choose will be with you for many years to come. If you’re looking for a tree that will provide a return on that long-term investment, you’ll be looking [...]

You’ve worked hard on your garden. You’ve spent months cultivating those tiny seedlings. You’ve banished weeds and bugs as best you could.  Your toil has been rewarded with some fruits, but there’s still more on the vine.  And now… vacation time. If you’re relatively new to gardening, it can be a worrisome thing to let [...]

Every garden needs mulch. It serves several important purposes.  The two biggest are moisture retention and weed control. A good, thick layer of mulch will hold in significantly more moisture than the soil alone would normally retain.  This is one of those multiple blessing kind of applications.  It’s good for the environment, because you’re not [...]

Just like in real estate, the three most important factors in gardening are location, location, and location. This point was driven home to me recently when I moved my papaya tree ten feet to the left. One day in the full Florida sun and the leaves turned yellow and shriveled to nothing. One day. Before [...]

One of the struggles that all gardeners face is the constant battle against the bugs. We face the continual conflict between our desire to keep the garden as natural as possible and the need to protect the fruits of our labor from unwanted insects. I live in Florida where the insects grow to roughly the [...]