Passionate about Passion Fruit

  It’s a realllllly delicious bite!  Add more passion into your life with Passion Fruit. Passion Fruit grows on an easy vine that is self- pollinating and can be grown on a trellis or a fence in full sun.  The vine produces a 4″ to 5″ blue flower followed by a 2″ to 3″ fruit […]

What to Plant in June?

Bedding plants can be planted this month for color. There are so many that can take the coming heat, like hearty purslane and portulaca, so don’t hesitate to spruce up your space before cookout season starts. There are fantastic Herbs that love the Summer heat. They can be planted now and eaten shortly thereafter! Use […]

Mighty Mints

Mints give you the cool, refreshing feeling of a wintry day.  Mint is one of the fastest growing herbs!  When planting in the garden all mints should be given a lot of room and water.   Mint prefers a shady spot and is often planted in a pot to contain its mighty spreading habit. We grow […]

These Times

I may not be alone when I confess to finding more stress in the world today than I did when I first began my gardening adventures back in 2005.  Since then I have come back to the garden for fuel, meditation, beauty, and all forms of stress reduction.  Having a dual purpose (creation of a […]

Strawberries

It’s a great time to start your strawberry garden on the Treasure Coast. Plants will fruit through April with lots of red juicy fruit picked from your very own garden.  Plant in Marvin’s Magic Mix in full sun and watch them grow.  Two to three plants in at least a 12” pot.  Most strawberry plants […]

Honoring Your Nature

I loved Marvin’s share of last week about his father and we received a lot of sweet feedback about his memory.  It has me thinking about all the ways we honor our pasts and our principles.  Finding time and a means to honor, that is, to pay respect to the things that matter most to […]

Food For Your Garden: The Basics

Why feed your garden?  Fertilizer adds missing nutrients to your soil and your lovely plants take the nutrients up to grow, bloom, and keep green.  When you review the label on a bag of fertilizer, you will notice 3 numbers.  These numbers represent the amount of three major elements that plants need.  The first number […]

A Très Tropical Retreat

Your version of ‘tropical’ may take you to a lounge poolside; to a densely canopied rainforest; or to a breezy island getaway. I’d follow to all three, to be honest!  Here in nearly South Florida, we can create any of these vacation-like settings with the help of Tropical plants. From Heliconia, to Ground Orchids, to […]

Blackberry Picking!

Blackberries remind me of pick-your-own adventures from childhood.  The stained baskets and hands we left the berry farms with and the delicious desserts made with blackberries, raspberries, and blueberries are all very sweet juicy memories.  My favorite jam to this day is Blackberry Jam. How great would it be to grow and pick your own […]

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