Beneficial Insects
Blogs & Reference Sites
- A Garden Diary Month-by-month guide on what can be planted, likely pests, weather conditions and watering needs.
- Automatic Seed Starting Spreadsheet
- Floridata
- Garden Rant
- National Gardening Association
- Skippy's Vegetable Garden
Florida Gardening Organizations
Garden Planning
- 10 Commandments for a Healthy Yard
- Beneficial Flowers for the Garden
- Companion Planting Excellent resource describing specific beneficial companion plantings.
- Container Gardening: Getting Started
- Easy Vegetables to Grow in Florida
- Ecosystem Gardening
- Florida Gardening: How to Grow A Vegetable Garden
- Florida Gardening: Vegetable Gardening Guide
- Florida Gardening: Vegetable Planting Guide
- Planting Calendar: Farmer's Almanac
- Planting Calendar: Gardening By Month
- Vegetable Garden Planner App
- Vegetable Planting Guide
How to Grow... In Florida
Pests & Solutions
- Aphids: Control and Prevention
- Aphids: How to Get Rid of Aphids
- Aphids: Sustainable Solutions Great tip sheet on natural solutions (including D.E.) and companion plantings to deter aphids
- Bean & Southern Pea Insect Pests
- Garden Problem Solvers Guide to a few pests, e.g. cutworms, hornworms, aphids.
- Get Rid of Slugs
- Homemade Cat Repellant
- Homemade Spray to Control Rust on Plants
- How to Get Rid of Bugs in an Herb Garden
- Natural Garden Pest Control
- University of Florida: Home Garden Insect Management
- Whiteflies: How to Get Rid of Whiteflies
- Whiteflies: Pest Management Guide
Seeds
- Eden Organic Nursery South Florida seed store, physical and online.
- Evergreen Asian Vegetable Seeds
- Nichols Garden Nursery
- Non-GMO Vegetable Seeds
- Seeds from Italy
- Seeds: Wild Garden Seeds
Summer Gardening
Teacher Resources
Techniques
- Cover Crops: Should I Compost?
- Cover Crops: Turning the Soil
- Crop Rotation: Rotating Plant Families
- Crop Rotation: Vegetable Gardens
- Fertilization: University of Florida Guide
- Fertilizer: What Is It and Why Do My Plants Need It?
- Herb Gardening: 10 Mistakes New Herb Gardeners Make
- Homemade Natural Remedies for Vegetable Gardens
- Saving Seeds: CSU Guide
- Saving Seeds: Hybrid Varieties
- Saving Seeds: Tomatoes, Peppers, Peas, and Beans
- Why Save Seeds?
We are a small group of South Floridians who share a love of organic gardening, cooking and leading a healthy lifestyle. We garden together in Miami on a weekly basis year round, and enjoy the labor, harvest and feeling of community that this provides us. We are learning together what it means to grow food in South Florida, with our unique climate and seasons, which are so different than the rest of the country. This website is a venture in sharing information and resources relevant to gardening (and enjoying the harvest) in our South Florida environment. We hope you will find it useful!
