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Which leaves are yellow? Old or new? Old yellow leaves can be lack of nitrogen (possibly because the soil is too cold to take it up). Always happened to my citrus to some extent in California winters. I think 70 degrees is the min but don't quote me on that.

Picked one small crookneck squash today. Think I'm going to do melons in feed bags because I need to start them now but the raised beds are full.

My passionfruit in a pot was hitting the eave so it had to go in the ground. I set up a trellis, but nobody in town had t-posts over 6' so it's a little shorter than I wanted. Watering every day this week, it's supposed to be sunny and 80+ from now till Friday. Filling watering cans at the pond...

First harvest ever from the acreage! Little milestone.. now if only that building permit can get approved so I can move out there. Most of the seeds I planted earlier this month are coming up, except the fennel. I just ordered some yu choy seeds, it's a broccoli relative, if the fennel isn't up...

I've had trouble with chives too. I know the onion family isn't viable for very long but I think there's something else tricky too, maybe temp or moisture levels.

December's garden is looking great. Did a little weeding today. Probably should thin the beets.

Mine was similar to this one, but a little simpler. https://www.instructables.com/Trash-Can-Evap-Cooler/

Yes, use gypsum if you need calcium, it will not raise your pH, and the powdered stuff is fine. That's all we ever used in California where the soil is alkaline. Draw some big eyes on the shiny side of CD's and hang them up, but wait until the fruit is almost ripe enough to peck. That worked...

Checked on the newest garden and nothing has dug it up. Wonder if the obvious fire ant nest is protecting my seeds? Rain today and maybe frost tonight so I have to cover the tomatoes again.

That reminds me, I need to do something about the fire ants in my newest garden bed

They're too tiny to bother picking, grow out of control, and as a result become weeds. I don't want a million tomato volunteers so I really limit how many cherry tomatoes I grow.

Both seed orders (Baker Creek & Johnny's) shipped promptly last week and arrived today. Free seed was a tiny tomato called spoon which looks suspiciously like the everglades tomato I refuse to grow. The weekend was productive, I tilled and amended my second 10x10 plot and planted a bunch of...

Finally mowed the lawn today mostly to mulch all the leaves on it, not because some HOA told me I had to :p Hope you can heal up without surgery, Aaron.

Didn't know that about requiring HOA's in Florida now. Last year I did find some homes that were either very new or not even finished yet with no HOA - maybe they were empty lots in old subdivisions? I too ordered seeds :oops: including two tomato varieties that might actually produce in the...

Intended to finish mowing the 5 acres over break but I actually wore out the belt and nobody had a replacement locally so I had to order it. Glad I covered the tomatoes. Got a touch of frost on the sweet potatoes right next to them. The day it finally warmed up I brought the jalapeno seedlings...

Lots of mowing today. I am going to be sore tomorrow. Most of my seeds came up in the new garden, but a raccoon has been digging so I have to replant a few things. Will wait and see if I need to fence it. The mystery melon growing on my property is called a citron. Not sweet and only the size...

Watch some youtube videos on how and exactly where to set macabee traps. Once you get the hang of it it's very easy. Snake? I have seen so many snakes since I've moved here.

I had a couple of those and they don't work. If a gopher wants to eat a plant badly enough, it'll ignore anything annoying. I recommend macabee traps, the cheap green ones work well.

Finished tilling the little garden. So far I've made one hill where I planted delicata seeds that weren't tested for germination - there were only 4 left. Hopefully they sprout, I'll find out in about a week. Will get the rest planted in the next week, I may not have enough compost for the whole...

Wasn't sure I'd get any seed catalogs with the move, but Nourse (berries) arrived this week. Today I mailed two soil samples to UFL. I already know pH is high from excess calcium, typical of South FL.