Week of March 15, 2020
This is the memorable week in which most of the world went into isolation doe to the Coronavirus pandemic. With all travel and meetings...
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Week of March 8,2020
This is the week to focus on the trees in our Florida garden. First, the oaks, especially the live oaks, are budding and blooming. ...
Week of March 1, 2020
This is Spring Break Week at the University of Florida, when most students and many Faculty take some time away from campus. It is also...
Week of February 23, 2020
February sets the stage in Florida for the spring fruit crop. This year, we had no severe frost so far, requiring frost cloth only a few...
Week of February 16, 2020
Mid-February is a favorite time of the year in the Florida Garden, as the flora and fauna really gets active, while our friends in...
Week of February 9, 2020
Blogs during the month of February would be incomplete without an update on the CAMELLIAS in our Florida garden. When most of the US is...
Week of February 2, 2020
Key limes are likely the plant in the Florida Garden which is growing farthest from its hardiness zone, native to far south Florida and...
Week of January 26, 2020
Ghosts in the backyard! Our Florida Home in Gainesville sits in the USDA hardiness zone 8b. This means that temperatures can get diwnnto...
Week of January 19, 2020
One thing that both TAProots Farm and the Florida Home have in common is FRUIT-EATING VARMITS, specifically deer, raccoons, rabbits, and...
Week of January 12, 2020
Midwinter in the Florida garden is quite quiet until the camellias get blooming and the azaleas wake up. This means it is a good time...
Week of January 5, 2020
The tradition of TAProots jam making continues at our Florida home in the middle of winter, with our first batch of KUMQUAT Marmalade. I...
Week of December 29
For partly shaded areas in Florida Gardens, the COONTIEÂ is widely used as an exotic addition, in the form of a bush with fern-like...
Week of December 22
A TAProots CHRISTMAS includes all sorts of goodies produced at either TAProots Farm or our Florida Home. I love to share things that...
Week of December 15
A plant serving as one of the foundations of our Florida Home’s gardens is the CUTLEAF PHILODENDRON. Growing up in Wisconsin, I was...
Week of December 8
As part of the celebration of Christmas, I have made HAND-PAINTED CHRISTMAS COOKIES for the last 20 or so years. I still use the same...
Week of December 1
The Thanksgiving Holiday was a busy time at our Florida Home with both sons and their families visiting for most of the week. TAProots...
Week of November 24
THANKSGIVING arrives at the Florida Home. This year is very special since both sons and all our grandchildren will be here for much of...
Week of November 17
An important task in the Florida garden is to cover the surfaces of shady parts of the garden with things other than weeds. We use a lot...
Week of November 10
When should I pick my citrus trees in my Florida Garden? All the citrus are turning orange or yellow. The Key limes have a yellow hue...
Week of November 3
November should be the quiet period for our Florida garden, between the summer blooms and the fruit tree and camellia blossoms of the...
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