General Gardening

Harvest and Store Okra

After transplanting okra, it is ready to start harvesting in about 60 days.  If you are not growing the spineless variety, you may want to use gardening gloves when harvesting! A word of advice – don’t pick the okra flower because it produces the okra which comes out after the flower.  As I mentioned the […]

Bloom Varieties Blooms

Mounding Mandevilla

Wow is this flower a beauty! It is called Mandevilla.   While the name of this plant is hard enough to remember, it has another name to go by – Diplandenia!  I planted this flower in planters by our front door to great our guests.  This plant can have red, hot pink, lighter pink or […]

Recipes

Some of My Favorite Fans

Now I don’t want to show favoritism, but I think this picture is awesome!  These folks are not just plain crazy they are the best kind of crazy – Crazy For Gardening fans! Here some background on my fans. . . I’ve known Kelly since I was quite young and had the pleasure of being […]