I believe you got your answer from other Americans. Anyway, I don't want to derail your nice thread with legal stuff. My father has a 1/4 acre garden with a greenhouse, fruit trees, etc. He grows tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplants, pepper, potatoes, onion, garlic, grapes, you name it.
I grew an avocado tree from the seed and planted in the yard. It took several years to produce, the year we sold our house, it had small avocados. No luck with pineapple tops they grew into tall plants but no pineapples. I believe in planting fruit trees and vines that produce. Can't understand people that have lived in a place for years and don't plant producing trees, vines or plants.. (grapes, berries, lychees, oranges, limes, lemons, mangos, avocados, guavas, tamarinds, coconuts and plums) All of those can be planted in S.Fl. and with success.
When I was in Ft Lauderdale they destroyed ALL lemon and lime trees on private property. It was terrible..
Well, our trees were inspected and disease free, but they destroyed them anyway. Must have been 2003 or 4. Some said it was the citrus growers association.. My son had those tiny limes and blood orange and a grapefruit tree that they destroyed as well. (No disease)
I would check with my local extension service and they should have planting calendars on the net. Crowder peas, Purple hulls, and possibly eggplant. We get limas and green beans during the heat, as well as cucumbers. But check and dont take my word.
I would have been unhappy enough about it to tie them up in litigation until they relented or those would have been the two most expensive trees they removed.
My first planting of corn is popping out of the ground. I am getting the ground ready for my super sweet. And yes, I know about isolation.
Okra, green beans. If you are planting from seeds, plant tomatoes in September. Otherwise October is great.
A lot of the tomatoes we eat here in north Florida in the late winter are from Homestead. You just have to plant at the right time. The conventional planting of tomatoes in April doesn't work in Florida.
Well, I don't plant seeds, and I haven't seen the Heatmaster locally. Have seen some that they claim are heat tolerant, but they didn't work for me in the summer in the past.
Tomatoes in the grocery stores in South Florida are horrible. I really, really miss a decent tasting tomato.
If it hasn't already been mentioned, gumbo comes from an African word "gombo," which means ... Okra. Gumbo without okra is like meatless chili.
You're not sure who did it?? Did you just arrive one day and find them destroyed? And destroyed how? Chopped down? Ugh! I have 4 citrus trees in pots, all producing. If someone killed them I'd seek mindless revenge.
Grocery store tomatoes are picked green and then gased to turn them red. It is how they keep them from rotting so quickly.
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Ive only grown lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, carrots & strawberries. Theres nothing like going out to the back yard and picking the ingredients for a big yummy salad. Home grown strawberries vs store bought...theres no comparison.
I use to wonder why Id buy red juicy looking tomatoes and inside they were green and sometimes gooey.
Unfortunately, I don't really have any space for a garden. I have had a few tomato plants, but the squirrels destroyed them, so I don't even bother. Sometimes I grow potted herbs. I actually have some sage, lavender and thyme seeds that I should think about getting started soon. This will be my first time starting any plant from a seed, so I don't really know what I'm doing, and I hope they grow. We shall see!
