Time To Grow

11/01/2026

It's November 1st, so I'm ushering in the holiday season by canning cranberries! Cranberry juice for starters and then I will be fermenting some cranberries in honey also. 🎀🎄🦃🎀

Recipe for canning the juice will be in the comments.

11/01/2026

Wow, what a great Halloween display!! My son sent me this video last night. They saw this while trick or treating with my granddaughter. It's in Virginia where we used to live.

10/31/2026

Wishing everyone a safe and Happy Halloween! 🎃

10/28/2026

It's not to late to get Fall transplants and seeds in the soil.
🌱🥦🥕🥬🌱

10/28/2026

Flowers for November. 🍁🌿🍂

10/26/2026

Trick or treat 🎃👻

10/19/2026

🍓 Now is the time to plant strawberries in North and Central Florida. 🍓

The varieties best for North/Central Florida are: Camarosa, Sweet Charlie, Chandler, Festival, Sweet Sensation, FL Brilliance, FL Encore, FL Radiance.

10/09/2026

I hope our followers in the panhandle and surrounding areas have completed their storm prep. If you've been asked to evacuate, please do. If you're inland hunker down and stay safe.
Dealing with the hurricane force winds and heavy rain is bad enough, but don't forget the storm surge! Storm surge is no joke, I learned that during Helene. 😩
Let's hope hurricane Isaias plays nice. 🙏 🤞 Be safe. 🩷

10/04/2026

Are you thinking about getting honey bees? 🐝 🍯 Check out this free course through UF/IFAS to see if bee keeping is right for you.

This bee-Learning Short Course will introduce you to what it takes to manage honey bee colonies. Many people are interested in honey bees and consider getting into beekeeping as a hobby or even as a business venture. Before taking the big step of acquiring your first colonies though, make sure you h...

10/04/2026

Kinda cute and very destructive...meet a member of the night time yard excavation crew.