Gardening

This is the shelf from my conversation with Alex at Habitual Hobbies — built, lit, and ready for seeds. No talking, no music cues, no explaining. Just the build. It is a mishmash and I am not going to pretend otherwise. The lights don't match. Some came from a yard sale. The colors are different on every level because they were bought at different times for different … [Read more...] about Building My Indoor Seed Starting Station (Time Lapse, No Talking)

Alex has been gardening longer than me, she's younger than me, and she's better at it — because she actually studied. Here's her indoor seed starting setup, and the shelf trick that stops seedlings from getting leggy. The short version: don't raise your lights as the plants grow. Move the plants down. She sets her shelf heights to match her tray rows, keeps … [Read more...] about The Best Way To Start Seeds Indoors (Without Leggy Seedlings) ‪@HabitualHobbies‬

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Summary Summer vegetables in September fall into two clear groups for Zone 9 gardens. Heat-tolerant crops like okra, eggplant, sweet potatoes, southern peas, and hot peppers keep producing well into fall. Tomatoes, cucumbers, summer squash, bush beans, and melons typically decline under lingering heat, pest pressure, and disease. Recognizing which vegetables stay and which … [Read more...] about Summer Vegetables in September: Which Crops Should Stay and Which Should Go

Key takeaways: Many gardeners in Northeast Florida still treat spring as the default planting season, a habit inherited from cooler climates further north. A closer look at Zone 9A/9B conditions tells a different story: fall vegetable gardening in Northeast Florida often outperforms spring on almost every measure that matters, and UF/IFAS research supports the same … [Read more...] about The Second Growing Season: Why Fall Vegetable Gardening in Northeast Florida Beats Spring