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Gardening – Southwest Florida Style

June 5, 2015 by sewmona Leave a Comment

Gardening Southwest Florida Style

My garden is doing so-so.  I’m not sure what happened to my carrots – the original ones never came up, the ones I replanted never came up, and now it’s getting too hot for them.  I’ll try again towards the end of summer.

My honeydews and watermelons are growing like crazy!  If all the watermelons actually make it, we are going to be eating watermelon with all our meals!

Watermelon

Look at that beautiful watermelon!

Honeydew

Hopefully this honeydew makes it. Something keeps munching them. I put a plastic lid under it to help protect it.

Another Watermelon

Another watermelon! We easily have 8 – we’re going to be eating and sharing a lot if they all make it!

My cantaloupes, not so much.  I’ve replanted a couple of them to see if they do any better.

Cantaloupe

I’ve also replanted a couple gourds as the originals got munched by rabbits.  I planted some marigolds near by in hopes of keeping the rabbits away.

Old, Dying Gourds

Poor dead gourd…it got munched!

Newly Planted Gourds

Hopefully the rabbits leave these alone!

I also planted some peppers, beans, and catnip.  We’ll see how they do.  I think my biggest problem is that things need to be watered a lot here in Florida!  I’m not so good at remembering to do that…good thing the rainy season is coming soon.

How is your garden growing?

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