Growing guides
What actually works in warm-climate sand, written from growing it rather than copied from a national catalogue.
What Grows in a Warm Climate
Mild winters, sandy soil, and a hard freeze every few years. What that actually means for fruit.
Planting a Fruit Tree in Sandy Soil
The hole, the mound, the mulch and the watering schedule that gets a tree through its first year.
Choosing a Mango for a Warm Climate
Glenn, Carrie, Pickering and Cogshall compared on size, flavour, disease and cold.
Growing Low-Chill Peaches in a Warm Climate
Chill hours explained, why you must thin the fruit, and the varieties bred for our winters.
Designing a Food Forest by Layers
Canopy, understory, shrub, herbaceous, root and vine. How to stack edibles in a small warm-climate yard.
Growing Blueberries in Central Florida
Soil acidity decides this one. Get the pH right and southern highbush blueberries are among the easiest fruit here; get it wrong and nothing else you do matters.
Growing Figs in Central Florida
Nematodes, rust and August rain are what actually decide whether a fig works here. All three are manageable.
Potting Mix & Container Conversion Chart
How much mix a container actually holds, from a 4 inch liner to a 30 gallon pot, and how many pots a 1, 1.5 or 2 cubic foot bag will fill. Print it and keep it where you pot up.