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Flower Garden in Florida

Posted by Xiomara on Mar 29, 2013 | 1 comment

It’s the perfect time of the year to visit our greenhouse! This is the month when we get the prettiest flowers for your garden. Walking into the greenhouse and seeing all of the beautiful hues of pink, lavender, red, orange, yellow...

Plants to grow in your backyard

Posted by Xiomara on Feb 1, 2013 | 0 comments

I’ve only been using our container vegetable garden for about 2 years. I’m always wondering and researching what plants to grow next. Last year, most plants were starter plants either from the market or from our local...

How does your garden grow?

Posted by Xiomara on Dec 6, 2012 | 2 comments

About a month ago, I finally had some time to clear the weeds out of our vegetable growing box and decided to plant some seeds for the winter growing season. This is something I started to do with the girls last year just for fun. I...

A visit to the Parkesdale Greenhous...

Posted by Xiomara on Oct 11, 2012 | 0 comments

Last Wednesday, I stopped by the Parkesdale Greenhouses to visit Grandma Parke and Colleen. There’s just something really neat about being in a greenhouse early in the morning. Since 1977, Grandma Parke and Colleen have been working...

Bare Root Strawberry Plants are her...

Posted by Xiomara on Oct 6, 2012 | 1 comment

While our weather is still reminiscing of summer, high temperatures and afternoon showers, a quick walk around our market will surely have you thinking about the upcoming fall season. Most importantly, our strawberry plants are finally...

Gardening: Gaillardia, Gazania and ...

Posted by Xiomara on Jul 20, 2012 | 0 comments

To my surprise the annual greenhouse is packed full today! We just got a shipment from one of our local nurseries. There are plenty of flowering plants for your garden beds. We’ll start with the Gaillardia Daisy or blanket flower. ...