Jan Norris: Food and Florida

Want to start a community or backyard garden? The best way to learn how is from those who already do it successfully. Sunday, May 5, Urban Growers Community Farm along with the Gray Mockingbird Community Garden in Lake Worth will co-host the “Local Foods – Local Gardens” free event. The afternoon seminars, book signings and [...]

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Saving seeds from one crop to another is one of the oldest agriculture methods known. Seed pouches and baskets for storing seeds have been found in some of the oldest archeological digs around the globe. The practice is still is essential to our food chain and has never been more important, as corporations take over [...]

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How do you control aphids, nematodes, and white flies with no pesticides? Find out in a free Sustainable Gardening workshop this Sunday in Delray Beach’s Southwest Community Garden. Sow Share is sponsoring the free event, open to all ages. Activities for kids include a free ceramic pot painting table. Free seedlings and homemade food samples [...]

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Welcome to the online world of blogging, or journal keeping, to Lila Steinhoff. Lila, an old friend of mine, has a green thumb and we occasionally share plants – and growing advice. I envy her okra. Now, she’s writing about growing vegetables here in South Florida. It’s no easy feat. Smart gardeners down here grow [...]

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Parents and grandparents: Here’s a chance to let your kids get down and dirty in an educational setting that’s fun. It’s the Children’s Gardening Club, and it meets Saturday from 9 to 10:30 in Lake Park’s Community Garden. The program will teach them all about dirt – why it’s important to have good dirt to [...]

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