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Old 10-15-2010, 07:36 AM
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very appealing to me, Scrapple. We have a CYV so won't have much room for citrus trees, except for maybe a lemon tree in a container, but expect to plant an herb garden and probably a tomato/pepper patch. A harvest exchange might be just the ticket for me as we will be snowbirds for awhile and I was wondering what to do with my crops in the summer! My tomatoes, etc. would be available for the taking while we're gone, or as long as they live without me there to oversee supplemental watering, although I expect I'll make an extra trip down for a couple of weeks every summer.

I still have a lot to learn about Florida gardening and what grows when. I have a great book with monthly gardening tasks in various Florida zones (can't remember the name - it's already in Florida). There is also a monthly master gardener meeting, I think at Truman Rec Center, listed in the Recreation News.

We will be arriving the 1st weekend in November. Might do some container gardening for herbs this winter, plan an herb garden for early spring and really get started planting in the spring.

When do you plan to move to TV and which village? We're in Sabal Chase.