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Originally Posted by JAV0108
Gardening is one of my passions. I have been in FL since 2003 and TV since 2007 and I am still having a very hard time with veggie and flower gardening. The dirt is horrible here, either sand or clay or both and needs a lot of amending with manure, peat, and anything else you can think of to make it plant friendly. I don't mean to say it is impossible as I keep trying and some things work and some don't and I love every minute of my efforts. I have to agree with one of the posters about tomato plants, I have had the best luck with planting them in pots and keeping them in the bird cage. Other veggies work real well mixed in with my flower gardens. I don't have a designated veggie garden as I just mix plants up in all of my flower gardens. All that being said, good luck and keep trying different things you will soon find your favorites to plant and your favorites just to go and buy.
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I agree with Java.
Hummingbird,
I LOVE to garden too. When it comes to growing tomatoes in Florida, my father said "That is why God created Ohio". They don't do well here. But other things flourish. We have friends who pick lemons off their tree. (WHY are lemons so expensive at Publix?) You can plant a bush like a Bottlebrush as a little tiny thing and in two years it is giving you privacy. Flowers like Petunias and Impatiens do well but have to be protected from too much sun.
It is fun to learn the growing ways of Florida. The water in the irrigation systems is brought from retention ponds and is not the kind that comes from the tap. You can water with your hose as much as you like. The water restraints are Florida wide. I have been thinking about something like a rainbarrel too. But sometimes it rains EVERY day, like now and than we have dry seasons with almost NO rain.
Hope you stop by our house when you get here. I love to talk to gardeners!