[Bavarian]

Originally Posted by Shimpy

Good for you! Grow what you want as long as it's not an eye sore from the street or for your neighbors and you won't have a problem. Now if you want to grow tobacco next to your driveway then maybe.

A lot of people in The County used to get an extra Tobacco plant from a farmer and plant it for its pretty flowers.

[princess2u]

How the heck do you grow a good tomato here in TV??? We have tried it 2 years in a row and can't seem to get a good tasting one to save our souls.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by princess2u

How the heck do you grow a good tomato here in TV??? We have tried it 2 years in a row and can't seem to get a good tasting one to save our souls.

Last years mine were pretty tasty, and this year not so much. I agree with your question.

I guess the answer is to move the plant to Ohio or New Jersey.

What do you say, NJBchbum?

[asianthree]

Originally Posted by Bavarian

A lot of people in The County used to get an extra Tobacco plant from a farmer and plant it for its pretty flowers.

grew up on the tobacco farm....ever seen a tobacco worm....ewwwww

[Shimpy]

Originally Posted by princess2u

How the heck do you grow a good tomato here in TV??? We have tried it 2 years in a row and can't seem to get a good tasting one to save our souls.

Back in the 50's or 60's or so I remember my father growing delicious beefsteak tomatoes in Miami. He used if I remember correctly what was called a Japanese Circle. It was a round area about 4 feet in dia. encircled with chicken wire and maybe 4 feet tall. It was filled with compost and soil and the tomatoes grew out of the side. It produced more tomatoes than we or our neighbors could eat. Try doing a Google search as it was very successful every year and took up very little space.

[njbchbum]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Last years mine were pretty tasty, and this year not so much. I agree with your question.

I guess the answer is to move the plant to Ohio or New Jersey.

What do you say, NJBchbum?

i say amen to that! but even the tomatoes in jersey are late this year. don't know what's up with that! we are picking corn and peaches at the u-pick farms which we rarely used to do until august! i can hardly wait for my first fresh over-the-sink tomato sandwich! grower told me 2 to 3 weeks more...sheesh!

husband had a uncle who lived in florida and each time he came to visit family here he drove home with a trunk filled with bags of n.j. garden dirt for his tomato beds back there! since then i have always believed that there is a market for selling one product called just that - n.j. garden dirt and another called 'old fashioned n.j. water' in various size bottles; cause we all know how hard it is to find/make good italian bread and rolls in florida! thank goodness for brooklyn water bagels!

[justjim]

I use to grow some nice tomatoes in that rich Central Illinois black soil. In TV, the Farmer's Market is just too convenient for all our vegetable needs!

[gadaboutgal]

Which Village covenants prohibit gardens and/or fruit trees in the front yard. This must be south of Lake Sumter?

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by Susan G

I work in the horticulture business, so here's a news flash regarding rats being attracted to citrus...they will also travel miles to feed on the large seed pods on queen palms, sylvesters and pindos....so if you see a seed pod form, cut it off or be prepared for the "rat buffet.".

Susan, thanks for that information .... very helpful.

[mrfixit]

Originally Posted by princess2u

How the heck do you grow a good tomato here in TV??? We have tried it 2 years in a row and can't seem to get a good tasting one to save our souls.

Most of the soil in FL is NOT good for growing tomato.

You may wish to start with real "bagged topsoil" ..Or... "Black Kow" products
from a garden center. Lowes and Home Depot carry them."
( Black Kow soil products are produced right around the corner in Oxford, Fl )

Then follow the "rules" as described on the following website.

Gardening Tomatoes Organically (VIDEOS) | TheSleuthJournal

[jblum315]

Soil is really the "whole deal" with tomatoes and plenty of water.

[senior citizen]

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[Skip]

As far as I know it's in everyone's deed restrictions and covenants. About 10-11 years ago I was talking to a Daily Sun reporter (can't remember her name). Her most "devastating story" was one she ran in the paper about a resident with a green thumb growing all kinds of fruits and vegetables in a very neat backyard garden. The next day, the developer's henchmen came to that person's house and told the owner she had 48 hours to get rid of her garden that violates the rules here. Both the reporter (who felt so bad after the incident) and the owner didn't know the rules.

Can anyone find the wording in their restrictions?

Skip

[mulligan]

Skip, I just read my restrictions twice, and found NO restrictions prohibiting vegetable gardens anywhere on my property. Section 155 (Tamarind Grove).

[jblum315]

I know a few people who have pretty big backyard gardens. Maybe the secret is sharing with neighbors so they don't get mad and report you.