Survival Gardening Florida Zone 9a and 8b

[capt.joe]

I planted various greens under a live oak one winter in the front yard because the back yard had the septic field. They all grew pretty decent

 

[McMillan]

Yep

 

[WRM]

Yep

Feed me, Seymour!

 

[capt.joe]

Im going to try some summer greens. I have a few sweet potatoes planted. I just ordered amaranth, malabar spinach, and river spinach seeds. I also want to plant some tahitian spinach and taro

 

[M60Gunner]

Todays harvest

 

[WRM]

Todays harvest

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My figs are just starting to get there!

 

[capt.joe]

Starting to harvest and freeze poke berries.

 

[Duckyou]

Starting to harvest and freeze poke berries.

Aren’t those poisonous?

 

[capt.joe]

Dont do what i do lol. Search for your own information. Yes, the seed is poisonous. But poison in small amounts is medicine! I learned from a famous herbalist named Darryl Patton that if i swallow the berry whole i get the medicinal benefit. Its great for joint pain. Im on day 3 of swallowing one a day. The net says you can work up to 8 a day. Im sticking with one for now. Definitely dont bite the seed. Gives diarrhea at the least if you crush a seed

 

[WRM]

Gives diarrhea at the least if you crush a seed

So is the theory that, by swallowing whole, you just pass the seeds without digesting the coating and releasing whatever toxin there is?

 

[capt.joe]

I guess you would say that you digest some of the coating as medicine

 

[MeggaZappin]

Heres pretty much the last of the spring harvest. I started these winter squash indoors before the last frost and transplanted them into the field around the end of March. The little pumpkin looking squash are Burpee Butterkin (cross between a pumpkin and a butternut). I harvested the butterkin at the end of June and the butternut on July 10th.

Winter squash seems to do pretty well up here In zone 8B, you just have to time the summer stress months and frost around the longer fruiting times. I was able to get about 75 butter kin from 25 seeds and 101 butternut off of about 50 herloom seeds I had harvested from the past fall season. Winter squash is naturally storable too. Just cure them for 7-10 days and they are good to store for up to 6 months.

 

[WRM]

little pumpkin looking squash are Burpee Butterkin

Holy crow--I got to get into that next year! We love spag squash, but getting so expensive.

Could I talk you out of one of those little guys?

 

[M60Gunner]

Harvested some meiwa and variegated kumquats today. Could be lemonade, jelly, and flavored alcohol…

 

[M60Gunner]

With the weather wind forecasted I went ahead and pulled the remaining kumquats

 

[capt.joe]

With all i have going on i havent started a winter garden. We did get a bunch of luffa that the wife is trying to process. Trying to get my tug ready for a uscg inspection