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growing watermelon

growing watermelon

ByDenise

This was our first time growing watermelon in our Florida food forest, and it was a total success. The first week of April, we planted 2 four packs of watermelon transplants from Rockledge Gardens along a 50-foot section of weed cloth spread across the field. I cut holes in the cloth, every 2 feet with…

mosquitoes

mosquitoes

ByDenise

It’s mosquito season!! Our low-lying property in Florida floods during the rainy season and becomes a breeding ground for mosquitoes. Over the years, we have come up with some clever ways to drastically reduce the mosquito population without damaging our ecosystem. Here are ways we get rid of mosquitoes in our house, keep them from…