I can't wait to see your pictures! I'm so glad you're having such a productive season. The same thing happened recently with my green peppers. I love it!

Lissa, even though my garden is winding down for the season, it's nice to hear about those in warmer climates and their successes! Way to go, girl!

Granny

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Very good, Lissa! Make sure you take care of those squash, so you can send some to the rest of us! We're stuck with growing cole crops....Oh well, they're fun too!

EG

Bah humbug, I may as well go looking for a Christmas tree. Let the damn snow fly.

John

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Heh.

EG, I'll have to look into mailing squash. ;)

Granny, thanks for the encouragement. I'm totally overwhelmed by how big everything is suddenly! :)

JB, I hope it's a good year for Christmas trees. And a light year for snow! :)

John...SNOW? Already? What a bummer :-(

I'm glad I'm still in WA waiting for the grandbaby to be born. Any other year I would already be in AZ with 100-plus temps. But that would be preferable to snow.

Granny

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I'm so excited for you! I can't wait for the pics. I personally think squash are lovely plants, too. Waaah! I want a greenhouse! Waaah!!!

Oh granny, those last few days before the baby is born, OI!

Grats Lizza! Great to hear your garden is flourishing. Can I borrow it for the weekend so I have some green to show off my garden to my kid's teacher? Hehe

I have to agree with EG, all I've got growing are cole crops. Salad anyone? Hehe

Awesome Lissa! So can you give me some info on growing asparagus in FL? I'm in the same zone and couldn't find info on it except for telling me I couldn't do it.
My squash and pumpkin are doing great now too. Love that it is finally fall and I can plant a bunch of new things :) .

Can't wait to see some pics of your green garden!

Crystabel, I'd love to give you some tips, but everything I learned about growing in FL is this: Try it. If it works, it's great. My seeds have actually sprouted and I'm seeing teeny tiny ferns, so I've done something right so far.

What I did was to section off part of my side bed, planted 6 asparagus seeds to a square and watered carefully, so I didn't disturb the seeds. So far, about a third of them have sprouted half inch ferns. :)

I keep telling ya'll that I'm willing to try anything once. :)

Crystabel, I checked my Victory Garden book, and it says no to asparagus in Florida :-(

However, I did see a post by one woman who says she grows it "Asparagus will grow in Florida. It may take a little more work depending on where in the state you are. In northern Florida it does really well in the cooler months but it seems to struggle in the heat. I live in the Panhandle. You can check with your local AG Center or Farm supply store for specific instruction for your area."

The zone just previous to yours gives planting dates (for crowns, not seeds) as Feb 1-Mar 10 and Nov 15-Dec 31. Maybe a November planting would give them time to establish before the heat gets to them. I do think you'd have to give a lot of attention to keeping them well watered.

Granny

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Granny, I'm actually planning to make a cover over the asparagus section of my bed to shade it from the sun, sort of like an umbrella, but made of dark something (cloth, plastic?). I hope that will give it enough protection, because I also read that it does NOT like the amount of heat and sun I get down here in FL.

I'd suggest shade cloth. It lowers the temperature unbelievably! If you got it in a light tan, it might also reflect a bit of light onto it without the heat.

Granny

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