Comments on: Garden Tour: Spring 2013

By: Cherry Tomato and Blue Cheese Salad | Aggie's Kitchen

Cherry Tomato and Blue Cheese Salad | Aggie's Kitchen — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 11:44:57 +0000

[…] say these beautiful tomatoes came from my garden, but they did come from my grandpa’s garden! My garden has been a little neglected this year due to my lack of desire to be out in the heat digging around […]

By: Aggies Kitchen

Aggies Kitchen — Thu, 02 May 2013 00:59:20 +0000

In reply to Marjory.

Herbs are a great place to start! Our sun is so hot down here, I have had so much trouble over the years, but finally found what works. My herbs have always done well in a spot where the sun isn’t beating down on them directly, but where they get plenty of light (under the awning by my front door or filtered by the pool screen). Total trial and error – good luck! And happy to meet another central Floridian!! Thanks for stopping by and saying hello 🙂

By: Marjory

Marjory — Thu, 02 May 2013 00:47:45 +0000

So inspired! I’m from central Florida too and love to hear about gardening successes here. Hoping to do a little better this year with a few herbs. I am anxious to try culantro!

By: Angie

Angie — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:00:36 +0000

So envious of your garden, it’s so pretty! We just put ours in near the house, and the pest guy said move it or put it in containers because of the termite chemicals. So I need to go ahead and move it where I was going to put it next year.

By: Nutmeg Nanny

Nutmeg Nanny — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 03:02:22 +0000

This garden looks lovely 🙂 I always enjoy getting a peek at what people are growing!

By: Kirsten@FarmFreshFeasts

Kirsten@FarmFreshFeasts — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 01:54:52 +0000

Aggie,
Thanks for a tour of your lovely garden. There’s still frost warnings most nights here, but the celery I regrew from the last of the CSA farm share plants has survived last week’s transplantation, the shallots and garlic have sprung to life, the mint is happily ensconced near the new rain barrel . . . I’m just waiting on the tomatoes, basil, squash, and greens to get going.

And my rosemary didn’t survive the winter–no idea why, as I’ve never lost a rosemary before. Time to get a new plant!

Thanks for the tour–I’m try some mojitos this summer in your name 😉

By: katie

katie — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:30:56 +0000

Love this Aggie! Our garden is amazing me this year and we have all sorts of new stuff we are trying… carrots (pulled my first one today just to see if they are big enough yet–probably have another month or so), peas, swiss chard, beets, fennel, spring lettuce mix, and our massive cherry tomato plant that has taken over both of our garden beds. It’s 5 foot by 5 foot… easily! I think we have yielded over 300+ tomatoes from it and I probably can easily get another 100 or so from it. 1 Plant!!! I grew cilantro from the seed in the garden and it grew… like crazy grew. Now we are eating cilantro in everything! The one thing our garden is lacking is basil! Must buy a plant soon! Your container garden looks fab!

By: Aggies Kitchen

Aggies Kitchen — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:25:36 +0000

In reply to Brooke.

I love cilantro so much! Do you have any trouble growing it where you live? Mine never lasts long so I figure it’s easier to pick up a bunch at the store when I need it, I am tempted to try again – though the culantro saves me every time 🙂

By: Easy Side Dish: Corn, Tomato and Basil Saute | Aggie's Kitchen

Easy Side Dish: Corn, Tomato and Basil Saute | Aggie's Kitchen — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:21:00 +0000

[…] how I was going to prepare it. We had just picked a small bowl of fresh ripe cherry tomatoes from our little garden days before, and I knew my basil was starting to come in. I had half of an onion leftover from the […]

By: Brooke

Brooke — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 03:55:58 +0000

I always love to see your garden posts because herbs are the only thing I’ve grown so far. I’m going to have to check out Culantro… I LOVE Cilantro, so I’m hesitant to make the switch to a much homely-er plant, but I use a ton of Cilantro so it might be a good move.