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This Week at the Farm – Pit Tomato Update, Spring Color, and Joy Apples UPDATE: Pit Tomatoes Brrr. It was sure has been cold the last couple of nights, but our pit tomatoes made it through nice and warm. It is proving to be a great project for getting that early start on tomato […]
[printfriendly] Mulberry – The First Fruit of Spring “All around the mulberry bush, the monkey chased the weaselâ€. I don’t know where that monkey and weasel lived but here in Florida, mulberries are big trees. Fast growing, large shade trees, mulberry trees produce a fruit so delicious that a blackberry would weep in envy! Sweet, […]
 This Week at the Farm You asked us to bring you more Titanâ„¢ blueberries and we’ve delivered! Our stock has been replenished and they are available now. These plump berries will be sure to please blueberry lovers. This rabbit-eye variety grows beautiful, super sweet blueberries that are 2-4 times the size of an average blueberry! https://justfruitsandexotics.com/product/titan-blueberry-plant/ […]
  Choosing the right variety of fruit tree for your climate can be challaging. There are several factors that you should think about before you go out and buy a fruit tree. Start out by getting to know your climate. Fruit trees require things like correct chill hours, disease tolerance if your in a humid growing […]
Monthly Fruit Tree Orchard Calendar  for Zones 8 through 9: This monthly fruit tree orchard calendar  is meant to be a general guide to many of the common tasks one does to maintain a fruit orchard. Actual spray programs, fertilizing, and pruning times can vary, due to insects, diseases, and the growing conditions which occur […]
WooHoo!! The first crop of tomato plants are ready! These 4″ tomato pots are $1.99 each. Check out the varieties we have for you this week… Cherry Tomato Varieties: Sun Gold, Sweet Million, Sweet 100, and Juliet Slicing Tomatoes: Green Zebra, Purple Cherokee, Arkansas Travel, Bush Celebrity, Mr. Stripey, and Better Bush Slicing Tomatoes and… […]
[printfriendly] Easy to Grow Fruits If you’re new to gardening, and worried that your first effort to grow fruit will turn out to be a fruitless venture, the best place to begin is with easy to grow types of fruits. Easy to grow fruits are more forgiving of soil types, more disease resistant, and better […]
We’ve got a lot happening this week at the farm: We have a new crop of delicious vegetables on the benches! Beautiful lettuces, kale, spinach, onions, delectable strawberries, broccoli, and more are overflowing the shelves. Herbs like bay leaf, peppermint, oregano, and aromatic rosemary are perfect additions for your garden; as well as a funky herb or two […]
[printfriendly] Pruning Fruit Trees It’s winter again, and the time for pruning fruit trees is at hand. Fruit tree pruning is not as difficult as most people think. Yes, it can be taken to the level of art, but the average backyard orchardist just wants to keep his trees healthy and productive, and low enough […]
It has been a great week at the farm. We are excited to have some new large citrus trees (and boy, do we mean large – 30 gallon large!)  There are choices of grapefruit, tangerine and oranges all for you ready to take home. The new arrivals to the nursery are just superb! Candy colored alstroemerias, foxy foxgloves, […]
