The temperature outside the air conditioned room is now climbing into the sizzling zone.It is getting hot out there and boy , still do you want to garden?

Well, I consider gardening  a THERAPY, so it is OK to sweat out the toxins and get extra vitamin D from some sunny outdoors productive active gardening .

This time of the year we will be harvesting the spring and winter crops of cucumber , lettuce and cabbage .Also I have a special harvest of seeds from a local community garden plot down town   .Most folks I know  buy their own seeds , I do not.Harvesting seeds in S.Florida is essential for keeping local farming LOCAL.The DNA of the local seeds confirm and adapt better  to the tropical climate here  and tends to provide a crop that is more immune to plant disease ,if other things were kept constant like using your own grown organic soil for example.

I will be planting my cherry tomatoes that were raised in containers and start okra ,kalaloo seeds for the summer crop.Also I will be planting summer herbs like basil,rose mary,lemon grass and more of the heat loving herbs..Threre are a few more herbs and you need to come to my workshops to learn more about the summer garden here in S.Florida.

Happy summer gardening!

Alternative community farmer

http://www.localharvest.org/farms/M20618