The farm is closed for the Summer Season. We will be back planting lots of organic goodness in the Fall
The farm is closed for the Summer Season. We will be back planting lots of organic goodness in the Fall
Farming in Florida is a challenge, but it helps to know your growing seasons.
Summer is hot, wet, and Buggy. It is a good time to plant heat loving annuals perennials like:
Fruit Trees like Avocadoes, Loquats, Figs, Mangoes, Bananas, Florida Peaches, Moringa etc.
Bushes and flowering plants like Hibiscus, Turmeric, Ginger, Yucca (aka Cassava), Lemongrass, Garlic Chives. Annual Veggies like Seminole Pumpkins,
Hot Peppers, Eggplant, Sugarcane, Okra, Sweet Potatoes, and Malabar Spinach.
It is not a good time to plant a "traditional" veggie garden, because it is just too hot (and the nights are too warm for most veggies and fruits as well). Instead, focus on working on compost or getting your space ready to use in the fall. A fun way to make a new garden in the summer is to make a lasagna garden.
Lasagna Gardening is a way to layer materials (like in a lasagna) over and over until you have a raised garden that will decompose into a great veggie or herb garden. All you need to do is collect different materials to layer in your space. Each layer should be 1-4 inches deep. You can use layers of leaves, grass clippings, compost, soil, newspaper, small sticks and mulch, peat moss, manure, wood ash, etc. It is best to wait a few months after making a lasagna garden before planting into it. So it is a perfect Summer project!
For each of the CSA Season weeks you will receive local, seasonal and delicious vegetables from Green Flamingo and neighboring farms to fill your dinner table. Our fields at Green Flamingo are full of the most beautiful and fresh organic food that you can find!
NSB native, Elizabeth Dannemiller Merachnik, owns and operates Green Flamingo Organics. After gardening at Organic Farms across the country through WWOOF USA, Liz has come back to her home town to help bring organic produce to her community.
We are dedicated to making sure that all people in our community have the right to organic produce. In 2020 we started the Giving Garden, a garden space where 100% of the produce goes to our local food bank (Gifts of Love in Edgewater). If you want to get involved- contact us.