Week of February 27, 2022
The Florida garden is recovering from several hard frosts in early February, and with the end of this month, the risk of further frost...
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Week of February 20, 2022
My February visit to TAProots Farm was a BLACK AND WHITE experience. The four days included a major winter storm with 18 inches of snow...
Week of February 13,2022
The Florida Garden provides for opportunities to experiment with new and unusual plants, to test their viability in the North Central...
Week of February 6, 2022
The citrus season is essentially over in the Florida Garden, with remaining ripe grapefruit, oranges, and Key limes picked and in the...
Week of January 30, 2022
The Florida Garden has had a warm winter so far, allowing a number of flowers to brighten it up. The Camellias will continue to bloom...
Week of January 9, 2022
Winter at both the Florida Garden and TAProots Vineyard is the time for PRUNING while the plants are dormant and before the spring buds...
Week of January 2, 2022
This begins the fourth year of the TAProots weekly blog. An annual topic for one or more blogs has been the CAMELLIA blossoms, which...
Week of December 26, 2021
Christmas at the Florida Home is the time for TAPROOTS TRADITIONS. The hand-painted Christmas cookies and bags of tangerines,...
Week of December 19, 2021
In comparison to wintery Upstate New York, CHRISTMAS at our Florida Home is some of the year’s most comfortable weather, with high...
Week of December 12, 2021
An addition to the Florida Garden this year has been two PAPAYA trees. As a volunteer at the Wilmot Botanical Garden on the University...
Week of December 5, 2021
An important role for citrus fruit in cooking is their contribution of acidity and zest to various entrees, salads, and desserts. Many...
Week of November 28, 2021
The cooler weather of November bolsters the sweetness of the 17 citrus trees in our Florida Garden. Much of the hand fruit for the lunch...
Week of November 21, 2021
The winter holidays bring cooler weather and CITRUS to the Florida Garden. After an enthusiastic bloom, the 16 trees enjoyed the wet...
Week of November 14, 2021
One family of plants that has especially benefitted from our rainy summer and fall are the FERNS. The well-established beds of Autumn and...
Week of November 7, 2021
When gardens in the North go dormant in late autumn, the Florida Garden maintains a display of color as it awaits the winter Camellia...
Week of October 31, 2021
Gingers serve as the backbone for our Florida Garden, providing lush and colorful foliage both as ground cover (peacock gingers) as well...
Week of October 24, 2021
The rainy season in Florida brought a number of large storms as well as almost daily afternoon downpours, which continued the entire...
Week of October 17, 2021
Pears are always harvested before they are ripe, which allowed all the Anjou, Red Anjou, Chinese, and Bartlett pears to be picked, along...
Week of October 10, 2021
Like our peach crop at TAProots Farm, our apple trees bloomed vigorously in May and set lots of fruit. Unlike our peaches, I did not...
Week of October 3, 2021
My return to TAProots Farm for the harvest has been a busy and happy one, with many crops to pick and process as well as endless...
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