My Edible Yard: June Planting Guide for South Florida Gardeners

With all the excitement of our first egg, I totally forgot to send out the June Planting Guide from Tom MacCubbin's The Edible Landscape.

June

• Plant summer veggies - okra, Southern peas, sweet potatoes and cherry tomatoes.
• Plant boniato, calabaza, dasheen, roselle, sweet cassava, yard-long beans and yautias (what the heck is a yautia?).
• Cut back blueberry bushes. Cut blackberries to the ground after fruiting.

For amounts to plant, see the navigation links at the top of the My Edible Yard blog and click on South Florida Planting Guide.

P.S.: Shoshanah appears to be a 1-egg-a-day girl as she has delivered one perfectly-shaped light brown egg each day since starting to lay. I think Avigal, a Buff Orpington, will be the next to start as she is beginning to squat when petted.

P.P.S.: The younger chicks have been moved to a roomier hutch in the backyard chicken area. The big girls have not yet decided if they like them or not, and have nipped a few babies in the tush when annoyed. I try to let the little ones out twice a day to free range and to start socializing with the big girls so that when it's time to give up the hutch it will hopefully be a smooth transition.

P.P.P.S.: If you are looking for a great source for nutritious snacks for your chickens and a way to reduce the feed bill, try stopping in at any Whole Foods Juice Bar and ask for a bag of the juicing remnants. They'll give them to you for free as they normally throw them away.