As a horticulturist, I try to learn as much as I can about the place I'm going to be gardening. After 50 years of gardening in the south, you'd think I'd know a thing or two about southern gardening. I came to South Florida thinking it would be a snap to grow things. I was wrong.
Rule #1 is forget everything you know about vegetable gardening up north. The soil, the climate, the conditions are all very different, so you're going to have to learn most of it all over again. More...
