Community Gardens: Orange County, Florida

This blog is about growing vegetables in community gardens which may be family plots, or communal areas. Growing vegetables in Orange County, Florida is very different than anywhere else. There are specific varieties of vegetables to consider. The vegetable season is at least nine months long but starts in September. Summers are usually too hot and too humid unless tropical vegetables are of interest. Learn more at this blog and enjoy the best tasing vegetables ever grown --- your own.

Friday, July 6, 2012

Small Farms and Alternative Enterprises Conference July 27, 28 & 29

Florida Small Farms and Alternative Enterprises Conference --- Educating Entrepreneurs to Strengthen Local Food Systems

July 27-29, 2012 * Kissimmee, FL
www.conference.ifas.ufl.edu/smallfarms

Early Registration Deadline is Monday, July 9, 2012

There will be a Community Garden Workshop on Friday afternoon, July 27, 2012 from 2:00 - 5:00pm.