The cane method for planting canes

 


     According to one expert, barely covering the stalks of bamboo and other grasses will be enough to successfully propagate this black grass. Only time will tell.

January Planting Schedule



     The extension service IFAS says that January is a great time to plant Irish potatoes. Who knew?

Stromanthe


 

     I have to learn more about this plant. It's rather the most beautiful ginger ever or not really a ginger at all. I'm not sure if it's edible or if no one has ever tried to eat it. For all I know, it could be the world's most underused super food.

     This beauty is living at the Nature Coast Botanical Gardens.

Beautiful Edibles in the Front Yard


 

     While traveling around the neighborhood in my new role in healthcare, I happened upon a lovely place in Hernando Beach. Chatted with the owner, she told me that she had 🥭, figs, an many other edibles right there in front yard. She said she enjoyed lemongrass and cranberry 🌺, made into tea or in salad, respectively. I admired her Turks cap hibiscus, shampoo/pinecone ginger, ti plants, and cranberry hibiscus, which are a few of my favorite plants. She even told me that cranberry hibiscus roots easily from cuttings - I am going to have to try it! This photo is from her front yard from the porch, and it does her digs no justice.