Gulf Coast Garden

Gardening: Fire Ant Piles. How to mitigate the problems with fire ant piles. www.fireantlisa.com

Gardening: Fire Ant Management. The best way to avoid problems with fire ants: socks, shoes, and a sharp eye. www.fireantlisa.com

Gardening: Different Germination will happen. Soil temperature cannot ignored. Despite starting identical seeds in nearly identical media much different germination was achieved. Interesting! www.fireantlisa.com

Gardening: Weekend Glow. The weekend glow is what you carry into the week when you have spent the weekend in your garden. www.fireantlisa.com

Gardening: Avoid Mold. When starting sprouts indoors he sure to choose a sunny spot and put a waterproof barrier (like a ceramic or plastic dish) under your plants to avoid mold. www.fireantlisa.com

Gardening: Frost Damaged Citrus. How to evaluate and respond to frost damaged citrus. www.fireantlisa.com

Gardening: Broadcast Seeding. Tossing seeds across wet soil is a great way to try and get some plants going. Collard greens have germinated in my beds after broadcast seeding last week. Listen this learn more. www.fireantlisa.com

Gardening: Sprouts. To have a garden you must have plants. Here is a quick introduction to the two main ways of getting plants. www.fireantlisa.com

Gardening: Spot. Things to consider when choosing a location for your garden. www.fireantlisa.com

Gardening: Season. Pay attention to the time of year and type of plant to have success. In the garden, not all days are created equal and finding the right time for each plants is critical. www.fireantlisa.com

Gardening: Soil Here I outline three ways to get soil for your plants. Buy, Build, or Borrow. www.fireantlisa.com

Gardening: Soil Sprout Season Spot. Sort those four thing out and you will have success. www.fireantlisa.com

Gardening: Styles. There is no right or wrong way. I have found having a goal- grow food and transition to an edible landscape- has helped motivate and inspire me. What inspires you? Let me know. @fireantlisa www.fireantlisa.com

Gardening: Collards Survive the freeze! Good news- my collards survived the freeze. Can't wait to eat them. Just a bit more info about my favorite - collard greens. Www.fireantlisa.com.

Gardening: Grow Light. January is the perfect time of year to try out a grow light. I just put together my first one and it is awesome! Check out the episode.

Gardening: Collards and propagation by stem. A few words here about propagation and its diversity. The more ways a plant propagates itself the easier it is to raise. Collards are great for this because new plants sprout from the old plants when conditions are right.

Gardening: Yard Waste. Keep all the yard debris on your property and use it to start a compost pile.

Gardening: Intro. A discussion of my gardening style.

Gardening: Watering must be done and young plants need the most attention.

What to pay attention to when choosing a spot for your garden. Sunshine and drainage.