Urban Organics

Happy summer solstice! ☀️

If you’re looking for something to grow in the garden that can withstand summer heat and full sun, Roselle is a great option!

Roselle, also known as Florida cranberry, is in the hibiscus family 🌺

The calyces (at the bottom of the flower) have a cranberry-like flavor. Roselle can be used to make tea, jams, and sauces!

If you’re interested, we’ll have Roselle and lots of other plants this Saturday at Deep Creek Game Farm in Interlachen!

https://gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu/plants/edibles/vegetables/roselle.html

Tomorrow is Plant Day at the Farmer’s Market at Midway! We have lots of new plants for this one

Datil peppers 🌶

Roselle 🌺

Herbs: basil, Thai basil, dill, rosemary, thyme, parsley, lemongrass

Ornamentals: zinnia, marigolds, coleus, nasturtium, celosia

Fruit trees: fig, banana, thornless blackberry, loquat, pomegranate

Saturday June 10th
9 am - 1 pm

2738 SE SR-21
Melrose, FL 32666
United States

We’ll be there!

Calling all growers (backyard 🌶 and commercial 🚜)! Keep an extra close eye 🕵️‍♀️ on your plants this spring for pepper thrips. If you see this invasive pest, you should IMMEDIATELY report your findings to the FDACS - Division of Plant Industry.

Help us control their spread https://bit.ly/40SYAKH

We’ll be at the Big Spring Plant Sale! With fruit trees, veggie plants, and flowers

We’ll have zucchini, watermelon, and Seminole pumpkin plants ready for next market 🌱

It’s squash-planting season! Some of our favorites are calabaza, chayote, long squashes, luffa, and Seminole pumpkin.

Find the text and printable versions of this graphic on UF/IFAS Gardening Solutions: https://gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu/plants/plant-of-the-month/what-to-plant/what-to-plant-in-april.html

We’ll be there!
Datil pepper plants 🌶
Beefsteak tomatoes 🍅
& lots of new fruit trees 🌳

We are looking forward to a big swap this weekend! We’re excited to have Jugo Café out, as well as the always wonderful Terry Smith providing live music. Check out our awesome vendor list below—you don’t wanna miss them!

The Sassy Heifer Designs
Save Dust Trading Co.
Melinda's Customizable Crafts
Benjamin’s Sawmill
SD Tribal Art
BANJ Farms
Chaos Creations
Chicks N Chicks
JoAnn’s Dragonfly Crafts
Chloe’s Comfort Creations
R & J Honey
K & M’s Lovely Dreamy $5 Jewelry
Something Really Nice LLC
Roscoe’s Stix & War & Peace
Wanda’s Wicks
The Herd
M & J Farm & Crafts
Pickled Pea
2 Sisters Resin Creations
Caysie’s Chicks
Custom Vinyls by Bailee
Urban Organics
Arlene’s Shrimp & Seafood
Ginger’s Sweets
Quilty Things
Hibiscus Bakery
JAH Kingdom Cultivations Company
The Waxy Dragonfly
Theresa Foster Woodwork
Jana Noda Jewelry
Maria Plants
…and more!

Please note: BBQ truck isn’t able to make the event.

We’ll be at Deep Creek Game Farm tomorrow with lots of new vegetable plants and fruit trees

We have a special variety of heat tolerant Beefsteak tomatoes 🍅

St. Augustine Datil Peppers 🌶

Cherry tomatoes, Sweet Peppers, Jalapeños, Romaine lettuce, Parsley, Thyme & More

Come check us out!

Saturday, March 11th

412 S County Road 315
Interlachen, FL 32148

We’ll be there 9am-1pm

WHY BUY FROM US vs. BIG BOX STORES

1. The Right Variety for the Right Area

When you buy plants from us, you are guaranteed to have a tried-and-true variety specifically for this area. We only sell vegetable plants that have been successful for us in our personal garden and fruit tree varieties that are adapted to this area. At big box stores, you’ll find trees that won’t ever produce fruit here due to chill hours, or veggie starts that will wilt away in the heat.

2. High Quality

We only sell the best of the best and you can be sure that our plants are set up for success in your garden. Our vegetable starts are grown in high quality, organic soil and never sprayed with toxic herbicides or pesticides.

3. Advice and Experience

When you buy from us, we’re happy to answer any questions you might have and share our advice and years of experience with gardening. We’re passionate about helping people grow their own food.

We specialize in edible and native landscape, so be sure to consider us for your next project. Whether it’s building a raised bed, starting a fruit tree orchard or butterfly garden, irrigation, nontoxic pest management, we’ve got you covered and can help you set up a successful garden.

TOP TOMATO AILMENTS + TREATMENTS

It's not Spring yet, but this is good information for any Families that had issues with your Tomatoes this last season. It is important to be able to identify and treat the common Tomato plant ailments that might crop up.

1) BLOSSOM END ROT--This is one of the most common ailments, and you can tell if your plants have it by looking at where Tomatoes attach to vine. If the attachment appears brown and leathery between the size of a dime and quarter, than that Tomato has Blossom End Rot.

TO TREAT--You will have to take all the Tomatoes off the plants that are affected, and dispose of them. If you don't, it will spread and to all of them. Calcium is required in relatively large concentrations for normal cell growth. When a rapidly growing fruit is deprived of calcium, the tissues break down, leaving the characteristic lesion at the blossom end. Blossom-end rot develops when the fruit's demand for calcium exceeds the supply in the soil.

This may result from low calcium levels in the soil, drought stress, excessive soil moisture, and/or fluctuations due to rain or over watering. Lime (unless the soil is already alkaline), composted manures or bone meal will supply calcium.

2) BLIGHT--There are 3 stages of Blight. Early Blight is black and grey spots on the leaves when Tomatoes are young. Southern Blight is black and grey spots by stem and roots of the tomato plant. Late Blight gets out of hand, and is black and grey spots throughout the leaves, vines, and tomatoes.

TO TREAT--The easiest way is to treat it in it's early stages by removing the parts of the Tomato plants that are infected.. If you don't notice it until the later stages of Blight, you will need to buy an anti-fungal treatment, or you can make an organic one from home. however,

3) CATERPILLARS-- They love to feed on Tomato plants, and should be taken care of right away.

TO TREAT--– There are many treatments available to fight against caterpillar infestations at your local garden store, but you can make your own safe organic remedies at home. An Apple Cider Vinegar spray can be used to keep them away. You can also plant French Marigolds by your Tomatoes to help deter from from coming around

4) FRUIT SPLITTING--This can occur when it is dry, and then you get some heavy rains, or most frequently when there is sudden growth in the tomato plant. It doesn't hurt the Tomatoes, or affect you eating them, they just don't look good after that.

TO TREAT--If it occurs early in the Tomato plants growth phase, it can be reversed. Just water and apply nutrients, as normal, so there's no too dry too wet cycle. If it happens near harvest, it can't be reversed.

5) RED SPIDER MITES-- They are hard to spot, and usually are under your leaves. If you notice cobwebs on your Tomato plants, then you definitely have them.

TO TREAT-- You can always buy treatments at the store to take care of them, but better to make your own organic Apple Cider Vinegar spray, soap spray, or Onion and Garlic spray. Coriander, Dill, and Chrysanthemums are good to plant to deter them.

6) WILT--It is a fungal infection that starts in the roots, and blocks most of the water and nutrients from getting to the plant. It usually causes no problems until Tomatoes are growing on the vines. You will first see yellowing and drying of lower leaves, and then whole plant will wilt during hottest period of day. It will recover some at night, but then wilt again next day

TO TREAT--There really is no treatment when you get wilt that I know of. It is in the soil, so the next time you grow Tomatoes, pick a different spot in the Garden to grow them. It will deprive the Wilt of a host, and it will die out over the next year. Grow seedlings inside in clean soil before transplanting in Spring, and then make sure to pull all weeds that pop up around them

7) SUN SCORCH-- The skin of your Tomatoes will looked bruised and sunken. It sometimes happens when your Tomatoes get too much sun exposure during a real dry and hot period.

TO TREAT-- Don't do any pruning of leaves during hot periods. The extra leaves will shield the Tomatoes. You can also use shade cloth to cover them during these periods Once they get Sun Scorch, you cannot do anything for the affected fruit, but you can provide shade for the unaffected ones.

Please visit our THE SEED GUY website when you get the chance. We have Good Pricing on our 9 Heirloom Seed Packages, and all of our Individual Varieties in Stock Now, and we still hand count and package them, like the old days, so you get the best germination.

Our 60 Variety Heirloom Seed package has 33,000 Seeds, Non GMO, fresh from the New Fall 2022 Harvest, and has 49 Vegetable varieties and 11 Herb varieties. There is definitely enough Seeds in the package to help Feed Your Family, and what you don't use right away, you can seal back in the silver mylar bag we include for storage. Great Pricing at $89. https://theseedguy.net/seed-packages/50-60-variety-heirloom-seed-package.html

You can also call us 7 days a week, and up to 10:00 pm each night, at 918-352-8800 if you would like to Order By Phone.

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Wondering what you can plant in February. There are many to choose from, so get ready for planting.

Tomorrow we will be at the farm swap at Deep Creek Game Farm! We have some healthy vegetable starts and herbs that are ready for your garden - even with the cold weather

Bok choy, mizuna, kale, broccoli rabe, kohlrabi, parsley, cilantro, and more

Veggie starts are only $2 and herbs are $4 ‼️

Come check it out, there will be lots of great vendors at this event!

Saturday, January 28

412 S County Road 315
Interlachen, FL 32148

We’ll be there 9am - 1pm

Hi everyone! Tomorrow we will be at Deep Creek Game Farm’s 2nd Anniversary Farm Swap. It’s going to be a big one with 30+ vendors! We’ll be there with our fall vegetable plants and fruit trees. Come check us out!

Saturday, Oct. 22

Deep Creek Game Farm
412 S County Road 315
Interlachen, FL 32148

We’ll be there 9am - 12pm

This Saturday is the 2nd Annual Fall Plant Sale at the Farmer’s Market at Midway

Come start your fall garden with our veggie starter plants! We have mizuna, kale, Swiss chard, cauliflower, and dill.

We have some beautiful marigolds and a wide variety of fruit trees that we’ll be discounting for this event only.

Mention this post and get a FREE vegetable plant start with $15 purchase

Hope to see you there!

Saturday October 8th
9am-1pm
Faith Presbyterian Church at Midway on SR 21 between Melrose and Keystone Heights

Tomorrow we will be at Deep Creek Game Farm with lots of new fruit trees! We will have figs, pomegranate, blueberry bushes, loquat, mulberry, pears, plums, thornless blackberry and much more. Come check us out!

Saturday, August 27

Deep Creek Game Farm
412 S County Road 315
Interlachen, FL 32148
9am - 12pm

Check out this amazing transformation on this mulberry tree!

Contact us and we can help clean up your overgrown landscape.

(863) 214-5311

Tomorrow Deep Creek Game Farm is hosting a farm swap, we will be there selling fruit trees and other plants at great prices. We have St Augustine datil pepper plants! We have banana, loquat, peach, and mulberry trees. We also have thornless blackberry, pineapple, strawberry, passion fruit, and grapes. As well as some rare morning glories, zinnias, turmeric and more!

We will be there 9am-12pm

412 S County Road 315
Interlachen, FL 32148

Zebra swallowtail on a vitex tree

We can help attract these beautiful pollinators to your yard!

Forget about grass and traditional landscapes. Veggie gardens can have curb appeal too! Let us transform your boring, hard to maintain yard into a productive oasis ! Call us today 863-214-5311

Hi everyone! Tomorrow Deep Creek Game Farm is hosting a farm swap, we will be there selling fruit trees and other plants at great prices. We have St Augustine datil pepper plants! We have banana, loquat, pear, peach, and mulberry trees. We also have thornless blackberry, black raspberry, pineapple, strawberry, passion fruit, and grapes. As well as some rare morning glories, zinnias, turmeric and more!

We will be there 9am-12pm

412 S County Road 315
Interlachen, FL 32148

We have turmeric available! Turmeric is an attractive plant to add to your garden and is medicinal as well with its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties

Sunshine mimosa makes a great ground cover and lawn alternative.

It doesn’t need regular fertilization or maintenance like traditional lawns. It’s drought tolerant, stays low to the ground, and attracts pollinators.

Contact us and we can replace your lawn with a low maintenance ground cover

http://fnpsblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/garden-design-round-table-sunshine.html

Garden Design Round Table: Sunshine Mimosa, a Lawn Alternative for Florida This blog presents ideas and information to further the cause of Florida's native plants and ecosystems.