Time To Grow

10/19/2026

🍓 Now is the time to plant strawberries in North and Central Florida. 🍓

The varieties best for North/Central Florida are: Camarosa, Sweet Charlie, Chandler, Festival, Sweet Sensation, FL Brilliance, FL Encore, FL Radiance.

10/09/2026

I hope our followers in the panhandle and surrounding areas have completed their storm prep. If you've been asked to evacuate, please do. If you're inland hunker down and stay safe.
Dealing with the hurricane force winds and heavy rain is bad enough, but don't forget the storm surge! Storm surge is no joke, I learned that during Helene. 😩
Let's hope hurricane Isaias plays nice. 🙏 🤞 Be safe. 🩷

10/04/2026

Are you thinking about getting honey bees? 🐝 🍯 Check out this free course through UF/IFAS to see if bee keeping is right for you.

This bee-Learning Short Course will introduce you to what it takes to manage honey bee colonies. Many people are interested in honey bees and consider getting into beekeeping as a hobby or even as a business venture. Before taking the big step of acquiring your first colonies though, make sure you h...

10/04/2026

Kinda cute and very destructive...meet a member of the night time yard excavation crew.

10/04/2026

When things go bump in the night ! 😳👀🫣

No worries, it's just the excavation crew who arrive nightly to dig holes and destroy my yard. 🤬😡

10/03/2026

👀 If you see me around town taking photos of my out of town "paper visitor," which I've taped to a stick, don't worry I haven't lost my mind. 😁
I'm hosting a Flat Stanley for a Kansas home school family project. I'm just showing him all the great sites of Taylor county, Perry and Keaton beach.
If you have school age kids, you most likely know about Flat Stanley. For those that don't, Flat Stanley is a paper character that school children send to people in other states to learn about different communities.
Here he is visiting Keaton Beach Trading Post.

09/29/2026

📌 For Perry local gardeners:
I had planned to have a second Fall plant sale this Saturday. The weather forecast is saying otherwise. It looks like we have a lengthy rainy spell beginning the end of this week, so I have listed the plants on FB Marketplace. If you're in need of Fall garden plants, go check out the listing under Garden & Outdoor.
Thanks! Denise

09/29/2026

Beets, brassicas and bunching onions...oh my! 🍁 🫜 🥦 🧅 🍁

09/29/2026

Try some flowers for extra Fall color in your yard.