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Learning how to get rid of hornworms without chemicals is easier than most people think — and this post is going to show you exactly how we do it here at the Urban Suburban Homestead. Let me set the scene. I walk out to the gar-deen one morning, coffee in hand, ready for a peaceful…
Y’all……we have fruit. I don’t care how many seasons you’ve gardened — the first time you see actual fruit developing on your plants, the first real payoff after all those weeks of planting, watering, fertilizing, trellising, and fighting off pests… it hits different every single time. This week I walked through the gar-deen with the…
Let me be real with you: organic pest control for harlequin bugs, cabbage worms, and aphids in a Florida garden is no small task. It comes with the territory of gardening in a warm, humid climate where insects thrive nearly year-round. This season I’ve been dealing with all three — and I want to share…
If you grow tomatoes and you haven’t tried the Florida weave trellis yet, let me tell you — this technique is a game changer. I’ve tried cages, I’ve tried individual stakes with twist ties, I’ve tried letting plants do whatever they want (spoiler: they don’t behave), and nothing has worked as well for my indeterminate…
I’ll be honest — trellising day is one of my favorite days in the gar-deen. There’s something deeply satisfying about getting your plants supported and organized, knowing you’ve set them up for success. And this round, I had my bae out there with me, which made the whole thing even better. We knocked out three…
Early May at the Urban Suburban Homestead is a busy, beautiful time for zone 9B Florida garden planting. The gar-deen is filling in, the soil is warm, and we’re making the most of every planting window before summer heat really locks in. In this update, we’re getting strawberries, blueberries, and potatoes in the ground —…
Things are really moving along here at the Urban Suburban Homestead! In this update we’re doing a little bit of everything — planting sweet potatoes and melons in zone 9B, checking in on the chickens and their eggs, and getting some blueberry plants relocated to a better spot. It’s one of those gar-deen days where…
Spring planting is in full swing here at the Urban Suburban Homestead, and these new raised beds are finally getting the love they deserve. In this update, I’m sharing how I approach raised bed gardening with three big tasks: fertilizing the beds, planting squash, and squeezing in even more tomatoes. If you’re growing along with…
Living the urban suburban homestead life is nothing like what you see on social media. The perfectly curated gardens, the spotless coops, the abundance laid out like a magazine spread — that’s not what this is. What we have here is the real version. And honestly? The real version is better. It’s messier, harder, and…
If there’s one season that separates the casual gardener from the committed homesteader, it’s summer. And in zone 9B Florida, summer is a whole different level. Maximizing your summer garden here means managing brutal heat, relentless humidity, pest pressure that never sleeps, and plants that go from “thriving” to “done” faster than anywhere else in…