My February Garden

February is a wonderful time to garden in Florida.  It’s not hot and we can grow things like lettuce, broccoli and spinach that can’t take the heat.

After that extended nasty cold spell we had, it’s time to cut back the damage.   Of course I wanted to do it right away but they say that the damaged areas protect the plant from more cold so I’ve been sitting on my hands and counting the days until I can clean up this mess.  Over the next few weeks I will be cutting back the hibiscus and scheffs as well as that thorny bougainvillea.   Things are going to look a little bare until the new growth comes in but will look great this summer.

On a sad note, even though I had covered my fountain it sustained a hit. I am going to have to epoxy it back together.  If I had known the cold was going to last as long as it did, I would have taken it inside.  Record cold is no joke.