Last week a representative from The Florida Department of Agriculture inspected and certified the Florida Bee Farm which means we're officially a legal nursery that can grow plants and legally sell them.
Not completely sure where this is going but the direction we're heading is interesting and might be fun. My nephew is also interested in growing things ... especially peppers and he will be working with us too. It's nice seeing young people passionate about gardening. The new greenhouse setup seems to be working well which means we should have plenty of healthy seedlings growing into healthy plants soon. At least that's the plan.
Last week I found an ad on Craigslist from a professional landscape company that was giving away a thousand plant pots of various sizes so I completely loaded the truck bed full of free pots. It's amazing how many free resources are available. Yesterday the Bee farm received about 4 yards of free mulch from the county which was loaded by them into my truck. Unfortunately it wasn't very good quality mulch, especially not the type I would put around my plants. However it did work well for using in the walkways around the planting areas.
The Florida Bee Farm" is a mini eco-farm located in Clearwater Florida and completely solar powered. Our eleven hives of pampered (spoiled) honey bees produce delicious local honey. We utilize organic growing methods with naturally made compost and tonics to repel pests. Irrigation system fed by a rain barrel collection system powered by solar electric.
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