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Native Florida Butterfly Plants for Your Pollinator Garden - Gulf Fritillary on Spotted Bee Balm

31 Native Florida Butterfly Plants: Creating a Pollinator Paradise

July 12, 2025 Fawn Neun

Florida’s extraordinary butterfly diversity – with over 200 species including many found nowhere else on Earth – makes it an…

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Posted in: Florida Gardening Filed under: Florida gardening, flowers, pollinators, sustainable, wildlife gardening
Black Swallowtail Butterfly garhering nectar from Firebush, a native Florida shrub

17 Native Florida Shrubs for Wildlife: Your Garden’s Backbone

July 8, 2025 Fawn Neun

Creating a wildlife-friendly landscape with native Florida shrubs is not just an act of beautification but a meaningful contribution to…

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Posted in: Florida Gardening Filed under: Florida gardening, Native plants, pollinator garden, sustainable, wildlife gardening
Scrub Jay in Trees for Florida Wildlife

Trees for Florida Wildlife Gardens

May 31, 2025 Fawn Neun

Trees are quite literally the backbone of any wildlife-friendly Florida garden. They provide the structural framework that supports entire communities…

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Posted in: Florida Gardening Filed under: Florida gardening, pollinator garden, sustainable, wildlife gardening

The Wildlife-Friendly Florida Garden: First Steps for Design

May 13, 2025 Fawn Neun 1 Comment

Beyond the manicured lawns and imported ornamentals that have become standard fare in suburban developments lies a more sustainable and…

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Posted in: Florida Gardening, Garden Planning Filed under: Florida gardening, pollinators, sustainable, wildlife gardening
Swamp milkweed - one of Florida Native Plants for butterflies

23 Blooming Florida Native Plants for Your Flower Garden

January 11, 2025 Fawn Neun

Florida native plants are the original inhabitants of our state’s landscapes, flourishing here long before we arrived and built golf…

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Posted in: Florida Gardening, Garden Planning Filed under: Florida gardening, flowers, Native plants, pollinators, sustainable
perpetual spinach chard

Perpetual Spinach Chard: Heat-Tolerant Greens for Subtropical Gardens

July 13, 2023 Fawn Neun

Perpetual spinach chard is a rare leafy vegetable that thrives in subtropical climates. With its rich heritage and impressive adaptability,…

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Posted in: Florida Gardening, Resources, Top Performing Plants, Vegetable Gardening Filed under: edibles, sustainable, tropical permaculture, vegetable gardening
Grow Bananas in Florida

Learn How to Grow Bananas in Florida

June 19, 2023 Fawn Neun

If you’re a Florida gardener dreaming of growing your own tropical fruit paradise, look no further than the magnificent banana…

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Posted in: Florida Gardening, Garden Planning, Resources, Top Performing Plants, Vegetable Gardening Filed under: edibles, Florida gardening, growing fruit, sustainable, tropical permaculture
Grow sweet potatoes in Florida

Grow Sweet Potatoes in Florida

June 3, 2023 Fawn Neun

I have to admit it — I have an embarrassingly gullible sweet tooth. Always have had. So, when I first…

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Posted in: Florida Gardening, Top Performing Plants, Vegetable Gardening Filed under: edibles, Florida gardening, sustainable, tropical permaculture, vegetable gardening
Finding the right Florida garden microclimates for growing tomatoes year round

Identifying Florida Garden Microclimates

February 10, 2023 Fawn Neun

One of the reasons we can grow year-round in Florida is because most of the state sits on the border…

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Posted in: Florida Gardening, Garden Planning, Vegetable Gardening Filed under: edibles, Florida gardening, garden design, permaculture principles, sustainable
Bidens alba, also called beggerticks and Spanish needles are one of the most prolific of the common Florida weeds for chickens.

4 Common Florida Weeds for Chickens

February 4, 2023 Fawn Neun

There’s a lot of controversy floating around about the quality of chicken feed right now. Is it tainted? Maybe it’s…

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Posted in: Backyard Chickens and Small Livestock, Florida Gardening, Top Performing Plants Filed under: backyard chickens, Florida gardening, foraging, self-sustainability, sustainable

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