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Who says Florida can’t have a “real” fall garden? (Yeah, I did. I take it back)
Posted Oct 19, 2009 by Loren Omoto
Updated Oct 19, 2009 at 11:53 AM
Janice Vogt—also known online as iluvpumpkins—embraces Halloween, as one might guess. In addition to orange gourds, she has a fondness for all things rusty and creaky, so this is truly Janice’s holiday.
To get the rest of us into the spirit, she shared some photos of her fall garden:
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Posted by (Chip) on October 19, 2009
Nice Garden Janice! you really do love pumpkin’s I just love watching them grow I will retry next year maybe you can tell me what I did wrong
..“Chip”
Posted by (Susan Gillespie) on October 19, 2009
Your garden looks lovely Janice. So far the only pumpkins I’ve grown are on Farmville. I’ll have to try the real ones someday. Is that pretty easy here in Florida?
Posted by (Iluvpumpkins) on October 20, 2009
Penny, Thank you for the cute little video of my garden. You can grow a pumpkin vine its gets really big, it flowers and then it dies. Florida is to hot the vines get fungus, mildew and blight. The university of Florida is working on a type we can grow in Florida, go Gaters. They like the color orange so maybe they will work relly hard to figure it out. Maybe Farmer Rick can let us know if there is really any hope in growing pumpkins in Florida. This will be my only question to him on Halloween day when we visit his farm. So the answer is I bought the pumpkins and mums at Publix. Janice aka I luvpumpkins
Posted by (Iluvpumpkins) on October 20, 2009
I hope so he is very handsome. My pumpkin vine also started accidently from the rotten Halloween carved one. Did their vines grow to full size with pumpkins?
Posted by (Iluvpumpkins) on October 20, 2009
Thats kind of fun information about Sligh Ave. I have never heard that before. Thanks Penny
Posted by (Chip) on October 20, 2009
Ok so there is hope Diane and I can grow pumpkins next year we live almost on the Hillsborough Pasco county line our pumpkins were growing like they wanted to take on the world and out of 14 plant’s 8 had pumpkins started on them about 4 inch’s around when the bug’s got them { I know this because my youngest grandson counted and measured so he could put dibs’s on the biggest one} He was not a happy camper when he saw his pumpkins were gone. or Diane who like all of you grew up in a Northern state and she just wanted a real fall garden well I tryed. and except for the pumpkins did ok ..“Chip”
Posted by (Janna) on October 20, 2009
Great photos of your fall garden, Janice! Between your pumpkins and fall colors, Penny’s Vermont photos and this “cool snap” we’ve had, I’m really feelin’ the fall!!
Posted by (Iluvpumpkins) on October 21, 2009
Janna, I am very glad you now have the fall spirit, it is not easy in Florida. Janice