The “Herban” Life

Herbs, vegetables, bees, and more on a small lot

Today ’s photos are from Mika ( catch her on Instagram@theherbanlife _ ) , who acquire a lot of food on a small lot in Jacksonville , Florida .

My story is very simple . I am a accredited beekeeper , a licenced plant nursery owner , a nurseryman , and an herb doctor . I do n’t have a peculiarly expectant slice of property . I live in a regular subdivision , and my total orbit is a quarter of an acre . I got start with gardening and my other involvement about three twelvemonth ago quite just because I ran out of wellness insurance and call for to find something to aid me preserve secure health .

I asked Mika what her advice would be for other beginner gardeners , and this is what she read : “ Go for it ! Bloom where you are plant ! Gratitude is a immense keystone to felicity . I ’m thankful for the infinite that I do have and am take care forward to the day I have more . ”

harvesting of whitezucchini , lady’s-finger , and pear cherry love apple .

Mika ’s veggie garden . Simple cloth over some of the beds help provide shade from the intense Florida sun . Gardening techniques vary by climate , and while full Sunday is great for vegetables in many places , it can be too hot and intense in very warm climates .

A newplanting boxready to be fill with veggies .

Mika bring out her grandson to dear straight from one of herbee hive . It did n’t take long for him to plunk right in ! It is important to Mika to help her grandkids have a connexion to their intellectual nourishment , to know where it comes from .

Mike does n’t just get vegetables and keep bees — she also has chickens ! All on a twenty-five percent of an Accho . You do n’t involve a Brobdingnagian property to produce your own food .

Driedherbsto be used in make medicinal tea .

This striking Passion of Christ bloom ( Passifloraspecies ) only stays unfastened for a single Clarence Shepard Day Jr. . Mika say it is a monitor to literally stop and sense this beautiful flower because it wo n’t be there tomorrow . Seize the day !

Turmeric ( Curcumalonga)harvest ! While most of us are most familiar with turmeric as a dry out gunpowder , it is a relative of ginger and grows as these deep rhizomes . repeated in Zones 8–11 , it can be grown in cold climates in a container that you bring into a protect slur for winter .

Garden bountifulness : Swiss chard , spinach plant , broccoli , carrots .

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