JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. – Many of you have been following the progress of our vegetable garden during the last 8 weeks, as we have brought you stories teaching you how to grow your own food at home, and now we’re ready to harvest it.
We are growing broccoli, carrots and lettuce in the box we started at BEAM, Beaches Emergency Assistance Ministry in Jacksonville Beach.
BEAM’s garden manager, Mary Ellen Waugh, who is also my mother, has shown us how to build your own vegetable box, the fertilizer to use, how much to water, how to keep insects away from your vegetables, and more…