Greg Sobel
@growinmiami.bsky.social
Edible gardening specialist. Botany lab manager, ecologist. Florida Master Gardener. Recovering Dead Head.
Anyone recommend fox manure for their garden?
September 13, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Anyone recommend fox manure for their garden?
Blue mockingbird eggs on Bluesky (loquat leaves for scale)
June 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Blue mockingbird eggs on Bluesky (loquat leaves for scale)
Another day in paradise
June 2, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Another day in paradise
About to deal with io caterpillars on my pigeon pea plant, jumping spider’s on the job!!
May 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
About to deal with io caterpillars on my pigeon pea plant, jumping spider’s on the job!!
What did one tomato say to the other tomato?
April 16, 2025 at 11:45 PM
What did one tomato say to the other tomato?
Beetle ID please??
About the size of a black bean with dirty white spots on its back will burrow into fruits and sunflowers and eat for days. Looks like a type of scarab or dung beetle… Maimi,FL
About the size of a black bean with dirty white spots on its back will burrow into fruits and sunflowers and eat for days. Looks like a type of scarab or dung beetle… Maimi,FL
March 14, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Beetle ID please??
About the size of a black bean with dirty white spots on its back will burrow into fruits and sunflowers and eat for days. Looks like a type of scarab or dung beetle… Maimi,FL
About the size of a black bean with dirty white spots on its back will burrow into fruits and sunflowers and eat for days. Looks like a type of scarab or dung beetle… Maimi,FL
Made a hot sauce from Tabasco and cachucha peppers, golden tomatoes too.
February 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Made a hot sauce from Tabasco and cachucha peppers, golden tomatoes too.
Starfruit, tomatoes, kale (2types) and bok choy. Today’s harvest for the MDCnorth campus food pantry
February 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Starfruit, tomatoes, kale (2types) and bok choy. Today’s harvest for the MDCnorth campus food pantry
Pigeon pea pollination
February 4, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Pigeon pea pollination
Harvsting lettuce, sugar cane, beans, ‘maters, starfruit, kale and pigeon peas!!
February 4, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Harvsting lettuce, sugar cane, beans, ‘maters, starfruit, kale and pigeon peas!!
I keep harvesting, it keeps
Growin back!
Growin back!
January 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I keep harvesting, it keeps
Growin back!
Growin back!
Chilly gardening, had to put on ski cap!!
January 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Chilly gardening, had to put on ski cap!!
Purple cone (echinacea), loofah, and pepper seedlings love 11a this time of year!
January 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Purple cone (echinacea), loofah, and pepper seedlings love 11a this time of year!
Garden faring well, local safety patrol on alert!
January 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Garden faring well, local safety patrol on alert!
I may be in Miami, but with temps below 50 I brought my seedlings inside to be safe
January 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I may be in Miami, but with temps below 50 I brought my seedlings inside to be safe
Sometimes it’s best not to do anything. These beans have “leaf roller” caterpillars, but as you can see the overall plants look fine, beans are doing great, and by the time they do any real damage the plants will be finished producing and ready to be replaced. Happy growin’!!
January 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Sometimes it’s best not to do anything. These beans have “leaf roller” caterpillars, but as you can see the overall plants look fine, beans are doing great, and by the time they do any real damage the plants will be finished producing and ready to be replaced. Happy growin’!!
Tasty, healthy and with pretty flowers. Enjoy the pigeon pea!
January 15, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Tasty, healthy and with pretty flowers. Enjoy the pigeon pea!
Purple broccoli for dinner!
January 13, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Purple broccoli for dinner!
Tis the season… for mangoes!!
January 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Tis the season… for mangoes!!
Scenes from a Miami garden. Cukes, pigeon peas, loofah, tomatoes (druzba heirloom)
January 3, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Scenes from a Miami garden. Cukes, pigeon peas, loofah, tomatoes (druzba heirloom)
Tabasco peppers on the way!
December 25, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Tabasco peppers on the way!
Recently replanted my garden wall, herbs and veggies along the top, succulents in the gaps and sides
December 25, 2024 at 9:49 PM
Recently replanted my garden wall, herbs and veggies along the top, succulents in the gaps and sides
The huggable Acrocomia “Gru Gru” palm.
December 22, 2024 at 7:12 PM
The huggable Acrocomia “Gru Gru” palm.