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Nurturing new gardeners to grow food.
🎓Pharmacist (FAMU Grad) & Master Gardener
📍Zone 9b: Central Florida ☀
📚Purchase my course: https://stan.store/pharmunique/p/grow-your-own-food

06/22/2026

If you’re gardening through summer heat, these are 3 crops I would consider growing.

1. Sweet potatoes
Sweet potatoes thrive in warm weather and are great for hot, humid climates. They grow from sweet potato slips, not “eyes” like regular potatoes, and usually take about 90 to 120 days to harvest depending on the variety. And the green leafy parts are edible too. Sweet potato greens contain vitamins A, C, and K, along with minerals like calcium, potassium, and iron.

2. Okra
Okra loves the heat. I recommend direct sowing it from seed, and soaking the seeds before planting can help with germination. Once okra starts producing, it will usually keep going until the weather conditions change. Harvest the pods while they are young and tender because larger pods can become tough, dry, and woody inside. Okra can also attract aphids, so I like companion planting it with marigolds.

3. Callaloo
Callaloo is a great leafy green to grow in the summer when lettuce is struggling. It is popular across the Caribbean and can be cooked down like spinach or added to soups, stews, and sautés. The seeds are really small, so I recommend direct sowing them where you want them to grow. Callaloo can still attract pests that like leafy greens, so I like planting it with marigolds and summer-friendly aromatic herbs like basil, rosemary, oregano, thyme, and lemongrass.

If your garden is hot and humid, don’t force cool-season crops to perform. Grow crops that actually like the season you’re in.

Go to my website to grab my favorite seed company sheet so you can find these seeds from some of my favorite companies.

Which one would you grow first: sweet potatoes, okra, or callaloo?

06/21/2026

If you garden in Florida or anywhere hot and humid, you already know tomatoes can be a little tricky in the summer.

Today’s garden harvest included sweet peppers, serrano peppers, and some Everglades tomatoes. The peppers are loving this weather, but the tomatoes? That’s a little more complicated.

Tomatoes are warm-season plants, but Florida heat and humidity can be a lot. That’s why I usually prefer growing my main tomato crop in the fall when the temperatures work better for me. But if I am going to grow tomatoes during the spring or summer, I reach for heat-tolerant varieties.

A few tomato varieties to look into for hot, humid gardens:

Everglades Tomato: A tiny Florida favorite that handles heat and humidity better than many larger tomatoes.

Heatmaster: A hybrid tomato bred for hot, humid Southern gardens.

Florida 91: A heat-set tomato that can be a good option for Florida and other warm climates.

Solar Fire: Developed with Florida heat in mind and known for handling warm growing conditions better than many traditional tomatoes.

Heat Wave II: A heat-tolerant variety that can be a good option if you want a more traditional tomato.

Phoenix: A Southern heat-tolerant tomato made for warmer growing conditions.

Creole: A classic Southern tomato, especially popular in Louisiana and Gulf Coast gardens.

Sun Gold: A cherry tomato that can be more forgiving in the heat compared to larger slicing tomatoes.

You can look for seeds through companies like Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, HOSS, and Burpee. Search by the exact variety name because availability can change by season.

Also, if you’re in Florida or another Southern state, check your local nurseries in the spring and summer. They often carry tomato transplants that are better suited for hot and humid climates.

06/19/2026

This Juneteenth, we wanted to talk about the importance of seed sovereignty. By supporting Black/BIPOC seed companies and growers, you are helping to counteract the long history of agricultural inequity and discrimination that led to the widespread loss of Black farmland throughout the 20th century. Buying from these companies helps to preserve culturally meaningful seeds, and ensures that communities can continue to improve their local food systems and economic empowerment.

This list is just a handful of black seed companies that are working to preserve African Diaspora seeds, food sovereignty, and support a resilient food system for generations to come.

Comment any other seed companies not on this list! đŸŒ±

06/19/2026

Happy Juneteenth! In honor of the holiday, we'd like to share some of our favorite black-owned seed companies that share in our mission to promote food sovereignty, preserve heirloom varieties, and protect everyone's right to save seed.

đŸŒ±Ujamaa Cooperative Farming Alliance
đŸŒ»Sistah Seeds ( on IG)
đŸŒ±Truelove Seeds
đŸŒ»Gardening Under Influence LLC
đŸŒ±Melanated Organic Seeds
đŸŒ»Seed Mail Seed Co.

Feel free to drop your favorite black-owned seed company, farmer, nursery, or gardening business in the comments!

On this beautiful birthday and solar return, I’m happy for the ability to fully embrace the fullness of who I am and not...
06/18/2026

On this beautiful birthday and solar return, I’m happy for the ability to fully embrace the fullness of who I am and not what the world wants or expects me to be.

What I can tell you is there are many facets of who I am. And while the light I give may make you uncomfortable, throw on them shades, because I’m going to continue to shine!

Happy birthday to me ♊

06/17/2026

🌿 Few dried soursop leaf orders remaining before this shipping cycle closes out.
Shipping starts June 18, 2026.
Order yours at bigsteelefarms.com before they’re gone.

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