12/7 UPDATE
We are sadly coming to an end with Gator Grove and it is time to say farewell, but before that we would like to share our final thoughts with you all! Our biggest obstacle recently has been the weather here in Gainesville. One night the temperatures dropped to 32 degrees, therefore we went through a slight freeze. The photo above shows the precautions we took prior to the freeze. Cloth was cut and used to cover the bean plants to protect them from the freeze. They seemed to fair alright from the cold, but are now dying since they have reached the end of their life cycle. Unfortunately, the basil in the raised bed did not fare as well as the beans during the freeze we had. We believe that due to basil's nature as a warm weather crop, it was not equipped to handle the freeze. The photograph above shows the basil following the freeze. Many of the leaves have become brown and faded. Luckily, the other crops in the raised bed seem to be doing...
