by urbanabundance | Aug 11, 2025 | Edible Gardening, Featured, Herbs, Plants, Summer Plants
When summer hits full stride in South Florida, your herb bed can transform into a lush, fragrant jungle seemingly overnight. If you’re part of the Urban Abundance family, you know our heat-tolerant herb lineup is no accident—these are the culinary and medicinal...
by urbanabundance | Jun 16, 2025 | Edible Gardening, Featured, Plants, Recipes, Summer Plants, Vegetables
Recipe Highlight: Garden-Fresh Jicama Slaw Here’s one of our favorite ways to celebrate this underrated root: Ingredients: 2 cups peeled, grated jicama 1 cup shredded carrot 1 red bell pepper, thinly sliced Juice of 1 lime 1 tbsp honey Pinch of sea salt 1 tbsp chopped...
by urbanabundance | Jun 16, 2025 | Edible Gardening, Featured, Plants, Summer Plants, Vegetables
At Urban Abundance, we live for garden surprises. But even we didn’t expect the vegetable version of a mic drop this week when Green Thumb Jenny harvested a jicama so large it could double as a bowling ball. This beauty had been quietly growing beneath one of our...
by urbanabundance | May 13, 2025 | Edible Gardening, Plants, Summer Plants, Vegetables
Florida garden summer vegetables thrive even in the intense heat, allowing gardeners to enjoy fast, abundant harvests. Florida gardeners, your sunny yards offer fantastic opportunities to grow delicious, quick-harvest veggies perfect for our warm climate. Here’s...
by urbanabundance | Apr 19, 2025 | Plants, Edible Gardening, Featured, Summer Plants
Florida isn’t just the Sunshine State—it’s the Growing State. While the rest of the country is bundling up and dreaming of spring, here in South Florida we’re harvesting kale in December, planting okra in July, and sipping lemongrass tea from our own backyards....
by urbanabundance | Apr 7, 2025 | Edible Gardening, Plants, Summer Plants, Uncategorized, Vegetables
Say goodbye to sad, wilting greens and hello to your new favorite summer staples. Most traditional spinach varieties struggle as temperatures rise, but lucky for us, there’s a trio of tropical, powerhouse greens that thrive in the heat. At Urban Abundance, we call...
