John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ visits his friends place in South Florida who is feeding the world with edible landscaping and native plants one property at a time.
In this episode, John visits the home of Susan Lerner who is growing food not only for her, but also the many creatures of the world on her residential property. You will also discover how Susan is building soil by using wood chips to add organic matter to her property and feed the world of microbes as well.
In this episode, John will give you a tour of the edible landscaping (in the form of fruit trees) as well as some native edible plants that Susan grows for her own use. John will also touch on how important it is to plant native crops that have been removed due to development.
You will discover many edible fruit trees, perennial vegetables and some annual vegetables and herbs that will grow well in South Florida. You will also discover some of the native plants that Susan grows and why.
You will also discover the one tropical edible plant that John believes everyone in South Florida should grow that Susan can’t keep pruned because it grows so quickly and provides her food 365 days a year with little maintenance.
Finally, John will interview, the steward of the land, Susan Lerner and find out why she is growing food for herself as well as the other local earthlings that she is sharing the land with. John will also ask Susan the following questions:
16:00 Interview Start
16:18 Why did you decide to grow food and natives on your property?
17:10 What are Earthlings?
18:15 What are your thoughts on Rock dust and adding trace minerals to your garden?
19:28 What are your thoughts on using Manure that may be contaminated?
20:18 Why are the wood chips the single most important fertilizer you lay down?
21:10 Is it really hard to grow food in South Florida?
21:45 What perennial vegetables are you growing?
22:49 How much time do you spend in the garden in a week?
25:02 How do you control pests organically in South Florida?
26:30 Why are you hanging plastic water bottles in your tree?
27:57 What are some Edible Native Plants of South florida?
30:37 What kind of Jackfruit did you grow and am I tasting?
31:50 What is the best place to get fruit trees in South Florida?
32:02 Any final words of wisdom for my viewers?
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32 Comments
thanks for the video
Awesome visit and interview! I wish I lived in Florida so I can grow my own forest of tropical fruits! Yum!
GRYG! Get Rid of Your Grass! Earthlings is one of my favorite documentaries, it's truly about how we treat each other. We only have this one world to live on and everyone of us on this planet (not just humans) has a right and place to be here!
Great video and The interview with Susan was good to see. She has been an inspiration to a lot of people in South Florida. Dedicating her time and efforts to human beings.
Great video! Her front yard looks a lot like mine. I have some grass growing but I didn't plant it. Mostly I have Texas natives growing… and rocks… my yard grows rocks really well. :p I also spent a few years laying out bird seed all over the front yard. I have many beautiful plants growing from the bird seed and that attracts the birds back every year.
One grows really tall every spring and has a lot of large leaves so it provides a natural privacy fence for me in the spring. The strange thing is it seems to grow mainly along my actual chain link fence and not in the rest of the yard. I wish I knew what it was. It grows 8 feet or higher from the ground in long very hard stalks. Sometimes they get so big they fall over pulling the dirt/roots up as well and die. I save the stalks for reuse as needed. They make great stakes among other things.
– Heidi
In my personal opinion, her yard looks beautiful. The neighbours looks… gluttonous, looks bland, sterile. Not saying they're bad people, maybe they don't even know!? But if I had to pick, I'd take the neighbours (coming from someone who has no idea about gardening or botany).
I have been working at planting fruit trees , berries, nut trees, and vegetables but now I have this great fear.
I fear I may wake up some morning and there will be a strange man with a video camera walking around naming my plants, digging through my wood chips and eating my berries. What would I do to discourage this kind of pest?
Happy New Year John! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas! Thank you for all the great info you provide all year long. Keep it comin'! š
Thanks for all the great info in your video's. Can you please come to Southern Oregon and tell us who has healthy food we can buy and what's best for our gardens here?
can you do a video on plants native to Maryland? I live in Arnold, near Annapolis and the eastern shore…but it's pretty hard to find info on native plants here. Any recommendations for reading materials? This is super cool.
Good stuff, as usual, John. Thanks for sharing.
#Florida #edibles
Great Video as always… Happy New Year!
Happy new year š
Is seeds in wood chips a problem?
One day I want to become just as knowledgeable as John in gardening (especially since I'm going into the field of Agriculture (Horticulture). Even once I get as knowledgeable in it, I will hope to still be able to continue learning about gardening everyday! I hope that one day I'll find a way to feed everyone in my path including myself! I don't want anyone to starve in my path!
This was a cool vid. One of your best.
Great yard, Susan! Good work! John, great tour. I'm very inspired here in Fort Lauderdale!! Many thanks!
I've seen a few of your videos now and they're really impressive. However, I've got a long list of medical issues and that means a huge load of medical bills. What would you recommend (I live in Northern MN) that's relatively inexpensive and easy to start with? I'd like to get my significant other into doing some gardening as I'm sure the improved food (too much from cans and boxes) would have health benefits for both of us. Thank you for your time, I apologize for rambling, I do that a lot. š
Pine Island Botanicals farm with Michael Wallace and The Sprout Queen with Christine Lyndsey is a must see farm while your in South Florida! They are located in Bokeelia on Pine Island Florida. You will Not be disappointed!
Yes John, you need to visit her again. I would love to see her garden in the daylight. Still, a nice tour for what little light you had.
Thanks for another informative video.
Hey John I have a quick question for you if that's ok.
I've been growing greens in my garden/windowsill's for a little while now. I grow mainly herbs and things like peppers and strawberries.
My question is: do you have any tips for vegan gardeners?
I'm trying progressively grow more of my own food but it seems the more i grow the more threats I have to manage such as gnats indoors and critters outside like slugs and snails.
I know that there are lots of organic solutions for things like fungus gnats but they all revolve around killing them. In your opinion can you be a successful vegan gardener?
Susan is great! I enjoyed your conversation! Her gardening style really works well for me.
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Amazing….I wish she would come over to my house…I live in South Florida too
She looks like a relative of Bernie Sanders.
John, can you do more edible landscaping, pls? There are some of us who have HOA like us that have to be careful what to plant in front of the house. Thanks.
It is amazing idea to turn the swimming pool to raising fish.
Wow. I always thought putting wood chips down in a climate like southern FLorida (or Hawaii, where I'm at), would cause mold to grow (the bad kind). Can you please comment on this? THANK YOU. Michelle on Maui. ps.. Will you marry me? š
John, I may have missed it; but are you ever going to re-do this video tour in the daylight so we can actually see her beautiful orchard??? Great information!
Sorry but that front yard looks likeĀ hell….not kept up at all looks like aĀ TICK HAVEN……I'll betĀ the neighborsĀ areĀ horrified,Ā Why?Ā because their property value just took aĀ dive…it is "gardens" like thisĀ that forceĀ theĀ lawmakers Ā to make lawsĀ againstĀ Ā veggie gardens in people'sĀ frontĀ yards .
I agree we should be planting fruit trees for kids to eat from, why don't communities do that instead of crepe myrtles!
earthlings are a lot of work i tell ya..