Want to start a Florida Vegetable Garden? Or a Florida Native Plants Garden? Or maybe transform your Florida Landscape? Now is the time to dream big and start planning! In this Florida Gardening video, I’m going to take you through the beginning of steps of my plan.
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I am so excited to see how your yard progresses. My backyard is pretty much full sun the majority of the time. I would like some more shade. ( I have a mango tree but the shade at this time is limited). I love your idea of "English garden", Florida style.
I would love to start a butterfly/bee garden but unsure of what plants to get or when to start planting. I live in the northwest part of Florida, so it gets cold during winter. I so appreciate all your videos, thank you for doing this!
WhT directions does your home set. You ideas are fgreat but I need to know what direction you’d is to mine. Like the bedroom. E W N S?
Wow! English cottage garden is sort of southern country cottage look. Wonderful. Hard work starting from scratch without help. At 60 I’m right there with you.
I purposely let the grass die off lol. I hate it I hate mowing it and serves no purpose. Now to figure out what to put instead I also have dogs that run a lot 🥲
Maybe move the gardenia to the no privacy whole in the back along with some of the other plants. At least it will save money. I hate killing plants so I give them away if I don't want them anymore
One of my favorite pruning tools is a Saws all
Maybe do small lower terraces in the front yard and you could use the logs to define and hold the mulch back
The only thing I can think of no noise pruning tool would be a machete
Use an old Ryobi cordless 18v sawsall with a 12" pruning blade. Best tree/shrub trimmer ever.
Oh my gosh… your blank canvas lawn is giving me ideas. You are going to have so much fun designing this space. I’m excited to watch.
Sounds like you need a battery powered reciprocating saw, AKA "Sawzall". As the name "Sawzall" suggests, it's extremely versatile and would work great for those palm fronds because it's great at cutting from awkward angles and tight spaces. Another comment mentioned that it's very easy to maintain and can cut in the dirt. It's also a much safer tool compared to a chainsaw or circular saw. If you do decide to get a reciprocating saw, don't go too cheap, you get what you pay for when it comes to this tool. What I mean is I don't recommend buying one from Walmart or harbor freight, don't buy Black & Decker, Ryobi, or Kobalt imo. Some quality brands are Makita, Ridgid (lifetime warranty), Milwaukee, DeWalt, Bosch, etc.
I’m excited to see how all your ideas and plans play out. 😊 Best wishes to you, your family and your garden for 2023 🎉
Who knew? Wild Floridian Anglophile! A Subtropical Cottage garden! It will be the new rage.
Not pushing a particular brand, but you should really look at the battery powered combo tools. Lithium battery technology has come such a long way, so they last way longer than they used to, do heavier duty work, and tend to be quieter and lighter overall. And, the freedom to roam a large yard without dragging a cord around! This should be purchased at the Big Orange or Big Blue box store so you can try it out before settling, cause with tools, the balance in your hands make a great difference on the fatigue you feel. Then get a couple of extra batteries, so you can keep the extras charged up, and finish longer jobs in one push, instead of stopping to recharge.
Looking forward to the exciting changes!
We love our electric hedge trimmers. Use them all the time. They’re light, they’re not noisy.
telco pruners are so worth the money if you don’t already have them. I hand prune everything because hedge trimmers just freak me out (too much like a chainsaw), and my felcos cut through quite a bit. I’ve done hard trims on rose bushes and severely overgrown choke cherries, honeysuckle, etc., and can do it quickly with those. I have larger pruners (not felco) I use for thicker branches, but am looking to get a battery operated reciprocating saw after I move to replace that and the hand saws. I recently got a dewalt drill to replace another major brand one that died, and like it so much I’ll probably stick w the dewalt brand for the saw.
On the removal of larger shrubs- you might want to hire someone to assist with that as it’s extremely difficult to do by hand. Admittedly I’ve only done it in solid (literally make a pot with it) clay soil, and it’s probably easier in most FL soil.
Thank you for all the great info – your vids are extremely helpful to applying the information.
@wildfloridian are there any websites that advise the best time of year to plant annuals in Florida? I'm in Largo, FL and planted Phacelia tanacetifolia a few months ago and still haven't gotten blooms. Then I have my purple cone flowers that were also planted a few months back. They are the slowest at growing. I feel like I am doing something or multiple things wrong.
Centipede grass is pushing out weeds and Bahia in my 3 acre pasture-no irrigation hardly any rain, and no shade at all 😐 the pros are also the cons
I LOVE your sweater! And I want French garden meets Marie Selby meets Disney meets volleyball court meets grove backyard 😜🤪.
You can cut down the cordyline very close to the ground; it will resprout with multiple branches for a shorter, fuller look. That would take care of the living room.
Cathy swears by her Ryobi brushless equipment.
We still have the landscaping company so we don't use weed whackers, edgers or mowers. However, I got a small multi-heads trimmer for quick shrub touch ups that Santa gave me a couple of years ago.
What I do use a lot is my auger. Jo got me the Hitachi (Metabo now) cordless drill and I am in love with it. Made the 76 plants planting much quicker.
A little pool chlorine mixed with water for the fence it's the standard softwash mix most pros use for mold down here. Hand tools for pruning Corona and Fisker are solid bets at the big box store. If you want power tools go with Stihl they offer a battery line. They are expensive but they will last forever if taken care of and you have a ton of dealers in the area for them. The date palm along the sidewalk could be pruned back and still not be in the way. Your list of ideas sounds like a ton of work but this is the best time of year for big projects like your thinking before the heat kicks on. Your neighbors fence definitely was installed wrong I'd switch to vinyl if possible maybe go 50:50 on it to sway thier mind. If you cut that St. Augistine to 4" and cut twice a week during the growing season that yard would snap back with little to no inputs. Spreading compost across your yard once a year would likely give it all it needs. You had so many ideas it's hard to keep track of everything you mentioned lol. Hope you have a successful season I know I'm excited for my garden this year. 😀
Maybe you could move the gardenia to a back fence spot where it could grow freely and continue to smell wonderful! Also, I bought a Bosch reciprocating saw at a pawn shop for $25 (advice from a HD employee who was helping me repair a sewer pipe in the garage wall while hubby was out of town). The pawn shop had lots of name brand tools!
I love the planning process. We can learn so much from each other. In the back yard/garden, you mentioned a plan for a tea bush. I have on and my observation is that the tea bush and the Sweet Almond require a bit more water to florish. I wish I had planted them next to each other to make it a more practical watering process. I have soaker hoses down in those areas and attach the hose one or two times a week for a few minutes ( in addition to regular irrigation).
I cut my Area palms with a reciprocating saw and it works great. Once the stumps begin to dry out and look a bit unkept, I stitk bromiliads in them. It is looking beautiful.
One question: Do you have a designated potting area? Before the hurricane, I had a shady corner that I sectioned off with decorative fencing (posted for free and I scored) which served as a climbing was for various vines. Loved that space which had a table, chair, shelving, pots and soil etc.
I can't wait to see your progress!
This is so relatable. I drool over Monty Don content and English Gardens and then walk outside and reality hits…FLORIDA!
There are Victorian English gardens that focus on tropical plants, and I think we can get pretty close to that.
I can’t wait to see what you come up with. Dream big and know you are not alone in wanting an English garden – Florida style!
Your yard is everything. I wish I had your yard. I will have raised beds all over😂🤣
Here's to an exciting new year I like the transformation ideas. My tool suggestion is Ryobi carries a large selection of battery operated garden tools such as hedge trimmers, small chain saw and other items perfect for the home owner. If you want to go professional I would suggest Stihl products. Ryobi runs on a interchangeable battery that stays charged and recharges using one station. This was a game changer for me before Ryobi came out with this line l had gas powered tools hard to maintain and loud. Let the clean up begin!