Florida Food Forest DIY: Grow Your Own Tropical Edible Garden Paradise

John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ visits Food Forest DIY in South Florida to share with you the easiest perennial vegetables and fruit trees you can grow in South Florida to have food growing year-round on your property so you can eat from your land instead of buying food at the grocery store.

In this episode, you will learn about many of the vegetables and fruits that can easily grow in Florida even through the heat of the summer. You will learn about heat-loving plants that love the tropical weather in South Florida.

You will get a tour of Food Forest DIY and learn how they grow a food forest in part of their yard, so they can eat the food they grew on their property.

You will learn about John’s favorite perennial vegetables and other crops that you can easily grow in Florida that do not attract pests like northern crops can.

You will get a tour of the on-site plant nursery where many food forest vegetables and fruit trees are being grown that you can purchase to grow your food forest.

Finally, John will interview Jen, a self-educated food forest enthusiast that started a business to help you grow your food forest in South Florida.

Jump to the Following Parts of this Episode
00:00 Episode Starts
00:57 Grow a Food Forest with Little Work in South Florida
02:10 You Can Have a Small Food Forest or a Large One
03:34 Plant Staple Crops in Your Food Forest
05:25 Concentrate Your Greens to Get Lots of Protein
06:20 Pigeon Peas for Food and Improve Soil
06:48 Grow Vegetables in South Florida
08:08 Grow Chaya Tree for Abundant Leafy Greens to Eat
09:15 Grow this Shrub to Have Delicious Nutty Leafy Greens
10:45 Grow a WILD Food Forest vs more Manicured Food Forest
12:13 Grow Roselle and False Roselle For Edible Leaves and Flowers
12:50 This should be a staple Crop in Florida
13:22 Grow the Everglades tomato in South Florida
14:09 Yellow Everglades Tomato!
14:40 Tropical Yams for Tuber, and Planting Tip
15:30 Pernnial Tree Kale – Chomolla
16:33 Perennial Green Tree Collards
17:14 Plant Nursery Tour
18:48 Moringa Tree
19:05 Cranberry Hibiscus
19:30 Sisson Spinach protected from Bunnies
19:56 Mother Plants for Propogation with Cuttings
20:15 Gyura Procumbens ake Longevity Spinach
20:18 Jagged Leaf Gynura
20:30 African Blue Basil & Perennial Kale
20:40 Egyptian Spinach
20:55 Grow a Salad Tree to have an abundance of leaves like lettuce to eat
21:54 Growing Sweet Potatoes in Subtropics
22:48 Mulberry Tree Grown for its Edible Leaves
23:43 Interview with Jen from Food Forest DIY
23:58 Why are you excited about food forests instead of raised beds?
24:40 Why did you start a company to help people create food forests?
25:14 How much does it cost to put in a food forest?
26:00 What areas do you serve
26:10 How soon can someone eat from their food forest?
27:00 What fruit trees produce the most fruit in South Florida?
27:38 What starch tuber crops yield the most food in South Florida?
28:10 What are the best Perennial Leafy Greens to Grow in South Florida
28:47 How much maintenance does a homeowner need to do for a food forest?
29:58 What is the question that you are asked the most about food forests?
31:22 How can someone contact you?

Referenced & Related Episodes
Watch Fruitful Trees for More Videos about Fruit Trees in Florida
https://www.youtube.com/c/FruitfulTrees

Learn more about Josh and Uncommon Vegetables & Fruits (Chomolla)

Bele Tree aka Salad Tree

More Perrenial Vegetables You Can Grow in South Florida

Best Nursery to Buy Perennial Vegetables in South Florida

H.E.A.R.T. Village Shows How You Can Grow in Sand

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