I purchased raw land in North Central Florida in 2023 for a future homestead property and began an exciting new chapter of my life. I have been slowly transforming a section of the land into a small food forest for future homesteading. I am not moving to Florida for a few years, but I want fruit trees producing on the property for when the time comes. After a full year away, today’s video is finally a major homestead update where I share a garden update on the health of the existing fruit tree plantings, perform some land and garden maintenance and plant some new fruit trees!
• Watch my original Florida homestead property tour: https://youtu.be/k3Jypf2QGAU?si=_C8xFHEZccH6kdrU
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 Intro
0:29 Homestead Update
1:58 Existing Fruit Tree Progress
4:17 Existing Tree Care And Rehab
6:37 Planting New Fruit Trees
10:10 Entry Level Florida Food Forest Tour
12:21 Final Thoughts
13:58 Adventures With Dale
If you have any questions about starting a homestead of finding a homestead property, want to learn more about growing fruit trees or the things I grow in my raised bed vegetable garden and edible landscaping food forest, are looking for more gardening tips and tricks and garden hacks, have questions about vegetable gardening and organic gardening in general, or want to share some DIY and “how to” garden tips and gardening hacks of your own, please ask in the Comments below!
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ABOUT MY GARDEN
Location: Southeastern NC, Brunswick County (Wilmington area)
Zone 8B, 34.1°N Latitude
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0:00 Intro
0:29 Homestead Update
1:58 Existing Fruit Tree Progress
4:17 Existing Tree Care And Rehab
6:37 Planting New Fruit Trees
10:10 Entry Level Florida Food Forest Tour
12:21 Final Thoughts
13:58 Adventures With Dale
But fruit grows much better in North Carolina have lived in both north Florida I was disappointed compared to zone 8
Really excited for you and your new adventure! I love how your content is not only factual with lots of great information but also you're so real… You admit that you're just taking it one step at a time and you don't have all the answers all the time… I'm in Central Florida, Volusia County, so looking forward to your Florida content as well!
Awesome, I follow you: I'm in Florida, I'm happy you are coming to Florida. We don't have a lot of Florida gardeners looking forward learning with you.
We live in North Central Florida in a town called Live Oak. I’m excited to see tips on growing here. The struggle is real! 😂
Hi, can’t wait to see when you move to your new home and garden! Ly Edwina farm in Homestead Fl. and Ta tropical ranch in Bradenton Fl.; also truly tropical nursery, Excalibur nursery. If your new home close by them to buy tropical fruit trees. Happy holidays n good new year to you n family! From soca
Its yours congrats grow it like you own it .LOL. I guess I should have bought Nam Wha banana instead of the Ice-cream Banana.
THANK you Anthony…for sharing — YES, huge fan of Dale!
I have heard you mention that you wanted to get land to move to, but I don't recall that you already had some land. A raw piece of land will be a ton of work…. Hopefully if you sell the NC place, someone who loves to garden will buy it from you.
Does the homestead site have an official address yet? If so, you could signup for a delivery from Chip Drop, and if you're lucky, next time you visit you'll find 30 yards of composting chips ready to use for the existing and any new trees. Buon Natale!
Did you apply for the Greenbelt Tax Exemption?
Thanks!
Commenting for the algorithm. Hope you get to build your Florida homestead soon!
Take your time! Us NC folks will miss you here 😊
Do a Collab with Green Dreams Florida have them do a small section of fruit forest with natives.
I don't normally comment or press like on many videos but I will for you today. I appreciate and enjoy your videos. You're also easy on the eyes =) Good luck with the homestead!
Fun experiment! I know you said it’s a sandy soil there at the homestead, but do the types of plants you’ve put in like that type of soil? Also in general do they like that type of environment?
some fertilizer spikes might be a good way to feed those trees when you visit, they are a nice slow release for the spring/fall i like to use. after a few years using them the easiest way i have found is to use a thinner deep shovel, something like a trenching shovel and press it into the ground and rock it back and forth to open up a slit that the spikes will drop right into. tho if you have much harder soil they might be a pain to use.
Are you going to try citrus there? Or just not worth it with HLB?
Are you concerned with citrus greening in Florida?
Dude I know you know this but you need to put down a thick layer of wood chip mulch it will solve so many of those problems
Love to your Dale 🐕🐕
I live in 9a and it’s challenging. The soil in this area is so very poor
If you like Mangos, check out Orlando Gardener. He has a variety of Mango Trees that would thrive on your property.
You're on a sand ridge, that sand will drain like nothign you've seen before. Chose your plants accordingly, bananas may not be such a good choice esp next to acidic pines.
Highly recommend Shangri La mulberry – grows great in our sand and is resistant to RKN.
You may want to ask your neighbor if they can water these trees for the winter and spring. This is Floridas dry season and this past summer we didn’t get as much rain. The rainy season ended about a month early this year. Drought conditions will worsen until summer.
love and relate to all your videos i bought a small amount of acerge 3,5 ares in south ga while living in south florida amd like you immediately planted lots of fruit treees figs persimmon peach blackberry etc unfortunately leaving them unattended the long drought kiled theem my pland were to build on the property but the costs were way too high so i ended up buying a home about 10 minutes from the land it was a good alternative but as an older gentleman i have been planting alot b my home including lemon trees and a nice veggie garden just planted vidalia onions i still have the land but i like the convenmience of having the growing by my home woth a water source happ hnukkah merry christmas
I’m just north of Orlando and Barbados Cherry do well in the sandy Florida soil, also Roselle plants and sugar cane, they’re all low maintenance and thrive off neglect lol I heard loquats are a good option too but I haven’t planted that yet. Passion fruit does well here too but it’s a vine plant that requires a trellis, my passion fruits are about 18 mths old and have fruit on it for the first time.
I think you’re gonna basically be my neighbor @themillennialgardener. I’m in Flagler County