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I do a lot of herbs, I just wash them the day before in the plant, next day cut it put it in a tray and let it dry naturally, because that way I preserve their natural oils. Every time gives me s great resort. Preserves their aroma too.
I ran out and planted horseradish this morning. I always have native sunflowers, they are beautiful and have edible summer greens. Right before fall I cut the leaves and dehydrate them. This year I expect tons of purslane and will try pickling it. I love Daikon radishes and also stir fry them. I grate them into salads. Easy to grow in my cool mountain garden. Ditto potatoes. I freeze dry potato slices. I just ordered a round Korean cast iron hibachi and a cast iron wok. It only needs a few charcoal briquettes. I will cook more outside this year. A small hibachi and wok! My winner was Coyote tomatoes, they produced here in the mountains, too cold for most varieties. They are indeterminate and got huge and full of tomatoes.
👋 neighbor! I am just North of you in Spring Hill. Thank you so much for your content! I am from IL and always had successful gardens and feel like a complete failure here. You are giving me so much amazing information, I am sooo excited to try again this year. I appreciate you.
My wife and I got a fig twig from a friend of ours that was about 12 inched long and about a 1/4 inch thick. we planted it in our yard and we just let it go without trimming it at all. It grew to about 12 feet high and about 8 feet wide. We canned the figs and got 36 jars of fig jam. Last year we did trim it and it grew back to it's original size, and we are planning to trim it again this year in february.
that is fascinating about the monarchs! Loved everything you covered! Thank you for all this content. Look forward to fruit tree info too! I planted apple trees two yrs ago but am a novice and will love to learn from watching and learning from your channel! I struggle with planting flower seeds hopefully this yr I can plant them. yey, canning complete meals…wow that’s awesome! Looking forward to all this info! I love all the things you mentioned for your goals! My goal is to cont to grow the soil while i recover so i am going to order the hemp you mentioned!
I think you will love the Sunn hemp. It’s really pretty when it grows and the plants that went into the bed after it did so amazing. It made me a believer of cover cropping
What an ambitious plan! I believe the use of shade cloth, insect netting, and plankets go a long way to extend growing seasons and protect plants. My number one goal is to grow enough determinate Roma/San Marzano tomatoes to can for at least six months supply. I’m also looking for the most productive varieties so I don’t have to grow a lot of plants. My garden is completely in grow bags and garden towers that are located on my driveway. It is the only place that receives sun.
I got the same canner this year and it’s been wonderful. I canned up chili, chicken, bone broth, black eyed peas, beans, ranch style beans (my favorite canned kind), carrots, homegrown potatoes, beef stew, homemade salsa, apple pie filling and bunch more. I’m hoping this next year to grow enough tomatoes to canned several dozen pints of diced tomatoes because I use them almost daily! My next goal is to grow enough green beans to can 40 pints for next year (about a year’s supply for us). I also want to grow a year’s supply of onions and garlic as well as potatoes and sweet potatoes and dry beans. I’ll be making teepee trellises for the pole beans and dry beans. I also want to plant so many cow peas over the summer! I only got about a pound of cowpeas this year but I was late to the party on this amazing crop for southern gardens! Man I’ve been missing out! They’re so much fun to grow! I have not made my goal yet of growing enough broccoli or cauliflower for a year yet but I’m hoping I can get more to grow this spring. I got my very first harvest of decent (and delicious!) cauliflower right before Christmas and I had planted those in March from seed (I now know I waited too long and they got stunted in the heat even though I had them in shade some plants didn’t make it). I’ve never grown any fully developed broccoli, only the sprouting kind which I planted by mistake produced some off shoots but never a full head of broccoli. 🤷🏻♀️Probably too hot. I am growing all my brassicas now and lettuces and so much spinach and chard! So much to look forward to this next year. I have met my goal for cooked greens either canned or frozen. So happy about that. Love this video. So much information and inspiration for the new year. Thank you!
Wow! You have made some amazing progress. That’s awesome. My next canning batch will be canned corn relish with pickled peppers. I grew the MIGardener purple cauliflower this year and it has done really well.
@@HomegrownFloridaZ9a I’m in awe of your skills! I am just super happy to grow stuff that’s actually edible sometimes lol. 😂 It’s always ugly vegetables but I appreciate that now after hearing your take on those “ugly” vegetables. Thank you for that!
What an amazing year! Of course I’m always learning from you and I’m so happy you’ve fallen in love with native plants! Here’s to another year of gardening 👩🌾
IDK why everyone says celery doesn’t grow well in central FL just east of I75 the celery fields were recently sold to Sarasota County and there is a library , park and fire station. Growing up it produced a good deal on the celery in he US. They take huge amounts of water. They used to routinely flood he celery fields in Sarasota then let them dry out.
So many great lessons learned, thanks for sharing so that we can all benefit. When you mentioned wanting to branch out into preserving more “ready made meals”, I immediately thought about Becky at Acre Homestead. You’ve got to check her out, she is great at sharing her knowledge and inspiration about all things preserving and cooking. I think you will enjoy watching her.
Really enjoyed the video. I was listening to an expert that grew seed potatoes and he said that Yukon Gold was the diva of potatoes and would only make 3 or 4 potatoes per plant. Red potatoes like Red Lesoda hasve produced much better for me. My sweet potatoes production was really bad this year, maybe due to drought and extreme heat this year in Texas.
#1 goal = tag along w Patrina on her journey. I have a very long way just to catch up though. Happy New Year ‘24. Hopefully it will be a turn around year where life is filled with peace, kindness and good will. 🥳
Cant wait for canning for meals and what you come up with. I grew a bunch of varieties of crops to see what works for me here in 10a vero beach. Im expanding the garden from 4000sqft to 6000sqft currently. Been thinking about selling some produce out of the back of my truck. Simple crops that grow well for us like sweet potato, banana, egg plant, romain lettuce and such.
This was great! I was also remembering things as you went along. My goals are also very ambitious but very attainable. Major 1 is doubling my in ground space. I have already planted out 3 30 ft rows with cold tolerant plants. Have a couple 30ft row covers to cover the littles when we have our temp dips. Also adding a 5×5 green house to help jumpstart spring harvest. Let's grow! ❤
My goals for this year are to increase my squash production. I have tried butternut and Seminole Pumpkin, but the bugs or fungus always get them. I also would like to make more teas from my herbs and fruit. Would love to see more videos from you on making teas.
@HomegrownFloridaZ9a I will have to watch it a second time to take notes. There are so many good nuggets. You have gotten a new subscriber. Thanks again
@@HomegrownFloridaZ9a I make it myself with anything that is dry and can easily be burned (anything from paper, to dry weeds, to super dry produce; even dry chicken manure can work). The trick is to smother the burn pile with water once the flames die back, and the top just begins to look like ashes. After drenching, the bottom should be fully black charcoal, and there may only be 20-30% of the mass remaining. I have heard you can bury the coals to save water, but I'm not sure how deep? Any air infiltration will continue the burn, and turn hot char into ashes; that's why stopping the process at the char stage is so important. This is biochar. Biochar = charcoal, it's one in the same, but Agrichar is a copyright and saying "i put charcoal in my garden" sounds strange to the uninitiated, so that's why it's often refered to as biochar.
@@HomegrownFloridaZ9a I will add that if you're in a pinch or cannot access a burn pit, you CAN buy charcoal but it is very expensive for natural, non pressed hardwood (DO NOT BUY PRESSED NUGGETS!!!). The key is that when you make it yourself from your own materials, some will have different spacing between cell structures, creating dynamic porosity at a microscopic scale. Fungi mycelia can take advantage of smaller pore spaces than plants roots, so this is what I think helped my situation during water stressed times.
Really enjoyed the segment on your fruit trees, I can't wait to purchase a bunch of fruit trees for my new house! Have you grown mango before? That's the one fruit I'm so excited about to grow, and even though they say you can't grow coconut in Zone 9B, I'm still going to try for it hehe
I tried several years ago but we had some crazy cold temperatures during the winter and it died. Happened twice in a row so I paused that dream for a bit
At first, I was thinking, wow that's a long video but by the end I was saying oh is that all, lol. Loved traveling back through the year with you. It reminded me of all I've grown this year. Successes & failures, mostly success though. I've learned a lot this year. This was the first time I've ever grown so many different things. This year I want MORE, lol. I now know how big some plants get & how much they spread so I'll be better at planning. I really want to learn canning. I would love to produce some food & be able to store it for later on in the year. I'm looking at my seeds & trying to figure out what to grow. I would love to know when you plant your seedlings for spring. I've never had luck with planting seeds indoors but then I've never had luck growing vegetables. If I've conquered one, I can do the other. Thanks again, I love watching your videos.
I was wondering if it might have been too long. I’m so glad you found it enjoyable. I’m actually starting seeds this week. In fact, next weeks video is all about spring garden planning with the dates I’m starting all the seeds. 💚
This was such a pleasure to watch! I'm inspired to create goals for next year. 2023 was my first full year of gardening, and I had plenty of failures but some successes too. Next year, I want to learn preserving methods too, and I'd love to try making some herbal remedies. I live in the FL panhandle, so I'm learning what food and flowers I can grow well and what I should avoid for the sake of my tiny ecosystem and sanity 😁 I haven't really paid close attention to specific varieties, but that would be good to experiment with too. When it comes to goal-setting, I think I struggle most with wanting to do everything all at once instead of pacing myself. It's also important to make room for life to happen when you are making plans 😁
You are absolutely right! 1-2 small goals per season usually works out well for me. And by doing it per season, by the end you of the year you could have 8 goals completed or skip a season that you know is going to have a lot going on.
@@HomegrownFloridaZ9a if there are other people in your neighborhood with avocado trees, there’s a decent chance cross-pollination will still take place
@@HomegrownFloridaZ9a I find that avocado trees grow quite slowly. You can also grow a second one in a pot for cross pollination purposes and still get a few avocados off the potted tree 🥑
Hi Patrina, Off topic but can you do or do you have a vid on how often you fertilize? After plants are growing I’ve been using fish emulsion (Nit) once a week and tomato tone or garden tone approx 1x/month ocassiinally add in some bonemeal (Phos) and/or kelp (maybe for Pot).
I actually do have a fertilizer video that I’ll link below. But your schedule is the same as mine. Weekly with fish fertilizer and once monthly with granular gardentone. During the summers I back off a lot because the types of veggies I grow (beans) but this time of year, I stick to that schedule. INCREASE YOUR YIELDS! How to Fertilize Your Vegetable Garden ua-cam.com/video/myW7PHW_Lrs/v-deo.html
@@HomegrownFloridaZ9a thank you for saving the day - again. Patrina, you are Superwoman. I know that bc I’ve never seen you and her in the same place at the same time yet you are always accomplishing great feats 😉
I am enjoying watching your video. I have a question:: "What Kind of AVOCADO do you grow", I live in the same zone Ormond Beach near Barberville. I finally have 2 plants from seeds I grew myself, but not sure if it stays cold in winter.
...my issue coming from the North ... is the Sandy Soil ; so far the Bags of Top Soil they sell , i have found to be at least half Sand in them ; my original yard is mostly sand, so there is S-L-I-G-H-T improvements.... ...but where is a REAL BAG of Black Dirt as was as " common as dirt " in Wisconsin?
Lol. I know what you mean. I buy bulk compost mix from whitwam Organics which I use to fill my beds. Another option is wood chips. Laying out a thick layer will enrich the soil but it takes a year or so.
Hi Petrina! Hope you had a good Christmas 🎄. Love how you summarize all your hard work with us. Quick Q. What would you suggest it'll be good to use for the tomatoes Florida weave? I'd like to try it.TIA❤ Btw, that Petunia inside...was incredible! I've tried and they died💔. My goal this year is to learn about cover crops and chop and drop. Maybe flowers...love this video a lot!🥰👍💕💗
Thank you so much 💚 The Florida weave works okay but I’m going to try growing them up a straight wire trellis this season. Always in search of an easy tomato support method.
@HomegrownFloridaZ9a I have tried the single cord tomatoes trellis with the tomato hooks and clips but is not working great with the indeterminate. So I think I'll combine it with the Florida weave. Thanks for your response. Happy New Year 🎉
Thanks for such great info!!! In West Palm Beach, south Florida, you said we’re one month difference on your monthly garden plannings. So in January, do I refer to December or February?
This is a little confusing but in winter you are one month before me and in summer you are one month after me. The way to think about it is you get warmer faster than me in spring and it takes you longer to cool off than me in fall. So halfway through the year you swap. Broccoli for example. I can start mine in September but you want to wait till October. Tomatoes I can start in February but you want to start in January. Hope that helps.
With the heat being the way it is in Florida where are you storing your canned foods ? I really want to get a canner but I'm concerned about where to store after canning. I live in swfl zone 10a. We have a separate stand alone garage that would be perfect but it doesn't have AC and from what I'm reading the food would not last. Any tips would be appreciated.
Your research is correct. You shouldn’t store in a place that gets up to 90 degrees which a shed or garage would down here. I store mine inside near my laundry room. My husband built me some extra shelves there. I have a pantry tour video of that new space.
Germinating peppers has always been tough for me. Two ways that are foolproof for me is in the aerogarden and then transfer them when they are about 3-4 inches tall or starting the seeds in a wet paper towel inside a baggie in the warmest spot in your house. Once they sprout, put them in soil. If you have heat mats, I’m told that works well inside too.
@@HomegrownFloridaZ9a thank you! I have my best fall/winter garden yet this year. I have been following your advice about when to start seeds and plant.
Thanks for the great video. For beefsteak tomatoes for Florida try seeds from Jerra’s garden. 🪴 bought a tomato seed from her and produced a tomato that weighed more than a pound, the biggest tomato I have grown in Florida. For garlic you can also try growing Red Toch.
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I heard it like this: When is the best time to plant a tree? Twenty years ago! When is the second best time to plant a tree? Today!
Very nice content!
You are right! Haha. That is the saying. I never get them right
I do a lot of herbs, I just wash them the day before in the plant, next day cut it put it in a tray and let it dry naturally, because that way I preserve their natural oils. Every time gives me s great resort. Preserves their aroma too.
Thanks for the tip 💚
I ran out and planted horseradish this morning. I always have native sunflowers, they are beautiful and have edible summer greens. Right before fall I cut the leaves and dehydrate them. This year I expect tons of purslane and will try pickling it. I love Daikon radishes and also stir fry them. I grate them into salads. Easy to grow in my cool mountain garden. Ditto potatoes. I freeze dry potato slices.
I just ordered a round Korean cast iron hibachi and a cast iron wok. It only needs a few charcoal briquettes. I will cook more outside this year. A small hibachi and wok! My winner was Coyote tomatoes, they produced here in the mountains, too cold for most varieties. They are indeterminate and got huge and full of tomatoes.
That’s awesome! I’m going to try cooking more outdoors too. I love it.
I had a Penstemon barbatus volunteer, a hummingbird favorite. Today, it has a second plant up in the snow. I will transplant the baby, yay.
That is awesome!
👋 neighbor! I am just North of you in Spring Hill. Thank you so much for your content! I am from IL and always had successful gardens and feel like a complete failure here. You are giving me so much amazing information, I am sooo excited to try again this year. I appreciate you.
It’s a whole different world down here. I’m glad you are giving it another shot!
My wife and I got a fig twig from a friend of ours that was about 12 inched long and about a 1/4 inch thick. we planted it in our yard and we just let it go without trimming it at all. It grew to about 12 feet high and about 8 feet wide. We canned the figs and got 36 jars of fig jam. Last year we did trim it and it grew back to it's original size, and we are planning to trim it again this year in february.
Sounds like it’s doing amazing
that is fascinating about the monarchs! Loved everything you covered! Thank you for all this content. Look forward to fruit tree info too! I planted apple trees two yrs ago but am a novice and will love to learn from watching and learning from your channel! I struggle with planting flower seeds hopefully this yr I can plant them. yey, canning complete meals…wow that’s awesome! Looking forward to all this info! I love all the things you mentioned for your goals! My goal is to cont to grow the soil while i recover so i am going to order the hemp you mentioned!
I think you will love the Sunn hemp. It’s really pretty when it grows and the plants that went into the bed after it did so amazing. It made me a believer of cover cropping
I love how you give so much information in a concise and concentrated format! Becoming a better and more efficient gardener thanks to you!❤
Thanks so much! Very kind of you
What an ambitious plan! I believe the use of shade cloth, insect netting, and plankets go a long way to extend growing seasons and protect plants. My number one goal is to grow enough determinate Roma/San Marzano tomatoes to can for at least six months supply. I’m also looking for the most productive varieties so I don’t have to grow a lot of plants. My garden is completely in grow bags and garden towers that are located on my driveway. It is the only place that receives sun.
Those are really good goals. I’m also on the search for a productive paste tomato 🍅
Don't forget the leaves of sweet potatoes are great as greens. And use some as starting slips for the next year's crop.
Great tips
I love the tea recipes
Glad you like them!
I got the same canner this year and it’s been wonderful. I canned up chili, chicken, bone broth, black eyed peas, beans, ranch style beans (my favorite canned kind), carrots, homegrown potatoes, beef stew, homemade salsa, apple pie filling and bunch more. I’m hoping this next year to grow enough tomatoes to canned several dozen pints of diced tomatoes because I use them almost daily! My next goal is to grow enough green beans to can 40 pints for next year (about a year’s supply for us). I also want to grow a year’s supply of onions and garlic as well as potatoes and sweet potatoes and dry beans. I’ll be making teepee trellises for the pole beans and dry beans. I also want to plant so many cow peas over the summer! I only got about a pound of cowpeas this year but I was late to the party on this amazing crop for southern gardens! Man I’ve been missing out! They’re so much fun to grow! I have not made my goal yet of growing enough broccoli or cauliflower for a year yet but I’m hoping I can get more to grow this spring. I got my very first harvest of decent (and delicious!) cauliflower right before Christmas and I had planted those in March from seed (I now know I waited too long and they got stunted in the heat even though I had them in shade some plants didn’t make it). I’ve never grown any fully developed broccoli, only the sprouting kind which I planted by mistake produced some off shoots but never a full head of broccoli. 🤷🏻♀️Probably too hot. I am growing all my brassicas now and lettuces and so much spinach and chard! So much to look forward to this next year. I have met my goal for cooked greens either canned or frozen. So happy about that. Love this video. So much information and inspiration for the new year. Thank you!
Wow! You have made some amazing progress. That’s awesome. My next canning batch will be canned corn relish with pickled peppers. I grew the MIGardener purple cauliflower this year and it has done really well.
@@HomegrownFloridaZ9a I’m in awe of your skills! I am just super happy to grow stuff that’s actually edible sometimes lol. 😂 It’s always ugly vegetables but I appreciate that now after hearing your take on those “ugly” vegetables. Thank you for that!
Ugly veggies need love too 🤣.
Great stuff! Found you yesterday. Very much the same goals. Hello from Ontario.
What an amazing year! Of course I’m always learning from you and I’m so happy you’ve fallen in love with native plants! Here’s to another year of gardening 👩🌾
All because of you, sweet lady 👩🌾
Great video! Tom of info…I’m gonna have to re-watch it several times to absorb it all!
Thanks!
I’m glad you enjoyed it! It was an awesome year
I'm in lecanto...love your show thanks for sharing ❤
Thanks for watching!
IDK why everyone says celery doesn’t grow well in central FL just east of I75 the celery fields were recently sold to Sarasota County and there is a library , park and fire station. Growing up it produced a good deal on the celery in he US. They take huge amounts of water. They used to routinely flood he celery fields in Sarasota then let them dry out.
So many great lessons learned, thanks for sharing so that we can all benefit. When you mentioned wanting to branch out into preserving more “ready made meals”, I immediately thought about Becky at Acre Homestead. You’ve got to check her out, she is great at sharing her knowledge and inspiration about all things preserving and cooking. I think you will enjoy watching her.
I love watching her! Her video with her mom on ready made meals was my inspiration. Can’t wait to try it!
Love hearing about your native plants, check out the Florida Native Plant Society. Have a great spring
Thanks! I’m actually a member of theirs. They provide great info, especially locally.
Nice my dear
Thank you so much for your videos!
Glad you like them!
This is a great video! Thank you and Happy New Year 2024!
Happy new year!
I mix flowers in every bed. Ditto herbs.
Love flowers!!!
Really enjoyed the video. I was listening to an expert that grew seed potatoes and he said that Yukon Gold was the diva of potatoes and would only make 3 or 4 potatoes per plant. Red potatoes like Red Lesoda hasve produced much better for me. My sweet potatoes production was really bad this year, maybe due to drought and extreme heat this year in Texas.
Good to know. They definitely behave like divas 😂
#1 goal = tag along w Patrina on her journey. I have a very long way just to catch up though.
Happy New Year ‘24.
Hopefully it will be a turn around year where life is filled with peace, kindness and good will. 🥳
You are more than welcome to tag along with me! Hope you have a happy New Year 🎊
Cant wait for canning for meals and what you come up with. I grew a bunch of varieties of crops to see what works for me here in 10a vero beach. Im expanding the garden from 4000sqft to 6000sqft currently. Been thinking about selling some produce out of the back of my truck. Simple crops that grow well for us like sweet potato, banana, egg plant, romain lettuce and such.
That’s an awesome goal! I know lots of people that prefer to buy locally grown food.
This was great! I was also remembering things as you went along. My goals are also very ambitious but very attainable. Major 1 is doubling my in ground space. I have already planted out 3 30 ft rows with cold tolerant plants. Have a couple 30ft row covers to cover the littles when we have our temp dips. Also adding a 5×5 green house to help jumpstart spring harvest. Let's grow! ❤
Those are awesome goals. Love the greenhouse idea!
Amazon about $50! I am going to put a couple more trellises out there and use the tposts also as anchors.
My goals for this year are to increase my squash production. I have tried butternut and Seminole Pumpkin, but the bugs or fungus always get them. I also would like to make more teas from my herbs and fruit. Would love to see more videos from you on making teas.
Awesome goals! I can definitely do that. 💚
Excellent video
Thank you very much!
@HomegrownFloridaZ9a I will have to watch it a second time to take notes. There are so many good nuggets. You have gotten a new subscriber. Thanks again
@@KB-jx7ffthat’s awesome. I’m so glad you enjoyed it
Good morning
Morning ☀️
Always learning from our mistakes. Hope you have a wonderful 2024
Happy New Year to you too
I'm so impressed with your watermelon 🍉! I have not been successful. Good job!
You can do it!
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My goal here in zone 10a a great slicing tomatoe and readily garlic onion and green peppers.
Great goals! Give Floradade tomatoes a try. They are good slicers
...you are asking a Hard Thing in that Zone, darling : but anything can be grown in Florida - if you do the right thing !
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What kind of charcoal are you using for this? Is this similar to biochar? Thanks for the tips. Very interesting
@@HomegrownFloridaZ9a I make it myself with anything that is dry and can easily be burned (anything from paper, to dry weeds, to super dry produce; even dry chicken manure can work). The trick is to smother the burn pile with water once the flames die back, and the top just begins to look like ashes. After drenching, the bottom should be fully black charcoal, and there may only be 20-30% of the mass remaining. I have heard you can bury the coals to save water, but I'm not sure how deep? Any air infiltration will continue the burn, and turn hot char into ashes; that's why stopping the process at the char stage is so important. This is biochar. Biochar = charcoal, it's one in the same, but Agrichar is a copyright and saying "i put charcoal in my garden" sounds strange to the uninitiated, so that's why it's often refered to as biochar.
@@HomegrownFloridaZ9a I will add that if you're in a pinch or cannot access a burn pit, you CAN buy charcoal but it is very expensive for natural, non pressed hardwood (DO NOT BUY PRESSED NUGGETS!!!). The key is that when you make it yourself from your own materials, some will have different spacing between cell structures, creating dynamic porosity at a microscopic scale. Fungi mycelia can take advantage of smaller pore spaces than plants roots, so this is what I think helped my situation during water stressed times.
Thanks for this info. Very cool
Great content, and comprehensive! It was fun to watch, and definitely inspires me. Happy 2024 gardening 🎉
Happy 2024 Gardening!
Really enjoyed the segment on your fruit trees, I can't wait to purchase a bunch of fruit trees for my new house! Have you grown mango before? That's the one fruit I'm so excited about to grow, and even though they say you can't grow coconut in Zone 9B, I'm still going to try for it hehe
I tried several years ago but we had some crazy cold temperatures during the winter and it died. Happened twice in a row so I paused that dream for a bit
At first, I was thinking, wow that's a long video but by the end I was saying oh is that all, lol. Loved traveling back through the year with you. It reminded me of all I've grown this year. Successes & failures, mostly success though. I've learned a lot this year. This was the first time I've ever grown so many different things.
This year I want MORE, lol. I now know how big some plants get & how much they spread so I'll be better at planning. I really want to learn canning. I would love to produce some food & be able to store it for later on in the year. I'm looking at my seeds & trying to figure out what to grow.
I would love to know when you plant your seedlings for spring. I've never had luck with planting seeds indoors but then I've never had luck growing vegetables. If I've conquered one, I can do the other. Thanks again, I love watching your videos.
I was wondering if it might have been too long. I’m so glad you found it enjoyable. I’m actually starting seeds this week. In fact, next weeks video is all about spring garden planning with the dates I’m starting all the seeds. 💚
@@HomegrownFloridaZ9a Perfect, can't wait.
If you want to leave a couple months, native edibles are the bomb.
Yes! They are the best. I just started getting into them so I expect the garden will be growing lol
Check out The Nectary in Lakeland for natives :)
Thanks!
Seems like you harvested your potatoes too early. I normally harvest when foliage turns brown or die back. Great video ❤
You’re right. I did. I was concerned it had blight but now I’m second guessing myself
This was such a pleasure to watch! I'm inspired to create goals for next year. 2023 was my first full year of gardening, and I had plenty of failures but some successes too. Next year, I want to learn preserving methods too, and I'd love to try making some herbal remedies. I live in the FL panhandle, so I'm learning what food and flowers I can grow well and what I should avoid for the sake of my tiny ecosystem and sanity 😁 I haven't really paid close attention to specific varieties, but that would be good to experiment with too. When it comes to goal-setting, I think I struggle most with wanting to do everything all at once instead of pacing myself. It's also important to make room for life to happen when you are making plans 😁
You are absolutely right! 1-2 small goals per season usually works out well for me. And by doing it per season, by the end you of the year you could have 8 goals completed or skip a season that you know is going to have a lot going on.
I was happy for the rain so I didn’t have to water. My husband planted potatoes and flowers in our raised bed during the rain.
I did too 🥔
Great info on the fruit trees!!
Glad it was helpful!
Suggestion try catnip in your mosquito repellent. It is a natural mosquito repellent.
Thank you! I’ll include that.
I am from Bolivia and we keep potatoes doing something called chino taste different but you can keep for years
Chuno
I have a small Day avocado tree. Tastes good. It did take freeze/wind damage though. It took a year or two to grow back to its original height.
Do you have more than one tree? I only have one so I’m a little concerned with pollination
@@HomegrownFloridaZ9a yes, I have three avocado trees.
@@HomegrownFloridaZ9a if there are other people in your neighborhood with avocado trees, there’s a decent chance cross-pollination will still take place
@@BosseInTheGarden one of my neighbors has one. Hopefully they can help each other. I don’t really have room for another one.
@@HomegrownFloridaZ9a I find that avocado trees grow quite slowly. You can also grow a second one in a pot for cross pollination purposes and still get a few avocados off the potted tree 🥑
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Hi Patrina, Off topic but can you do or do you have a vid on how often you fertilize? After plants are growing I’ve been using fish emulsion (Nit) once a week and tomato tone or garden tone approx 1x/month ocassiinally add in some bonemeal (Phos) and/or kelp (maybe for Pot).
I actually do have a fertilizer video that I’ll link below. But your schedule is the same as mine. Weekly with fish fertilizer and once monthly with granular gardentone. During the summers I back off a lot because the types of veggies I grow (beans) but this time of year, I stick to that schedule. INCREASE YOUR YIELDS! How to Fertilize Your Vegetable Garden
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@@HomegrownFloridaZ9a thank you for saving the day - again.
Patrina, you are Superwoman. I know that bc I’ve never seen you and her in the same place at the same time yet you are always accomplishing great feats 😉
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You can stir fry your young radish tops
Wondering if broccoli can be shredded and made into sauerkraut for preserving? Maybe mixed with cabbage, carrots.
I’ve never tried it before. I’m trying cauliflower now so maybe I’ll try broccoli next
Love the video. I live in South Fl . What time of year did you start to grow your beautiful flower beds?
I think it was around May. They grew during the dead of summer above my sweet potatoes.
Plant the potatoes in pots or gallon buckets...
Great tip
I am enjoying watching your video. I have a question:: "What Kind of AVOCADO do you grow", I live in the same zone Ormond Beach near Barberville. I finally have 2 plants from seeds I grew myself, but not sure if it stays cold in winter.
The variety I grow is called a “Day” avocado. Its fruit is pear shaped and similar to hass.
...my issue coming from the North ... is the Sandy Soil ; so far the Bags of Top Soil they sell , i have found to be at least half Sand in them ; my original yard is mostly sand, so there is S-L-I-G-H-T improvements....
...but where is a REAL BAG of Black Dirt as was as " common as dirt " in Wisconsin?
Lol. I know what you mean. I buy bulk compost mix from whitwam Organics which I use to fill my beds. Another option is wood chips. Laying out a thick layer will enrich the soil but it takes a year or so.
@HomegrownFloridaZ9a OK!
...yeah that is what i have had to do, Sugarcubes...I don't buy bagged soil anymore: just self Compost my yard to Victory!
Why don't you use the leafs from all brassica?
If you enjoy kale, turnip greens, then even cauliflower and cabbage leaves after you harvest the heads.
I usually blanch and freeze dry them to make a vitamin powder. I’m planning a video soon on using the powder in vitamin gummies. Stay tuned
Love it
Thanks for watching
Hi Petrina! Hope you had a good Christmas 🎄. Love how you summarize all your hard work with us. Quick Q. What would you suggest it'll be good to use for the tomatoes Florida weave? I'd like to try it.TIA❤
Btw, that Petunia inside...was incredible! I've tried and they died💔. My goal this year is to learn about cover crops and chop and drop. Maybe flowers...love this video a lot!🥰👍💕💗
Thank you so much 💚 The Florida weave works okay but I’m going to try growing them up a straight wire trellis this season. Always in search of an easy tomato support method.
@HomegrownFloridaZ9a I have tried the single cord tomatoes trellis with the tomato hooks and clips but is not working great with the indeterminate. So I think I'll combine it with the Florida weave. Thanks for your response. Happy New Year 🎉
@@mariap.894 Happy New Year!
I just found your channel and I have found it very helpful. Where did you get your garden planning book?
I made it 💚 There’s a link to it in the description and on my website. Its a Free ebook
Thanks for such great info!!! In West Palm Beach, south Florida, you said we’re one month difference on your monthly garden plannings. So in January, do I refer to December or February?
This is a little confusing but in winter you are one month before me and in summer you are one month after me. The way to think about it is you get warmer faster than me in spring and it takes you longer to cool off than me in fall. So halfway through the year you swap. Broccoli for example. I can start mine in September but you want to wait till October. Tomatoes I can start in February but you want to start in January. Hope that helps.
Thanks!
I'm first timer on your UA-cam. What zone are you in? I have been looking for someone in Florida. I'm zone 8b new zone 9.
Welcome! Im in zone 9b (formerly 9a).
What do you use for grinding herbs, veggies? It looks like a bullet blender. Is it powerful?😊
Yes that’s a bullet blender. It works pretty good for herbs. For veggies I usually use a larger blender.
How about eating just in season.
Check out the book Grow a Little Fruit Tree. I think you’re doing great!
I love that book. Great for small spaces!
With the heat being the way it is in Florida where are you storing your canned foods ? I really want to get a canner but I'm concerned about where to store after canning. I live in swfl zone 10a. We have a separate stand alone garage that would be perfect but it doesn't have AC and from what I'm reading the food would not last. Any tips would be appreciated.
Your research is correct. You shouldn’t store in a place that gets up to 90 degrees which a shed or garage would down here. I store mine inside near my laundry room. My husband built me some extra shelves there. I have a pantry tour video of that new space.
@@HomegrownFloridaZ9a ok thank you I was leaning towards having to do that. I will check out your video !
@@tiffanymartinez4482 Florida is a struggle sometimes when it comes to preserving but it’s still possible just a bit different than other folks.
what brand do you use for synthetic fertilizer? i'm still learning. is that like miracle grow?
I don’t use synthetic fertilizers but I’m told Jacks is a good one. For organic, I like Espoma or Down to Earth
Zone 10a and I just cannot get Cubenella pepper to grow. Do you start indoor or outside. I did mine from seed outdoors, tried 5 times with no growth 😢
Germinating peppers has always been tough for me. Two ways that are foolproof for me is in the aerogarden and then transfer them when they are about 3-4 inches tall or starting the seeds in a wet paper towel inside a baggie in the warmest spot in your house. Once they sprout, put them in soil. If you have heat mats, I’m told that works well inside too.
Hi! Are those toilet paper rolls around your pepper plants at about the 14:00 mark? Tks!
Lol yes. It helps to deter cutworms.
Do you put them around anything else?
@@julievarner8273 pretty much all my plants from late spring to early fall since cutworms love all my seedlings
I can’t find green dreams in Florida
I think I found them
Greendreamsfl.com is the website. Hope that helps.
My goal for 2024 is to NOT kill my food. lol
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What variety is Peachy?
She’s a Tropical Beauty peach tree
@@HomegrownFloridaZ9a thank you! I just ordered 2 bare root Tropical Beauties. Do you spray for bugs?
@@DFuentes01 only in spring when they have fruit on them. The fruit attracts worms so I spray Spinosad every month till I harvest.
@@HomegrownFloridaZ9a thank you! I have my best fall/winter garden yet this year. I have been following your advice about when to start seeds and plant.
@@DFuentes01that’s awesome 🎉 Congrats
Thanks for the great video. For beefsteak tomatoes for Florida try seeds from Jerra’s garden. 🪴 bought a tomato seed from her and produced a tomato that weighed more than a pound, the biggest tomato I have grown in Florida. For garlic you can also try growing Red Toch.
Thanks for those suggestions. I’ll check them out 💚