A Year of Harvest: Successes, Failures, and 400 Pounds of Harvest
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- Growing Food in Florida? From vegetables to fruits, I've tried growing it. Join me as I go over my lessons learned from this past year.
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Just wanted to finally thank you for your motivating videos. My garden here in the Green Swamp (Groveland, Florida) was nearly destroyed in the last hurricane. Every plant was either uprooted, flooded or basically shredded by the wind. Got so depressed I decided to just ignore it & turn over the beds in spring.
After watching your videos, I found myself sucked back into saving my garden! Proud to say I was able to save 32 Floridade tomato plants, 30 snap peas, 9 peppers, 3 Everglades tomatoes, 50+ Korean radishes, 6 Seabreeze strawberries, Danvers Carrots, Detroit red beets, a cucamelon, 40+ bananas, 50+ pineapples & lots of lettuce. (Our mango & papaya trees didn't mind the hurricane at all.) Like you said, I kept trying to see what happens & the plants that survived thrived! At the end of the day, I saved almost half my garden😊
Thank you so very much
Such a great honest and encouraging video. Shootout to Walmart that saved me last year with GREAT celery starts.
Also, this tip from Living Traditions saved me. FREEZE your tomatoes until you're ready to make sauce or paste. Let them build up until life slows down. Great tip on the green onions too.
Oooh, Swiss Chard tastes just like spinach but germinates and grows so much easier! I give up on spinach.
I was thinking the same - throw those maters in the freezer!
I am in South Florida. I put up several strings of LED patio lights above my garden. And several solar lights in my garden beds.
In the summer, I do a bunch of gardening between 6PM and 9PM. It is so much more tolerable!
Great pep talk…life happens and we roll with it and keep on gardening!
Celery from scraps work
You can regrow any onion to get green onions. They may not make a large bulb again but they make green onions. Sometimes they remake a 1 inch bulb which is nice but usually they just make green tops.
my poor neighbors, I offload my harvests on them all the time 😅 I keep giving one neighbor fruit trees because I started them or bought them and now don't have the space. I'm going to start tomatoes and other plants and give them to them too, I don't know if they even want them. I figure someone will 😂
I just wanted to say how grateful I am for your videos! This coming year is my first time starting my own garden, and I’m really excited to try out all the different methods you’ve shared. I'm in Zone 10b, so your tips have been super helpful for figuring out what will actually work. It’s so refreshing to watch someone so passionate and knowledgeable about gardening, and your energy really comes through in each video. Thank you for putting in all the effort - your content has been a huge inspiration for me!
I'm listening to your video while doing some internet surfing. I heard you start talking about your struggles with spinach. I wanted to recommend that you try purslane (Portulaca oleracea). It literally grew as a weed in my garden and readily reseeds. Then I researched it and found out that it's highly nutritious. My kids call it the snacking weed and will munch it while they are in the yard playing. I use it any time I would use a leafy green in salads, soups, stir fries, etc. I'm in Texas in 8b/9a.
Yes that and chickweed.
The hurricane was a real reason my tomatoes did not do well at all. I did leave them and I’m getting a few 3 or 4 at a time. Really sad about that. Big flood in my yard. But I have started a winter crop. So far going good hope the weather holds. This last weeks of cold weather makes me worried. Glad to see you have been dealing with all our problems.
In Central FL here. I've given up on summer gardening for the most part. Last time I tried it was beans that I had luck with. It's best just to solarize or cover crop in the summer here and get inside projects done instead. That way when winter rolls around you have more time to garden.
Chijimisai is a great alternative to spinach also. I actually think it tastes better and grows so well and fast
As a Floridian I can truly appreciate your plant and gardening advice! I enjoy being able to relate to the wild summers and mild winters 😂 and I pile as much large clean tree cuttings, stems and sticks at the bottom of my raised garden before filling it with compost! Thanks to my mom for that advice 😅
I Always enjoy the fun energy and helpful info you give 🪴🙏❤️
I grew sweet potatoes in bins bought from dollar general. Worked great! They didn't vine all over the garden. I also grew loofah on a trellis and started it way early so to avoid the squash bugs. They were just beginning to come out when I harvested. I found changing the timing to plant squash type vegetables helped avoid those nasty bugs.
Good to know! Wheen did you start and what area/zone are you?
That's one of the good reasons to grow in pots -- to contain plants that go crazy. The first time I grew mint, it took over, but now I grow it in containers.
21:40 That was me this year! I let the garden go for the first few months after the baby arrived and got started again in the fall. It's never too late!
Also- radishes annoy me. They grow wonderfully in my garden, and they taste like spicy dirt.
My daughter started green onion scraps in a pot about 3 years ago and they’re still growing strong
That is amazing!!!
I started some Catalina baby spinach from Renee’s garden and it is doing pretty good so far Ive started to secession sow for what little time of cold we have. I got my seeds started in a 5 inch pot I made 6 shallow holes just deep enough to cover the seeds and directly sowed 2 seeds in each. After that I watered overhead with a spray bottle every other day and they popped up in about 3-7 days (all at varying times)
I always love your videos being a Central Florida gardner. This past year I've tried to simplify and while not having the pounds of vegetables I've had a good turn out with Everglades tomatoes and Seminole Pumpkin. The one other surprise for me has been longevity Spinach. I've kept it a little more shaded than usual with the heat and its gone fantastic! We've been able to continously harvest fresh spinach and propagate into even more plants as we've gone. Definitely a great variety to try.
How does longevity spinach taste? Is it more of a survival food, or actually worth eating?
You’re quickly becoming my new favorite channel. I follow many gardeners, but because I also live in zone 9b in Central Florida, I find your videos more relevant to my needs. 100% agree with “only grow what you’ll actually eat.” Last year I went way overboard with the carrots myself. This year, I planted far too many sweet potato slips (was able to give my coworkers several harvested sweet potatoes as early Xmas gifts lol). I don’t have much luck with tomatoes (tomato hornworms and blight are my issues), but I am really going to focus on just two varieties this year 😊
Try Everglades tomatoes, those plants are super tough and the tomatoes are small but very tasty
Ok can we talk about how precious your puppy is
Will all the grocery store food recalls everyone should learn to grow their own food. OMGOSH I love ❤️ your poodle ❤❤
My 3 best summer crops here in NC FL were black eyed peas, sweet potato and peppers, sweet and hot. Right now the best winter crops are broccoli rabe/broccolini, radishes, lettuce, herbs and tomatoes. I can't seem to grow squash for nothing, spring, summer, fall or winter. Had some fall seminole pumpkin and Tromboncino Rapicante going good, till the hard freezes came. The little fruits fell right off. (Hubby covered them w/a plastic tarp, which is a no-no.) The plants look terrible, but are still alive, so I'll leave them and hope they bounce back. Thanks for all the tips and yes, we have to be kind to ourselves. 💚
Just asking where you get your broccoli rabe from. SFL here and I can't seem to find it anywhere. Thankee
@@apocraphy2012 Baker Creek seeds.
I just got started gardening again here in Ft Myers. The hurricanes have been brutal but I got some plants in the ground after Milton. My collard greens, various herbs, and the tomatoes are doing excellent!!
Zucchini not so much (powdery mildew). There’s no shame in using starts
I loved seeing the harvest snippets altogether. I'd watch an entire video of that!
You are definitely not alone in many of the things you have said. PS.. Continue always being a Mom first♥️. Just as the garden has it's seasons, so do our lives😊.
I don’t like being in the garden during summer either so what I do is I plant sweet potatoes in May and let it grow during all summer or cover my garden beds with several layers of cardboard until I am ready to plant again in fall. This year I had an abundance of sweet potatoes and carrots. I planted so many carrots and didn’t thin them. The good thing with sweet potatoes and carrots is that they can be stored unlike tomatoes and other crops.
Hello 😢 I rent so I grow all my plants in pots. It works!!
It does work well and even though I have raised beds I feel more successful in my potted plants most of the time. Especially when it comes to peppers and tomatoes ,for some reason I just can’t keep them happy in the raised beds… I dk but okra, roselle, cowpeas collards, turnips, and large red mustard greens do great in my garden beds. Basil dies in the garden bed but does great in pots for me. Pots are a much more manageable in my opinion!
I don’t have land cleared full of cut down trees. I grow in plastic dollar store totes, containers, and tower planters. I use to follow seed packets directions plant spacing. However I found it to waste tons of growing space. I now plant intensively. 1 Tote is little over one square foot more like one and a half ft.² I have a sage, plant, thyme, oregano, parsley, cilantro, six lettuce plants, dill chives I found I can grow tons of food in smaller spaces without needing raised beds and when they break, I go get a new one not real expensive, not to mention there’s not much soil that you waste like you do raise beds something to think about and so if you rent, you can pick them up and move them with you
I picked this as my first year to put in a zone 10a garden, only to have the hurricanes wreck it! Now I’m starting again with starts from the big box store to help make up for lost time. Please give some ideas for cover crops for summer, because I seriously can’t grow sweet potatoes again! They completely take over!
If you're not looking for stuff to grown food, sunn hemp and velvet bean are both nitrogen fixing and nematode repelling, so will help get your soil ready for fall
I ordered the wild Floridian packet which includes your book. I haven’t received it yet but I am excited to get it soon and have a more organized plan for this years planting projects
I bought some bonnie cabbages from lowes and they are huge in my garden right now. Never grow cabbages that big before and they not half ready. I planted them in mid October. I can't wait to harvest
THANK YOU so much. We just bought a house in Zone 9b and i am wanting to get into gardening. Started everything from seed. I think the only thing doing well is the tomato, the plant is pretty big. however my squash died and my beets and lettuce stayed small... i think i overcrowded all the pots. :(
You talked about tomatoes. You said 4th of July, Everglades, and purple Cherokee work for you. Is purple Cherokee the one that you said was new to you and bought from transplant? Wasn’t sure which one you were talking about that you bought between the 3 tomatoes.
Im in South Western Volusia. This Summer was a let down. I'm at work watching the radar thinking how lush the garden will be knowing the work will be hard but fruitful. Except my house was in a rain black hole. Even when it rained at neighbors house, not mine. The only thing to survive was my Seminole pumpkin vine with 1 pumpkin harvested and 4-5 currently still green today, sweet potatoes that just cant be killed(daughters sweet potato pie is delicious), and 1 papaya hanging on the stalk. Life (and discouragment) has also kept me from working on the garden this Autumn. But, as you said, its never too late to start in Florida. Time to get the garden going again.
Can you do some videos of processing your food?
I would love to be able to get broccoli to produce. Also keep control over my garden.
I'd love to get better at growing anything in the cucurbita family. I succeeded the first year (beginners luck!) and then never got it right again! 😂
Hello from Fort Lauderdale!❤️Merry Christmas🎄🔔👼
Had no tomatoes ir freen peppers all summer . Many pests.although salsa mix hot peppers did well. Planted beets,peas, green beans and carrots in oct,doing great. Now that the weather has changed i have 12 tomatoes and 3 pepper plants with fruit. Thanks for all your guidance...Ft.Lauderdale 😊
Such great advice!!! I was feeling a little discouraged by the state of my neglected garden. Now I’m excited to start planning for 2025 and applying all of the knowledge that I’ve gained from my failures this season. I must get better at focusing on growing the things my family will actually eat. Hard to resist the glamor of all those other available options, but I’m gonna do it in 2025. Thanks for a great video.
Great job!!
Thank you once again for sharing your growing tips.
I have always enjoyed seeing your yard, it looks like paradise.
I am planning to start growing veggies over here by the Cape and your video has given me much to think about
Love your advice, thanks so much! I love to watch you harvest so much. My only comment would be if you or anyone else has an abundance of a crop you can’t or don’t have time to use please donate. Try donating to the St Pete Free Clinic, local food bank or pantry, schools or churches. With the hurricanes, city food deserts, food recalls and so many people struggling now it would be nice to offer people some fresh healthy food.
Girl, I hear you! Same here ❤
Yes!
I am raising 3 grandchildren the past 10 years so LIFE! Yes I know the Football & Baseball schedule!!! But I still kill my seedings! But this year I ordered your planner and I was gonna make it so much easier on myself. When did your digital planner come out? I tried to print it twice now I’ve missed placed that email and I’m sure if I had enough time I could find it but I know that next year I’m ordering the print so yes, we learn we evolve. We move on love your videos.
After hurricane Michael, I had a huge problem with weeds. Everyone I talked to had the same issues. So this is real
I fail on purpose, then save seeds that refuse to fail. That way next year I have plants that require less work from me to survive.
Bib lettuce scraps, work great.
Have you tried the Floridade tomato? Was it still not as successful as your cherokee and 4th of July varieties?
Where do you get your seeds?I chose varieties that did not do well for me.I live in fort lauderdale
My big struggle is aphids on pepper plants. I can’t figure out how to get rid of them and mt pepper plants always do horrible!
Hello.
Is it always recomeneded to direct seed into the earth instead of in a seed tray?
Grow what you eat a lot of…I’m guilty of what I can grow too. lol😂.
When you say logs, what exactly does that mean like log logs I just bought 5 acres and I’m clearing my land and I have tons of trees down that we are clearing so I have a ton of logs put those in the beds?
I saw your banana trees were pretty close together. That didn't affect your harvest? I've been separating the pups and transplanting them. Is that not needed?
Can you share where you got your seed starting trays, and do you recommend them? I tried googling the name i saw on the side, but had no luck.
I'm finally planning on buying decent trays for myself, and am torn between brands. Thanks!
What are you guys still purchasing at the store when it comes to vegetables?
What variety of banana are you growing?
I tried for 8 years to grow fruit and vegetables here in Florida with very little success. I’m ashamed to admit, I finally called uncle and gave up😩
You obviously were not planting at the right time of year!
Oh no! I grew 460 lbs on half acre in Brevard Co. Work with the seasons and find beneficial insects. The fact that you're here tells me you haven't totally given up.
@beachprepper...Are you on the coast? That may create challenges but they can be overcome. Research more about what grows well here.
I'm 30 mins from the beach . We grow Mulberries, blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, casava, etc.
Don't give up! 🙏❤
Please don’t give up. I have gotten much better since I started growing in containers. Get some cheap 5 gallon grow bags. Then you can move them around to see where things grow best. Start with just a couple things, like peppers and tomatoes. Then what I do is plant 4 of everything I want to grow. Then I put the grow bags on each side of the house to see where they grow the best. I’ve learned the best spots to plant in my yard by doing this.
Hydroponics helps for sure!
This is my 3 year and I finally figured out out I just got BAd dirt
After test it has Grayson in it. And s forever chemicals.
NOw what do I do?
Jess at Roots and Refuge had herbicide contamination, and did some videos about how she remediated the soil. Good luck!
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Same, I don't prefer growing in pots but.....
Pineapples prefer pots 😅
Have you ever tried/had success with pineapples?🍍
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