A 6-Year-Old South Florida Food Forest in Fort Lauderdale (Tour 2017)
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- Опубліковано 31 лип 2017
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Six years ago my Dad and I started a food forest in Ft. Lauderdale. Though he and Mom were never "plant people," it's continued to grow and thrive over the years. Chop and drop composting in place has turned the sand into beautiful soil and many of the trees are doing great. We have chocolate pudding fruit, coconut, katuk, grumichama, Surinam cherry, starfruit, mango, mulberry and other wonderful trees growing and it's just getting better and better over time. A lot of the "ground cover layer" is comprised of volunteer weeds and escaped ornamentals - yet even they are doing good work keeping the ground rich and moist.
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That mosaic... so special.
This food forest will live on long past any of us and stand as a memorial to the man your father was and the times that you shared. That, my friend, is a beautiful thing.
Rusted Oak Homestead Amen ☺
Thank you for sharing this beautiful food forest. Your dad sounds like a pretty amazing man. You are blessed to continue his legacy.
food forests are the future!! so awesome
Wow! Hard to believe that Food Forest is only 6 years old! Your Dad was a cool guy...not only letting you plant a Food Forest...but jumping in like he did...looking after it and mulching and all. I Love that its all edible and beautiful too! Great Tribute to your Dad...thanks for showing us that. Cate
I'm so sorry to hear about your dad. Got choked up a couple times just thinking of all the memories and quality time it sounds like you've had in the garden with dad. You can hear it in your voice: the excitement of the soil, and digging into the layers of it - like poking a hole and grabbing back to a time when your dad cut back, and created each of those layers. The gentle touch on the mosaic tiles. Love the idea of a food forest, and sending love your way from Tampa as you and your mom go through the unexpected loss of your father. Loss is hard. Abrupt loss in harder. Enjoy your dad's garden today 🌸 He's right there with you today.
I got a little sad at times also...lost my Dad in 2012, Mom in 2015...thanks for sharing DTG
God bless buddy, gonna plant some choco puddin fruit and star fruit because of you and your dad now. We live on here in our earthly works.
Ur dad bred well. Ur a blessing 2the world just like ur dad. Thanks 4 allowing me2relate2u.
David I lived in Ft.Lauderdale back in the '60s after I got out of the service. I can remember going down to the beach across from the Jolly Roger Hotel. Drove a RedTop Cab playing the Airport WOW Those were the days!!!! I was there when the Dallas Cowboys flew in and played the Miami Dolphins~(17 and 0)~~~ for GOD's sake Those Were Really the Days I enjoyed those years ago ;-)
Yeah, it has changed a lot. There are still bits and pieces with that vintage feel. I like to hit Dania and Hollywood to feel like I've gone back in time.
Sorry to hear about your fathers passing, he has a beautiful garden.
So glad you are back with us mate, your dad sounds like a wonderful man. I hope you, Rachel and the kids are doing well, please give our regards to your mum and family, We are here for you if you need us. You are all in our thoughts, vicariously yours Anna and Fred from Evesham, England. :)
And so we all learn where David the good got his passion. I got my gardening passion from my mother and when she passed due to cancer .my busy omni directional life took a turn and all i wanted was "Garden Therapy " as my mom called it . So work became far less important than weeding ,planting and building planting beds.
I am truly sorry for you and your whole family's loss. And wish you the best.
Sorry for your loss my prayers are for you and your family.
David the good is the man def my mentor now cant wait to learn more over the years
I love the paths and no lawn to mow.
💕💕sending this to my folks! They too can have a mini food forest!👍🏿👍🏾👍🏽👍🏼👍🏻👍🏻👍🏼👍🏾👍🏿👍🏿👍🏾👍🏽👍🏻
What a wonderful living reminder of your Father. He will be with you in something that means a lot to you. Awesome.
God bless you, David the Good
So very sorry for the loss of your dad. You can tell he loved his food forest. A great legacy to have.
Sorry to hear about your dad. I hope you and your family is doing well.
Thank you so much for sharing your parents place again. It was so nice to see how things have grown and to enjoy what you created with your dear Dad. Garden's hold so many wonderful memories.
My husband and i just got back from vacation, 16 hour drive there and back but your books on Audible kept us entertained. We love your humor.
My dad died in a crash to.. but we lost everything glad to see you keep it going
Man, I am sorry. It is painful.
I'm so sorry for your loss my friend. But treasure that forest because he lives on in it Absolutely stunning.
may the memories of your dad stay vivid
A lovely food forest and a wonderful way to remember the good times.
Thanks for taking us through
I'm sorry for your loss!!😓😓😓
From a typical dismal, boring stark lawn to a gorgeous place to be. Very inspiring as I try to do the same in Far North California. WOW--such a tiny yard, I'm always wanting more with 1/2 acre. Well done.
Thank you.
Beautiful memorial for your dad and a wonderful garden for your mom. Lots of love and prayers for you and your family.
What a wonderful representation of your Father. It's beautiful and I'm sure it will allow your Mom to have some peace in her life. Reflecting on the times you all worked together to make this beautiful forest could comfort you all. I'm so happy that you have this.
This is the best presentation from you I gave seen so far. Such a fine model for others to emulate!
Thank you from coconut creek fl. Enjoy watching. Didn’t think you could grow much in our sand but I’m still trying.
Thank you. You can grow a lot - foliar feeding is a big help.
Sorry for your loss!!
That is fantastic!! ...and beautiful.
A lovely & inspiring tribute to your Dad. Sincere condolences to you & your family DTG.
Very sorry to hear of your lost.
Hi David😍 if you want a very plenty of mulberry fruit harvest you have to prune the branches, then it will produce abundance of fruits always ❤️❤️❤️
Nice video David. Im sorry for the loss of your dad. He certainly taught his son a way of life to be proud of. Such a great little food forest, I could live back there happily!! Enjoy your time there and my positive thoughts are with you and your family. I enjoyed your book "Push the Zone". Took lots of notes, much to my hubbies frustration of me adding more to the honey-do list..haha
I am Sorry for your Loss.Thank you for showing the Garden.What lovely Place.
Wonderful food forest David. There is a lot of you in the forest. You and your father are leaving a legacy for the future family . Your family to come will enjoy this forest for a long time. I too enjoy all that my father gave me and it lives on in what I am doing in my gardens. Thank you for all that you have shared with me to build on my legacy to future gardeners.
Sheila
Sorry for your loss
So glad you were able to come to South Florida to be with your family.
Dude I like how you explain curry leaf lol I love your videos
Deepest heartfelt condolences for you and your families loss.. beautiful forest is a fine testament.
All the wonderful times and memories
yall shared. What a PRICELESS GIFT
My Condolences, and look's like a great life of gardening with family !
Beautiful food forest. Please accept my condolences on the loss of your father. Thank you for sharing this tour with us.
You and your dad made an awesome food forest. I honor you and your dad David ! Blessings2Yall... thumbs up. Great memories !!!
ENJOY... THE SIMPLE LIFE
Love to visit Florida one day 😍
Cool stuff man. Really enjoyed the video. Ive been trying to get something going like this in my yard. This inspired me to step up my efforts. Thanks. Keep putting out cool vids like this.
Thank you! Do it!
Great to see the food forest my condolences
Thank you, Ice Bob.
I've watched this before but UA-cam won't allow for another thumbs up. So here a go 👍
Thank you.
Sorry about your dad. His backyard food forest is beautiful. Praying for you and your mom.
My condolence , stay strong !
Beautiful garden
What a beautiful forest! It must have been difficult to walk through it again at first. God Bless your Dad, Mom, and You and Family.
Welcome back! Hope everyone is well in your family.
Welcome back to S. FL. I'm sorry to hear of your loss. Condolences and prayers for you family.
I live in Hollywood Florida and I can attest to the sand. Prayers for your family.
My condolences David, all the best to you and your family.
What a beautiful backyard... food and fond memories...thank you for sharing. I am living in Florida and seeing this gave me some ideas of what to plant soon ...including yams! ;)
Thank you for sharing your family's very abundant legacy. 😊
Such a small footprint it's on. Outstanding and inspiring.
I am ever so happy to hear your voice again, David. I have become a big fan of your work. I can understand your
Glad to see you back! Hope everyone is doing well
love to see the progress from this project... and glad you were able to make it up there.
Thank you for sharing this! Very touching, as I grew up in the western side of Ft. Lauderdale, close to the New River Canal. We could never get our orange tree to grow much while I was growing up there. But we could smell the orange blossoms from Davie. After I moved out my Dad started growing low quats and they produced very well! Thanks for the memories of the sandy soil!
You bet. We lived right near the New River as well... I used to play down there all the time with my brother.
What a great food forest.Sorry to hear of your dad's passing. Seems like you have alot of great memories there. Many blessings to you and your family. Happy gardening!,
Awesome legacy that your Father left. Good stuff, David. Take care and God bless you! :)
I love front and back yard fruit trees. Keep up.
Just ran into this video wow your dad was a great gardener wow i wish i could have met him thanks for the video 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you very much.
@@davidthegood 🏆
Great memories, thanks for sharing. Love the mosaic and the outro music too, made me think of Vangelis.
Bring in the compost!
Yes indeed.
11:35 "Oh yeahh look at the malberry ;) " only few could understand the fascination behind those words. Thanks for video bro.
I'm in SW Florida. I am building my food forest as well around my small yard. Thank you for sharing.
David; if your still here in Florida we would love to have you guys come over.
You both did a great job there; great family history.Thank you for sharing.
We have 10 acres in Center Hill, Fl. and have lots of weak open sand to play in.
Please consider drive by. (Central Fl style. not SoFL style)
Hi can you recommend something in broward county like an acre of natural forest or fruits etc property? I am desperately looking!
What a cool thing, love it! Looks beautiful too.
Looks great!!
Give give you my condolences for your dad a great videos partner😃!!!!
beautiful
I love these videos, I wish I lived in a warmer climate. Maybe one day.
Gayle in Oz says it's good to have you back. Hows Rachel doing?
I grew up in Florida and our soil was greatBut my mother was a big believer in compost. We grew things that are just coming to the stores, she not only did your chop and drop but didn’t call it that. We had chickens, ducks, rabbits, pigs so we had lots of fertilizer. We also lived on a river so we had the benefit of the fish.
Those animals help a lot! Sounds like she knew her stuff.
Stay strong man, only the living can carry the dead 🖒
Great video. I'm taking notes. I'm about 1/4 of the way to having a good forest.
Inspiring!!
triple thumbs up David!
Thank you for the knowledge.
Thank you, Timothy.
Love it. Thanks.
Hi Dave! Been following you for a while. I love seeing the possibilities for what I can do in my yard down here when it's so easy to get discouraged by all the cool things the temperate gardeners are up to. I'm so sorry to hear about your father. I wish we lived in a better world where I could offer you and mom help since I live in the area without being seen as a probable ax murderer. As it stands, I hope your family and church family are rallying around you now and putting the light around you. Wishing you comfort and peace.
Thank you, yes - Mom has had great support and I have as well.
You had me at chocolate pudding fruit!
It's not just a bean!!!
My thoughts are with you and your family.
You are evidence of your dad being a good man.
Loved the video thanks for sharing
Thank you.
Sorry to hear about your dad. I got my passion from my father in San Diego county, but I live in Fort Lauderdale now. Wow! I had to relearn and rethink gardening here! I've adopted methods from Mel Bartholomew's Square Foot Gardening, and several organic UA-camrs.
That yam...I didn't know that was any kind of yam, but grows wild around here.
I would really like to see another video with the cleanup. Especially how much you trim that mulberry
Thank you for sharing God bless.
Thank you.
Nice!!!!
Take care bud. Aloha
good video
This was really really neat man thanks!
Thank you.
Blessings on your family, Dave. You and yours have surely blessed us!