I’m happy to watch another update of your beautiful garden. It’s amazing to see the changes in your plants over time. I love watching my garden grow a little each day, that is my favorite part of gardening. It’s so fun to have the growth documented over the season to look back at and see your progress. I love that about being a garden RUclipsr. Let’s learn & grow more together!
Very productive yard,crops and poultry and fruits you named it you have it all.I can see you're a prepping ,i like your life style growing plants,fruits and raise chicken,turkey and ducks is a smart idea during this days,if in case the store running out of stock you can have your own source,i can see you have plenty of bananas need to transplant,i like lemon grass.You're lucky you're in a warm state you can grow anykind of plants and raise any kind of poultry.
thank you! i actually started this project 3 years ago but this year im super glad i did. the eggs have been really nice, 6 big brown chicken eggs a day and a duck egg
@@TheIslandFarmer321 you’re welcome. Try it!!! You will love it! We drink it cold after we brew it. All you so is cut about 4 sprigs of it, ass to about half gallon of water and then boil on med heat. Once you can smell the lemongrass throughout your house it’s just about ready..I wait for an additional five min. Turn off the heat and let it sit there. Enjoy cold with stevia sweetnee or warm with honey. Refrigerate the remaining tea. Lemongrass has a ton of great health benefits.
I enjoyed your video! For around your garden fence line it might be beneficial for your plants to put a chicken run around it. Simply bend chicken wire into a tunnel. They'll fertilize and help get rid of bugs.
Thank you! I got these Muscadine grapes off the internet, they do get big and these have started dropping roots from the long vines so plan out a good spot for them
I peeped your trash can haha!! I live in Brevard as well looking forward to start growing this year!! Super cool!! Thanks. We are so lucky to be able to grow anything here!!
the heat is the struggle. late fall will be a good time to plant leafy stuff like lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, tomatoes summer time is good for okras, luffa (loofa), sun flowers, ive had some luck with hot peppers. using shade during summer can help, they still get plenty of light
You have a lot of room left for more fruit trees, let plant more, star fruit, papaya are doing very well here. Nice to have a jungly back yard so you can go and sit under shade, trees, hear the bird singing. Run and hide from busy life for short times. I plants tress on top of trees, they seem to like it.
Your bananas are amazing! It was also cool seeing your avocado tree! I actually have one growing indoors right now. Cool story, I put a seed in my compost and it ended up growing in my garden bed and because of our cold weather I ended up transplanting it and it's now in pot and indoors. I wish our weather was like yours and could grow such fun trees like that! Love your coop! I've got chickens too 😁 Nice tour!
Awesome video and tour. Definitely going to inspire me to post more videos and tours of my 10 B South Florida food forest. I have a banana tree with grown pups but still no bananas from mother and your fruited in 1 year. Cool
I'm a native Floridian in Central Florida. I live in an HOA on the edge of a preserve. The houses here are spaced very far apart with woods around them and we are at the very back of the neighborhood, so we've been debating putting chickens in our fenced back yard (no roosters, of course) but worrying maybe the HOA will make a fuss anyway. I know in Hillsborough County, they have passed ordinances allowing chickens due to shortages caused by Covid. I'm in Citrus County. We are going to put in a pond, and would love to have some ducks. I grew up on a farm, and we had everything, so it's a way of life I'm familiar with. Your banana trees look great! But, you should know mulberry trees and fig trees can get huge, lol. My grandmother had a fig tree that was easily 20 feet across and a good 15 feet high. A family friend had a mulberry tree that dominated his front yard and was easily the size of an old oak. 😂
Beautiful loquat! I hope you don't have foundation issues in the future as the mulberry and loquat trees are pretty close to the house, even the mango too. They get huge and their root systems can get even bigger than the tree! I have a friend down south who had that challenge which costed him over 30k to fix, and he lost some really awesome tress too. Moringa is a good tree that grows quick and is a god nitrogen fixer for the soil and other plants and trees throughout your system!
Yeah the Loquat was planted 10 years ago. I've seen 30-40ft Loquats growing right on houses around here and they seem fine, the trunk of the trees don't get huge and I think the root goes straight down for water. The water table on the island here is very high, I can dig down 2-3ft and hit water during rainy season. The mango is a dwarf nam doc mai, supposedly only getting 15-20 ft but grows wider. My mango is pretty far from the house, I'm def not worried about that one. The mulberries are dwarf also but I've been thinking about replacing those 2 with other tropical fruit trees.
I'm guessing you're talking about the Peach Tree in the front? I have 2 now lol. The one I bought for the front was 'lop sided' when I bought it, I thought it would be a good shape for along the house (less pruning.) I think sometimes the trees just hit weird situations where they might lose a branch or two on one side that will make them look dead on that side. I had a hurricane break a branch on my mango and its growing a bit lop sided. My Avocado got ate up by the geese so its growing a bit lop sided too. They should reshape them selves over time as long as they are growing good!
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I really enjoyed your garden tour. Just a heads up Muleberry trees near the house are a bad idea, they have invasive roots that will destroy your foundation and plumbing. Good luck with your garden 👍
I’m in zone 9 Texas and can’t grow anything, quit trying annuals in the shade by August everything is wilted. I hate this zone 😂 I’m down to Mexican petunias.
Have u tried large rocks around the base of your plants to prevent scratching a bit of cattle panel can offer the foliage protection as long as their beaks can't reach the plant foliage itself or at least most of it
I had a koi pond in front of my house with about 10 koi that were about 6 inches each. One day I noticed a great heron standing next to it but I didn’t think anything of it. A few days later I noticed I had no koi left. That bird ate them all.
I love your garden. I had chickens they where so much fun. But I had to give them away one stupid Neigbor told on me. I am not allowed to have chicken they say. It’s hard to grow veggies in Florida. Yeah banana growing like crazy and Bell peppers awesome growing. Oh fire ant are so bad. What is that with the rice? Love chickens thank you yeah blueberry and strawberries good idea I gone try that. God bless you and your gardening
Aww I'm sorry, I love my little feathered friends. It is hard growing veggies in Florida, the heat is always the enemy. It can be confusing watching YT videos where everyone is playing their gardens right now... My vegetable garden is pretty much done for the year until it cools back down. Fruit trees are great here bc we can grow soo many varieties of fruit and the heat and rain pretty much take care of them for me. God bless you also :)
That’s a super small area for 16 chickens! Your gonna have tons of manure all over the yard and I was just wondering how the neighbors mind them ? I’m not trying to be negative it’s an honest question. I just sold my house and had a nice backyard setup with 11 white leghorn so just speaking from experience. That was in Rhode Island so I would assume in Florida the rain is lots more frequent so it can keep the droppings at bay I suppose. I wish the yards were bigger down there, seems like all of the houses I have seen on the MLS have smaller lots with small yards. Loved seeing the lizards thought!
16 was the minimum i could order from the hatchery online, im only allowed 6 adult hens in this city. i sold 10 of them. i was expecting the coop to get poopy but its still sandy 4 years later. some neighbors like them others dont. we have chickens running wild in this neighborhood though along with peacocks
Sweet video, I live in the PNW so almost zero of those plants make food here. But if you need blackberries, I know where ten billion plants are. Cheers!
Hahaha thanks! I was thinking about replacing my blackberry bc they don't taste very good and I seen some other varieties at the nursery that should survive in this heat.
@@TheIslandFarmer321 I know there a few species that thrive in Eastern Oregon and Washington, which actually have severe summer heat and bitter winter cold, the Marion and Logan berry varieties tend to be very tasty. Lots of folks up here make pies and wine and jam and such out of them. Happy Hunting / Growing!
I should have started having chickens 2 years ago. I hesitated since we always take a month or so vacation every year. But I did not realize COVID is here to stay.
Yeah it seems like there's too much money involved for it to go away. I guess I've been fortunate to have neighbors that don't mind helping feed them when I take a trip 😁 the eggs can be a big incentive lol
Nice job! I'm in zone 10, South Lakeland. I have a potted Rosemary out back, not performing anywhere as nice as yours. What's your trick? Mine is in full sun, is that the problem?
Love love your garden. We're moving to Florida (zone 9) next year and look forward to growing our garden. Just curious how to protect your crops from heavy rains and hurricanes. Thank you for all advice:-)
they love the rain down here. the water goes straight into the ground in most of florida because of the sand. i know how water can just sit in other states.. but the rain helps with the intense heat here. hurricanes are a lot worst on the news than in real life, smaller trees might need to be staked just to be safe but i've never had an issue with wind. best advice i can give a new floridian is to water often during the heat (once a day when it's not raining.) mulch can help hold moisture. also replace some of the sand with black dirt where you plant a tree, this will help hold in moisture and give the trees nutrients that the sand lacks.
@@TheIslandFarmer321 thank you for the advice 🙏🏽 Would it be wise to water in the AM or PM? When I lived in California, it was better to water really early to protect crops from the heat during the day. Is it the same for FL?
@@bayamonrican they can absorb more of the water in the AM but the intense heat noon/afternoon will always dry them out. i like to turn my misters on for 5 mins during the hottest part of the day, it can keep some of the less heat tolerant plants alive
I am a little stunned and amazed. Here in the Nevada zone 9 desert, we also have loads of sand. I also notice a difference if I mist. But we are mostly dry. I guess that is why it is so important to mulch correctly and aerate as needed. I am now trying to figure out the best way to make use of the water used. Sand is great for planting. Mulch layers, more sand and worm castings are keeping new our new 'zone 9' arrivals fed and alive. I also appreciate the kinds of structures you have created on your property.
I am in Central Florida, I have those bananas, I just don’t know the name of the first bananas in the video, what kind are them? I have a big garden, I love eating fresh stuff, and canning the rest. Most of our meals coming from my patio.
This is a very approachable method for people wanting to get into growing their own food in a normal sized yard. Looked great. One question though, won't that pear tree grow and hit your house?
Thanks, if I left it to grow unattended it would but I put a stake in and tied it to lean away plus i prune any branches that grow towards the house. ive done this with a few small to medium sized trees along the house
What areas in Florida can you do backyard gardening and raise chickens? I am thinking about moving to Orlando area next year, but seems like many homes if not all are part of HOA. I am not sure which part of Florida allows home owners to raise chicken in back yard.
I feel like zone 10 is all about fighting the heat. I learned to use shady spots around the property to grow stuff that is max zone 8/9 and it seems to be hanging in there. Pineapples are great filler plants, they don't seem to care where they grow. Blackberries and Raspberries too, just got to find FL varieties. My advice is to just go slow and pick a few trees each year, it makes them all feel special and they get the attention they need when they are newly planted.
@@fernandezfarm as far as the sand, i did replace most of my garden areas with black compost dirt, i dug down about 1ft or more and removed the sand. some trees/plants dont mind the sand and actually do really well in it.. coconuts, mangos, lychee, papaya, etc
yeah most the bananas in this area did too. mine got burnt last year and bounced right back with the heat. only issue i can think is if the banana was really young. best to plant cold sensitive plants/trees in spring when cold is over.
I want to plant my bananas similar to the way you have yours. The problem is the electrical, phone lines and cable lines are buried underground. I called 811 so they could map out where I could dig and they told me I would not be able to plant near the utility, phone or gas line. I see the large utility box you are sitting on, with the banana's surrounding it. Did you need approval to dig close to the utility box? Do the banana roots grow deep or become invasive? I wish I would have known about all these limitations on exactly how I can design my backyard fruit orchard due to these issues.
my bananas were 2-3 inches when i planted them so i didnt even really need to dig. i put those rocks around there and mulched the area. i heard that the electric company hasnt gone in that box in over 30 years and we have above ground electric now probably because of the flooding/hurricanes so it prolly isnt in use anymore.
@@TheIslandFarmer321 thanks. I really like how yours look. I am trying to convince my husband that we can build it up then plant 🌱 the banana’s. He just does not want any damage to the utility lines because several homes maybe impacted. I’m at a loss. I have an ice banana and a mini banana. Moringa, 8 mango trees, avocado trees . I also live in an HOA. My yard is a blank slate. Everything is in pots. I plan to start planting in the ground in March. Oh I also like the pond and the ducks 🦆. I will put papaya close to my house 🏡. I’m in zone 9a north side of Houston.
Beautiful garden! Do you ever have trouble with iguanas or any ' night creatures' eating your plants? If so, any advice? I live in the West Palm Beach area. Thanks.
i already moved them. the only mulberry i ever saw was only 10ft tall and these are suppose to be 'dwarf' varieties. there's a lot of different varieties also but they are moved to where they have lots of room now.
Cool, how is your lychee and coconut trees doing? I’m moving to Jacksonville soon, I’m hoping I’m able to plant some Logan, lychee, coconut, and so on. 🤞🏻
lychee is doing great they actually like some chill weather for fruiting. my coconut palm is not a green/yellow native and it almost died from the cold(38F) hopefully it pulls through
yeah i had some people tell me rice would work. i think it killed some, but then the ants dragged all the rice out of the nest.... i eventually just got one of the ant motel things, and put a big rock ontop of it so nothing but the ants could get to it. it wiped the entire nest in a few days
@@TheIslandFarmer321 diatomaceous earth. Stir the nest to anger the ants then put a hand ful or two on and around the nest. Retreat every week til gone. Usually two treatments do the trick.
There's a lot of varieties of bananas (mine are Grain Nain), avocados not so much. If you are in a white sandy area that could be a huge part. I dug out a big hole and filled a bunch of compost soil in it then planted a lot of my trees/plants that way. Avocados I found do best on a small hill or mound, they should be heavily mulched and heavily watered. If they are in lower ground with heavy water the roots will rot. Bananas I've found need some shade getting started, once they start making the big broad leaves they are able to handle the full sun. I used papaya trees to temporarily shade my bananas until they got big enough to handle the sun on their own, papayas grow easily in sand and are easy to sprout from seed.
i bought them inside 2 or 3 times this "winter" during the cold snaps. i kept them in hanging pots outside so i could just bring them inside easily as i was reading the cold can wipe them out. they did survive the winter it seems... making new pitchers :)
@@TheIslandFarmer321 Thank you for the info! They're my favorite and I think it's genius to have them near the coop! You're the first I've seen to do that, though maybe I've just not seen enough. ( We are making plans to make our own coop very soon. ) I'm new to your channel, I plan to pluck around and see some info on the coop build and such, if available. I say "winter" because it never really feels like winter in our zone, as you know.
I've heard that too. All the new Banana shoots are pretty much full grown trees now so I guess it doesn't matter. Each Banana Tree is a cluster of Banana Trees now. I guess time will tell if this variety does that.
I'm going to let you in on a tip that I found out if you take off your shoes and socks to your bare feet and you walk up to that low-clock tree and you tell that tree that you are so thankful for it touch it let it know you're going to care for it take care of it and it will fruit for you the next year just about guaranteed for any fruit tree but you have to be connected to the Earth and your shoes and socks block us from the connection to our plants. Just a tip no charge, your welcome and your property is awesome great job
Mostly trial and error. I wouldnt attempt a vegetable garden while it's still hot. Vegetables do grow well here in our cooler months but not great in our sand. I filled that garden with a lot of black compost and it gets the duck pond water for fertilizer.
I am very lucky where I live (on an island) I have not any critters except mice/rats in years. Every island has rats though :( I've trapped most of them and the ducks actually kill them also.
@@MegaThepow i kill them or the ducks kill them. i dont take chances with black snakes that could be a water moccasin. red rat snakes i will relocate, they eat mice/rats but will feast on eggs because its easier food.
@@TheIslandFarmer321 We don’t like snakes, hope we won’t see many when we move to Jacksonville. Just scare of those we don’t see, and we step of them and they will bite us. Lol
we have native green and yellow coconuts, ive been trying to grow a red tahiti coconuts for a few years, first one died from cold. i think my 2nd one survived this winter
i cut down half a dozen large trees that were growing on the house when i moved here. the trees i planted dont get very big but if it becomes an issue ill just cut them down again. the soil is very soft and sandy so i doubt the roots will push on the concrete hard enough to damage it
i might have lucked out with the bananas being big enough, I have noticed the ducks chewing up the leaves and banana fibers and also eating the pups that shoot up
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How did you get around HOA rules?
@@diversitylove5460 dont have a HOA here :)
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I’m happy to watch another update of your beautiful garden. It’s amazing to see the changes in your plants over time. I love watching my garden grow a little each day, that is my favorite part of gardening. It’s so fun to have the growth documented over the season to look back at and see your progress. I love that about being a garden RUclipsr. Let’s learn & grow more together!
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Thank you for sharing and keep enjoying your lovely garden and the birds.
Very productive yard,crops and poultry and fruits you named it you have it all.I can see you're a prepping ,i like your life style growing plants,fruits and raise chicken,turkey and ducks is a smart idea during this days,if in case the store running out of stock you can have your own source,i can see you have plenty of bananas need to transplant,i like lemon grass.You're lucky you're in a warm state you can grow anykind of plants and raise any kind of poultry.
thank you! i actually started this project 3 years ago but this year im super glad i did. the eggs have been really nice, 6 big brown chicken eggs a day and a duck egg
Awesome backyard thanks for sharing
Oh my goodness the lemongrass is an awesome tea!!! I have three plants and we drink lemongrass tea everyday. It's delicious cold! I love your video!
Thanks I appreciate that. I've never actually made tea from it.. just use it for mulching and bedding for the poultry
@@TheIslandFarmer321 you’re welcome. Try it!!! You will love it! We drink it cold after we brew it. All you so is cut about 4 sprigs of it, ass to about half gallon of water and then boil on med heat. Once you can smell the lemongrass throughout your house it’s just about ready..I wait for an additional five min. Turn off the heat and let it sit there. Enjoy cold with stevia sweetnee or warm with honey. Refrigerate the remaining tea. Lemongrass has a ton of great health benefits.
I enjoyed your video! For around your garden fence line it might be beneficial for your plants to put a chicken run around it. Simply bend chicken wire into a tunnel. They'll fertilize and help get rid of bugs.
yes i let the ducks free range for fertilizer and pest control, they are much less destructive than chickens
killing it bud.. Im south of you in Lauderdale, but this a great inspiration video. Really would like to add some grape vines to the yard
Thank you! I got these Muscadine grapes off the internet, they do get big and these have started dropping roots from the long vines so plan out a good spot for them
I peeped your trash can haha!! I live in Brevard as well looking forward to start growing this year!! Super cool!! Thanks. We are so lucky to be able to grow anything here!!
hahaha i figured that would eventually happen! This is really an amazing place to grow a variety, i love it!
I'm in SW Florida here! I have my own garden starting, thanks for the video!
the heat is the struggle. late fall will be a good time to plant leafy stuff like lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, tomatoes
summer time is good for okras, luffa (loofa), sun flowers, ive had some luck with hot peppers. using shade during summer can help, they still get plenty of light
@@TheIslandFarmer321 appreciate the pointers, thank you!
lovely way to grow the grape there
thank you, they thrive on chicken poop so it's a good spot for a grape vine
You have a lot of room left for more fruit trees, let plant more, star fruit, papaya are doing very well here. Nice to have a jungly back yard so you can go and sit under shade, trees, hear the bird singing. Run and hide from busy life for short times. I plants tress on top of trees, they seem to like it.
thanks! i have planted a lot more fruit trees since that video. i have papayas and star fruit trees now :)
Great ideas. I'm in Tampa and we have a tropical fruit backyard garden which we're building up.
Wow!!!! Those bannanas !!!!!! I love ur food forest ! Ur awesome man keep up the good work & keep posting videos!
Thanks so much! It's a work in progress, can't wait to see all the fruit trees in a few more years!
Looks great! Love the amazing duck and chicken habitats!
thanks i really appreciate it!
Great to see another tropical fruit grower. Lots of empty space to fill, keep it up. New sub.
thank you!!! i love having space to fill, feel like im running out of space haha
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I love your garden. It's very nice and clean. So well maintained.
Thank you so much 😊 Winter is my only real vegetable growing time here so this is when it's going to look it best lol
Lucky, you are in Florida
Your bananas are amazing! It was also cool seeing your avocado tree! I actually have one growing indoors right now. Cool story, I put a seed in my compost and it ended up growing in my garden bed and because of our cold weather I ended up transplanting it and it's now in pot and indoors. I wish our weather was like yours and could grow such fun trees like that! Love your coop! I've got chickens too 😁 Nice tour!
aw thank you! that is cool, an indoor Avocado. i can grow really well outdoors but i cant seem to keep anything alive indoors lol 💙 chickens 🐓
Awesome video and tour. Definitely going to inspire me to post more videos and tours of my 10 B South Florida food forest. I have a banana tree with grown pups but still no bananas from mother and your fruited in 1 year. Cool
yeah i've been giving them some 15-5-30 and they got a lot of rain last year, i mean A LOT haha
Like the layout of your back yard garden.
Thank you! I was just trying to be efficient with everything :)
@@TheIslandFarmer321 what variety of bananas you’re growing
@@danielparedes7517 Grand Nain Bananas
@@TheIslandFarmer321 thanks
I'm a native Floridian in Central Florida. I live in an HOA on the edge of a preserve. The houses here are spaced very far apart with woods around them and we are at the very back of the neighborhood, so we've been debating putting chickens in our fenced back yard (no roosters, of course) but worrying maybe the HOA will make a fuss anyway. I know in Hillsborough County, they have passed ordinances allowing chickens due to shortages caused by Covid. I'm in Citrus County. We are going to put in a pond, and would love to have some ducks. I grew up on a farm, and we had everything, so it's a way of life I'm familiar with. Your banana trees look great! But, you should know mulberry trees and fig trees can get huge, lol. My grandmother had a fig tree that was easily 20 feet across and a good 15 feet high. A family friend had a mulberry tree that dominated his front yard and was easily the size of an old oak. 😂
You should try star fruit!! They are prolific!!! Plus it will offer shade...
I have a Kari Starfruit tree now :)
Omg I adore the duck pond 🤩🥰🥰😊🥰
i have a few more duck ponds videos. glad you like it!!
Love your turkeys
Congratulations!
Beautiful loquat! I hope you don't have foundation issues in the future as the mulberry and loquat trees are pretty close to the house, even the mango too. They get huge and their root systems can get even bigger than the tree! I have a friend down south who had that challenge which costed him over 30k to fix, and he lost some really awesome tress too. Moringa is a good tree that grows quick and is a god nitrogen fixer for the soil and other plants and trees throughout your system!
Yeah the Loquat was planted 10 years ago. I've seen 30-40ft Loquats growing right on houses around here and they seem fine, the trunk of the trees don't get huge and I think the root goes straight down for water. The water table on the island here is very high, I can dig down 2-3ft and hit water during rainy season. The mango is a dwarf nam doc mai, supposedly only getting 15-20 ft but grows wider. My mango is pretty far from the house, I'm def not worried about that one. The mulberries are dwarf also but I've been thinking about replacing those 2 with other tropical fruit trees.
Yeah a lot of people have Moringa tree's around here and I would too if I have a bit more land.
Your peach tree looks like my avocado tree, 1/2 of it only has leaves. our tree died on only 1 side. I've never seen that before except yours & mine!
I'm guessing you're talking about the Peach Tree in the front? I have 2 now lol. The one I bought for the front was 'lop sided' when I bought it, I thought it would be a good shape for along the house (less pruning.) I think sometimes the trees just hit weird situations where they might lose a branch or two on one side that will make them look dead on that side. I had a hurricane break a branch on my mango and its growing a bit lop sided. My Avocado got ate up by the geese so its growing a bit lop sided too. They should reshape them selves over time as long as they are growing good!
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that's awesome! hopefully i can get a few acres somewhere nearby also, it's been my dream
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I really enjoyed your garden tour.
Just a heads up Muleberry trees near the house are a bad idea, they have invasive roots that will destroy your foundation and plumbing. Good luck with your garden 👍
Thanks for the tip! I'll keep an eye on them for sure. Would always be nice to make room for something else...
I’m in zone 9 Texas and can’t grow anything, quit trying annuals in the shade by August everything is wilted. I hate this zone 😂 I’m down to Mexican petunias.
flowers were really hard in florida too. i managed to find quite a lot of fruit trees that would grow though
Do you have filter on the pond? I one to have one done if I can do without filter would be nice. Love your video. Thanks for sharing.
no filter. it just drains into the vegetable garden.
Have u tried large rocks around the base of your plants to prevent scratching a bit of cattle panel can offer the foliage protection as long as their beaks can't reach the plant foliage itself or at least most of it
i simplified my flock down to just 4 ducks, these ducks are very easy to control, they can't fly or jump
Like your banana plant 👍
thank you! they are doing great
Love the tour, thanks for sharing 👍🏽👍🏽😊
Thanks for watching!
Nice ! could not tell from the video how large your yard setup is.
not that big maybe 1/8 - 1/4 of an acre including the house and front yard
I had a koi pond in front of my house with about 10 koi that were about 6 inches each. One day I noticed a great heron standing next to it but I didn’t think anything of it. A few days later I noticed I had no koi left. That bird ate them all.
Oh wow! that sucks, i've seen people put 'bird netting' over their fish ponds around here
I love your garden. I had chickens they where so much fun. But I had to give them away one stupid Neigbor told on me. I am not allowed to have chicken they say. It’s hard to grow veggies in Florida. Yeah banana growing like crazy and Bell peppers awesome growing. Oh fire ant are so bad. What is that with the rice? Love chickens thank you yeah blueberry and strawberries good idea I gone try that. God bless you and your gardening
Aww I'm sorry, I love my little feathered friends. It is hard growing veggies in Florida, the heat is always the enemy. It can be confusing watching YT videos where everyone is playing their gardens right now... My vegetable garden is pretty much done for the year until it cools back down. Fruit trees are great here bc we can grow soo many varieties of fruit and the heat and rain pretty much take care of them for me. God bless you also :)
That’s a super small area for 16 chickens! Your gonna have tons of manure all over the yard and I was just wondering how the neighbors mind them ? I’m not trying to be negative it’s an honest question. I just sold my house and had a nice backyard setup with 11 white leghorn so just speaking from experience. That was in Rhode Island so I would assume in Florida the rain is lots more frequent so it can keep the droppings at bay I suppose. I wish the yards were bigger down there, seems like all of the houses I have seen on the MLS have smaller lots with small yards. Loved seeing the lizards thought!
16 was the minimum i could order from the hatchery online, im only allowed 6 adult hens in this city. i sold 10 of them. i was expecting the coop to get poopy but its still sandy 4 years later. some neighbors like them others dont. we have chickens running wild in this neighborhood though along with peacocks
Sweet video, I live in the PNW so almost zero of those plants make food here. But if you need blackberries, I know where ten billion plants are. Cheers!
Hahaha thanks! I was thinking about replacing my blackberry bc they don't taste very good and I seen some other varieties at the nursery that should survive in this heat.
@@TheIslandFarmer321 I know there a few species that thrive in Eastern Oregon and Washington, which actually have severe summer heat and bitter winter cold, the Marion and Logan berry varieties tend to be very tasty. Lots of folks up here make pies and wine and jam and such out of them. Happy Hunting / Growing!
@@turdfurgeson1643 thanks! you too
I should have started having chickens 2 years ago. I hesitated since we always take a month or so vacation every year. But I did not realize COVID is here to stay.
Yeah it seems like there's too much money involved for it to go away. I guess I've been fortunate to have neighbors that don't mind helping feed them when I take a trip 😁 the eggs can be a big incentive lol
wow great job!!!
Thank you! Cheers!
I love this video
Thank you
Nice job! I'm in zone 10, South Lakeland. I have a potted Rosemary out back, not performing anywhere as nice as yours. What's your trick? Mine is in full sun, is that the problem?
Great use of space. Have you added salt to the soil for the coconut?
Cool food forest dude keep the vids coming.
Thanks! Will do!
This is really cool. What’s it like keeping turkeys?
Congratulations; beautiful garden;
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I like the way your coop is made. Did you design RNs build it yourself?
Your chicken coops rocks, the grapes are beautiful and doing great! What kind of grapes are they? Awesome job! I love it all!!! 👍
Thanks, they are just Cowart Muscadine grapes. I don't think we can grow much else than Muscadine here in Florida. If you know of any varieties, lmk
Love love your garden. We're moving to Florida (zone 9) next year and look forward to growing our garden. Just curious how to protect your crops from heavy rains and hurricanes. Thank you for all advice:-)
they love the rain down here. the water goes straight into the ground in most of florida because of the sand. i know how water can just sit in other states.. but the rain helps with the intense heat here. hurricanes are a lot worst on the news than in real life, smaller trees might need to be staked just to be safe but i've never had an issue with wind. best advice i can give a new floridian is to water often during the heat (once a day when it's not raining.) mulch can help hold moisture. also replace some of the sand with black dirt where you plant a tree, this will help hold in moisture and give the trees nutrients that the sand lacks.
@@TheIslandFarmer321 thank you for the advice 🙏🏽
Would it be wise to water in the AM or PM?
When I lived in California, it was better to water really early to protect crops from the heat during the day. Is it the same for FL?
@@bayamonrican they can absorb more of the water in the AM but the intense heat noon/afternoon will always dry them out. i like to turn my misters on for 5 mins during the hottest part of the day, it can keep some of the less heat tolerant plants alive
O! Me too! I was additionally curious about the cold/freeze snaps? How do you protect your plants?
I am a little stunned and amazed. Here in the Nevada zone 9 desert, we also have loads of sand. I also notice a difference if I mist. But we are mostly dry. I guess that is why it is so important to mulch correctly and aerate as needed. I am now trying to figure out the best way to make use of the water used. Sand is great for planting. Mulch layers, more sand and worm castings are keeping new our new 'zone 9' arrivals fed and alive.
I also appreciate the kinds of structures you have created on your property.
How do you keep snakes away ?
I love how you have so much in a small space and it still looks nice 🙂
May I ask where (approximately) you are? We are in Brooksville, FL, about 9, and I like what you are planting. The duck pond is cool!
I'm along the Space Coast. Zone 9 is the best imo for growing a variety!
I like the Duck Pond
Do you have a duck pond install video ??
yes, one of my older videos
Hi love how beautiful your banana plants are. I am in South Florida, in Miami. What type of fertilizer do you put on your banana plants?
15-5-30
mine is called 'banana fuel' i bought it from wellness gardens on ebay
Wow so inspiring!
Thank you! Glad to spread some inspiration!
Turkeys love earing our small Florida grapes
I am in Central Florida, I have those bananas, I just don’t know the name of the first bananas in the video, what kind are them? I have a big garden, I love eating fresh stuff, and canning the rest. Most of our meals coming from my patio.
what kind are what? i have a lot of plants :)
This is a very approachable method for people wanting to get into growing their own food in a normal sized yard. Looked great. One question though, won't that pear tree grow and hit your house?
Thanks, if I left it to grow unattended it would but I put a stake in and tied it to lean away plus i prune any branches that grow towards the house. ive done this with a few small to medium sized trees along the house
What areas in Florida can you do backyard gardening and raise chickens? I am thinking about moving to Orlando area next year, but seems like many homes if not all are part of HOA. I am not sure which part of Florida allows home owners to raise chicken in back yard.
neighborhoods without HoAs which are typically the older houses, i havnt seen many of these neighborhoods in orlando
How do you clean your duck pond?
Nice garden, I hope one day I can have as many plants as you 👍 FL10b
I feel like zone 10 is all about fighting the heat. I learned to use shady spots around the property to grow stuff that is max zone 8/9 and it seems to be hanging in there. Pineapples are great filler plants, they don't seem to care where they grow. Blackberries and Raspberries too, just got to find FL varieties. My advice is to just go slow and pick a few trees each year, it makes them all feel special and they get the attention they need when they are newly planted.
Thank you for the advice 👍
Yea Zone 10 is hot and very sandy where I’m at
@@fernandezfarm as far as the sand, i did replace most of my garden areas with black compost dirt, i dug down about 1ft or more and removed the sand. some trees/plants dont mind the sand and actually do really well in it.. coconuts, mangos, lychee, papaya, etc
any advice? My bananas got abit burn from our last frost.
yeah most the bananas in this area did too. mine got burnt last year and bounced right back with the heat. only issue i can think is if the banana was really young. best to plant cold sensitive plants/trees in spring when cold is over.
Do you have irrigation on the bananas?
no they have been growing crazy with out watering but they are in shade protective corners so that probably helped a lot
I'm so so jealous. A good kind of jealousy. 🙏
It's been a long work in progress! Just trying to inspire others to try it also.
if you remove the banana flower before it blossom, bananas will be much bigger !
Very nice coop, did you design it yourself?
I want to plant my bananas similar to the way you have yours. The problem is the electrical, phone lines and cable lines are buried underground. I called 811 so they could map out where I could dig and they told me I would not be able to plant near the utility, phone or gas line. I see the large utility box you are sitting on, with the banana's surrounding it. Did you need approval to dig close to the utility box? Do the banana roots grow deep or become invasive? I wish I would have known about all these limitations on exactly how I can design my backyard fruit orchard due to these issues.
my bananas were 2-3 inches when i planted them so i didnt even really need to dig. i put those rocks around there and mulched the area. i heard that the electric company hasnt gone in that box in over 30 years and we have above ground electric now probably because of the flooding/hurricanes so it prolly isnt in use anymore.
the roots dont go deep at all. you can almost pull them right out the ground
@@TheIslandFarmer321 thanks. I really like how yours look. I am trying to convince my husband that we can build it up then plant 🌱 the banana’s. He just does not want any damage to the utility lines because several homes maybe impacted. I’m at a loss. I have an ice banana and a mini banana. Moringa, 8 mango trees, avocado trees . I also live in an HOA. My yard is a blank slate. Everything is in pots. I plan to start planting in the ground in March.
Oh I also like the pond and the ducks 🦆. I will put papaya close to my house 🏡. I’m in zone 9a north side of Houston.
@@steffiejoe yeah those HoAs ruin a lot of the fun. im honestly trying to get a larger piece of property so i can grow the amount i want
Beautiful garden!
Do you ever have trouble with iguanas or any ' night creatures' eating your plants? If so, any advice? I live in the West Palm Beach area. Thanks.
What's the reason that you have the mulberry tree so close to the house? You will probably have to move them they will grow huge
i already moved them. the only mulberry i ever saw was only 10ft tall and these are suppose to be 'dwarf' varieties. there's a lot of different varieties also but they are moved to where they have lots of room now.
Ty really appreciate this.
Thanks!
Wondering how big is your yards?
1/8th of an acre front and backyard
Cool, how is your lychee and coconut trees doing? I’m moving to Jacksonville soon, I’m hoping I’m able to plant some Logan, lychee, coconut, and so on. 🤞🏻
lychee is doing great they actually like some chill weather for fruiting. my coconut palm is not a green/yellow native and it almost died from the cold(38F) hopefully it pulls through
An amazing garden! Wow! I’m wondering how rice affects the ants. I’m battling regular black, but just as annoying, ants in my garden.
yeah i had some people tell me rice would work. i think it killed some, but then the ants dragged all the rice out of the nest....
i eventually just got one of the ant motel things, and put a big rock ontop of it so nothing but the ants could get to it. it wiped the entire nest in a few days
@@TheIslandFarmer321 I’ve tried everything. DE, borax, ant motels. I think my garden is one huge ant hill. 😭
yeah it took me a few tries before i found something that worked.
@@TheIslandFarmer321 diatomaceous earth. Stir the nest to anger the ants then put a hand ful or two on and around the nest. Retreat every week til gone. Usually two treatments do the trick.
We are in Osceola county Saint Cloud and we haven’t had good luck with bananas or our avocados. Any suggestions? Maybe we have the wrong types. .
There's a lot of varieties of bananas (mine are Grain Nain), avocados not so much. If you are in a white sandy area that could be a huge part. I dug out a big hole and filled a bunch of compost soil in it then planted a lot of my trees/plants that way. Avocados I found do best on a small hill or mound, they should be heavily mulched and heavily watered. If they are in lower ground with heavy water the roots will rot. Bananas I've found need some shade getting started, once they start making the big broad leaves they are able to handle the full sun. I used papaya trees to temporarily shade my bananas until they got big enough to handle the sun on their own, papayas grow easily in sand and are easy to sprout from seed.
Bananas are heavy feeders. Try a compost bin or pile near them and you should see a difference.
Do you cover your pitcher plant in "winter"
i bought them inside 2 or 3 times this "winter" during the cold snaps. i kept them in hanging pots outside so i could just bring them inside easily as i was reading the cold can wipe them out. they did survive the winter it seems... making new pitchers :)
@@TheIslandFarmer321 Thank you for the info! They're my favorite and I think it's genius to have them near the coop! You're the first I've seen to do that, though maybe I've just not seen enough. ( We are making plans to make our own coop very soon. ) I'm new to your channel, I plan to pluck around and see some info on the coop build and such, if available. I say "winter" because it never really feels like winter in our zone, as you know.
I've heard Bananas only produce fruit once within the lifetime of the tree. Is that correct, or just certain Banana trees?
I've heard that too. All the new Banana shoots are pretty much full grown trees now so I guess it doesn't matter. Each Banana Tree is a cluster of Banana Trees now. I guess time will tell if this variety does that.
Yes it is correct. But the main stalk that produces the fruit will die. And usually produce several new banana plants to replace it
I'm going to let you in on a tip that I found out if you take off your shoes and socks to your bare feet and you walk up to that low-clock tree and you tell that tree that you are so thankful for it touch it let it know you're going to care for it take care of it and it will fruit for you the next year just about guaranteed for any fruit tree but you have to be connected to the Earth and your shoes and socks block us from the connection to our plants. Just a tip no charge, your welcome and your property is awesome great job
I meant loquat tree
What's the ducks names bro?
Henry is the male, Helen is the female bc she's cray cray
@@TheIslandFarmer321 lol!
Where did you get your knowledge from for starting a veggie garden in Florida? Looking to start mine soon don't really know where to start
Mostly trial and error. I wouldnt attempt a vegetable garden while it's still hot. Vegetables do grow well here in our cooler months but not great in our sand. I filled that garden with a lot of black compost and it gets the duck pond water for fertilizer.
any critter problems?
I am very lucky where I live (on an island) I have not any critters except mice/rats in years. Every island has rats though :( I've trapped most of them and the ducks actually kill them also.
Dude where'd you get that peppercorn?
Ebay actually. Mine has been growing for over 3 years now. You can buy a lot of small plants (few inches tall) online.
What is the name of your banana, please???
Grand Nain
WOW on those bananas. What kind are they?
grand nain
wellspring gardens on ebay i believe is where i got them
@@TheIslandFarmer321 Thanks
how did you get your grass to look so nice?
lol it was just from the Summer heat and rains. I'm actually digging all of the back up
Thanks for sharing.
Have you seen any snakes around or no?
yes but take care of them when i see them
@@TheIslandFarmer321
What do you mean by take care of them?
@@MegaThepow i kill them or the ducks kill them. i dont take chances with black snakes that could be a water moccasin. red rat snakes i will relocate, they eat mice/rats but will feast on eggs because its easier food.
@@TheIslandFarmer321
We don’t like snakes, hope we won’t see many when we move to Jacksonville. Just scare of those we don’t see, and we step of them and they will bite us. Lol
@@MegaThepow get a cheap game camera or two. the snakes are attracted to my chicken coop because of the eggs and mice that come after the corn
Are you able to grow coconut trees in zone 9 ?
we have native green and yellow coconuts, ive been trying to grow a red tahiti coconuts for a few years, first one died from cold. i think my 2nd one survived this winter
You're not concerned about the tree roots damaging the home. I'm talking about the trees right up against be the house
i cut down half a dozen large trees that were growing on the house when i moved here. the trees i planted dont get very big but if it becomes an issue ill just cut them down again. the soil is very soft and sandy so i doubt the roots will push on the concrete hard enough to damage it
Zone 10a down in SWFL, new sub from me..! 👋
Thanks for the sub! Can't wait for it to start warming up! :)
Did you build the coop?
Yes
I have to put chicken wire around my bananas or the ducks eat them to the ground!
i might have lucked out with the bananas being big enough, I have noticed the ducks chewing up the leaves and banana fibers and also eating the pups that shoot up
Where did you buy your chicken coup
i built it :)
It is officially sweet. Inspiration to upgrade mine detected.
@@turdfurgeson1643 thanks, i have some more upgrade ideas myself, just gotta work out exactly how i want to do it and film it all
nice
Great content new subscriber
Thanks and welcome
what's a loofa??
google "loofah sponge"
plant is similar to cucumber but i dont think they taste good at all, grow the loofahs to make sponges.
@@TheIslandFarmer321 ok, i thought the name sound familiar thank you. I always thought those sponges came from the sea.
I wanted chickens but my city won’t let me 😩
yeah HOAs are horrible
This is the first video of yours I’m
Seeing but I imagine those chickens are super annoying to the neighbors being right against the fence ?
hens don't make much noise at all, the neighbors actually have chickens also and I wouldn't have known unless they told me.