I've been transforming my 1/3 acre in the middle of town into a food forest. I'm 70, so it takes a bit longer. lol When I moved here it was all lawn with a row of 100 year old oaks, mostly, that had once been the property line, across the entire south side. I could find just a pair of bumble bees and not much else. I'm "slightly" north of you (central Minnesota, zone 4a). This year has been strange weather wise and every thing has been shooting up like crazy. I grow just about every fruit that grows this far north, plus the vegetable gardens. It is also a certified wildlife habitat with a lot of wildflowers and wild edibles. I took the free permaculture/food forest course offered by Geoff Lawton and applied it to my zone. I've read some books and have tried to implement what I read, rather successfully. (I also have some tropical plants and trees better fitted for Florida, which go inside when it gets cold.) I mention it because, you can do it anywhere from very far north all the way to the tropics and from large farms to small backyards. People will post how good it is that people are trying to turn deserts into food forests, while missing that it also applies to them. A yard with just a lawn is as bad as a desert.
Thank you. Your video was also quite inspirational but it made me jealous. I used to live in Puerto Rico and had some of the fruits you mention growing in my yard. Some were quite delicious but I can't bring big trees indoors. Every year I cross my fingers and hope my acerola little tree will get pollinated by some little bees but no such lucky and hand pollinating it hasn't worked well. I can only hope, I did get five once and they tasted great. Nice that you are growing some uncommon trees.
Great video Pete. I was just driving down the road with my son and I were just driving down the road the other day and we were trying to figure out what has now been planted in the road medians here in Lake Mary Fl. After watching this video, I am pretty certain that it must be perennial peanut. You t looks a lot better then St.. Augustine grass. The carpet of yellow flowers is amazing.
Wow absolutely beautiful now this is what is called living the dream, so beautiful unreal & that amazing lush green colour especially on those papayas is amazing, thats for sharing & inspiring. I have 1 Fejoa also its about 8 years old now & fruit for the first time last season had a fair few on it pollinated all on its own.
Pete Kanaris GreenDreamsFL thank you very much ! will definitely check them out! Need ideas on the varieties of perennials for this climate ! Thanks again for sharing, you are a gem !
Great video! Nice hearing that other people besides us eat those "weird greens" like molokai. Planning a cooler weather trip to your side of Florida and saving up plant $!
Hi, i've been following your videos for a while now and i'm aways excited to see when you upload a new one. I am planning to start my own food forest in the caribbean island of ST.lucia and before i do i would really like to visit your farm and have a tour. Also, i would like your input on what you think would be the best resource such as books or courses that would aid me in creating something as abundant as yours in a tropical environment! Tons of fruit!! :) I've already enrolled in a permaculture course but there is always more to learn! Thanks Pete!
Danni Morgan thanks for the support! I'm working on a list of our favorite books and resources for just starting off. Our jungle is filling in nicely this year, I look forward to showing it off! Developing a food forest in the islands sounds pretty awesome.
Love your videos! Really want to put.in a food forest here in Alabama. We are not that much further north then you. Who would you recommend to give us a hand here?
SO much content I had to watch twice in addition to some short reruns~! :D Well done really appreciate the text too. Be sure to spell out the species you are talking about in print please.
Kazzana thanks! I'm on a waiting list at two different nurseries for improved cultivars. They aren't very easy to find in Florida. Do you know of a source for these?
I am from New Zealand, so pretty much useless to you in regards to plant sources. Fejoa are very common here, but we mis-pronounce really badly, as Fee Jo a. Your videos are fantastic, so much appreciated, thank you.
I just finished binge watching Geoff Lawton's videos. So much info to take in. I'm in the Caribbean and trying to push back into an old cow pasture that has high clay in spots. Alot of gras and thorny Cassi trees. It's slow going ,but started planting out some abiu, ice cream bean , cherimoya, and rollinia trees. Hope it'll look like that some day. Any suggestions on ground cover crops besides sweet potatoes?
I, the soul, like that abundance you are surrounded by but dear brother soul, do you know that God Shiva, our spiritual Father, has already come into this physical world, in 1936., from Nirvana, the soul world, and He is establishing the new world of paradise on the territory of today's land of India which will become that widely known Maha (Great) Bharat (Atlantis!!!), the golden-aged kingdom of heaven, in the near future. The moment the original, eternal deity religion is about to be established, still about 19 years remains, this old iron-aged world will be completely destroyed - by Americans and their nuclear weapons and by the elements of nature - in the natural calamities. This is the reason why God, the Father says to you too, "My sweet child, consider yourself to be a body-less soul, a star-like point of light and remember Me, the Supreme Father, the Supreme Soul, God Shiva alone, in My eternal form of a star-like point of light and your already accumulated sins and vices will be easily dispelled." That's minimum you should imbibe while you, the immortal, eternal soul, are still in your mortal, perishable body, in the center of the forehead (a third eye!). Kind regards brahmakumaris.org pmtv.in
The backdrop of those beautiful large trees in the background at 9:55 is amazing!!!
Pete's droppin' the knowledge! Great video Pete!
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I've been transforming my 1/3 acre in the middle of town into a food forest. I'm 70, so it takes a bit longer. lol When I moved here it was all lawn with a row of 100 year old oaks, mostly, that had once been the property line, across the entire south side. I could find just a pair of bumble bees and not much else. I'm "slightly" north of you (central Minnesota, zone 4a). This year has been strange weather wise and every thing has been shooting up like crazy. I grow just about every fruit that grows this far north, plus the vegetable gardens. It is also a certified wildlife habitat with a lot of wildflowers and wild edibles. I took the free permaculture/food forest course offered by Geoff Lawton and applied it to my zone. I've read some books and have tried to implement what I read, rather successfully. (I also have some tropical plants and trees better fitted for Florida, which go inside when it gets cold.) I mention it because, you can do it anywhere from very far north all the way to the tropics and from large farms to small backyards. People will post how good it is that people are trying to turn deserts into food forests, while missing that it also applies to them. A yard with just a lawn is as bad as a desert.
1caramarie very good points and the best of luck to you! I enjoyed reading this it was inspirational. Thank you and keep up the great work!
Thank you. Your video was also quite inspirational but it made me jealous. I used to live in Puerto Rico and had some of the fruits you mention growing in my yard. Some were quite delicious but I can't bring big trees indoors. Every year I cross my fingers and hope my acerola little tree will get pollinated by some little bees but no such lucky and hand pollinating it hasn't worked well. I can only hope, I did get five once and they tasted great. Nice that you are growing some uncommon trees.
Keep up the great work and stay active yeeeee age is a number
1caramarie Awesome! Enjoy it 🦋
Man, that’s fantastic. Thank you for the tour🍄😃🌈🤙
so much knowledge for us! Thanks Pete
Oh ya
Great video Pete. I was just driving down the road with my son and I were just driving down the road the other day and we were trying to figure out what has now been planted in the road medians here in Lake Mary Fl. After watching this video, I am pretty certain that it must be perennial peanut. You t looks a lot better then St.. Augustine grass. The carpet of yellow flowers is amazing.
Florida Garden Project thanks! It’s probably my favorite sustainable lawn alternative.
Happiest Galanga I have ever seen! It's come a long way since I was there just last August.
Wyatt Bottorff - it's time you come for a visit again! (In person). I'll send you an invite when we schedule the next phase of tours.
Pete Kanaris GreenDreamsFL I appreciate that, it has been too long
just started my food forest this year....super excited. thanks for the inspiration..!!
Off Grid Junky awesome and good luck! Thanks for tuning in.
Pete you rock! Love your stuff. Very inspirational. Subbed and looking forward to your vids.
Thanks Pete I have learned so much from your video's!
Awesome! Thanks 🙏
Wow absolutely beautiful now this is what is called living the dream, so beautiful unreal & that amazing lush green colour especially on those papayas is amazing, thats for sharing & inspiring.
I have 1 Fejoa also its about 8 years old now & fruit for the first time last season had a fair few on it pollinated all on its own.
Pete what a great garden of eden im jealous.thanks for sharing.
Steve's Outdoor World thanks I feel pretty lucky to call this place my homestead.
Love this ! Growing some stuff out in New York but this makes me want to grow more varieties on a much bigger scale ! Thanks for the inspiration !
Julia Molton thank you! Check out Lee Reich and Eric Toiensmeir they are doing some really amazing work your way.
Pete Kanaris GreenDreamsFL thank you very much ! will definitely check them out! Need ideas on the varieties of perennials for this climate ! Thanks again for sharing, you are a gem !
Great video! Nice hearing that other people besides us eat those "weird greens" like molokai. Planning a cooler weather trip to your side of Florida and saving up plant $!
Kristi Anglen thank you! I love those weird greens. Sounds good with the plants, keep me posted.
Pete you need to be on HGTV! I remember when you did your first Video .. look at you now ! You are on a roll, keep on growing and rolling.
I’ve been interviewed! Nothing yet. I was thinking MTV cribs permaculture edition 😎
Dude I’m inspired!!!!!!
It's beautiful
Brilliant work! Keep it up!
Great, as always...
Jeff thanks buddy!
I think you meant Pindo Palm, btw...thx again !! :)
Jeff - yep! My wife says I make up my own words & language. It's "custom".
Love your work man!
shai egosi thanks buddy! I'm having a blast with these videos.
Great! Keep it up!
Hi, i've been following your videos for a while now and i'm aways excited to see when you upload a new one. I am planning to start my own food forest in the caribbean island of ST.lucia and before i do i would really like to visit your farm and have a tour. Also, i would like your input on what you think would be the best resource such as books or courses that would aid me in creating something as abundant as yours in a tropical environment! Tons of fruit!! :) I've already enrolled in a permaculture course but there is always more to learn! Thanks Pete!
Danni Morgan thanks for the support! I'm working on a list of our favorite books and resources for just starting off. Our jungle is filling in nicely this year, I look forward to showing it off! Developing a food forest in the islands sounds pretty awesome.
i wanna know how much food forests did u help people create，u n ur team having a nice careers
Great video!
Beautiful :)
2:40 Those are mushrooms at the bottom?
Passion fruit juice is insane......and Pasoa too...:-)
Hulagu Kahn my favorite!
Nice video man!
Do you know where I can get Mexican sunflower and Leuceana to start growing for mulch?
Love your videos! Really want to put.in a food forest here in Alabama. We are not that much further north then you. Who would you recommend to give us a hand here?
Oldesouth Farm thank you we appreciate the support! Yes come fall I should have some free time to help out.
Oldesouth Farm I. I
SO much content I had to watch twice in addition to some short reruns~! :D Well done really appreciate the text too. Be sure to spell out the species you are talking about in print please.
Thanks!
Great stuff :)
Nice video!
Hi from NZ. Your pineapple guava (fejoa) will pollinate much better with different variety planted close by.
Kazzana thanks! I'm on a waiting list at two different nurseries for improved cultivars. They aren't very easy to find in Florida. Do you know of a source for these?
I am from New Zealand, so pretty much useless to you in regards to plant sources. Fejoa are very common here, but we mis-pronounce really badly, as Fee Jo a.
Your videos are fantastic, so much appreciated, thank you.
Lovely
Nice!
wait where do y’all sell them? can you ship them?
man, wish i could do something like this in new york.
Simply Sounds check out Eric Toiensmeir he's doing some pretty awesome stuff in Massachusetts.
stacking functions one of the most important things
Do you sell assorted exotic seeds deliveries?
No, not at this time.
edible olives or oil type olives?
Edible olives if brined. We can grow many varieties here with ease.
LOL. You really struggle with keeping those hands still don't you mate. I see improvement fast though. :D
Urban aquaponics you know this! Thanks I'm definitely getting a little more comfortable.
I just finished binge watching Geoff Lawton's videos. So much info to take in. I'm in the Caribbean and trying to push back into an old cow pasture that has high clay in spots. Alot of gras and thorny Cassi trees. It's slow going ,but started planting out some abiu, ice cream bean , cherimoya, and rollinia trees. Hope it'll look like that some day. Any suggestions on ground cover crops besides sweet potatoes?
no irrigation.. ::pans to sprinkler:: LOL
"the plants don't read the books"
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I, the soul, like that abundance you are surrounded by but dear brother soul, do you know that God Shiva, our spiritual Father, has already come into this physical world, in 1936., from Nirvana, the soul world, and He is establishing the new world of paradise on the territory of today's land of India which will become that widely known Maha (Great) Bharat (Atlantis!!!), the golden-aged kingdom of heaven, in the near future. The moment the original, eternal deity religion is about to be established, still about 19 years remains, this old iron-aged world will be completely destroyed - by Americans and their nuclear weapons and by the elements of nature - in the natural calamities. This is the reason why God, the Father says to you too, "My sweet child, consider yourself to be a body-less soul, a star-like point of light and remember Me, the Supreme Father, the Supreme Soul, God Shiva alone, in My eternal form of a star-like point of light and your already accumulated sins and vices will be easily dispelled." That's minimum you should imbibe while you, the immortal, eternal soul, are still in your mortal, perishable body, in the center of the forehead (a third eye!). Kind regards brahmakumaris.org pmtv.in