I'm sad no one mentioned guava. The guava tree is beautiful, the fruit is delicious and the flowers are breath taking. Guava people. Someone please try guava.
😂 My only criticism for Guava is that it is too successful and easy to grow in Florida, and you have to give the fruit away cuz they make so much fruit!
i have an araçá guava or strawberry guava, my grandmother grew them when she lived in the azores but they do even better in Florida! I LOVE it! This tree is amazing it withstands drought and came right back to life after milton directly hit us in Venice!
I ate one, only one, lemon guava and it was as sharpe the bottom of lemon marang pie. Maybe slightly sweeter. Hopefully I get a pine apple guava this year.
Sun Golds deserve all of the hype they get! Super easy to grow and some of the sweetest cherry tomatoes. You need to try them this year! You'll love them, guaranteed.
I second this, Sungolds are hand-down my fav out of the ~25 varieties of tomato I grow. I bought a 100 seed pack from Johnny's because they are expensive and I burn thru them- I start too many so I give them to friends, but then everyone asks for more plants. :) They are also sweet and delicious, as well as prolific, the first to set fruit and the last to succumb to whatever disease killed all my tomatoes last season. They hung on for weeks after my 8 other tomatoes bit the dust. :*(
Along with beans in the summer, I plant Sesame. Black & Tan. they are quite prolific & it love our summers, and I enjoy the process. Just like the beans you have to plant a lot of it to get a hefty harvest. I need to add Sweet Potatoes and Seminole Pumpkin on my lineup!
For me year after year. The Boston Market cucumber. Makes the best quick pickle. From October through May. Plant in succession every 3 weeks toss a new seed somewhere in the garden.
Jacqueline, you MUST try Sungold tomatoes. And anyone who needs a planner, I cannot recommend the Wild Floridian planner. I received it as a gift in 2024. I’d been gardening in NE Florida for 10 years, so I thought I knew what I was doing ….and still this planner was a game changer! The only source besides this channel that I have found most helpful for growing in Florida. I already have my Wild Floridian 2025 planner underway!!
I work in Sarasota, and last year City Hall had planted tons of coontie palms and the Atala butterflies were so dense it was practically a nuisance! Gorgeous flashes of red and blue- I thought they were lanternflys at first. The whole area was thick with them. It was hard to imagine that they were uncommon.
I added Everglades Tomatoes to my lineup this last summer. They did insanely good. Now their volunteer / self seeds are coming up. Will pot these up for 2025. I also did the other 4 summer crops... okra, Seminole pumpkins, hot peppers & sweet potatoes. All highly productive and successful. One tropical type plant however gets the insane award. Thai soldier beans. I am still harvesting in Dec. I think on 4.5 beds I ended up with over 50 quarts canned.
When I lived in OCala (just moved to Auburndale last week) I loved seeing the Migratory Blue birds, all my Pileated Wood peckers, and the Swallow tailed Kites. At one point I had seen over 30 Swallow tailed kites flying around getting ready to migrate.
Love all the tips from our neighboring gardeners. Going to watch this again with my pen & paper so I can make a list. Love trying new things. I'm a NY gal in a FL world so it took me years to figure out how to make things work. With your help, & others, I'm having success in my garden. Still having failures too but I look at them as learning experiences. Love watching your videos. Thanks again & thanks to all our neighbors for sharing their knowledge and experience.
I’ve planted muscadine 🍇 seeds in my garden ALL over! (FL zone 9a) and I’m awaiting to see what will happen Maybe it’ll swallow up my fence I planted them by one day 😂 I’ve planted turnips that are doing really well, lettuce 🥬 Kale and Zucchini in the raised garden. Zucchini grew quick from seeds compared to the others. I’ll try my hand at the Everglades tomatoes. I appreciate yall for the advice and motivation 🙏🪴
Howdy neighbor!!! Curious if you could comment on pest pressure issues of the larger variety. Specifically deer, armadillo, and rodents. Curious if there are issues with rats being attracted to your fruit crops and or your compost pile? Thanks in advance....
The crop that is doing best during my first (half) year of gardening is a volunteer roma tomato vine. Second are my Floradade tomatoes. The best performing flower is my very, very short scarlet sage (overcrowded). I am planting around the existing garden my parents half abandoned, so the butterflies coming in are due to that, but can't choose a fave among the many swallowtails. Fave garden birds are cardinals, especially since they visit with their babies. But I can't ignore the Red Shouldered Hawk, they were just so unexpected (to me) and they haven't eaten a bird in my presence
Sugar Rush Stripey pepper is a beautiful orange and gold striped chili pepper type I am growing in my potted garden this year here in South FL Zone 10.
It is rare in St. Pete. The urban setting and the fact that we are a peninsula keep them on the other side of the bay from us. I've seen a few but it is very uncommon.
I live in Longwood, FL zone 9B. Our peach tree has not lost its leaves yet and has few blossoms. Should I be doing anything to help the tree lose its leaves like defoliating it. Will it still fruit? Thanks for your help!
I love the suggested list but unfortunately my yard has struggled with most that were listed. Seminole pumpkins: In the beginning, the vine was growing and looking great. Now it has all pretty much died. Everglades tomatoes: Last year it did great. I was told it would keep growing little plants. Not mine. It died. I have a new plant started right now. Fire bush: I bought a large established one. It’s dying. I might a medium size one. It died. What an I doing wrong?
@ Oh! I’ve done red peppers, jalapeños, habaneros, serranos, even one called an “Atomic” pepper (not as spicy as it sounds). What I found is that hotter the pepper the better the yield. I really didn’t have that much luck with my red pepper plant which is why I’m curious about that poblano - but not too optimistic.
@@MackatheMuse same! Lol I guess the heat and humidity isn't for sweeter peppers. I have had some results with sweet banana peppers though and I'm stubborn so I'll keep trying. My bumper crops have been habañeros and Tabasco peppers. I have a smaller space so I'm trying as many varieties as I can. I love sweet peppers I don't want to give up yet haha 😄
Is it normal in Florida for veggies to grow so slow in Florida? Where I use to live, a new zuchinni would grow to maturity within a few days, for one example. I’ve had 3 tomatoes, 1 butternut, several zuchinnis cantaloupes and eggplants that have babies for weeks. At least they haven’t died. It’s an organic garden and I do fertilize.
Florida can be tough on crops that do well other places. Tomatoes - cherry varieties are best. Squash is iffy. Seminole pumpkins are fantastic. I gave up on Zuch & Summer Squash. Eggplants are good but I grow in buckets. Best of luck!
This might be the dumbest question ever, BUT gonna ask anyway. I just submitted my butterfly garden plan to my HOA for approval (cross your fingers for me) but, to get the pollinator benefits for my veggies, how close should they be? Like right next to it? Containers interspersed in the butterfly garden itself? Or is across the yard still close enough. Definitely a newbie here.
Great question! They don’t need to be between your vegetables but should be within 8 to 10 feet away from your overall vegetable garden for the best benefits. I like to give the pollinators a bit of spacing because honestly they don’t wanna be near you and if you’re frequent in the vegetable garden, it makes it less safe for them so having the flower space near, but not right on top of your veggies will make them more likely to kind of zip in and out pollinate but I feel like they’ve got a safe space nearby that they can hang out all your own.
I'm sad no one mentioned guava. The guava tree is beautiful, the fruit is delicious and the flowers are breath taking. Guava people. Someone please try guava.
Thank you for advocating for Guava!
😂 My only criticism for Guava is that it is too successful and easy to grow in Florida, and you have to give the fruit away cuz they make so much fruit!
i have an araçá guava or strawberry guava, my grandmother grew them when she lived in the azores but they do even better in Florida! I LOVE it! This tree is amazing it withstands drought and came right back to life after milton directly hit us in Venice!
Our pink guava is so aggressive and I love it. Produces an absurd crop twice a year.
I ate one, only one, lemon guava and it was as sharpe the bottom of lemon marang pie. Maybe slightly sweeter. Hopefully I get a pine apple guava this year.
Hey thanks for the shout out! My subs jumped! Appreciate that. I love all your research and effort to include many opinions.
Love your channel. 💚
I watch both your channels and your content really helps me with my garden.
Sun Golds deserve all of the hype they get! Super easy to grow and some of the sweetest cherry tomatoes. You need to try them this year! You'll love them, guaranteed.
OK! I've added it to my wishlist so I don't forget!
I second this, Sungolds are hand-down my fav out of the ~25 varieties of tomato I grow. I bought a 100 seed pack from Johnny's because they are expensive and I burn thru them- I start too many so I give them to friends, but then everyone asks for more plants. :) They are also sweet and delicious, as well as prolific, the first to set fruit and the last to succumb to whatever disease killed all my tomatoes last season. They hung on for weeks after my 8 other tomatoes bit the dust. :*(
Sungold grew extremely well for me this year in NE FL and they taste so so good! I highly recommend. It's something I will grow every year.
Along with beans in the summer, I plant Sesame. Black & Tan. they are quite prolific & it love our summers, and I enjoy the process. Just like the beans you have to plant a lot of it to get a hefty harvest. I need to add Sweet Potatoes and Seminole Pumpkin on my lineup!
For me year after year. The Boston Market cucumber. Makes the best quick pickle. From October through May. Plant in succession every 3 weeks toss a new seed somewhere in the garden.
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Jacqueline, you MUST try Sungold tomatoes.
And anyone who needs a planner, I cannot recommend the Wild Floridian planner. I received it as a gift in 2024. I’d been gardening in NE Florida for 10 years, so I thought I knew what I was doing ….and still this planner was a game changer! The only source besides this channel that I have found most helpful for growing in Florida.
I already have my Wild Floridian 2025 planner underway!!
I just started seeding 6 plants. Cross my fingers.
I work in Sarasota, and last year City Hall had planted tons of coontie palms and the Atala butterflies were so dense it was practically a nuisance! Gorgeous flashes of red and blue- I thought they were lanternflys at first. The whole area was thick with them. It was hard to imagine that they were uncommon.
I added Everglades Tomatoes to my lineup this last summer. They did insanely good. Now their volunteer / self seeds are coming up. Will pot these up for 2025. I also did the other 4 summer crops... okra, Seminole pumpkins, hot peppers & sweet potatoes. All highly productive and successful. One tropical type plant however gets the insane award. Thai soldier beans. I am still harvesting in Dec. I think on 4.5 beds I ended up with over 50 quarts canned.
BTW zone 9b on the "Lake Wales Ridge FL"
That is awesome! I’m so glad you had such a great garden this year!
When I lived in OCala (just moved to Auburndale last week) I loved seeing the Migratory Blue birds, all my Pileated Wood peckers, and the Swallow tailed Kites. At one point I had seen over 30 Swallow tailed kites flying around getting ready to migrate.
Merry Christmas! My hubby bought me your 2025 planner and it's AWESOME! So excited to use it. Thank you!
If I had made a food garden suggestion it would have been sweet potatoes because you can have greens and a starch.
0:38 I found my first everglades in the vines today!! Little baby everglades! I'm so excited! 🎉
Another good perennial vegetable that you didn't mention is longevity spinach it grows like crazy
You're right! I'm going to have to add that one to my list!
Sweet potato and Seminole pumpkin grow like weeds in my south Florida garden. We had to pull them out so as not to choke out other plants.
I'm still shocked that the caterpillars were eating my parsley. I will make sure to always grow some. Merry Christmas to you and your family ❤
My Goldenrod has no less than 50 bees on them at all times. I love it so much I'm planting more.
Goldenrod is amazing! I love that you're spreading the bee love.
Best videos ever
Thanks for the tips and ideas. Now I have more on my want list! 😊💚
You’re welcome! It’s so fun to share!
Love all the tips from our neighboring gardeners. Going to watch this again with my pen & paper so I can make a list. Love trying new things. I'm a NY gal in a FL world so it took me years to figure out how to make things work. With your help, & others, I'm having success in my garden. Still having failures too but I look at them as learning experiences. Love watching your videos. Thanks again & thanks to all our neighbors for sharing their knowledge and experience.
I’ve planted muscadine 🍇 seeds in my garden ALL over! (FL zone 9a) and I’m awaiting to see what will happen
Maybe it’ll swallow up my fence I planted them by one day 😂
I’ve planted turnips that are doing really well, lettuce 🥬 Kale and Zucchini in the raised garden.
Zucchini grew quick from seeds compared to the others.
I’ll try my hand at the Everglades tomatoes.
I appreciate yall for the advice and motivation 🙏🪴
Howdy neighbor!!! Curious if you could comment on pest pressure issues of the larger variety. Specifically deer, armadillo, and rodents. Curious if there are issues with rats being attracted to your fruit crops and or your compost pile? Thanks in advance....
Very informative video. Thank you
You're so welcome!
The crop that is doing best during my first (half) year of gardening is a volunteer roma tomato vine. Second are my Floradade tomatoes. The best performing flower is my very, very short scarlet sage (overcrowded). I am planting around the existing garden my parents half abandoned, so the butterflies coming in are due to that, but can't choose a fave among the many swallowtails. Fave garden birds are cardinals, especially since they visit with their babies. But I can't ignore the Red Shouldered Hawk, they were just so unexpected (to me) and they haven't eaten a bird in my presence
Sugar Rush Stripey pepper is a beautiful orange and gold striped chili pepper type I am growing in my potted garden this year here in South FL Zone 10.
I've never heard of that one, I'll have to check it out!
I live in st.pete and have NEVER seen a humming bird how are yall doing it
Sarasota over here. Almost 18 years, I’ve seen 1! ONE! In all this time! Grumble.
It is rare in St. Pete. The urban setting and the fact that we are a peninsula keep them on the other side of the bay from us. I've seen a few but it is very uncommon.
I have two hydroponic small gardens when it gets cold i can still grow springtime veggies 🌱
You're a genius, I love it!
I live in Longwood, FL zone 9B. Our peach tree has not lost its leaves yet and has few blossoms. Should I be doing anything to help the tree lose its leaves like defoliating it. Will it still fruit? Thanks for your help!
@WildFloridian where can I find a fire bush? Big box store?
I love the suggested list but unfortunately my yard has struggled with most that were listed.
Seminole pumpkins: In the beginning, the vine was growing and looking great. Now it has all pretty much died.
Everglades tomatoes: Last year it did great. I was told it would keep growing little plants. Not mine. It died. I have a new plant started right now.
Fire bush: I bought a large established one. It’s dying. I might a medium size one. It died.
What an I doing wrong?
Has anyone had any luck w/ poblano peppers (Sarasota zone 9b)?
Following, hoping for some advice on peppers in general 😅
@ Oh! I’ve done red peppers, jalapeños, habaneros, serranos, even one called an “Atomic” pepper (not as spicy as it sounds). What I found is that hotter the pepper the better the yield. I really didn’t have that much luck with my red pepper plant which is why I’m curious about that poblano - but not too optimistic.
@@MackatheMuse same! Lol I guess the heat and humidity isn't for sweeter peppers. I have had some results with sweet banana peppers though and I'm stubborn so I'll keep trying. My bumper crops have been habañeros and Tabasco peppers. I have a smaller space so I'm trying as many varieties as I can. I love sweet peppers I don't want to give up yet haha 😄
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@@solemio5568 may I ask what zone you are in?
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Everyone puts me to shame
I can’t grow lettuce
Will try one more time
The "Something Else" in the Butterfly Seasons poll were Hurricane and Tourist.
LOL! So true!
Girl you did not just read the username at 25:39 that casually 😂😂😂😂
My everglades tomatoes also died. Citrus greening has killed all the citrus in central florida
Is it normal in Florida for veggies to grow so slow in Florida? Where I use to live, a new zuchinni would grow to maturity within a few days, for one example. I’ve had 3 tomatoes, 1 butternut, several zuchinnis cantaloupes and eggplants that have babies for weeks. At least they haven’t died. It’s an organic garden and I do fertilize.
Florida can be tough on crops that do well other places. Tomatoes - cherry varieties are best. Squash is iffy. Seminole pumpkins are fantastic. I gave up on Zuch & Summer Squash. Eggplants are good but I grow in buckets. Best of luck!
Could you tell me where i can get the rouge plant I've been looking for it and can't find it
I believe I got it from Wilcox or Little Red Wagon. Both are native nurseries in the Tampa Bay area.
@WildFloridian ok thanks
This might be the dumbest question ever, BUT gonna ask anyway. I just submitted my butterfly garden plan to my HOA for approval (cross your fingers for me) but, to get the pollinator benefits for my veggies, how close should they be? Like right next to it? Containers interspersed in the butterfly garden itself? Or is across the yard still close enough. Definitely a newbie here.
Great question! They don’t need to be between your vegetables but should be within 8 to 10 feet away from your overall vegetable garden for the best benefits. I like to give the pollinators a bit of spacing because honestly they don’t wanna be near you and if you’re frequent in the vegetable garden, it makes it less safe for them so having the flower space near, but not right on top of your veggies will make them more likely to kind of zip in and out pollinate but I feel like they’ve got a safe space nearby that they can hang out all your own.