What is The Great South Florida Food Forest Project?
It started as an attempt to take a weedy little south Florida backyard and turn it into a miniature garden of Eden that produces massive amounts of food.
The Great South Florida Food Forest Project!
Follow the story and check out the progress over time as I work with my parents Bill and Jenni and create a living ecosystem in the middle of tropical suburbia.
Post 9: November 2013: A Perennial Salad Garden
The Great South Florida Food Forest Project Update, May 2015: Successes!
The Great South Florida Food Forest Project Update, May 2015: Failures and Problems
The Great South Florida Food Forest Project Update, May 2015: Yet more to see!
The Great South Florida Food Forest Project Update, May 2015: The wrap-up
The Great South Florida Food Forest Project: June 2015 Video Update!
Updates from The Great South Florida Food Forest Project: Fall 2016
The Great South Florida Food Forest Project Keeps on Kicking (and More News)
12 Years Old! A Tour of the Great South Florida Food Forest Project
The Great South Florida Food Forest – Wandering Ground Cover!
You can have greener thumbs by this weekend!
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your parents yd looks fantastic, I live s of them in PP wish you could help me out I have a blank slate & don't know where to start or with what. I am your parents age so it would have to be not back breaking to take care of I would like edible veg/fruits with the way things are going. I have some seeds for the moringa & it says to plant sand/foam (what is that) I heard it is a wonderful plant that the 3rd world countries could use to sustain themselves since every part of the tree can be used for something. My ? on this since the leaves are way at the top do you cut that down to cook & do water then will it regrow?
thanks a lot
I am in West Palm Beach and I have a moringa tree that grows great in my sand box back yard. The awesomeness about moringa is that you can pretty much cut it to the ground and it should grow right back. I don't chop it quite that far because I am trying to train it to grow in very specific directions away from my house and create shady micro-climates for my ginger and hopefully turmeric.
If you happen to have some recipes for the leaves and/or flowers that would be great. I am a much better grower than chef. :)
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Hey I love your colomb in the age mag. However the real reason I am commenting is someone from permaculture ocala said you may be a good resourceh on sour dough. I would like to pick your brain if possible on how to take my sour dough culture from healthy active sponge to a fully risen dough/ lovely loaf. I am having issues with it. You’re cobb oven my end up being an awesome future step for me in the future. I
Thank you, Eric.
Joe Pierce is the guy you need to talk to about sourdough – call the Mosswood Farm Store to get in touch:
http://www.mosswoodfarmstore.com/
Joe built that awesome Cob oven I showed in the video – it’s his, not mine. Thanks for stopping by.
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Hello David,
Have you ever used Brazilian Pepper leaves soaked in water for a few days as an insecticide? My sister and I are herbalists and have been using it for a few years. It even drove out or killed fire ants. We also use it as a medicinal for us. While we are native Floridians (200 years documented, real Conchs), we are mostly Amazon herbalists. There are a lot of the Amazon herbs growing here. Our land has a lot of them as well as some Bahamian ones.
When we prune the Braz Pep, I peel the bark for mulch and use the dried limbs for crafts. Got a nice walking stick of it. We waste very little of what grows here. And we are living as light on the land as we can.
The Raptured Omnivore
Excellent ideas! Thank you. I haven’t used the pepper leaves that way and am glad to hear of a new use. They really are a problem and I love to hear uses.
The Brazilian Pepper is considered an invasive plant in Florida.
Oh yes. Amazing invasive.
Hi Priscilla Hale! I know this is an old thread, but could you please explain how much water, how much leaves, to make this insecticide? I really would love to make this, and be safe about it. We are overrun with Brazilian pepper here in Florida!!! Thank you!! -Alice
You can use the Brazilian pepper tree for something useful? My previous neighbor had one planted and I beefed them often to get rid of it. The new neighbor last year had a yard crew come in and the first thing they said is that tree has to go. But of course I’m still finding it everywhere. Maybe next one I find I will pot up and use. Thanks for letting me see such an invasive through different eyes.
Thank you.
I can not view the videos in the Great South Florida Food Forest Project! series. Perhaps when you moved everything to this new site the path or link was broken. Love what you do and all the information you have provided. I have all your books and have subscribed to your you tube channel. The thirty day challenge was great.
Thank you for letting me know! I’ll put them in a dedicated playlist on YouTube, then post the link here.
Try this: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc-iSYQchLQ9MFkQY4_OGvLNKsF027y0A
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John and I just moved to Vero Beach … we are trying to improve our soil.. it’s very sandy and other areas are hard as rock … we have purchased hundreds of dollars in soil to throw on the sand , I compost and still it’s a no go, growing a front lawn has even been an issue … we are gardeners and this has been quite a challenge!
We do blender compost.
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