My friend Joel is selling his beautiful home in a nice Gainesville neighborhood. It has lots of space, lovely interiors, a sun room, a pool – and lots of fruit trees, berries and more.

Growing on the lot there are:

Bananas (Blue Java/Ice Cream, Cavendish, and another small hand variety not sure what it is but it makes good fruit)
Pineapples
Kumquat (Both Meiwa and Nagami)
Satsuma Tangerine
Peaches (Tropic Snow and Florida Prince)
Jujube (Tigertooth)
Figs (Celeste, Brown Turkey, White Marseilles)
Blueberries (About 8 plants high bush varieties)
Blackberries (About 20 trellised plants, Thornless Prime Ark Freedom)
Apples (Anna and Dorsett)
Plums (Scarlett Beauty, UF Gulf Gold & Gulf Ruby)
Pears (Baldwin & Spalding)
Loquats

And here are some photos so you can see this beautiful place:       

Note that it EVEN HAS A TREE FORT!

You can see the Zillow listing here.

The house is immaculate and really comfortable. We used to eat lunch with Joel and his family after church now and again, and had a great time there. He’d like to see the place sell to someone who loves gardening, as would I. Note the bananas and pineapples around the pool, the little citrus tree in the meditation garden and other touches. There’s a lot of food growing here and there and it fits in wonderfully with the upscale yard and house.

And check out this awesome living room:

Since I’m sure you want to see more of the interior, here are some more shots:

And here are even more shots of the interior and exterior: The gardens grow very well because Joel has been composting heavily and building up the organic matter with deep mulching for years. If you’re a Florida gardener, you know how important that is.

I also really dig the living room. Did I mention that already?

I wish I had that sense of design!

It’s a great house with a productive garden and orchard that will just get bigger and better as it grows. I hope one of you guys ends up with it. The whole listing is here. I don’t think it will last.