This was the first gardening book I ever bought. A couple years ago I Googled Florida gardening book and this is what showed up from Amazon. The title obviously caught my attention. I have read it multiple times and continue to be inspired from it. From this book I learned about Everglades tomatoes, Seminole pumpkin, longevity spinach, Malanga and other crops that do great in Florida like daikon radishes.

I have had a vegetable garden since I was a kid and have, at times, struggled because I was trying to grow Yankee vegetables that just plain didn’t want to grow here. It was stressful and many times I resorted to chemical warfare. Not anymore. A lot of the information in this book teaches you to plant what wants to be here in Florida which is an absolute game-changer.

That’s cool that this book’s digital copy is on sale right now but I would definitely recommend the paperback that comes from Amazon. I forgot what I paid but it wasn’t expensive, and is totally worth having the hard copy to refer back to.

I can’t say enough good about this book and the Florida Food Forest book. Totally re stoked my interest in growing food and opened my mind to a new way of thinking.