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Permaculture Garden Food Forest in 2 Years. Organic and Sustainable Replacing Grass with Food.

We purchased our home in June 2019 and proceeded to plant a permaculture food forest. This permaculture garden tour is before and after we planted our food forest. The property was mostly grass on one acre we fenced in to contain our chickens. They do most of the work keeping weeds down and fertilizing. While we are not seeking organic certification, we use organic and sustainable feed and practices. We are located in central Florida on a large lake in zone 9. Our front yard now has five avocado trees, six mango varieties, cassava, eight fig varieties, 2 kumquats, an olive, guava, macadamia nut, plums, pears, 15 citrus, lychee nut, sugarcane, 3 persimmons, numerous loquats and papayas. We also planted extensive flowering plants to attract beneficial pollinators, and butterflies. We also grow herbs like ginger, several varieties of basil and turmeric, and starches like sweet potatoes, Jerusalem artichokes and Seminole pumpkins. We do not need to purchase food for us, our dog Shadow or our chickens because of the vast variety of food we grow, which is over five thousand pounds annually. We also get eggs from the chickens, meat from our meat birds, harvest wild boar from my neighborhood and fish from the lake. We do still buy food but it is generally cheeses and other goodies like ice-cream that we can't grow currently. . We are now working on several projects to enhance our self sufficiency including planting seeds for our chickens and digging out a pond for growing duckweed along our lakefront. Permaculture, self sufficiency and sustainability with organic practices are our passion and we look forward to sharing it with you. We are very interested in permaculture, self sufficiency and sustainability. I want to show all my central Florida neighbors how to grow like this. For either free or almost free, you can have truckloads of mulch delivered from your electric company or local tree services. Mulch a foot thick the first year to help amend and improve the soil. Preferably leave one pile to just cook into compost by mixing around 10th of animal manure into it. Then plant in Florida easy to grow items like Seminole pumpkin, katuk, moringa, sweet potatoes, longevity spinach. Any gardener into permaculture will have all of these to share. I will also share these plants with anyone willing to drive to Lake Wales. Just these alone can support all your vitamin and carb needs. Then harvest duckweed to boost protein. Figs and bananas are easily propagated with cuttings so can easily be shared. I discuss the many ways to make your yard more fertile and sustainable for free. In order to have a sustainable permaculture food forest, you should encourage fertility. I practice organic farming and sustainable permaculture. This means you create no waste. All yard waste is recycled back into the soil. Soil health is the most important part of a healthy permaculture food forest system and easily processed in Florida where it is hot and wet. I discuss the many ways to bring in fertility to encourage healthy gardening and plants. Food forests require planning. You want to situate your plants in such a way as to not shade your yard. Planting on the north side of the yard, or in areas south of buildings, roads and driveways so that the shade is cast on hardscapes is considered. Wet areas are also addressed. You should try to have as much diversity of plants and plant in such a way to allow plantings to thrive together. This is all about soil building, soil health and creating compost in an organic permaculture garden. My Florida Permaculture food forest is extremely fertile. I practice organic permaculture and sustainable gardening. I choose plants appropriate for my growing zone 9 or growing zone 9B in order to maximize productivity. My permaculture garden also includes flowers to attract pollinators, mixed with foods I can grow easily. I love farming and fork to table. To make this work easier, I plant mostly perennial garden plants with fewer annuals. Southern gardens have longer growing seasons. Hot weather gardening is different but easier in that you can improve your soil much faster gardening in the south.