It ’s been too recollective since the last update on The Great South Florida Food Forest Project .
Mom sent me photos from just before Hurricane Matthew limp past the seashore . There was no terms after the violent storm but the cloud in the pictures look awe-inspiring .
First , take a look at the tropic Prunus amygdalus ( background ) and the black sapote ( foreground , good ):
See that minuscule Senna alata ( AKA candlestick cassia ) growing to the left of the chocolate pud yield Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree ? We plant some of those when establishing the food timberland and they seem to have naturalized … all over the place .
Now take a smell at the Persea Americana seedling :
It ’s over 6′ improbable now and is a Thai type which makes huge avocados the size of honeydew melons . It just involve to get big so it can start bearing !
Here ’s another look at the burnt umber pudding fruit tree :
Definitely getting taller and it looks very felicitous . Those are passionfruit and yam vine growing in the fencing behind it .
Now check out the starfruit tree diagram :
ma reports that this tree produces gallons and gallons of fruit double a year with long harvest seasons . The fruit are very honorable and sweet . Quite refreshing . observe the cassava on the right side of the mental image . The fall stick all over the flat coat are chopped - and - dropped Tithonia diversifolia stems . Great solid food for the soil .
Here ’s a good look chaya growing in front of the neighbour ’s fencing :
That ’s thedeeply lob variety as opposed to the maple leaf case . I have both growing in The Great South Florida Food Forest .
Out in the front thousand , Dad prepare for Hurricane Matthew by thin back the acerola cherry :
That tree have a bun in the oven twelvemonth - round and has sweet fruit . It ’s been a huge blessing to my nieces and nephew , not to observe the child of the many friend who bring down my parents ’ seat . They all get laid fresh - pick cherry tree !
Another big blessing has been the mango Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree . It yield large crop of fine - flesh wonderfully sweet-smelling orangish - flesh mango tree .
The ferns on the ground beneath it plant themselves . I fuck those “ accidents ” of nature .
Here you’re able to see the mango to the left , coconut palms in foreground lead , moringa Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree in essence and the Thai avocado to the right wing . yam plant vine ( Dioscorea alata ) are draping across the tree through the center .
Now here ’s a decent Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree to see : the 6th Street Mulberry is fly !
That is going to be a lovely , multi - branching tree . It ’s already been comport yield . Hard to believe it look like this not long ago :
Here ’s a view of the profusion from the other side . Is n’t this MUCH more interesting than a lawn ?
Moringa , manioc , mango , yams , helianthus , mother - in - law tongue , ferns , orchids , starfruit , bananas … it ’s a lovely mess of great plant !
Here ’s another view of the starfruit with the moringa on its right :
And back around to the front thou again , on the other side , to see the tamarind and the canistel :
That canistel is now my height ( tree in foreground ) and the tamarind is almost 4 times my acme . I love to see them both grow happily .
If you ’re interested in starting your own Florida food for thought forest , you ’ll discover inspiration and lots of musical theme for works species in my little bookCreate Your Own Florida Food Forest .
It ’s alsoavailable in audiobook form , read by me .
This is a slap-up way to use your property . As the trees ripen , you get more and more fruit … for less and less work . My parent are n’t even “ plant people ” and they greatly love seeing the tree grow and having all the extra yield to share with friends and family .
Go for it – you have nothing to lose but your boring locoweed !
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