I started putting everglades tomatoes in a bag in the freezer every day. When the bag gets full, I put them in the dehydrator and make tomato raisins to toss in salads, etc. Yummy!!

@marytanner6718

24 күн бұрын

Oh I never thought about that. We eat most of them but that’s a really good idea.

FYI - cut the small tomatoes in half and dehydrate then you have sundried tomatoes for the rest of the year.

Well done. Definitely a drought this year. Eastern Polk Co (FL) here so dry as a bone. Hopefully my shallow well I used for watering holds up.

Great explanation of the banana plant. I didn’t know this. So interesting

G'mornin my fave Florida gardener! 2 questions: would you be willing to share the recipes for pickling peppers and this bean- pepper salad awesomeness? Also, when doing the harvest videos, would you consider noting when you planted the items you're harvesting? Im following along and eager for my year 3 FL garden to 'grow up' like yours!

Your poodle is so cute! :) Your harvest is awesome too!

I purchased your garden planner and I have a question …. For each month it shows what can be growing that month, is that a full plant, or when I should start seeds?

I’m in Central FL too. What will you be planting next and when?

@TACbaha

25 күн бұрын

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Jacqueline as far as our garden grows the only thing we have been able to harvest so far is lettuce which has bolted but it is still good I'm thinking either Cucumber or Zucchini will be next. We have sweet cherry 100 tomatoes growing this year and this is our first time growing them.

Florida spring starts on groundhog day.

In order to follow the growing season in Florida, when do you start your seeds? When do you plant outside? Thank you!

@honeybee52000

24 күн бұрын

Her planner is AMAZING for all FL zones. I highly recommend! I'm central, w.coast FL, planted "summer vegs" transplants and direct sow in ground Feb 14. (Seeds started Dec 25.) We repeat end of July/Aug -harvest Oct-Dec ish

With as dry as it’s been, I was just thinking, shoot, I wish I would’ve planted tomatoes this year! Usually…we fight with blight when it’s too wet, so this year would’ve been ideal. The dryness also brings me to another observation that St Pete had better uphold its laws NOT to allow aerial fireworks this year (or any year going forward, but especially since it’s so dry this year). They’ve been letting far too much slide and it’s so aggravating. Turning a blind eye to lawlessness and recklessness and putting us through severe trauma. The air around me was completely hazed from fireworks over the 1st. Pretty crazy for a city that requires permits and restated in 2021 that aerial fireworks ARE NOT legal here and to consider neighbors, pets, animals, etc. People do not consider any of those things. They just force people and animals to feel like they’re in a war zone until 2 am and any random day/night throughout the year too, putting homes/structures/fences at risk in the process. The plastic debris everywhere is another frustrating thing.

@WildFloridian

24 күн бұрын

YESSS! I remember that after the new year. It was SOOOOO Hazy. We met up with another family at the play ground because Ben and I don't stay up for New Year's. And we all commented on how hazy it was... even though they live a mile away from us and we were at a park 3 miles away. Absolutely crazy how much stuff was shot up.

Great harvest! I had to laugh when you said you needed a bigger bowl. You needed a bucket to harvest all that!!!! Hoping to start my garden in the Fall.

@WildFloridian

24 күн бұрын

LOL! Yes! That compost bucket (I snagged from Target) with the peppers in it is great and I bought 4 of them. But 3 were in the fridge full of peppers and tomatoes already! So every mixing bowl needed to be used. LOL

Great job! That looks delicious. As I was looking at your peppers, I thought on scrambled eggs with peppers and onion. Yum! Also, did you ever tried the green banana salad called “escabeche de guineos” in Spanish. Delicious! ❤

Beautiful harvest Jacqueline!

@WildFloridian

19 күн бұрын

Thank you! ☺️

Awesome harvest 😊❤ I'm hoping this fall my beds will be done so I can plant more. Even with all my husband has be having to do he got 3 beds in for me. I had a great garlic harvest and I need to pull my potatoes soon.

@WildFloridian

22 күн бұрын

That's awesome!!! Way to go hubby for getting 3 beds done!

Good golly that was an amazing harvest! You are going to have to buy more bowls to hold your harvest. I thought you were going to have to resort to using the kids' cereal bowls!😊

@WildFloridian

24 күн бұрын

LOL! We were close to using all of the mixing bowls.

Fantastic harvest! One of these seasons here in zone 11 south Florida I’ll be able to get a better harvest before everything craps out. The good thing is, I’ll keep on trying! Happy gardening.👩🏾‍🌾

Great harvest!

@WildFloridian

19 күн бұрын

Thank you

Loved this harvest video, although I have a bad case of garden envy! I'm in 10A too, but with the crazy heat, my tomatoes have given up, just pulled up all the last of the sad kale. Bugs have eaten the beans, also cucumbers and seminole pumpkin leaves right to the ground. Just a few little peppers and 1 eggplant left to look forward to. My only consolation is my 2 mango trees are full and a there are a few limes on my little lime tree. Seems like I'm in a constant battle with birds, bugs, and bunnies. I appreciated your comment about planting abundance for wildlife, maybe it would help to adjust my attitude!

What type of banana plant do you have? I live in St. Petersburg and want to plant some. Thanks!

Muy bien

Your yard appears much bigger than one tenth/acre (66 x 66 ft). Well done!

@WildFloridian

24 күн бұрын

Its the layers! For years people thought my garden wasn't that big and now that we have the layers, it looks A LOT bigger on camera. The front veggie garden is 20' x 20' and the backyard veggie garden is about 20'x18' and the entire front yard is less than 1/10 acre. So depending on which way you look at it, it is 1/10 or less. AAAND Thank you! :D

@user-zn5pm2eu2u

14 күн бұрын

Amazing harvest! Great job! I wish I did as well, still learning. I had squash borers decimate my zucchini & yellow squash in 1 weekend I went away. You could always give some of your extras to the St Pete Free Clinic or Health Center.

I wish we have neighbor tells us nah you guys can have our bananas lol. Since my hub loved bananas

What a fantastic harvest Jacqueline. Holy cow. I want to get to that! It is so strange that as I was looking at my banana plant, I saw shoots and wondered if they needed to go or not. You gave an excellent explanation on the banana plant. Now I know what I have going on. Mine is about 18 months old.

@WildFloridian

22 күн бұрын

Thank you! :D

I’m doing amazing. Thanks. It’s an impressive harvest. Love it. ❤

@WildFloridian

24 күн бұрын

Yay!!!

Good morning.

It's soooooo hot. Working on garden this weekend. Too hot the last 3 days. Ugh.

@WildFloridian

24 күн бұрын

Agree! Take it easy and be safe!

My Fourth of July tomato, the only one, got eaten by something. I was so sad

@WildFloridian

24 күн бұрын

Oh no! :( Better luck in the fall.

Can you share your green onion soup recipe? I've had an abundant crop of them this spring, too!

@WildFloridian

24 күн бұрын

Yes! I snagged it from Saveur. Here is the link www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Scallion-Soup/

@elizabethcollard00

24 күн бұрын

Thank you! Looks delicious! I'll be trying this soon 😊

How do you handle the stink bugs?

Do you ever use shade cloth in the summer?

@WildFloridian

24 күн бұрын

No. Maybe I should but I don't because I let the veggies go and prep for fall.

What do you do to preserve kale for a later time? Do you freeze, dry, can?

@WildFloridian

24 күн бұрын

We freeze the leaves for smoothies.

What variety of green onions are those ? Those were huge

@WildFloridian

24 күн бұрын

The type you grab in the produce section at Publix. They were grown from scraps from our groceries.

@honeybee52000

24 күн бұрын

There were onion, and leek greens shown. The blueish tall sturdy ones, are leeks. (grown from kitchen scraps ♡)

What's your tomato sauce recipe?

@WildFloridian

24 күн бұрын

I just use the one from Ball canning. Here is the link www.ballmasonjars.com/blog?cid=basil-garlic-tomato-sauce

how good is adding summer crop than just adding more manure? my spring/summer veggies arent looking great. my peppers even though im adding calcium potassium mix everyweek theyre still getting bottom end rot and theyre too small. direct sun. i always seem to be always late for most of the spring crops. i dont have most of the thing youre still been able to harvest now. do you clean up "kill off" every summer crop for fall? tomatoes and the peppers? or you let them be for the rest of the fall ? :(. sorry for complaining i just feel tired lol. what i did THO is bought some sweet potato with potato taste like you mentioned in another video from baker creek. hope they taste awesome :D theyre korean