Welcome to my Florida spring vegetable garden tour! In this video, I’ll be showing you around my backyard where I’m growing some delicious spring vegetables like corn, watermelon, tomatoes, and peppers in my raised beds. I’ll also be showcasing my Greenstalk vertical planters, where I have a variety of herbs and flowers growing. And let’s not forget about my fruit trees and bushes that are thriving in the ground. Join me as I share my gardening journey and show you how I’m making the most of my Florida spring growing season.
Watermelon Varieties – Crimson Sweet, Tendersweet Orange, Chou Cheh, Moon and Stars, Jubilee, and Congo
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Playlists and Links
Growing Corn – https://youtu.be/rc1_5BD210o
Growing Cucumbers – https://youtu.be/u8iK8Qw5tVc
Potato and Garlic Harvest – https://youtu.be/5wZvWPIWR3g
Tomato Florida Weave – https://youtu.be/PeMN8SlutWI
Planting Sweet Potatoes – https://youtu.be/mEZ2WrvmH9s
Greenstalk Tips – https://youtu.be/Fudct6gAAhQ
Planting Fruit Trees – https://youtu.be/m58MgXdAvvg
Calendula Salve – https://youtu.be/gZ4Hmef2qS4
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29 Comments
Okra grows great all summer I'm in tarpon springs fla
I’m growing okra here as well, and gurl it’s the best. I have one about every other day between the 4 I’m growing. I truly hope you enjoy it.
You have a lot going, great to see for I have some of the same. Okra is one of my favs, hope you enjoy.
Sitting by the pool with a cocktail…watching you ❤ i just love our gardens! Yay!
Thanks for showing us how things are growing. I'm glad that the watermelon is working out for you. I've never had any trouble growing them Watermelon was one of the many crops my parents used to grow in their gardens every summer in Nebraska. I learned by helping them. They were very successful gardeners. One day, you may have excess produce. Check out the fruit and vegetable stands in your locale. You may wish to sell your excess. Happy gardening!
Enjoyed the tour. Suggestion for your garden to table cooking episode: do cook off of fried green tomatoes and include a tomatillo as the dark horse.
Garden looks fantastic! I can't wait to see your watermelon tasting video. That moon and stars? That is such a pretty plant, I will have to sneak it into my front yard, and see what my HOA spies make of it: "Oh, that? That's a moon and stars vine, pretty, isn't it?"😂Thanks for a wonderful visit to your garden. Get those jerk lubbers! They must die!
Well i was gonna suggest Egyptian spinach for those bare spots 😂. I got seeds from elise and from my understanding they gonna be like 4ft tall?? At least thats what I thought she said. This old lady’s memory isn’t the best. I’m working on that with my lemon balm tea. 😅
Your mulberries look great! I wonder why mine are pea size. One tree produces the other not at all so i did what your wild Floridian friend suggests and stripped its leaves to see if that will do the trick.
I’m jealous of those pickling cucumbers!
Thank you for sharing. ❤
Aren't you going to keep the peach yrees small? David the Good has a great video on pruning to keep fruit trees manageable.
Another great video, your garden looks amazing!! 💚🌱
That barbados needs more room to grow. Mine grows like a weed.
Okra is delicious pickled whole….😊
I'm glad to see your tour because I'm still trying to figure out what all I can grow here in Orlando.
Your garden looks amazing! I am growing sugar baby melon because I don’t have a lot of space, I am also growing cantaloupe and two mysterious squashes that popped up in my yard. Wish me luck.
I planted 4 okra plants last summer and I didn't see a difference in taste. In my opinion they have ZERO taste. I gave them all away and pulled the plant. Never in my garden again!
I'm growing 4 tomatillio this summer
My broccoli sprouts were as big as yours back in March, and they started bolting, so I ended up pulling them out. I think I need to get my cool weather plants in earlier next fall along with my squashes and cucumbers. They have just surcomed to the heat so earlier this year. I still have an amazing salad garden bed that I have been harvesting all my salad greens and tomatoes from since December. When all else fails, there is always salad, which I never get sick of eating. 😊 Thanks for the garden tour. I love all your fruit trees.
Crimson grows wonderful here in Florida!
Those Lubber grasshoppers are invading my garden! They are swiftly eliminated with my flip flop 😂
Empty spot possibilities for hot weather: ginger or turmeric (long crops, but check on tropical look), seseme from the UH seed pack (tall), lemongrass, taro (again, tropical: the small variety, called eddo by some cultures, seem to go in 6 month cycles in my Tampa yard and only 12-18" tall, bigger roots will go way longer and can be taller than us).
I grew okra last year just to have something grow during the summer. I figured at the very least i could add the plants to my sad compost pile. I had never cared for okra. Oh my goodness, I was surprised. Pick them when they are the size of your thumb. Cut them in half lengthwise, add montreal steak seasoning and olive oil in a skillet, and put them in cut side down. The first time i did this, they carmelized, and the family really liked them!
Yay garden tour! Only can be truly appreciated by a fellow gardener. I loved it. Your garden has such a beautiful variety of plants.
Okra is fun. Mine started producing about 2 wks ago. If you like texture, it’s the bomb. It’s SO crunchy and fun to eat. I try to hold off and eat mine with lunch. But usually it’s part of breakfast bcuz I can’t wait for that fresh crunch. Great video. Keep them coming!
Great tour, cool garden! I killed 2 lubers yesterday, I didn't know what they were called. I've bought my first cranberry hibiscus today. I had no luck with any blueberries. All died.
I’m in SW Florida. What part of Florida are you in?
I have the green sticks. My tomatoes are falling over🥲
Can you share your recipe you make from your garden?
Your garden looks so awesome! Is it too late to plant seeds for Waltham squash and star watermelon? I’d like to try them here in Orlando 9b. Thank you for your wonderful tour and tips! 🌱💕
Pick the okra young…
Open spots suggestions…Jerusalem artichokes, sunflowers, Swiss chard, turmeric…all do amazing in 9A during the summer