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Our Plants
All plants serve a purpose. Check out the edible and beneficial plants we grow in our zone 9b garden and learn more about why we grow them.
Gandules trees: edible beans on a tree
Gandules are a huge part of the success of our zone 9b food forest. We grow these fast-growing, beneficial trees ALL OVER the property. We
Candlestick Cassia: pollinator and nitrogen fixer
Candlestick cassia is a popular permaculture plant in our zone 9 food forest. They are great, fast-growing, nitrogen-fixing chop-and-drop plants that are buzzing with pollinators
false roselle: edible cranberry hibiscus
False Roselle – Growing Cranberry Hibiscus for tea and salads The Cranberry Hibiscus aka False Roselle is another one of my favorite plants in the
Wax Myrtle: Florida Native
The Wax Myrtle Plant, or Southern Bayberry aka Myrica Cerifera is a fast growing shrub native to South Eastern United States. It can grow up
Cowpeas: edible, nitrogen-fixing, chop & drop
If I had to recommend 5 plants every gardener should grow – Cowpeas would be one of them. benefits of growing cowpeas in the garden
Chaya: Tree Spinach
Cnidoscolus aconitifolius My Chaya (aka tree spinach) trees are frequently in bloom, showing off several clumps of small white flowers that are always buzzing with
Spurred Butterfly Pea: Native Florida host plant
Spurred Butterfly Pea (centrosema virginianum) is a Florida native vining perennial. These fragile fines can grow up to 6 feet long or more at a
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Learn more about Brevard County, Florida and how we can use our gardens to have a positive impact on our fragile ecosystem.
Our food forest: zone 9b, Florida
Since 2014, we have been turning our 2.6 acre property in zone 9b, into a food forest- filling our landscape with edible and beneficial plants
Native Florida plants and why to plant them
Native plants are easy to grow, and very much needed to support our local species of wildlife. Why Native Florida Plants? Native plants have adapted
Norman’s natives
Norman’s Natives growing natives in Florida, zone 9b Why Plant Native Florida Plants? Native plants are easy to grow, and are very much needed to
Great gardeners explore their yard frequently to see what’s going on out there. You can learn so much by simply observing the leaves, soil, insects.
gardening concepts you need to know
Grow food the easy way – the way nature does it.
Biomass: Using Chop and Drop to mulch your garden
One of the cheapest, healthiest and rewarding ways to improve your garden and soil is to grow your own mulch. The more leaves, twigs, and
Nitrogen fixing plants: zone 9b Florida
Growing nitrogen fixing plants in your garden is an easy and interesting way to improve and add nutrients to your soil. They simply take the
Pollinators: zone 9b Florida
pollinator plants in zone 9b florida grow a better life why are pollinator plants important? Plants rely on insects, such as butterflies, hummingbirds and bees,
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