A Caribbean Garden Tour in Central Florida

A full end of summer garden tour of my tropical food forest here in central Florida. #foodforest #gardentour #tropicalgardens #growyourownfood #gardening #andrethefarmer #permaculturelife

[@GoKartsorGoneFishin]

U did that whole video without editing...amazing

[@GoKartsorGoneFishin]

You missed the air potato!..lol..looks like it was getting hammered by the introduced Beatles tho..amazing yard friend..

[@lauranyc4966]

INCREDIBLY HEAVENLY GARDEN 🤩🤩🤩 amazing how can you remember all the names 😳👍🏻

[@shawnajones5367]

Impressive selection, you’re food forest is gorgeous❤ Just wanted to let you know the rootbeer plant has been the most invasive plant I’ve ever had!! I wish someone would’ve warned me, so I could’ve pulled it out, I will never get rid of it! I love the greenhouse for the cacao!

[@andrebaptiste]

Mine struggles to survive

[@visaac187]

Love your food forest. Thanks for the update.

[@ColleenOlszewski]

Very educational and beautiful plantings

[@GodsDesire4me]

Very nice tour. Beautiful food forest 😊

[@andrebaptiste]

Thanks for visiting

[@robindavis4368]

Wow, I'm jealous of all those great trees you have. You said you're in orlando, I live in clermont. Great to see you growing jackfruit trees and plantains. I didn't know those grew this far north oh and coconut palms. Those are three that I really want to grow up here. Great video.. thanks.

[@andrebaptiste]

Coconut is pushing the boundaries. It has yo be protected in the winter

[@Joan-j1e]

Beautiful food forest.

[@andrebaptiste]

Thank you 🙏🏾

[@lezlieanne21]

This looks amazing 👏

[@tessjones5987]

Great garden. Thank you.

[@atibaforeigner5343]

The Ginep tree is going to be huge. You may need to move it further from the house so that the roots don't damage your foundation. Great food forest! Thanks for the tour.

[@andrebaptiste]

They don’t really get big here. I have a 7 year old tree that is 3 feet tall

[@patriciaschneider6058]

Wow! Very nice tour! Thank you.

[@joymalivuk8429]

Thanks!

[@AGBornJamaican]

Looking good

[@binglet8127]

Wow, this is O-Town?!!?? This gives me great hope! I’m used to seeing many of these tropical plants only further south (FL) This is awesome!

[@andrebaptiste]

Yes, it is!

[@EmpressG]

Trinidad here 😊 Pommerac (or wax apple) seems to mostly be known as the Malay apple or Otaheite apple. The Trini Rookmin Red variety is my favourite - huge, crisp, and that deep red/purple skin makes it super sweet. Great garden tour BTW. How you keep all the names and varieties of trees straight I will never know!

[@andrebaptiste]

Thanks. When you plant them you just know.

[@SouthFloridaSunshine]

Oh, my gosh look at you with all those mango trees. My lawn guy is my husband so far he only ran over a cantaloupe patch. Would love a Sweet Sop next. I have a Soursop. Mahachanook is such a yummy Mango. Most of them are, lovely garden, wish we were closer to Central. I got rid of two trees due to lack of space. Tropical Almond, and Jamaican cherry/Strawberry tree. My lychee needs help. So want the red Jaboticaba, I have a Sabra getting ready to fruit. You were not kidding you have a lovely farm!

[@SouthFloridaSunshine]

I don’t like Papaya, and have cut down most of the trees due to dealing with the Papaya fruit fly. You look so familiar I don’t know why. Such a great variety and make me wish I had more land. Keep thinking we might move so I am afraid to put my trees in the ground. You have so many on my wish list. Iguanas are eating my passion vine, old one ripped out by the neighbors lawn guy.

[@Harlemtofla]

Awesome tour! I am an hour north of Orlando and hope to get some mangoes going.

[@andrebaptiste]

Good luck!

[@brandondesowitz-leibell]

Love your video, I"ve been binge watching a few of them. Just moved to lakeland 2 months ago and started planting a food forrest. Do your lychees fruit? My fruit expert guy told me they don't do well in my area I think because of the cold. He also said the strawberry tree is very cold sensitive

[@andrebaptiste]

They fruit well in central Florida. They are one of my least cold sensitive trees.

[@andrebaptiste]

Strawberry trees are a little more cold sensitive. But once established they do well

[@Living-With-Mangos]

Nice 👍… stay on top of the Quenepa tree… it gets huge 😄

[@andrebaptiste]

They don’t get that big this far north. I have a 6 year old tree that is 4 feet

[@Hankey2024]

Uuuuuuu< a snake !!! Eeek lol . Nice Garden !

[@juanitasgeorgiafloridahome2611]

Beautyberries make a delicious jelly

[@Charlie_dining]

How do you protect your plants

[@slugbyte]

Awesome food forest, how many years in are you? You might want to consider moving that guinep/genip tree away from your house, they can get very large and tree roots can damage the foundation. I'm just starting my food forest, yours is close to what I want to do

[@andrebaptiste]

It’s about 7 years old. Guinep does not grow very fast or large this far north. I have a 7 year old one that is 4 feet tall.

[@slugbyte]

@@andrebaptiste they grow like weeds here on St. Croix

[@denjah9224]

Thanks for sharing Sir...are you close to Brevard County? If you are then I am sure my wife and I can try to get some of those miniature mangoes in the ground. Blessings!

[@andrebaptiste]

Orlando

[@ginaabed6019]

Hi! How long have you had your tamarindo in the ground?

[@andrebaptiste]

About 5-6 yearsv

[@devindowling8071]

I’m not a fan of ripe papaya either. Have you tried using it green and crunchy like in a Thai papaya salad? I’ve been wanting to try that to see if I like it then

[@devindowling8071]

Beautiful food forest. Inspiring - give me 5-8 years and hopefully mine will be here!

[@andrebaptiste]

I haven’t.

[@farmerjoe3466]

That is such a pretty property. Any chance a could buy a 'pup' from your puerto rican plantain.

[@andrebaptiste]

If you are local I’ll give you one

[@andrebaptiste]

Email me [e-mail]

[@farmerjoe3466]

@@andrebaptiste Ok,thank you, I'm emailing now.

[@Charlie_dining]

How do you protecting your plants in the winter

[@andrebaptiste]

Sheets or blankets if its gets in the 30’s

[@Charlie_dining]

@@andrebaptiste I live Jacksonville what mango or tropical fruit would be best for my area

[@Lovelife5391]

Are you afraid of running into an alligator close to the water? If not how do you prevent it.

[@andrebaptiste]

No. Not at all

[@Charlie_dining]

What zone are what zone are you in?

[@andrebaptiste]

10 a

[@FrankElyRealtor]

Im in west central fl. Citrus county. Where in CF are you?

[@andrebaptiste]

Orlando

[@darkkingrayleigh6962]

What mix do you use in your pots?

[@andrebaptiste]

Any commercial potting soil. I’m not picky

[@Perseverance4477]

Yo what happened to that mammoth okra you were growing? Did you ever sell the seeds?

[@andrebaptiste]

Haven’t harvested seeds yet. It’s still growing

[@beachbaby7]

Isn't the toxins in the pressure treated lumber dangerous as it will leach into the soil and roots of plants?

[@andrebaptiste]

No. Since 2003 arsenic is no longer used

[@hedykarim3614]

Yum Julie mango!

[@hedykarim3614]

I wish I had that much Cuban oregano