Wow, you are busy! Our whole house has a metal roof. Your note was a good reminder for us to check the screws again.👍🙂

Good luck with the sourdough. It's a delicious bread. I'm glad your friend shared a started with you.

Have a great day!

Good morning! I see a happy puppy 🐶 with cute cheeks!

#inkblotart

#artstr

#grownostr

We finished harvesting our butternut squash this week. It's getting too hot and humid here for them. The heat stress weakened them and the bugs and humidity wreaked havoc on the vines.

If we had Seminole pumpkins, we'd be all set! Our native squashes tolerate and even thrive in our Subtropical summer☀️

For now, we'll enjoy the butternut. I'll set out Seminole pumpkins this fall and we'll be good to go for a while.

We got about 22 squash this season. They averaged about 1.5 - 2 pounds each.

Good morning #coffeechain ☕️

It's a muggy Monday here in Florida as our summer rainy season begins.

It's also my birthday week! I'm treating myself to sweets with my morning #coffee.

Today, it's strawberry pretzel dessert 😋

Have a beautiful day everyone!

#Mondays

#grownostr

Good morning ☕️

Thanks! I want to get all our systems in place before my husband and I turn 60. Setting ourselves up to retire on out homestead.

Thank you! It's an adventure ✨️ ☺️ I do have a blog about our homestead. Https://ourfrugalfloridahomestead.com

I will try to spend more time on Nostr and share what I learn and experience too!

Yes, I see a lot of mangoes, however, just a few for fresh every season is satisfying for us. Tangerine sounds good. We already have lemons, kumquat, and one lime. We like citrus. We're in our 50s, so I plan for fresh eating year round and not too much effort preserving. Would like to trade/barter fruit for services on the property as we get old.... yeah, we plan waaayyy ahead! Thanks for the suggestions!

Not sure either, another plant to put on my list to research. We live 20 minutes drive to the Gulf of Mexico. Seaberry "sounds" like a good suggestion 👍 ... some day this land will be managed by new caretakers. We're setting up not only for ourselves, but for the future land users. I might be overthinking this project, but it's important when planting with decades ahead top of mind.😊

Thanks for the suggestions! We have avocado, loquat and peaches already. I should have listed what we already have. I will look into pride of Barbados. I've learned that good support species are essential to the survival of my fruit trees.

Thanks for the reminder, mimosa sounds like a great idea. I once rented at a house that had a mimosa tree out front and it grew so fast. It's a pretty tree too. I'm always looking at function. And my husband is always looking at beauty in the landscape. It's an interesting combination of ideas we come up with.🙂

Thank you, I have been following David The good for many years and have a few of his books. I always seek out a wide variety of opinions and experiences. Even though his are excellent, there's a lot of other experiences out there worth considering.

Maybe pecans.. They are the only nut trees I see for sale in our region. But they grow so big. I'm thinking with a small orchard, I'd rather have smaller trees. Plus I'm no spring chicken at 55 years old. I'll be retirement age by the time I see any nuts growing on a nut tree in my backyard.😁

Hey there #permies 👋

My husband and I are planning to add-on to our orchard and food forest within the next year.. I'm looking for some suggestions for planting. I'd love to hear your thoughts.

We laid out a bunch of 5 gallon buckets where we are considering planting fruit trees.🌳 It follows the same pattern as our small orchard. (See photo.)

We live in the subtropics of Central Florida. The soil is very sandy and is on the highest part of our property so often very dry.

We are considering citrus other than lemons which we have plenty of elsewhere on the property. We're not sure which nitrogen fixers to add. I want it primarily to be an edible food forest, my husband wants an orchard... so we are trying to compromise on the design 🤔

The photo faces East. We get full sun in the afternoon and evening. The space is about 65 feet by 75 feet. We're looking at fifteen to twenty fruit trees. Maybe fewer, that might be a bit close?

What do you think?

Thanks, and have fun with the design. All comments and suggestions not only help me, but everyone else who has a chance to read this.

#permies

#permaculture

#foodforest

#orchards

#fruittrees

#gardening

#homesteading

#Homestead

#countryliving

#grownostr

My #kitties haven't shown their faces here in a while... 🐈🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛

Here's some cattitude for a cheerful attitude 😊

Shadow, Creamsicle, Peanut, Peaches.

#cats

#catstr

#kittens

#homesteadkitties

#countryliving

Good morning, # coffee chain! ☕️

It's been a challenging day here at the fiat mines. I'm standing in for the boss man who is on vacation this week.

It's kept me plenty, busy and eager to brew at least a second or third cup of Java to get me through the morning.

Have a great day everyone!

#coffee

#grownostr

#morningbrew

Good morning!

What a beautiful butterfly 🦋

It appears to be that rare variety of insect that appears at dusk and dawn in the steamy summers of the subtropics.

Note the unusual double set of antennae on top of its head.

Its favorite flowers are the night blooming, flowers. And it has a particular fondness for dragon fruit and moonflowers.

#inkblotart

#artstr

#grownostr

Yeah, they got dried out and "cooked" under the plastic dome. As soon as my seedlings come up, I take off the plastic domes so the greenhouse effect doesn't overheat them.

Consider it a learning experience. 🙂We all have to start somewhere. I still have problems with heat mats and wish I didn't have to seed start so much. I'd rather direct sow everything.

Also, as soon as they have 2 sets of true leaves, I'll transplant them to larger pots or into the garden depending on what I'm growing.

Best of luck on your next attempt🤞🙂

Thanks! I'll do some experimenting. I have a lot of pines on my homestead. I am always trying to find ways to produce items from my property. This sounds like a tasty option 😋

That sounds 😎 cool! Can that work with any pines? And how do you use the syrup once it's ready?