John from visits a H.E.A.R.T. Village in Lake Wales, Florida to share with you how a non-profit school and demonstration farm shows how you can grow food in the sandy soil of Florida, as well as train students who travel around the world to empower the poor and hungry. HEART village is located in subtropical central Florida and grows over 550+ varieties of edible plants including fruits, vegetables, and herbs in many different ways. They focus on growing perennial food crops such as fruit trees, but more importantly perennial vegetable crops that can be grown year-round in tropical climates around the world.
In this episode, you will get a full tour of H.E.A.R.T. village, and its mission to prepare Christian workers to travel all over the world to help empower people in need in foreign countries.
You will learn about the many ways Heart Village grows food in their demonstration agriculture site without using synthetic fertilizers, relying only on natural and sustainable methods to grow food in the Sandy soil of Central Florida.
You will discover how many food crops can be grown in close quarters to produce an edible food forest, as well as how annual crops can be grown in raised beds.
You will learn a trick for planting leeks that will save you time as well as the special ingredient used to attract fire ants so they eat homemade ant bait and bring it back to their colony causing their demise.
You will discover how katuk, a perennial leafy green vegetable can be grown as a fence to provide food year-round as well as a border to other plants. You will learn why katuk can grow in zone 9a successfully.
You will learn about many types of fruit trees that can thrive in subtropical Florida and sometimes how the specific cultivar makes a difference between success and failure.
You will discover one of the best edible plant nurseries in Florida that makes available a wide variety of climate-appropriate plants at amazing prices so you can grow your own perennial vegetables and fruit trees and standard veggies.
You will discover some rare edible perennial plants that are recently discovered by the garden manager as well as his experiments to grow a nematode-resistant fig tree that will thrive in Florida despite the heavy nematode pressures.
You will learn how you can use frozen water to keep your tropical fruit trees alive in the wintertime if it gets below 32 degrees where you live for a short period of time.
You will discover how you can induce fruiting in star fruit trees whenever you want by using this special technique so you can eat star fruit year-round if you grow this amazing tropical fruit tree.
Finally, John will interview the farm manager, Josh Jamison so you can learn more about H.E.A.R.T. Village as well as some of the best growing practices and varieties of crops you can grow and be successful in growing food in Florida.
After watching this episode you will be inspired by how you can grow food using natural and sustainable methods whether you live in sandy Florida or in tropical countries with limited resources.
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