The four seasons in Florida are the Love bug season, The Snow bird season, the Hurricane season and Summer.

We are in Zone9b central Florida. We vegetable garden outdoors 365 days a year. There is always something to grow. Less things in the hottest months, but always something. Your channel is a wonderful educational experience.

We are in DeLand, Central Fl, just moved from Brooklyn NY. Your videos are extremely good and important. Thank you so very much ❤❤❤

Your video is so encouraging to me. I’ve been trying to garden in the Everglades for about 3 years now and have observed everything you discussed. Thank you so much for the info and the tips!

Thank you, very helpful. I just learned I've been doing everything wrong 🙃

South Florida resident here....our seasons are different from north and central Florida. We only get 40 & 50 degree temps for 2-3 days in Jan.

Hi ! In Ocala for 61 years ! Just found your channel ! Love your videos !

Love all of your knowledge and that you are sharing it with us:) we live in 9b as well and everything you said is what we have experienced. Please keep the videos coming! New subscriber for life here ❤️

You sweet lady, please, please keep, keeping on. I appreciate everything you do.

Companion planting that works for me in florida Tomato - Basil/Marigold Cucumber - Dill Broccoli - Catnip Cabbage - Borage Lettuce - Sweet Allysum Carrot - Garlic/Onion

This is the video I needed when I started gardening in Florida a few years ago. Thank you!

New to gardening. I really appreciate the info!

I love gardening and now I am moving from Cleveland, Ohio to Tampa, Florida. Thanks for the information.

Thank you about the good bugs. We know the good bugs take care of the bad bugs.

19:51 I cover determine tomatoes plants with netting to avoid flying sucking fruit bugs like stink bugs.

Very helpful for a new FL gardener. I appreciate the tips!

Lol, Petrina, the Florida Tourism Board has a bone to pick with you, especially about that "Bug Season". I am good with that: sometimes, I would like more breathing and gardening space here for just us Floridians. Good job on hitting so many key pointers especially about knowing your growing seasons, but I think flexibility is key: extra seedlings kept in seed trays is perfect - weather might get warm faster, freeze unexpectedly, and get freak storms. And having backups, yeah, we just keep on rolling no matter what Mother Nature throws at us. And flexible palate might be good, too, because those tropical greens DO grow like weeds during the Dog Days of Summer (Katuk, Chaya, Moringa, Malabar Spinach, Egyptian Spinach, Ethiopian Kale, Perpetual Spinach, Longevity Spinach, Okinawan Spinach, New Zealand Spinach....), I wish I could love eating them like spinach, alas, nope! And a HUGE sense of humor, cause we have to enjoy the garden for what it is, shrug off what does not work, and plant again. And, GOOD NEWS! We get two shots at that fabulous crop, not just one. Please, in your videos, give us opening shots of your fruit trees in winter, and Roselle in the summer/fall, so we can all get clued into the quick change of our seasons. Shhhhh! It will be just our little secret cue to get out into the garden.

Such helpful information!! Thank you!!

Really helpful video- would have loved to watch this 3 years ago when we moved here from New England. You and the Wild Floridian are my “go to” channels for my FL gardening tips!

I’m new in the Florida gardening, and thank you so much for sharing this with us 😊

Halfway through this video and I haven’t stopped shaking my head in agreement. I’ve gardened all over the US but being completely stumped growing in SWFL. Thanks for these tips. Going to give my garden another try this summer fall and winter.

This is so helpful. We are new homeowners, and have only lived in Pinellas County for a few years - transplanted from NJ - and I've been wanting to try for a garden, but I didnt know where to start. In NJ, you just toss a seed in the ground and it grows. I will be following your account for more inspiration.

If you let seaweed dry in the sun and then put it in a blender, it makes a nice powder

Hi Petrina, Im Australian but living in Ky. Don’t ask why. Im not even sure. But the weather is the pits for gardening. It’s only 6 months. The spring is too short to grow in before things bolt in may. We want to move to a part of Florida that resembles Australia. So we can have a great winter garden and then the typical summer garden. 40-55 degree days in winter, mild spring and fall. Summers are hot everywhere anyway. Would Tallahassee or Gainesville be good choices? Or do you have suggestions? If you could pick the perfect place to grow where would it be? We don’t want to live near the coast and hurricanes Love your videos, thanks Heather

Howdy from North West Florida! Gardening is definitely different from Northern California. Im loving the heat and humidity but retraining my green thumb has been a challenge. You have been a great help!

5th generation native west central been around growing vegetables most my 70years it can be a challenge mainly in the dry years which are becoming more and more. Then when we do get a good rainy season you have fungus problems don't forget all the pests above and below ground

So much great information! Thank you! It sounds like you can't just go to Walmart to get seeds then? I assumed the varieties offered vary from state to state, but maybe not.

I’m am not in FL. Our weather is the opposite to yours - hot and dry with LOTS of 🐛! They never go away. Last year I was fight against aphis and, worse, leaf miners yikes! Your bug strategy still sheds a light for me. I just found your channel and love it. Subbed.

Thanks for the great tips. As I've said before I'm a NY gal in a Florida world. I've been here 5 years now & I'm finally getting some things right. I have cabbage, kale & broccoli coming up now. Also everglades tomatoes, strawberries & lots of spices doing great in my garden. I like the tips about companion gardening. I'm going to start that. Love your videos, they've been helping me a lot with my transition. (I'm actually visiting up in NY now. Brrrr, lol)

I’m brand new to gardening and I enjoyed this video !

Moved to Florida a few years ago. We just built an above ground pool with some extra deck area. We screened the entire thing with a supposedly “Bug Proof or No- See-Um proof” screening. I’m going to bring my raised beds (they are on my exterior deck and on rollers) into my screened in pool area during summer,and see if I can mitigate some of the pest damage! Plants should still get plenty of sun,or at least that’s the theory. Fingers crossed. Thanks for the video! Very informative.

Excellent video. You give a lot of good info in the description box below this video. Thanks.

Petrina, Dill is a great bouquet filler! If you grow any flowers pair them together, looks great!

Learned so much. What peas did you say??

Thank you for sharing I live in Pensacola Florida

Thank you for all your tips. I could not get ahead last year because of bugs on my cucumbers . Will try these tips this year

Great video! I wish I would have found your channel back in 2020 when I started really getting into my Florida gardening in zone 9b. I have made all the beginner mistakes and have learned to be a better gardener from it. Another summer tropical that I have had a lot of success with are my pineapple plants and ginger. I just started growing banana plants and papaya trees last summer. So I'm hoping to get some fruit this summer. I also started some blueberry plants and a Meyers lemon tree in a pot. I started companion planting and have not had any issues with bugs. I have a few raised beds I grow Aloe plants in. I make liquid fertilizer from these plants to feed all of my garden with. I spray the leaves and water using the aloe fertilizer once a week. I have to say, since I started using aloe in my garden, my plants don't bug me anymore. 😂

This video was very helpful.

Excellent video and your narration, as usual, is fantastic!! I just wish you had a similar video for region 10b!!

Thank you for lots of very helpful information🙌

Great info…thank you!

Excellent video! Loved all your information. Wish I had done succession planting, but I will going forward. I had red spider mites take out my potatoes, tomatoes, and egg plant this year!! Ugh.

This was super helpful, thank you!

Just found your channel and love it ❤

Very interesting great video

I have a peach tree that is essentially just beetle food. There's so many beetles here they infest all my peaches. I'll have to try doing some companion plants around it, but I don't think there's anything I can do

Have any tips on fire ants? Those things are viscious and everywhere!

I tried M.I. Gardener here in Miami FL and not 1 seed germinated. (and i tried all year long) Keep in mind he’s based out of New Jersey so perhaps it just too hot here! IMO San Diego Seed Company has more of a compatible growing zone and her seeds hybridize to my zone easily.

Petrina! I got pollen gunking up pool filter. And got aphids and scale all over some plant babies. Have we missed spring and jumped into summer? .....with nights in the 40's. WHAT is happening to our seasons?

Neematodes ...I had none up north ...they schooled me quick here.😅

Who are the good bugs? I assume ladybugs, but what else? Thanks.

Is there any way you could post what and when you plant? I am willing to donate for this:)

If feeding the soil in summer w the black eyed peas won’t they actually grow? Then once you weedeat them how to you prevent more peas and how will you know if that bed is ready for other plants? Thanks

Odd take: I want to grow a garden to feed the bugs :) yes, I love being able to harvest and eat my own grown food, but I'm also happy to feed the insects :) they are here on this earth with us, and they deserve to eat their favorite veggies and fruits ❤ please respect insects(⁠✿⁠^⁠‿⁠^⁠)

So would it mean not to plant in the summer season to be safe for these bugs??? 🤪🤪

What are good companion plants for cucumbers?

I heard our sargasum seaweed here has a lot of traces of metal in it and isn't good to fertilize with it when it comes to plant that you eat. But is great for plants that you don't eat? Whats your take?

My greatest problem with my garden is the sun burning my garden to smithereens!!! How do I prevent this in central florida?

Why didn't you mention anything about nematodes, you know those little worms that eat the roots of plants and kill them?

I wish i could talk to you

No. Born and raised. Will die here. Not many of us left. Please don't complain about what is or is not. You have a choice. Not being rude just stating a fact. We love it here and our gardens do beautifully.

‘Right now “. Doesn’t cut it. You need to date “right now”. For those watching in the future

Great Information! Always Learning Something New! 🫶🏽 Thank You❣️