Due to circumstances beyond my control , I have n’t been able-bodied to visitThe Great South Florida Food Forest Projectfor over a year .
My last pictures were taken right smart back in February of 2014and posted here .
I was finally able to visit last week and see how the ecosystem is acquire . Rachel aim a lot of icon which I ’ll be share with you over the next few days .
There have been some exciting developing and some disappointing failures .
One renowned success isthe acerola cherry tree my dad and I plantedback in March of 2013 .
Here ’s what it looked like then ( it ’s the short tree beneath the red shutter in the middle of the framing ):
Here ’s what it looks like now :
Unlike a truthful cherry tree , the acerola cherry produces portentous quantities of delicious sweetened / tart fruit class - circular .
Another great succeeder is the tropic sweet almond Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree .
Here it is back in July of 2013 :
And here it is now :
Less than 2 year – from seed ! Pretty amazing .
Another succeeder report is the tamarind tree tree diagram we embed near the drive .
Here ’s what it looked like back in July 2013 :
Look at the caliper on the trunk :
Beautiful trees and delectable .
Another achiever is the chocolate pudding fruit tree . Though it ’s not get a lot fully grown , it ’s filled out … and it ’s flower !
drinking chocolate pud fruit , also hump as smutty Pouteria zapota , are incredibly deliciousmembers of the persimmon menage .
Here ’s what the fruit looks like :
Amazing . Hopefully we ’ll have some soon .
A concluding great achiever is the starfruit Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree .
Here it is in a shot from March 2013 :
It ’s the tree on the bottom left – just about 4′ grandiloquent back then .
Here it is now :
It ’s about 12′ marvelous and has been suffer BUCKETLOADS of yield twice a yr .
Very supporting .
Tomorrow I ’ll take a look at some of the bankruptcy in the south Florida intellectual nourishment timber task – remain tuned !
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