Your Backyard is Your Greatest Defense. Stop Worrying. Start Growing.
Grow Food NOT Lawns
The Florida Food Security Blueprint Stop fighting the Florida climate and start working with it. This Signed Author Edition is your direct guide to building a productive ecosystem in sandy soil. Florida "Cheat Code": Master the unique planting windows for zones 8b-11. Soil Transformation: Learn to turn "gray sand" into a fertile, permanent food forest.
The Florida Perennial Garden
The Playbook for Permanent Plants Hurricane Tough: Hand-picked species that survive Florida's extreme storms, pests, and humidity. Low Maintenance: Focus on "set it and forget it" crops that produce food with minimal effort. Landscape Beauty: How to design a backyard that looks like a paradise but eats like a farm.
Discipline: What Nobody Wants to Hear
The Mindset for Constant Growth Stop Quitting: Raw strategies to help you stop making excuses and start showing up for your goals. Foundation First: Why mental toughness is the most important tool in any gardener’s shed. Simple Execution: No fluff just the hard truths required to build a life of purpose and action.
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About GrowFitFL
I am Jermaine Jefferson, author of Grow Food NOT Lawns, The Florida Perennial Garden, and Discipline. I turned my West Central Florida backyard into a food forest with over 120 edible plants that feeds my family year-round. Through GrowFitFL, I help families take control of their food, their health, and their habits. My wife Toni runs RootedinJs, one of the fastest-growing gardening channels on YouTube. Together we are raising four kids and proving that you do not need a farm to feed your family. Every week I put out free content on YouTube showing exactly how we do it. No gatekeeping. No shortcuts. Just what works.
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Moringa: Grow 15ft of Food in ONE Season (Zone 10a Florida)
