Florida's Citrus Sector Essentially Dead; Production Down 90% Since 2005; Hurricanes, Greening Disease, Development

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5. I live in NE FL and it's time to plant an orange tree!

I want to find a good small orange tree and maybe even a lemon tree and definitely a blackberry plant as well! We need to prepare for the bad times that are coming for us all. We are almost 100% dependent on SS for our income, having only some small pensions that give about $500/mo. Can't live on $500/mo so need to grow more of our own food and we might need to try and find part time jobs that aren't hard on the back. We've gotten a bunch of tomatoes and pepper starters and will try growing pole beans as well this year. If we can;t find starter plants soon, we will try growing them from seeds.

Growing orange en masse might not be economically feasible, but my moms orange tree here in town is producing at a huge rate and there are fruit on all the trees around the neighborhood so looks like this area is good enough (at this time).