For as long as I can remember, I had a love and fascination not just for fruit, but also fruit trees and fruiting plants. It was a lifelong dream to have my own little piece of dirt to play in to my heart's content. Life took some wild turns, moved halfway across the world, got divorced and had to fight tooth and nail to rebuild my life and in the process was able to realize that dream. Since July 2021, I have slowly but surely, singlehandedly built my fruit forest from scratch. I am not done, but I have transformed an empty slate into a beautiful forest. Soon my house will not even be visible from the street. I am living my dream. Join this INFP, HSP, deep introvert as I document the growth of this 1.5-acre Florida fruit forest in Loxahatchee, sharing how to grow rare tropical fruit on a budget using permaculture principles.