Fruits & fish are great here, I grew up on a farm in the midwest so I hate florida beef n veggies. I dont give a shit what anyone says but organically grown veggies in dirt are way better than the hydro grown shit we get here, thats why I grow my own veggies. Not much dirt down here ya know. Growing weed out doors is a pain in the dick when its 95 degrees with 100% humidity for 8 months a year, and the daily rain storms we get will break every branch you have if not covered(not very stealthy) law enforcement really, really frowns upon growing so il take my tent with mh/hps in an air-conditioned house any day. I dont mind being a "dumb newbie" who grows in a tent.
i hear ya man. i grew in tents at my house for years just cause it was convenient. and i wasn't a newb. i didn't want to change to layout of my workshop or start building walls and stuff. just stuffed two 8x8 tents in the corners and called it a day. i'm a developer and i own every tool imaginable but i still chose to just buy 2 tents. they went up in 30 minutes and more importantly...they came down in 10 minutes.
no chance of growing outdoors where i live either. not to the scale that i want to either. i'm not trying to have 50 plants in my backyard or out at the farm. to many chances of somebody seeing it. people are nosy as fuck here and love to just "stop by." with the humidity, monsoons, and bugs it's not even really an option. 10" of rain in a day isn't that uncommon here.
we get crazy organic fruits and veggies down here. people really don't use pesticides on anything; they all have some homemade remedy for bugs and stuff or they are growing up in the mountains and bringing it down to the local fruit & veggie stands. i grow as much as i can on my farm but it's not on the commercial level at all. it's just for shits and giggles. although we do trade our avocados, juplones, and plantains to the lady we get our broccoli, lettuce, and tomatoes from.
we get tuna ever once and a while. nothing like fresh sashimi. we get a lot of dorado too. my favorite fish for fresh ceviche.
we get these with little spearguns in the rivers. they are called "machaca" down here. not sure what that translates to. great on the grill or fried.
when the rivers are lower we go for freshwater shrimp or "langostinos" as they call them. you go at night with an underwater flashlight, mask, and a homemade mini pitchfork. they are delicious. between 4 of us we can get 50lbs in a good night.
