Edible Patio Garden with Fruit Trees and Edible Shrubs in South Florida
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to a friends place in South Florida to learn more about what is growing at his friends condo. John believes even if you live in a small space such as an apartment or condo you can grow some of your own food. In this episode you will learn about some tropical fruit trees and edible shrubs that are useful to grow in South Florida.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to the 2012 San Francisco Flower and Garden Show. In this episode you will learn some unique ways you can grow edible food crops at home. You will also see how reclaimed lumber can be used to build garden beds. In addition, you will learn about some products that will allow you to grow more food at home such as the vertical garden, soil blockers and smart pot wall pocket. Finally you will learn about some unique varieties of vegetables such as Indigo Rose Grafted Tomato, Dick's Picotee Variegated Kale, Walking Onions, Agretti, and Tendril Peas grown for the greens that taste between spinach and peas.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ takes you on a tour of his backyard urban vegetable garden. In this episode you will learn what vegetables John grows in the winter so he can eat out of his garden instead of the grocery store. Besides just sharing what is growing, John will also share interesting facts and tips about each style plant that will enable you to grow a more successful garden. After watching this episode you may just be inspired to start growing a garden during the winter or anytime!
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ takes you on a tour of his four $17.50 big lots greenhouses. In this episode John shares with you why he put up the greenhouses and how it will enable him to more effectively weather the winter storm and grow food throughout the colder winter months. You will discover the specific crops he is growing that will thrive in unheated greenhouses in zone 9a. After watching this video you will have some ideas on some ways you can use your greenhouses and grow food in the winter time so you can eat out of your yard instead of the grocery store.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ interviews permaculture designer and founder of Punta Mona Center for Regenerative Design and Botanical Studies about the diet that can save the world.
In this episode, you will learn about the Perennial Diet and how eating Perennial crops can be better for you and the planet. You will learn the difference between eating a diet based on annual plants (what most people eat today) most often results in more labor, tillage, and damage to the soil and environment.
You will discover how a permaculture food forest fits right into the perennial diet and how it can be one of the answers to help save the world.
You will learn how by changing over to eating more perennial based foods, you can do your part to conserve and protect the earth, the soil, and water from degradation and help to regenerate the earth by voting with your dollars or growing your own perennial crops including fruit trees and other plants that easily grow year after year.
Stephen will share the most important perennial foods in a tropical climate and how they can be easily grown to sustain you, your family and other people. You will then learn which crops can be grown in more temperate climates that are focused on disturbing the soil less, creating more fertility in the soil and require less labor.
After watching this episode, your diet will never be the same again. You may want to eat more of these perennial foods in your diet to ensure you are doing your part to save the planet and eat a healthy diet based on plants that you can grow where ever you live.
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com answers your questions including best wood to build raised beds out of and Faucet to Drip Irrigation and More.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you why he had the Aquajet sub-soil water saving irrigation system removed from one of his raised beds. You will also get a update after 3 years of how the system has worked for him.
First, you will learn more about the Aquajet High-Pressure Sub soil irrigation system that conserves water and reduces evaporation. You will see how it is designed an how it works.
Next, John will interview Rob, the owner of Intelligent Irrigation, LLC, the manufacturer of the Aquajet and learn why he will be removing the Aquajet from One of John's beds. You will also learn more about the Aquajet irrigation system.
John will then dig up his current system to find out if any holes were plugged up as some viewers suggested would happen to discover if that was actually the case or not.
Next, Rob will install a whole new aquajet system in the raised bed, ensuring it is installed correctly, at the proper height, with stand-offs so it will not sink too low over the years of enriching the compost on top of the bed. You will get to see this new system installed and fired up and how air is first evacuated out of the pipes that can help aerate your soil and encourage microbial growth.
Finally, John will sit down with Rob, the owner of Intelligent Irrigation, LLC and ask him some questions about the aquajet and reveal why this system was pulled out after only 3 years of operation.
After watching this episode, you will be more familiar with the Aquajet sub soil water saving irrigation system, and know if you should put one in your garden or use standard drip irrigation instead.
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Referenced Episodes:
Original Aquajet Irrigation System Install
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj2Mx7m2gfA
Aquajet Irrigation Questions and Answers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az8SN4hGzzE
Aquajet 6 Month Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQaLEMNelKI
How I grew the Biggest Vegetables with the Aquajet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDiFTG_mNIE
2 Year Review of the Aquajet - How to make it better
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zswxyq0PUhA
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you what has been pilfered from his community garden plots in the past and now. In this episode John will share his techniques for minimizing stealing from his community garden plots by thinking smarter and not working harder.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you how his Babaco Tree healed itself from a wound. The babaco tree produces a papaya-like fruit that doesnt quite taste as good as a papaya but can grow in sub-tropical locations. Originally from Ecuador. The latin name of the babaco is Carica pentagona Heilborn.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you his top 3 tips on how to harvest the ripest tomato from your tomatoe plants. In this episode, John visits a local farm to share with you his three techniques for picking mouth-watering, delicious tomatoes from your garden. After watching this episode you will learn John's tips that will enable you to select the best tasting tomatoes out of your garden so can can make bomb salsa!