John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ visits his friends permaculture-style tropical fruit forest orchard that is growing enough food to meet the entire food needs of the family that live on the property. In this episode, you will discover how on this 10 acre homestead the family is producing enough food to feed themselves WITHOUT bringing in external inputs such as fertilizers, manures or other animal products to create fertility on the property. You will learn about some of the many varieties of fruit trees that you may want to grow if you live in the tropics and you want to subsist on the food on your property. You will discover how this land was made fertile by simply bringing in one soil nutrient in massive quantity as well as growing nitrogen fixing trees that build the soil to feed the trees, plants and vegetables that are now growing on the property. You will also discover how it is possible to live off your land by eating a simple, nutrient dense fruits and vegetable diet and how you can do this without having any animals on property that may take significant time to tend. Finally you will discover some actions you can take to start growing part of your own food no matter where in the world you currently live. Follow me on Instagram: http://instagram.com/growingyourgreens Subscribe if you are not already: http://www.youtube.com/user/growingyourgreens?sub_confirmation=1

John from http://www.growingyourgreens/ goes on a field trip to Los Angeles, California to the Griffith Park Compost Facility to learn more about the FREE compost and FREE Wood Chips that is available for pickup. In this episode, John will show you the free wood chips and free compost that is available for pickup in Los Angeles. You will learn why free compost is not always good compost. Next, you will learn the best way to deal with your food scraps, and yard waste at your home: by composting them yourself. Finally, John will sit down with special guest, Jake Mace and share more of their thoughts about wood chips, mulch, compost, biosolids, veganic soils, manure and more in your garden. 09:05 Talk with Jake Mace Starts 09:40 Would you come here to pick up the free woodchips here in LA? 11:10 Would you take it if you didn't have to move it? 12:01 Would you use that free Topgro Soil Amendment compost from the City of LA in your garden? 16:54 Would John use his human waste on his soil to build soil fertility? 19:22 Would you put the Topgro Soil Amendment compost in your raised bed garden? 19:35 Would you rather not garden at all or use the Topgro Soil Amendment compost? 21:10 What other soil amendments would you add to the soil to make it better? 22:26 Would you be more included to use Topgro Soil Amendment Compost on fruit trees than a vegetable garden? 24:03 Would you initially use the Topgrow soil Amendment Compost in the desert sand to build fertility of your land? 25:38 Would you use the biosolid compost on non-edible trees and plants on your property? 28:58 Do you use animal manures in your garden? 30:03 Is using rescue animals poop and homemade worm castings veganic is it manure? 31:18 What are your tips about using animal manure in his garden? 35:39 Any final comments for my viewers? 39:02 What do you do with your urine in your garden? 40:24 How can someone learn more about and your channels Jake Mace? After watching this episode, you will discover why free compost is not always good compost. You will better know some questions to ask before getting any compost to grow your food in. Subscribe to GrowingYourGreens for more videos like this: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=growingyourgreens Follow John on Instagram at: https://instagram.com/growingyourgreens/ Watch all 1250+ Episodes from GrowingYourGreens at https://www.youtube.com/user/growingyourgreens/videos Buy Seeds that John Grew at: http://growingyourgreens.ecwid.com/ Talk to John for 10 Minutes for Just $5 https://www.fiverr.com/groworganic/be-your-organic-gardening-coach-for-10-minutes Related Episodes How to Make Compost the Easy Way https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wltDnYKVE4 Ultimate Compost Tumbler Review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWrxXkE_s3M Related Links Link to Jake Mace's Gardening Channel https://www.youtube.com/user/VeganAthlete Link to Jake Mace's Kung Fu and Tai Chi Channel https://www.youtube.com/user/ShaolinCenter Jake Mace on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jakemacetaichi/ The city of LA now offers free Mulch Delivery https://www.lacitysan.org/san/faces/home/portal/s-lsh-wwd/s-lsh-wwd-s/s-lsh-wwd-s-gw/s-lsh-wwd-s-gw-fmg

John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to Hilo, Hawaii to share with you how one city is growing tropical edible tropical fruits and perennial vegetables. The project called "Let's Grow Hilo" is designed to beautify the city, show people how easy it is to go green and feed the local people. You will discover some of the different edible crops are being grown in Downtown Hilo and some of the techniques that were used to grow them. The edibles planted are here for everyone to enjoy free and even take home. After watching this episode you will have some ideas on what easy to grow edibles you can grow if you live in Hawaii or other tropical location.

John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ introduces his cat to a fresh catnip plant for the first time. In this episode, John will share the benefits of growing catnip for your health and for your cat. You will discover some of the top ways John uses catnip in his diet, and why it works to get cats "high" and how some people use it to get high. You will also learn about some of the unique properties of the catnip plant that can be beneficial for your garden, and learn why it is a crop that will grow well in the desert because it is drought tolerant. After watching this episode, you will likely start to grow some catnip for you and your cats. Subscribe to GrowingYourGreens for more videos like this: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=growingyourgreens Follow John on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/growingyourgreens/ Watch over 1100 other GrowingYourGreens videos at: https://www.youtube.com/user/growingyourgreens/videos