Square Foot Gardening without a Raised Bed at a Local Community Garden
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to a local community garden to check out how people are growing the Square Foot Garden Method. In addition you will learn how you can protect your strawberry crop from the birds using CDs and how you can use handbags to prevent bugs from eating your crops.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to the Spring Preserve Spring Plant Sale. In this episode you will learn about some edible desert-adapted plants you can grow that are edible. In addition you will learn about some products that were shown including It'll Gro Volcanic Rock soil additive, and Zeolite soil additive all available locally for Las Vegas Gardeners. In addition, you will learn the #1 tomato plant to grow in the Desert and much more.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ answers your organic gardening questions. Help John to close caption his videos and get your questions answered with the links below:
John will personally call you and do a 10 minute garden coaching session:
http://fiverr.com/groworganic/be-your-organic-gardening-coach-for-10-minutes
In this episode, John will answer the following questions:
01:45 What is your recommendation on transportable gardens?
04:16 How can I be sure im buying non-GMO seeds?
08:36 Where can I get tree collards and what greens are best to grow during the winter?
11:06 What is rock dust and where can I get it?
13:55 What are your feelings on the aquajet?
15:35 Is it cheaper to grow your greens or buy from the store?
21:02 My rock dust got wet? Is it ruined?
After watching this episode you will learn the answers to these organic gardening questions and probably learn a few other things at the same time.
Referenced videos:
City Pickers Container garden:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfuceP_HVw8
How to grow food OVER your lawn:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JKMzXbn-NA
2013 seed catalog review (with GMO explanation)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMwPecfGvr8
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ gives you a update around his garden for the spring time. Which includes flowering tree collards and flowering litchi tomatoes.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to Kingsbury Market Garden in Warren, Vermont to share with you how one farmer is building his soil fertility with low cost inputs to increase his profits.
In this episode, John will show you around this certified organic farm, and share with you some of the growing practices this farmer uses to increase his profit and at the same time, increase the health, size and nutrition of the crops he grows.
You will also discover many tips along the way that you can implement in your farm or garden to grow higher quality, better tasting, higher yielding fruits and vegetables.
At the end of this episode, John will interview the farmer, Aaron Locker and ask him how this one soil building nutrient: Rock dust has changed the way he thinks about farming and the benefits to his farm that have been derived from its use.
Learn more about the Kingsbury Market Garden at:
http://www.kingsburymarketgarden.com/
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ answers your organic gardening questions. Help John to close caption his videos and get your questions answered with the links below:
John will personally call you and do a 10 minute garden coaching session:
http://fiverr.com/groworganic/be-your-organic-gardening-coach-for-10-minutes
In this episode, John will answer the following questions:
02:42 How is the Joraform Composter Working Out?
03:31 Did you ever test out the Pure Rain Hose Sprayer?
05:36 What is the method of Gardening you use?
06:54 What is the best High Intensity Grow Light Bulb?
10:18 What do you think about using coffee grounds as a mulch?
11:09 Are you keeping bees?
11:32 Do juice stinging nettles?
11:40 When planting a Fruit Tree should you prepare the soil out to the root zone?
13:50 How can I create the best soil for Fruit Trees in my yard?
15:20 What is the best plants to grow to boost your fiber intake?
17:15 Can you sprinkle rock dust on top of the soil or must you mix it in the soil before planting?
After watching this episode you will learn John's answers to these questions and probably alot more about organic gardening as well.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to a local hardware store to look at a pre-assembled raised bed kit that is built right to prevent gophers and be durable to last in the garden. In addition you will learn about some other products that will allow you to more effectively grow food at home such as a waist height raised bed kit as well as vertical garden hanging pot and ladybug nectar which is said to attract ladybugs to your garden.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to the IFA Country Store to share with you a new source of Rock Dust in Las Vegas. In addition, John will explain the differences between granular vs micronized rock dust and which one he prefers. Finally, he will answer some rock dust questions, such as:
How much to apply?
How to apply?
Why add to your garden?
What about the heavy metals?
Where to Purchase.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you over 100 different varieties of heirloom pumpkins and squashes that you can grow. John encourages everyone to grow a wide variety and diverse selection of heirloom crops and share the seeds so more people can grow some of these rare and unique crops. After watching this episode you will be more familiar with some of the heirloom varieties of pumpkins and squashes that are available.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to the 2011 San Francisco Flower and Garden share with you some of his favorite vendor booths. In this episode, John will share with you: Where you can purchase rare seeds from Italy, How to Kill Garden Pests with Water, Purchase a waist height raised bed garden, how you can provide a home for bats and make your own bat guano and learn about a laundry to landscape greywater system and an easy part that will allow you to turn any 55 gallon plastic drum into a rain barrel.