John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares his top 3 ways to green your diet on this Earth Day 2012.

John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to Vilardi Gardens in Phoenix, Arizona to share with you some of the vegetables you can still plant in the heat of the July summer. In this episode, John will give you a tour of this Wholesale nursery that grows plants for retailers in the Phoenix, Arizona area. You will discover some of the most heat tolerant vegetables that you can still plant and grow during the hot summer if you haven't yet started a garden or still have places in your garden to plant vegetables. John will cover a variety of his favorite heat-loving plants that thrive in the hot 100+ degree weather in Phoenix, Las Vegas or whatever desert you live. You will discover many common and uncommon varieties of vegetables you should focus on if you grow in the desert or other places where summers are HOT! John will share with you many uncommon perennial vegetables that thrive in the heat that he loves to grow. After watching this episode, you will have the information you need to get planting and start (or add to) your July vegetable garden. ps. YES, I did purchase and plant all 2 1/2 flats of vegetables in my garden except for the 2 caper plants that are awaiting a home. They were protected under 30% shade cloth for a few weeks to harden them off to ensure their success. Subscribe to Growing Your Greens for more videos like this: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=growingyourgreens Follow John on Instagram: https://instagram.com/growingyourgreens/ Watch all 1100+ GrowingYourGreens Episodes at: https://www.youtube.com/user/growingyourgreens/videos Talk to John for 10 minutes https://www.fiverr.com/groworganic/be-your-organic-gardening-coach-for-10-minutes Referenced Video: How to Make Green Slime from 100% organic Okra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgCdTfAEnII Egyptian Walking Onions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWRphdu3xqs Learn More about Vilardi Gardens at: http://www.vilardigardens.com/ Visit Vilardi Gardens on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Vilardi-Gardens-148632058518894/

John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to EM Hawaii in Honolulu, Hawaii to learn more about EM1 aka Effective Microorganisms. In this episode, you will learn what is Effective Microorganisms and why you may want to use them in your garden. You will discover this OMRI (organic) listed product that has a wide variety of applications from gardening, farming, composting, smell control, insect control, disease control and more. You will SEE John drink this natural and organic gardening product. John will also share with you what makes EM1 unique over other microorganism or biologic products out there and why it is different than making your own compost tea or using IMO's. You will also discover other uses of EM1 around your home, in your garden or at your farm. You will discover how EM1 can help speed up the breakdown of food waste into nutrients for your garden and even help to clean up rivers, lakes, and ponds that have sludge and slime build up. After watching this episode, you will have a better understanding of the EM1 product, and if it is something that you might want to use in your garden to be more effective. Referenced videos: Bokashi Bucket: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEXPblGYKWI Improve your garden yields 400% using worm castings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6Emu9hwhsc Visit to Fukuda seed store: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ88ZjSPAic Learn more about EM1 Hawaii at http://www.emhawaii.com Subscribe to Growing Your Greens at: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=growingyourgreens

John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ attends the 35th Annual EcoFarm Conference put on by the Ecological Farming Association and gives you a tour and review of the event. You will learn first hand what it is like to attend some of the events at EcoFarm Conference that takes place at Asilomar every year. In this episode, John will show you around the EcoFarm Conference including sharing the seed exchange as well as the exhibitor area to share with you the best exhibitors for the event. The products and exhibitors shown are: Personal Biochar Stove - Make your own biochar at home! from Greensteaders.org learn more at: http://greensteaders.org/biochar/champion.html Aquasap - Water soluble Seaweed fertilizer that is made without chemical additives that is more sustainable than Kelp. http://www.seanutri.com/ Austrian Engineered Compost at the Herbert Family Farm - Learn more about this compost and system of creating the best compost bar-none. http://www.herbertfamilyorganicfarm.com/ Controlled Microbial Compost Information http://www.ibiblio.org/steved/Luebke/Luebke-compost2.html Johnny Seeds - for microgreen seeds, gardening seeds and more http://www.johnnyseeds.com Industrial Hemp its products and Hemp Shield a non-toxic hemp based finish for raised beds, decks, etc http://hempsteadprojectheart.com/ http://www.hempshield.net/ Also mentioned Baker Creek Seeds http://www.rareseeds.com Heirloom Expo http://theheirloomexpo.com/ Finally John will share his personal notes from several of the workshops about what he learned at the EcoFarm Conference 2015 including topics on: Permaculture vegetable gardening, IPM of Ants and Spiders, Building Soil, No Till Farming, Making Compost, and much, much more. Learn more about the EcoFarm Conference at: http://www.ecofarm.org Purchase the MP3 audio of the presentations at Eco-Farm at: http://eco-farm.org/shop Subscribe to Growing Your Greens: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=growingyourgreens