15 Ways You Can Cage, Stake or Trellis Your Tomato Plants to Grow Vertical
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to the Larkspur Community Garden to share with you over a dozen ways on how gardeners are growing their tomatoes vertically in the community garden. After watching this episode, you will be more familiar with ways that people train their tomatoes. In this episode you will discover some innovative ways people are using cages, stakes and trellis systems to grow more tomatoes.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares his ideas about how to best spread the skills of organic gardening. In this episode John will share the concept of each one, teach one where each person can teach another person their gardening skills on a one-on-one environment. In addition, John is looking for some interns that can help him around the garden and he can teach them personally.
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ answers your organic gardening questions.
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After watching this episode, you will learn John's answers to these questions, and probably learn a few things along the way as well:
01:35 Should I compost over a grass lawn or remove it before planting a garden?
02:29 What web site are the fermentation crocks available that you used?
03:01 What is the update on the Sun-Mar Composter?
05:35 How do I apply rock dust and Sea-90?
07:53 At the end of the season do I just add new compost and NOT till it?
09:29 Will adding mushrooms to my compost make it fungal dominated?
10:19 What are your suggestions for dealing with bugs in acontainer garden?
14:15 Do you keep bees? What are your thoughts on keeping bees?
17:49 What are the best vegetables to grow in Los Angeles? Can I grow tomatoes year round?
Referenced Videos:
Fermenting Vegetables without Mold
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAIR7aVf9P0
Lifetime Barrel Composter from Costco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKPW6jmDPFQ
How to till your garden without a rototiller:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwbXPXxMxuQ
End your pest problems forever in your garden (Neem and Dr. Bronners Soap)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33Q0uP4odh4
Bumblebees to pollinate your garden:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAuBhjI1HJw
Best place in Los Angeles to buy vegetable starts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y9pWCyuQU0
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http://www.discountjuicers.com/specialty.html
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you how you can double your yields in your garden by using wood chips and rock dust. In this video John visits the Amazing Permaculture Garden http://youtu.be/GXEcjWE_Xjs to share with you exactly how they are growing super-sized vegetables. After watching this video you will know how you can start super sizing your vegetables today.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ takes you on a tour of his front yard raised bed vegetable garden. In this episode you will learn about many of the usual and unusual varieties of fruits and vegetables John is growing in his front yard. You will discover how and why he grows his food, and along the way have a fun time learning about the many different crops he is growing in the front yard of a standard american tract home in the suburbs.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ visits the green house hawaii to share with you some of the edible vegetables, fruits, herbal medicines, paper fiber and cloth fiber they are growing so they can produce more and consume less. In this episode John will give a tour of some of the interesting crops being grown, including Hawaiian Cotton, Bananas, Roselle, Malabar Spinach, Cassava, Sugar Cane and so much more.
You will learn how you can use bokashi to clean up after your chicken, how to air layer fruit trees, how to use water hyacinth, how to collect seeds from roselle, Composting in Hawaii, how to make paper out of some of your fiber crops and so much more.
After watching this episode you are sure to learn a thing or two about how you can become more sustainable on step at a time.
Learn more about the green house Hawaii at:
http://www.thegreenhousehawaii.com/thegreenhouse.html
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ answers your gardening questions. In this episode, John will answer the following questions:
1. Any other charts like the ANDI chart that shows how nutrient dense foods are?
2. Will gravel dust / gravel do any good in my garden?
3. Can I dig out my tomatoes and move the plants that are planted too close together?
4. Is it safe to use shredded paper in gardens?
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ takes you on a field trip to the 2017 National Hardware Show into the Lawn & Garden Pavillion to share with you the best new products that will allow you to grow more food at home. In this episode, special guest, Jake Mace, the Vegan Athlete will join John at this year's show!
In this episode John will share with the following products that he feels are valuable to people who want to grow food at home:
03:10 Tree Diaper - an olla style device for your trees that can catch and hold up to 30 gallons of rainwater and release the water when the soil is dry without any complicated irrigation system or timers. Also had similar solutions for potted plants and raised beds.
https://www.treediaper.com/
09:56 Soil Savvy - Best soil test kit that tests actual nutrients available in the soil your plants can absorb. Unlike other soil test kits which basically see what's in the soil. This soil test kit simulates the roots of your plants and will actually absorb the nutrients your plant would. This offers you better guidance as to what you can do to improve your soil and your vegetable gardening.
https://unibestinc.com/industries/lawn-garden.html
16:33 Vegepod - A Self-Watering Raised Bed Garden kit that waters your plants so you don't have to. It also keeps out pests from eating your organically grown vegetables. It is self-contained so it can be moved if you are renting your home. It can be elevated so you can garden without bending down or from a wheelchair. It is easy to assemble food grade polypropylene with UV stabilizers.
https://vegepod.com/
22:59 Summary with Jake Mace and Final Thoughts
After watching this episode you will learn about these products as well as learn a thing or two about gardening along the way.
Learn about the products at the 2016 National Hardware Show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDtRgvfSfwg
Learn about the products at the 2015 National Hardware Show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzZtHLoPTwo
Learn about the products at the 2014 National Hardware Show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaZ2Q4qZck4
Learn about the products at the 2013 National Hardware Show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACEmsa14bDs
Learn about the products at the 2012 National Hardware Show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knHZdXCl_sk
Learn about the products at the 2011 National Hardware Show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLTjob3LGr0
Check out Jake Mace's Youtube Gardening Channel at:
https://www.youtube.com/user/VeganAthlete
Watch Jake's episode at the Hardware show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dZPkiFvT0c
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com goes on a field trip to the farmers market to share with you a new and innovative waist height raised bed garden with wheels. In this episode you will learn about the garden on wheels that allows people who have problems bending over to grow vegetables and other plants anywhere.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ answers your organic gardening questions. In this episode, John will answer the following questions:
01:46 What are some high calorie, healthy foods you can grow?
03:23 Do tomatoes that are cooked have higher lycopene?
05:21 Have you used and what do you think about biochar?
07:07 Can I compost poisionous Oleander and use its mulch in my garden?
09:32 Did you try biobuzz premix? A source of beneficial micro-organisms?
12:18 How do you keep the soil level up in a raised bed when planting trees and perennials?
14:35 Can I compost Cabbage in Compost?
15:30 What do you think of Cement Cinder block raised beds?
16:45 Do you have any advise for Growing in the Desert in Raised Beds?
After watching this episode you will learn John's answers to these questions and more about organic gardening as well.
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