Compost Tea vs Rock Dust - Which is the Better Organic Fertilizer ?
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ and Josh from the Boogie Brew Company battle head to head on which is the better soil ammendment: Compost Tea or Rock Dust. In this entertaining and informative episode you will discover some of the pros and cons of both rock dust as well as compost tea and learn which one you should use to grow your organic vegetable garden or farm.
In this episode you will learn the answer to the question which came first? Rock Dust or Compost Tea? What is the role of each in your organic garden? You will also learn about the food soil web of gardening including bacteria, fungi and trace minerals. You will discover why rock dust might not always work and the best way to ensure your plants can uptake the trace minerals in your soil.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you how you can make two organic edible kids toys out of the garden. In this episode, John shares with you some garden vegetables that can be used as a koosh ball and a rocket ship! In addition, you will learn a special technique that John discovered to turn 100% organic mature, fibrous Okra into Green Slime! Watch this episode for a fun and enjoyable time. John encourages everyone to have fun in the garden and gets kids involved with growing food in the garden, but also having fun in the garden. John believes that having fun and laughing is deeply connected to learning.
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ answers your gardening questions including:
What should I use to start my tomato seeds?
What is the best compost in my area to fill my raised beds?
What should I fill my raised beds with?
Will my plant make it?
What is the best commercial sprouter to grow sprouts?
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shows you how to make a fresh picked garden salad. First, you will discover the different types of leafy green vegetables he will be picking for his salad. Second, you will learn the best leaves to harvest for a salad. Finally, John will share with you one of his salad dressings that has been a hit with others when he has given food demonstrations in the past. After watching this episode, you will learn yet another delicious and nutritious way to use the leafy greens in your garden to build the health of you and your family.
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com answers your questions including:
What do you use to keep snails away?
What is the best to grow in Canada?
Can Corn Grow in the Cold?
Can I grow what you grow in Georgia?
Can I grow lettuce year round?
After watching this video, you will learn the answers to the above questions and probably a few more things as well.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to an inner city high school in Miami, Florida to share with you their permaculture food forest garden that was recently installed just a few months ago.
In this episode, you will learn John's opinions on teaching the youth of today the importance of where food comes from, and the best food to eat. John will share his opinions on why a permaculture food forest garden makes more sense in a sub-tropical climate that a raised bed garden that often are left untended after a few years.
John will then show you what the unproductive field of grass looked like before the permaculture school garden went in.
Next, John will take you up 3 stories to show you an overhead shot of this food forest garden and share with you his opinions on the food forest.
John will take you through a walking tour of this high school permaculture food forest and share you some of the highlights of the design as well as many of the subtropical and tropical plants that were planted that you can grow in a similar climate.
John will then take you to a local Junior High School to show you how this project is undertaken, and what a recently installed permaculture food forest garden looks like. John will highlight some of his favorite plants at this installation.
Finally, John will interview Mario Yanez of FoodScape Designs who designed and installed the food forest gardens shown in this episode to get some insight on the reason for the gardens, about curriculum that is also being created for the teachers and much, much more.
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shows you around the 2011 National Heirloom Expo to share with you the display entitled "Plants from the Paste - Food for the Future - A Gallery of Ancient Heirlooms". After watching this video you will learn about a dozen ancient heirloom crops - Camas, Yacon, Black Nightshade, Ground Cherry, Pepino Melon, Ashitaba, Quinoa, Oca, Mashua, Tawari and Tamarillo or Tree Tomato.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ visits the Mother Earth News Fair in Seven Springs, PA to share with you some vendors that allow you to better grow more food at home. In this episode John will share:
1. Garden Hose Filter that removes chlorine and other contaminants
2. Solawrap sheeting and Greenhouse Dome that withstands 100 MPH winds
3. GardenSoxxx Easy to Use Raised Bed Gardening System
4. Grow Vertically Indoors Year Round with Daylight Designs systems
5. Botanical Interests Edible Flowers and Vegetables to plant for the Winter.
6. Southern Exposure Seed Exchange - Sampling Station - Edible Sorghum
7. Companion Plants that offers exotic and rare edibles and medicinals plants and will ship to you.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ has a special guest, Dr. Joel Fuhrman, MD visit his garden for a special spring garden tour.
In this episode, John will share with Dr. Fuhrman some of the special fruits, vegetables, and herbs he is growing.
You will learn from Dr. Fuhrman why some of the vegetables that John is growing are non-optional plants you need to eat on a regular basis to prevent and reverse disease. You will discover the specific pathways in the body that require certain phytonutrients in these plant foods that prevent and reverse disease and can help keep you young and healthy.
John will offer Dr. Fuhrman taste samples of many of the unique leafy greens, herbs, fruits, and vegetables growing in his garden so you can learn what a hard-core vegetable eater thinks about some of the unique varieties that John is growing.
You will learn from both Dr. Fuhrman and John as they interact with each other in this educational, fun and inspiring one-of-a-kind spring backyard vegetable garden tour.
After watching this episode, you will learn more about why some of the vegetables you are growing in your garden should be grown and eaten on a regular basis and in sufficient quantities. You will also discover many new varieties of edible plants that you may want to start growing.
Joel Fuhrman, M.D. is a board-certified family physician, six-time New York Times best-selling author and internationally recognized expert on nutrition and natural healing, who specializes in preventing and reversing disease through nutritional methods. Dr. Fuhrman coined the term “Nutritarian” to describe his eating style, which is built around a diet of nutrient-dense, plant-rich foods.
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Interview with Dr. Joel Fuhrman (part 2 of 2)
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Dr Fuhrman was in Las Vegas as keynote speaker for the 6th annual Health, Healing & Happiness conference and expo, an event that he enjoys speaking at, and where hundreds of people attend every year to learn about the power of nutrition and healthy lifestyles in Las Vegas! Learn More at: http://www.health-healing-happiness.com/
John from http:/www.growingyourgreens.com/ spoke at the 2015 Martch against Monsanto in Las Vegas, Nevada. In this episode, you will learn more about the March against Monsanto in Las Vegas. You will discover more about what is a GMO food? You will then hear from a few of the people attending the march about Monsanto and GMOs. Next you will hear John's solution-based speech that will share the top 2 things you must do to protect you and your family from GMO foods.
Next, you will get to see some of the March that took place in Las Vegas and finally, learn about
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