John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you his top 3 reasons why you should never grow iceberg lettuce. John will also share 1 reason why you MIGHT want to grow iceberg lettuce in your garden.
In this episode, John will share with you his experience growing 6+ varieties of lettuce in his fall/winter/spring garden and which kinds of lettuce he likes the grow the best and why.
You will discover the types of lettuces that are the most nutritious as well as the type of lettuce that may be more susceptible to rot.
After watching this episode you may not grow certain varieties of lettuce ever again and you will learn John's favorite kinds of lettuce to grow.
John will also reveal some of his other tips on how to ensure you have a successful garden.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com shows you how he plants mint to help prevent it from spreading when grown inside a container in his raised bed vegetable garden. In this episode you will learn the advantages of growing mint in a raised bed or a container as well as how to easily propagate mint.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to Flying Disc Ranch, a Date farm who grows dates using no-till, permaculture, biodynamic and organic growing practices. You will see from pit to date on how this palm tree grows and produces delicious fruit.
In this episode, you will learn how date palm trees are grown, and all the stages of date palm growth and some of the farming practices that must be done to ensure high-quality date fruit are being grown.
First, John will compare standard agriculture practices that ruin the fertility of the soil, and share with you a better way: a no-till permaculture food forest in the middle of the desert that is growing a wide variety of tree crops as well as other crops.
You will see the different stages of date palm tree growth and learn how long it takes a date palm to produce edible fruit.
You will learn why bagging dates to protect them from the insects, pets and the weather is really important.
You will discover some of the many practices that must be done on a regular basis to ensure your date palms get large and delicious fruit.
You will learn why this farm does not use synthetic, chemical fertilizers and what they use instead to add nutrients and build their soil so their trees can produce some of the highest quality dates.
You will discover how soil-conserving practices, such as no-till farming, permaculture food forest, keeping the ground covered and adding compost really help this food forest style farm thrive in the middle of 120-degree weather.
Finally, John will interview the farmer, Robert Lower about this date farm he started in 1979. He will ask him the following questions:
0:28:56 Start of interview with Robert Lawer
0:29:25 What motivated you to start growing dates?
0:30:25 Why don't you fumigate your dates like conventional date growers?
0:32:04 What is the main pesticide that conventional dates are fumigated with?
0:32:39 Why don't you use chemical/synthetic fertilizers on your farm?
0:38:20 What do most date farms do with their palm fronds?
0:38:45 Why do you do the no-till method of farming?
0:41:25 What have you found by using rock dust on your farm?
0:48:03 Why did you decided to interplant citrus/figs/pomegranates under your dates?
0:50:37 What are the three things you would do differently on your farm based on what you have learned over 40 years?
0:57:37 You Don't freeze your dates on the farm. Why is it important not to freeze your dates?
1:03:34 What are some of your favorite old-fashion remedies for pest on the garden or farm?
1:04:50 Any final comments or thoughts you would like to share with my viewers today?
1:08:12 What is the best way to learn about your local and organic farmers?
1:10:10 How can someone get ahold of the farm? What is your website?
1:12:00 What is the best month to order dates?
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to New Jersey to share with a friend what he believe she should do to start growing food at her residence. In this episode John shares with you how he would start growing food if he lived in New Jersey aka the Garden State. In this episode you will learn:
The best place to place the garden
How to best protect the garden from animals
How to best make compost to enrich your garden
How to grow on a wooden deck
The best self-watering container garden to maximize food production
and so much more.
After watching this episode, you will have a better understanding of how John would start an organic garden in New Jersey. This will help his friend, but may also give you ideas on how to start a vegetable garden or inspire you with some techniques that you can use to grow more food at home.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you how he harvests his stinging nettles and other greens growing in his garden. He then will transform these wild greens into a delicious superfood green smoothie.
In this episode, John will harvest his perennial stinging nettles, strawberry spinach leaves, cat mint aka catnip and standard mint leaves. He will then demonstrate how to transform these leafy greens into a delicious green smoothie that even kids will enjoy.
After watching this episode, you will discover how to harvest your greens and how to transform them into a powerhouse of nutrition for you and your family.
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to the Mohave desert to visit a friends place that is growing food in the desert. In this episode, you will learn the very simple technique he uses to keep cats out of his raised beds and protect them from other elements. You will also learn about some other uncommon food crops that are grown in the harsh desert environment
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you how you can make the healthiest kale chips (or any other leafy green vegetable chips) fast and easy.
In this episode, John explains what he will be doing with some of his winter-grown leafy green vegetables so he can get the nutrition out of the greens in his garden into him.
You will learn how you can easily make the most healthy kale chips using whole food ingredients in a food dehydrator.
You will discover all the ingredients that John uses to make his kale chips as well learn everything you wanted to ever know about making kale chips (or other leafy green vegetable chips at home).
John will share his tips on how to shorten the dehydration time when dehydrating your kale chips.
Finally, John will share with you the finished product, and how he eats them and how he stores them for the maximum amount of time.
After watching this episode, you will learn everything you need to know about making kale (or other leafy green vegetable chips). This is the most comprehensive video done on this subject at this time.
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com answers your gardening questions:
Is Ornamental or Flowering Kale Edible?
Can I get Tree Collard Starts from You?
Can I use my Compost to Start My Seeds or Should I Use a Mix?
Do You have a video on Your Favorite Gardening Magazines?
What is the best juicer for under $200 for my needs?
Where can I get good soil for my garden or would horse manure and compost work?
Will a Greenhouse let me grow Vegetables all year round?
Where do you get your seeds?
Do you have any seeds you can send me for the upcoming growing season?
How long does it take for Mykos Mycorrhiza to expire?
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you his recent experience with wasps in his garden and will travel to his local Lowes store to share with you some options on how to control wasps that may be in your garden. In addition John will share a few clearance items that may be available at a lowes near you including a kids seed starting kit and purerain water nozzles that may increase growth by up to 30%. Finally you will learn about the solution John decided to use to rid wasps from his garden naturally.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ interviews Dr. Joel Fuhrman, M.D. about gardening, his nutritarian diet, animal products, fruit, and much more.
You will learn from Dr. Fuhrman the healthiest diet in the world and how it can help prevent cancer and other diseases, maximum your lifespan, and enjoy many healthy years and much, much more.
You will learn 6 most health-protective foods so you can start to enjoy them in your diet on a regular basis that will enable you to have a greater level of health.
You will learn why some vegan diets may not be healthy and why processed foods are bad for you. You will discover why eating excess animal products may also be bad for your health.
You will discover why micronutrients are much more important than focusing on macronutrients and how they can help prevent disease and extend your life.
You will learn why some people fail on a vegan diet and some ways you can have a higher probability of success.
You will discover how a diet dominated by leafy greens and vegetables is the healthiest diet in the world and why you might want to start increasing the volume of these healthy foods in your life today.
You will learn 6 most health-protective foods so you can start to enjoy them in your diet on a regular basis that will enable you to have a greater level of health.
In this episode, John will ask Dr. Fuhrman the following questions:
0:00:27 Do you have any questions for me?
0:01:08 How do you grow food year round in New Jersey?
0:05:56 How big is your greenhouse?
0:08:14 What are some of your favorite vegetables to grow?
0:09:43 Why is asparagus good to eat?
0:10:35 How do you add fertility back to your soil?
0:14:24 What are your thoughts on soil health and human health connection?
0:16:51 Do you encourage other people to grow their own food?
0:20:25 Why is it more important to be proactive with your health instead of reactive?
0:25:17 What is a truly healthy diet? What is a nutritarian diet?
0:31:35 What kind of health conditions have been reversed with a nutritarian diet?
0:36:03 Why are macronutrients not as important as micronutrients?
0:42:17 What are GBOMBS and why should someone eat these foods everyday?
0:45:38 Are home grown grass fed eggs, milk and meat healthy?
0:52:05 You recommend no more than 5% of calories from meat and other animal products (10% max) Is it realistic for people to eat this small amount of animal products?
0:53:22 Why are processed foods (even vegan ones) really not healthy for us?
0:57:00 Is it possible for people to eat for people between 30%-60% of their calories from vegetables?
0:58:30 If fruit is so healthy why do you recommend between 10%-40% of calories from fruit and not more?
1:01:32 Why are the phytonutrients in plant foods critical for our health?
1:03:14 Which one of your books would you recommend for someone to start a nutritarian diet?
1:04:38 Any final words of wisdom for my viewers?
1:06:30 What is your website and contact information?
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After watching this episode, you will learn about the healthiest diet in the world proven by science so that you can take action on this information if you desire to have a better and longer life.
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Dr. Fuhrman was in Las Vegas as the 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/