Best Products for Growing Food at the Eggplant Urban Farm Store
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to St. Paul, Minnesota to visit EggPlant, an Urban Farm Store. In this episode, John will give you a tour of this one-of-a-kind store that sells products that allow you to grow, harvest and use the food you grow at home.
You will discover products such as beneficial creature homes, unique seeds, books, ways to grow year round even in the snow, make your own maple syrup, leaf mold compost sack, perennial vegetables and fruiting crops, the best soil ammendements, how to best preserve your harvest without canning and so much more.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ takes you on a field trip to Las Vegas to show you what is currently growing in the end of July / Beginning of August. This will provide you with some ideas on what fruits and vegetables can be grown even in the middle of 105 degree weather. In addition you will discover John's method for learning what will grow sucessfully in your area
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ is visiting a friend and shares how to make a simple salad recipe that uses only three ingredients.. Fresh picked collard leaves from his friends garden, Kimchi and avocado. After watching this episode, you will learn how easy it is to make this simple salad so that you can eat one of the most nutrient dense foods on the planet: Collard Greens.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com shows you how you can build an easy and functional compost sifter for less than $10 in parts from a local hardware store. In this episode John will show how he builds a compost screen that allows him to remove uncomposted clumps from his composted material. After watching this episode you will be able to build your own compost sieve to remove all large particles and debris from your compost or soil. In addition John will share a FREE and easy soil sifter to remove large particles from your compost as well.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ answers your questions including:
Why is my lettuce bitter?
Are you familiar with Nutrient Density?
Fruit Tree Orchard Irrigation and Fertilization
Can you store tropicals outside?
Do you grow Salba?
Can you Share online places to buy seeds?
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to the Oregon Food Bank. In this episode you will learn how the Oregon Food bank is taking a leadership position in solving the nations hunger problem by addressing the root cause of hunger.. people not knowing how to grow their own food. In this episode John will visit the Food Bank Garden and share with you, "Whats Growing On?"
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shows you how he plants his $9 bare root ultra dwarf apricot trees into containers so he can grow the fruit anywhere!
In this episode, John will share the 50% off deal he got at home depot on these bare root fruit trees. He will share some tips on selecting the perfect fruit tree for your specific region. He will also will share his opinions on the best fruit trees to grow as well as the best size and shape of the container that the fruit tree will grow in.
Next he will remove the packing of wood chips that the bare root fruit trees were packed in and share with how he plants them including soaking, preparing and mixing up a potting tree soil to grow his trees in as well as his opinions about pruning his trees.
After watching this episode, you will have a better idea the best fruit trees to purchase for your area, how to best plant them and grow t
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ answers your organic gardening questions. In this episode, John will answer the following questions:
02:33 Do you recommend not using shade cloth?
05:06 Do you consider shade cloth to be counterproductive to plant growth?
05:35 Do you consider shade cloth an unnecessary luxury?
06:44 Does your growing system not require shade?
07:43 Does using a shade cloth go against your environmental friendly principles?
08:56 Do you consider using shade cloth a costly hassle?
10:37 Do you think it is possible to grow food in Lake Havasu City, Arizona?
12:18 With 4 to 6 hours of direct sun a day can I grow Greens, Tomatoes and other crops? If not should I just move?
16:44 What is your opinion on biochar?
18:33 How is the bagster one-time use dumpster in bag working to grow a raised bed garden?
After watching this episode you will learn John's answers to these questions and probably alot more about organic gardening as well.
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ takes you on a tour of his backyard urban raised bed desert vegetable garden. In this episode, you will learn what John grew in the Winter of 2016 in his backyard organic garden in Zone 9a.
You will discover how he is growing different vegetables, the vegetables that he focuses on growing in the winter time.
Along the way, you will learn a few things about growing food in the backyard of a standard American tract home in the suburbs and how much food you can truly grow in a small backyard that can help to feed a family of 4 easily.
Finally, John will share with you the 3 ways he is using his winter harvest in his kitchen that enables him to get more of the most nutritious foods on the planet into him.
Referenced Videos:
Aquajet Irrigation – How to Make it even better
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zswxyq0PUhA
My playlist on how I prepare my garden fresh vegetables
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL023915A97E3C9410
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com goes on a field trip to the 2012 National Hardware Show to visit the Lawn and Garden Pavilion to share with you the best new products that allow you to grow more vegetables at home more effectively. In this episode, you will learn about the best products at this years trade show. In this episode you will learn about
Emsco Group - City Pickers, Little Pickers, Hydro Pickers - Portable Soil and Soil-Less portable raised bed gardens for apartment / condo dwellers and also their Deck and Rail Porch Planter
Absco - Hexies Raised Bed Garden a simple, easy to assemble, tall metal raised bed gardening system that will soon be available in the USA.
Panacia - Features made in the USA made trellis, stakes and tomato cages of all shapes and sizes.
Grow it Now- Unique, Reusable Green House for individual plants that allow you to start your growing season earlier.
Romberg - Offers German Engineered Coconut Coir to ensure your success when starting your seedlings in this eco friendly, renewable peat moss alternative.
InGauge - The easiest soil moisture tested I have ever seen. Literally a dip stick for your soil.
iGrow - a Solar Powered Negative Ion Generator for your plants that may increase plant growth and discourage pests.
Eco Wood Products - Offers Eco Wood, a 100% natural, mineral based treatment to preserve the wood in your raised bed to prevent rotting. An environmentally friendly alternative to toxic paints and stains.
Polanter - A Vertical Growing Tube that has an integrated watering system so you can start growing more food on fences and walls.
Susquehanna Garden Concepts - Offers Made in the USA waist-height raised bed kits with no-rot bottoms to ensure years of use.