Best Materials to Build and Fill a Raised Bed Garden at Menards
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to Menards Hardware Store in the Midwest to see what materials is available to build a raised bed garden. In this episode you will learn WJWD if he were purchasing materials to build a raised bed from menards. You will also discover some other products that will allow you to better grow food at home.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you the garden within a garden concept he uses that enables him to grow more plants in his small city lot. In this episode John will explain this concept he uses to expand his edible vegetable garden so he can maximize the use of all the space he has to grow the most food. During this episode John will visit many of his gardens on his property, and offer ideas and suggestions that will enable you to expand your urban residential garden. After watching this episode, you will have some ideas on how to easily expand your garden so you can grow more fruits and vegetables at home.
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you the quickest and easiest way to tell if your soil is healthy. In this episode John will share an easy technique to tell if you have a healthy food-soil web in your vegetable garden. After watching this episode you will learn more about creating life in your soil and that the health of your plants are no healthier than the soil they are grown in.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you his thoughts on how to have a perfect vegetable garden and how to improve your gardening skills. In this episode John shares his secrets on how to have a perfect vegetable garden. After watching this episode, hopefully you will be inspired to start growing your your own vegetable garden or expand your current garden. Keep on Growing!
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ takes you on a tour at the 2011 National Heirloom Expo. In this episode, John will share what he was teaching and offering at his booth at the expo. You will also go on a tour of the expo hall with John to see some unique plants and see the amazing display that the CRFG put together to share the joy of exotic, unusual, and heirloom fruits.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you his most important criteria you should consider before you purchase and plant a fruit tree on your property.
After watching this growing your greens episode in a minute, you will know the best questions to ask yourself before you purchase any fruit tree to ensure you make the best purchase for you and your family.
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to a green market in South Florida to learn about the Rare Native American Seminole Pumpkin. In this video you will learn about this Perennial Pumpkin that can grow year round in Florida. After watching this video you will learn how just a dozen plants produced over 300 pumpkins in just 13 months.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to Big Lots to share with you the current gardening deals they may have available near you. In this episode, John shares how he buys a walk-in greenhouse for $34.50 and many other organic gardening supplies for 70% off. After watching this episode you may just be separated from some of the green stuff, and I don't mean the leafy green vegetables in your garden!
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens/ goes on a field trip to Los Angeles, California to the Griffith Park Compost Facility to learn more about the FREE compost and FREE Wood Chips that is available for pickup.
In this episode, John will show you the free wood chips and free compost that is available for pickup in Los Angeles. You will learn why free compost is not always good compost.
Next, you will learn the best way to deal with your food scraps, and yard waste at your home: by composting them yourself.
Finally, John will sit down with special guest, Jake Mace and share more of their thoughts about wood chips, mulch, compost, biosolids, veganic soils, manure and more in your garden.
09:05 Talk with Jake Mace Starts
09:40 Would you come here to pick up the free woodchips here in LA?
11:10 Would you take it if you didn't have to move it?
12:01 Would you use that free Topgro Soil Amendment compost from the City of LA in your garden?
16:54 Would John use his human waste on his soil to build soil fertility?
19:22 Would you put the Topgro Soil Amendment compost in your raised bed garden?
19:35 Would you rather not garden at all or use the Topgro Soil Amendment compost?
21:10 What other soil amendments would you add to the soil to make it better?
22:26 Would you be more included to use Topgro Soil Amendment Compost on fruit trees than a vegetable garden?
24:03 Would you initially use the Topgrow soil Amendment Compost in the desert sand to build fertility of your land?
25:38 Would you use the biosolid compost on non-edible trees and plants on your property?
28:58 Do you use animal manures in your garden?
30:03 Is using rescue animals poop and homemade worm castings veganic is it manure?
31:18 What are your tips about using animal manure in his garden?
35:39 Any final comments for my viewers?
39:02 What do you do with your urine in your garden?
40:24 How can someone learn more about and your channels Jake Mace?
After watching this episode, you will discover why free compost is not always good compost. You will better know some questions to ask before getting any compost to grow your food in.
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The city of LA now offers free Mulch Delivery
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares his 3 secrets for growing big vegetables in his garden.
In this episode you will learn about some of the more rare and unique nutrients that can be added to your garden to increase your plant growth. You will discover by harnessing the power of nature you can get your plants to uptake more nutrients which in turn they will turn into larger vegetables and leave you with higher yields and more nutritious crops.
After watching this episode, you will have a better understanding of John's gardening style which he calls organic, biologic gardening.