Grow a Garden, Save Water or Energy - The 350 Home and Garden Challenge
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ invites each one of his viewers to participate in the 350 Home and Garden Challenge happening this weekend, May 14 and 15. In this video you will learn how we can foster massive change if each one of us take a small action. In this episode you will learn how growing food, saving water, saving energy and even making adjustments to what you eat have an impact on our mother earth.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com goes on a field trip to Gardeners Supply Company in Burlington, Vermont to share with you some of the best products that will allow you easily grow more food at home.
In this company store tour, John will show you around their flagship retail store and all the products he likes that makes homesteading and growing your food easy.
First, John will share some of his favorite tools for harvesting, storing, processing, and preserving foods.
Next, he will head out to the demonstration garden at Gardener's Supply company and share many of the different raised bed kits, self-watering containers, earth box-like grow boxes with integrated tomato cage / trellis and also an elevated raised bed garden so you can garden while sitting or on a patio.
Next, John will head back into the store and you will learn about several different types of trellis systems, holders to put your pumpkins and melons so they don't rot due to bug damage.
You will next discover about a self-watering seed starting setup that includes lighting.
John will then share with you his favorite organic pest controls that he uses in his garden.
He will share tools with you that allow to extend your growing system, then show you some cool water wands and water-saving shut off valves.
John will then share with you not only bird houses, but also butterfly houses, mason bee homes and bat home.
Finally, John will share with you the best way you can grow food inside your house in the winter, or any time of year by growing sprouts and microgreens.
After watching this episode, you will learn about many of the top gardening products on the market today, as well as learn a bunch of gardening tips and tricks you can use to be more effective to grow your own food at home.
Referenced Videos:
How to ferment your vegetables without mold:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAIR7aVf9P0
Big Bag Bed Easy Fabric Raised Bed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPDaiNLloZY
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ answers your organic gardening questions. In this episode he answers the following questions:
1.How to Preserve Fruits and Vegetables in Hot and Humid Regions
2. Is plastic bad to use in a Container Vegetable Garden?
3. Which do you like better Azomite or Glacial Rock Dust?
4. How and What edible crops can I grow under Pine Trees?
5. Im not getting emails from Youtube about your new uploads. How can I watch your current videos?
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to the Maku'u Farmers Market on the Big Island of Hawaii. In this episode, John takes you around the farmers market and shares with you some of the farmers selling fruit trees, herbs and vegetables. John will give his opinions on some of the edibles you may want to consider growing in the tropics. After watching this episode you will discover a few varieties of edible plants that survive in frost-free tropical environments that will provide food for you and your family.
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/ shares with you two of his favorite organic soil amendments aka fertilizers and how you can make them at home for FREE! In this episode John will explain why he likes these two particular organic fertilizers more than most others and why you should start including them into your garden.
To learn more about the worm castings, please watch the episode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6Emu9hwhsc
To learn about woodchip compost and fungal dominated compost:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEkFFRjDkvs
If you do not want to make these fertilizers at home free, you can purchase them for discounted prices at:
http://www.boogiebrew.net/gyg
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 over 100 different varieties of heirloom pumpkins and squashes that you can grow. John encourages everyone to grow a wide variety and diverse selection of heirloom crops and share the seeds so more people can grow some of these rare and unique crops. After watching this episode you will be more familiar with some of the heirloom varieties of pumpkins and squashes that are available.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to Ready to Grow Gardens in Miami, Florida to share with you how you can grow a vegetable garden with help in South Florida.
In this episode, John will visit the Ready to Grow Grow Nursery and Demonstration garden to share with you the perennial and annual crops that can be grown in South Florida . You will also discover the one of the best ways to grow these crops: in a raised bed garden. You will learn how Ready to Grow Gardens is re-purposing hardwood to build raised beds that enable people young and old to grow their own food.
John will take you on a tour of the demonstration garden so you can get an idea of some of the crops John would grow in the Miami area.
Finally, John will sit down with the owner of Ready to Grow Gardens, Dylan Terry to ask him some questions about why he started the business, some of his favorite perennial vegetables to grow and much, much more.
After watching this episode, you will have a better understanding of how to grow a vegetable garden in South Florida or where ever you live.
Referenced Videos:
EcoWood Wood treatment for Raised Beds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22kefp9byh8
How to make $100,000 Farming land you dont own
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP5bOr0aC58
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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.