How to Harvest Wild Foods to Grow in Your Home Vegetable Garden
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to the beach to wild harvest some Salicornia aka Pickleweed to grow in his garden. In this video you will learn about this edible weed but also learn how you can harvest wild foods to grow in your home vegetable garden. After watching this episode hopefully you will be inspired to grow more common wild edible vegetables in your garden to expand the amount of edibles you are growing at home.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ answers your organic gardening questions. In this episode John will answer the following questions:
1. How to Grow food despite of Gophers in Your Garden.
2. Will you sell some seed for achocha? (caigua)
3. What should I do with my winter crops that are still in the ground when I want to plant my spring garden?
4. Why do we have to rotate our annuals vegetables and not our perennial crops.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shows you around his urban homestead where he grows his own fruits and vegetables. In this episode you will learn about some tropical fruits that John is currently harvesting. Some of the plants that will be discussed include Runner Beans, Litchi Tomatoes, Raspberries, Cape Gooseberries and Loquats.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to visit the Garden at a local winery to find the rare white edible borage herb. In this episode you will learn what parts of the borage plant is edible as well as how to collect and save the seeds its produces. The Borage is also called the starflower due to the shape of the beautiful flower.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you the damage that the high 30 MPH winds did to his frontyard and back yard gardens. In addition he shares with you his techniques for mitigating the damage before you get strong winds. Finally he shares some improvments you can make to the harbor freight greenhouse, including how to make sure your panels have a lesser chance of blowing away!
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you the best after black friday sale for gardeners. In this episode you will learn why John got up early this Saturday to make this video and where he is going to get 50% off one item of his choice to keep his garden habbit growing. Print the coupon at http://www.acehardware.com/coupon/index.jsp
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ answers your organic gardening questions.
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After watching this episode, you will learn John's answers to these questions, and probably learn a few things along the way as well.
03:57 Where can I purchase Chilean Guava Plants?
05:49 What fruit producing hardy evergreen shrub can I plant in Vancouver?
07:10 Is wood ash or Rock dust better as fertilizer?
10:13 Gardening in plastic crates vs untreated wood?
14:53 What are the easiest vegetable seeds to grow?
20:17 Why do you grow in raised beds instead of the ground?
22:21 How do you deal with Fire Ants in the garden should I use chemicals?
24:18 Can you make more videos growing food indoors in an apartment?
26:11 Do you have a video constructing your large timber raised beds?
27:46 How healthy is Juicing for you? Should I start juicing?
33:49 How can I deal with Aphids on my pepper plants when I can’t get ladybugs?
Referenced Videos:
Tasting Babacco and Clilean Guava aka Ugni Fruit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjaqufHOGSo
Eco Wood Treatment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22kefp9byh8
How to build my timber raised beds:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUQ7714d3Bs
How tall should my raised bed?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFCBWWYp_CY
Juicing Information
http://www.youtube.com/rawfoods
http://www.discountjuicers.com
Bugblaster episode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJyFDugMuq8
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you planting a patio tomato in his square foot garden bed. In this episode, you will learn the 3 key components in the soil that John believes everyone should use so that they can produce the healthiest plants that yield the most. You will also discover the power of Mycorrhizae in the Vegetable Garden.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to a viewers home to see what's growing on. In this episode you will learn the easiest things you can possibly grow in South Florida if you have a edible vegetable garden. You will specifically learn about wild jungle peanuts, some perennial tropical crops that can grow year-round in Florida as well as how easy you can propogate mulberry/fig tree cuttings and so much more.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you why he had the Aquajet sub-soil water saving irrigation system removed from one of his raised beds. You will also get a update after 3 years of how the system has worked for him.
First, you will learn more about the Aquajet High-Pressure Sub soil irrigation system that conserves water and reduces evaporation. You will see how it is designed an how it works.
Next, John will interview Rob, the owner of Intelligent Irrigation, LLC, the manufacturer of the Aquajet and learn why he will be removing the Aquajet from One of John's beds. You will also learn more about the Aquajet irrigation system.
John will then dig up his current system to find out if any holes were plugged up as some viewers suggested would happen to discover if that was actually the case or not.
Next, Rob will install a whole new aquajet system in the raised bed, ensuring it is installed correctly, at the proper height, with stand-offs so it will not sink too low over the years of enriching the compost on top of the bed. You will get to see this new system installed and fired up and how air is first evacuated out of the pipes that can help aerate your soil and encourage microbial growth.
Finally, John will sit down with Rob, the owner of Intelligent Irrigation, LLC and ask him some questions about the aquajet and reveal why this system was pulled out after only 3 years of operation.
After watching this episode, you will be more familiar with the Aquajet sub soil water saving irrigation system, and know if you should put one in your garden or use standard drip irrigation instead.
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Referenced Episodes:
Original Aquajet Irrigation System Install
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj2Mx7m2gfA
Aquajet Irrigation Questions and Answers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az8SN4hGzzE
Aquajet 6 Month Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQaLEMNelKI
How I grew the Biggest Vegetables with the Aquajet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDiFTG_mNIE
2 Year Review of the Aquajet - How to make it better
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zswxyq0PUhA
Learn more about and purchase the AquaJet Irrigation System at:
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