John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to the Wasatch community garden in downtown salt lake city and share the crops that grew best in the summer and explains how to best prepare your raised bed garden for the winter. In this episode, John re-visits a community garden that he visited in 2010. He will first give you a tour of some of the vegetables, herbs and fruits that did the best in Salt Lake City, and should do well in many climates as these are some of the hardiest crops you can grow. Along the way, John shares with you some of his insights and information about growing food, preserving food and preparing food. John will also share many of his gardening tips with you. Next, at 20:36 John will share with you how he would prepare his raised beds for the winter season if he lived in Salt Lake City, Utah or another climate where people normally don't grow a vegetable garden in the winter time. You will also learn how he prepares his bed for the next planting season because he grows year round. Subscribe to GrowingYourGreens for more videos like this: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=growingyourgreens Follow John on Instagram at: https://instagram.com/growingyourgreens/ Watch all 1200+ Episodes from GrowingYourGreens at https://www.youtube.com/user/growingyourgreens/videos Referenced Episodes: Original Salt Lake City Community Garden Video from 2010 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H98O9fVm_cA How to Make Kale Chips Easy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlRKsYD_k0g

John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you his top 8 favorite edible plants that he grew this summer with average temperatures of 100 degrees over the entire summer. In this episode, John will take you around his backyard raised bed desert garden and share with you many fruiting crops, leafy green crops and even a tuber crop that can easily thrive in 100+ degree weather. After watching this episode, you will learn some of the most heat tolerant vegetables and varieties you will want to grow in the hot summer or if you have high temperatures for sustained peroids of time. While I do cover the varieties that perform well in the heat for me, this also takes into consideration my other gardening practices that are critical for your success in these extreme conditions: 1. proper watering 2. growing in high quality soil including rock dust, worm castings, compost with compost tea added. Healthier plants are more tolerant of external stressors (bugs, disease, weather, sun, etc) Suscribe to GrowingYourGreens for more videos like this: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=growingyourgreens Follow John on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/growingyourgreens/