Protect your Plants from Snails and Slugs & Urban Vegetable Garden in San Francisco
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to Garden for the Enviornment in San Francisco. In this episode you will learn some unique ways to protect your young plants from snails and slugs. In addition you will discover what plants grow well year round in San Francisco as well as much more.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ visits his friend Evan in Southern California to give a garden consult. In this episode you will learn:
1, How John would protect his crops from rats, bunnies, deer and other wildlife.
2. An easy kit that allows anyone to build their own greenhouse.
3. How you can use a Bagster sold at Home Depot to make a raised bed garden
4. What to do if you live on a slope and how to garden there.
5. How to more effectively compost your food scraps to make compost
and much, much more.
All presented in HD for your viewing pleasure! Thumbs up if you like the HD!
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to the Corona Community to share with you the 3 tips to grow the most productive community (or home) garden plot ever. John believes that Gardening is really simple, and by starting with the basis, you too can have a successful vegetable garden.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ starts to plant a tropical perennial vegetables in Hawaii. In this episode you will learn the benefits of growing tropical edible vegetables that need only to be planted once so you can eat off the plants for years. You will discover a handful of John's favorite tropical perennial vegetables that he is planting and how to do it on a low budget.
You will also learn a few of Johns shortcuts for gardening and how to easily plant transplants using a bulb planter.
John encourages everyone to plant more edible perennial vegetables (and fruits) so that people can eat more local and healthy food at their doorstep.
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Referenced Links:
Farm Supply Store in Hilo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AREFz8aUZ4
Josiah Hunt's Biochar:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UiW3-IMfME
Where I got the plants:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDnZndsS_7o
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ interviews his friend Don Weaver who has been gardening successfully without the use of Animal Manure and other Animal Products for the last 35 years. In this episode you will learn about manure-free organic gardening. After watching this episode you will learn about the two key soil-nutrients you need to add to your organic garden if you want to grow without the use of animal products.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to visit Dr. Bob Randall' Permaculture Food Forest in Suburban Houston, Texas. In this .28 acre lot Bob grows over 150 varieties of fruit trees, a raised bed vegetable garden and more. In this episode you will learn how he is growing many different types of plants using permaculture principles. During this episode John will give a tour of the property and share many of the different types of plants growing at this suburban food forest. John will also interview Dr. Randall and ask him some questions about permaculture and some new ways to get you to think about your organic home garden. After watching this episode you will be sure to learn some new ways and techniques that you can use to have a more successful garden in the future.
To learn more about Dr. Bob Randall, visit:
http://www.yearroundgardening.me/
To learn about the classes in Houston about permaculture:
http://www.urbanharvest.org/
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com answers your questions including best wood to build raised beds out of and Faucet to Drip Irrigation and More.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to visit his friends, Drs. Rick and Karin Dina, D.C. home, who he helped them build and start to grow their vegetable garden in 2010. In this episode, you will get the 6 year update on how their garden is growing, and what they are still growing this time of year.
You will discover the Dina's favorite vegetable they grow that provides them year-round nutrient-dense food to eat year round that has been growing for 6 years.. You will discover how easy it is to propogate purple perennial tree collards by taking tip cuttings, and putting them in water until they root and then transplanting them into 4" pots. You will also discover why they started this year making their compost and how they can ensure it is ready sooner rather than later.
Finally, John will interview Dr. Rick Dina, D.c. and ask him the following questions:
16:10 Why did you decide to start gardening and grow your own food?
17:40 Why are Tree Collards Greens so important?
19:14 Why should people grow and eat leafy greens?
23:10 Can you get enough protein from greens and other foods from your garden?
24:25 How can someone eat more greens in their diet?
28:25 Why is eating more plants important?
31:41 What dietary lifestyle do you recommend to people?
36:53 Tell me more about the upcoming free health summit you and your wife are having?
39:36 Any final tips for my viewers?
41:08 How can people get ahold of you for nutritional consulting?
Previous Episodes Filmed at the Home of Doctors Rick and Karin Dina, D.C.:
Part 1 of 7 How to Build a Raised Bed Garden: Planning, Site Selection, Layout, Placement (from 2010)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2WGtYxAEdo
Part 2 of 7 How to Build a Raised Bed Garden: Shopping, Preparation, Supplies and Irrigation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoWJH-E8mpk
Part 3 of 7 How to Build a Raised Bed Garden: Irrigation from Sprinklers to Drip System
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJvrwzTcwew
Part 4 of 7 How to Build a Raised Bed Garden: Pressure Test, Post Holes and Concrete
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gwex0pWtNjU
Part 5 of 7 How to Build a Raised Bed Garden: Sides, Gophers Protection, Sheet Mulch and Filling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00yIILtZKfg
Part 6 of 7 How to Build a Raised Bed Garden: Drip Irrigation Install 1/2" PVC to Drip Tube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p16T_jr-XXs
Part 7 of 7 How to Build a Raised Bed Garden: Drip Emitter Install and Final Testing!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgZRp7942G8
Update from Dr. Rick and Dr Karin's Garden in late 2010
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Xo0A5FOeiM
Update from Dr. Rick and Dr. Karins Garden in Earyl 2011: Aphids
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wYRxDDKOE8
Update after 1 year in their Garden May 2011
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8A4g07dXqk
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to a commercial sprouting operation to share their secrets of sucessful sprout growing with you. In this episode, you will learn more about Got Sprouts, a sprout farm that grows sprouts to feed South Florida. In addition, they offer the supplies that allow you to grow your own sprouts indoors any time of the year. After watching this video you will learn how to grow sprouts in water and also grow green sprouts in soil such as sunflower greens, buckwheat lettuce, pea greens and even wheatgrass. Learn more about got sprouts at http://www.gotsprouts.com/
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to the local hardware store to share his favorite trellis material for use when growing a vertical garden. In this episode, you will become more familiar with stock, hog, cattle panels, welded wire fencing, and re mesh mats and rolls and how they can be used to grow plants up a trellis to get them off the ground. In addition, you will learn about how steel stock tanks can be used as a raised bed garden and finally how you can store rain to water your garden.