Using Human Manure for Organic Gardening and More Q&A
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ answers your organic gardening questions including: Using Human Manure to build the soil in your organic vegetable garden and many other organic gardening questions so you can learn more about organic and biologic gardening.
After watching this episode, you will learn John's answers to these questions, and probably learn a few things along the way as well: 02:03 What are your thoughts on fly ash toxicity in Concrete Blocks? 04:49 How do you feel about using human manure for fertilizer aka humanure? 09:23 Can I start a raised bed on top of cement? 11:28 Do you have any videos on Indoor Raised Garden Beds? 12:54 What is the update on the farm search? 14:00 Can you use hemp seeds to get high? 15:17 Where in Houston can I get rock dust? 16:42 What type of gardening system do you use? 18:00 What are your thoughts on Freight Farms? 20:04 Is it a good idea to eat rock dust from the garden center? 22:02 Whats your take on freeze dried fruits and vegetables?
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ visits waihuena farm on Oahu, Hawaii to share with you how they are building soil fertility with several free local resources: Wood Chips and Food Scraps. You will discover how this permaculture-style farm is growing food for the community and how they are able to use all the food waste from a local surf competition to create a healthier soil that enables them to grow their fruits and vegetables.
In this episode, you will learn some of the crops that can be grown in hawaii, how to deal with grass when its growing in your beds, how to cold "compost" meat, dairy, and other food scraps that will retain more nutrients than thermal based composts through the use of bokashi and the bokashi bucket with no mess, no smell and no pests.
In the last part of the episode, John interviews Jimmy, the owner of the Bokashi Bucket who will share with you his open source recipe for making your own bokashi as well as a simple bokashi bucket made out of two five gallon buckets.
After watching this episode, you will learn more about bokashi and how it can help you create more fertility in your soil.
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to Senk Farms to learn about some of the plant starts they are offering this year for the summer growing year. In this video you will discover just some of the 55+ varieties of tomatoes senk is offering. Senk also offers 15+ varieties of pepper plants as well as other squash, cucumber, herb and leafy green plant starts.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you his top 10 favorite sweet fruit trees he would grow if he lived in the tropics, such as South Florida, Hawaii, the Caribbean, SE Asia, Thailand, South America or Central America, etc.
In this episode, John visits Excalibur Fruit Tree Nursery in Lake Worth, Florida to share with you the 10 staple fruit trees he would grow along with 3 bonus perennial vegetables that he would also grow.
You will discover why John chooses some of these unique kinds of fruits as well as the cultivars that John would grow based on his needs of growing the most nutritious food on the planet.
After watching this episode, you will have a good idea on what fruit trees you will want to plant if you are blessed to live in a tropical climate zone.
In this Episode, John will cover the following plants:
04:57 Katuk (Sauropus androgynus)
07:48 Malabar Spinach / Water Spinach
08:41 Sugar Cane
10:41 Papaya
11:32 Banana
12:42 Black Sapote
14:13 Mullberry
15:15 Jackfruit
16:22 Mamey Sapote
17:26 Sapodilla
19:02 Pinapple
20:01 Acai
20:47 Mango
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Taste Testing Sweet White Sugar Pineapples
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you how you can purchase vegetable starts for your garden for up to 55% off the normal retail price at your local Home Depot and Possibly Lowes Stores. In this episode, you will learn about this special Spring Black Friday Sale and how can grow a vegetable garden guaranteed even if you have a brown thumb. You will also discover some of John's favorite varieties he will be growing this year and also how to select the best vegetable starts.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to the Mother Earth News Fair 2012 in Seven Springs, PA. In this episode, John shares with you the Seed Savers Exchange heirloom display. After watching this episode you will know what an heirloom vegetables are you will learn about heirloom vegetables and what they are as well as some heirloom varieties and other interesting tidbits. John shares with you the Seed Savers Exchange SSE heirloom display.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ visits a Self-Reliant Urban Homestead in the desert to share with you how they are creating fertilizer from local waste resources including their own!
You will also discover many ways to build your soil by creating several types of compost using local and free resources. You will also discover some techniques they are using in the Las Vegas desert to grow more food by reusing some commonly throw away materials.
In this episode, John gives you a tour around this newly established homestead to share with you some of the ways that the family are becoming more eco and peaceful at the same time by conserving the earths resources while enabling them to grow food to be more sustainable.
At the end of the tour, John will interview the homesteaders about why they are growing their food, and why they are using many local, free resources to grow their own food. You will also discover tips on how you can be more eco-peaceful in your life.
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you how he harvests and uses his dandelion roots for the best health benefits.
In this episode, John will harvest his 1-year-old dandelion roots and demonstrate how he gets the maximum amount of beneficial phytonutrients out of them along with other synergistic root vegetables to make one healthy drink.
After watching this episode, you will learn one of the best ways to extract the nutrients from your dandelion roots as well as other roots that you may be growing in your garden.
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to the 2011 San Francisco Flower and Garden Show to share with you the 6,000 Square Foot Edible Garden. In this episode, you will learn about the edible garden display, as well as John's commentary about it.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you how borage tastes like watermelon! In this episode John will share with you a way he gets the most nutrition out of his plants before they go into the compost to feed his garden. First, John will eat the baby growth tips or shoots of the fish mint aka houttuynia cordata and encourages you to get the maximum food value out of your plants by eating the growth tips that may contain more plant hormones and nutrients than other parts of the plant. Next, John shares with you his adventure in eating tender borage inner-stalk and how it actually tastes like watermelon, and is a water-rich snack when your out working in the garden.
After watching this episode you may see further use of some of the crops in your garden before they go into the compost bin.
**** Please note: Before eating any shoots or stalks of plants, please check to ENSURE they are edible. ****
John assumes full responsibility for his health when eating these items, but he will not take responsibility for your actions. When in doubt, do not eat things you do not know are 100% edible. You can research to see what parts of the plants are edible at
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