John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ gives you a tour of the 2015 Heirloom Seed & Garden Expo that took place in Santa Rosa, California. In this episode, John shares with you what you missed at the 2015 Heirloom Expo. He will also share many of the areas of the heirloom expo including a demonstration garden that shows if Biochar, Bokashi or Miracle grow Organic Soil Grows better. John will also share the best food vendors, view of many of the heirloom fruits on display, Resources for teachers or parents who teach their kids about curriculum for teaching kids about gardening and the outdoors, a well as the best vendors and exhibitors at the event offering the best products that will allow you to grow and preserve food more effectively at home. After watching this episode, you will gain many different ideas about how to grow your own food, as well as learn resources for teaching kids, learn if raw biochar really works, learn about the best products at the heirloom expo and much, much more. Related and Mentioned Links: Navdanya (seed freedom) http://navdanya.org/ Seed Satyagraha (download booklet) http://seedfreedom.info/ Exotica Rare Fruit Nursery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbfOWooFOSw Orta Kitchen Garden Link: http://ortakitchengarden.com/gyg How to activate your biochar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UiW3-IMfME How to make bokashi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEXPblGYKWI Biodynamic Tour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XSofTDpkPg Biologic Systems http://www.biologicsystemsusa.com Dripping Springs Ollas http://www.drippingspringsollas.com Simple Green Garden Dryer and Water Saving Idea http://greengardenllc.webnode.com/ Ferment'n Low Profile Mason Jar Airlock + Ceramic Weight http://fermentn.com/ Bario Seed Bank San Diego https://www.facebook.com/BarrioSeedBank Art Permaculture (Mexican Corn Seeds/ Rare Cacao) http://www.artepermacultura.org/ Previous Heirloom Expos: 2011 Heirloom review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9klLs1YddbA 2012 Heirloom Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFWclrzUbYs 2013 Heirloom Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxmUuvZHx8M 2014 Heirloom Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yeeSJ-Q95Y 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/

John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you how easy it is to save the seeds from 10 common (and uncommon) vegetables that you grow in your garden. John will share many seed harvesting tips with you he has learned over the years. In this episode, John will share with you how you can save seeds from Dandelion, Basil, Onions, Parsley, Achira (Canna edulis), Ashitaba, Water Pepper, Hot or Sweet Pepper, Okra, Surinam Spinach and Malabar Spinach. After watching this episode, you will discover how easy it really is to save your seeds that will enable you to replant your seeds to grow fruits, vegetables and herbs next year in your garden or share them with others. To Purchase John's Malabar Spinach Seeds: https://www.fiverr.com/groworganic/send-you-30-malabar-spinach-seeds Subscribe 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/

John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to an inner city high school in Miami, Florida to share with you their permaculture food forest garden that was recently installed just a few months ago. In this episode, you will learn John's opinions on teaching the youth of today the importance of where food comes from, and the best food to eat. John will share his opinions on why a permaculture food forest garden makes more sense in a sub-tropical climate that a raised bed garden that often are left untended after a few years. John will then show you what the unproductive field of grass looked like before the permaculture school garden went in. Next, John will take you up 3 stories to show you an overhead shot of this food forest garden and share with you his opinions on the food forest. John will take you through a walking tour of this high school permaculture food forest and share you some of the highlights of the design as well as many of the subtropical and tropical plants that were planted that you can grow in a similar climate. John will then take you to a local Junior High School to show you how this project is undertaken, and what a recently installed permaculture food forest garden looks like. John will highlight some of his favorite plants at this installation. Finally, John will interview Mario Yanez of FoodScape Designs who designed and installed the food forest gardens shown in this episode to get some insight on the reason for the gardens, about curriculum that is also being created for the teachers and much, much more. Subscribe to GrowingYourGreens for more videos like this: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=growingyourgreens Follow John on Instagram at: Learn more about Foodscape Designs at: http://www.foodscapedesigns.com/

John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you how you can easily grow herbs inside using the Smart Herb Garden by Click and Grow which is a fully automatic growing system excellent for beginners. In this episode, John and his girlfriend unbox and set up the Smart Herb Garden by Click and Grow and share with you how easy it is to grow your own herbs in your kitchen. The Smart herb garden is a fool-proof method of growing herbs even if you have brown thumbs, or even no thumbs. In this episode, you will discover the different kinds of herbs and vegetables you can grow in the Smart Herb Garden, How easy it is set up this garden and how anyone can set up this self-contained, portable garden complete with energy efficient LED lights. The herbs that will be grown in the Smart herb garden include: Basil, Thyme and Lemon Balm. The only thing you need to do to ensure your success with the smart herb garden is to add water! After watching this episode, you will learn how simple it is to use and set up the Smart Herb Garden by Click and Grow and if you should purchase it for yourself or as a gift. Learn more and purchase the Smart Herb Garden at: http://www.clickandgrow.com/ use special coupon code GROWGREENS20 for a 20% discount for my GrowingYourGreens subscribers. Referenced Videos: Growing with the Aerogarden 7 Review: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwDhCxytKFQ Aerogarden 7 LED - 60 Day Update + Soup Recipe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r4dCdpTf6Y Apartment Container Self-Watering Garden https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJRSjaycVGE For more videos like this Subscribe to GrowingYourGreens: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=growingyourgreens