Front Yard Summer Edible Fruit & Vegetable Organic Garden Tour
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you what he is growing this year in his suburban front yard in a standard residential tract home. In this episode you will learn some of the crops you could plant in your front yard to produce food for you and your family. John will share many common and some rare and uncommon vegetables and fruits he is growing in his front yard so you can see how it can be done in a small space to maximize food production in small urban spaces.
Some of the more unique crops he is growing: runner beans, jerusalem artichokes, ashitaba, Bolivian cucumber, yacon, rao ram, achira aka edible canna, pineapple guava, sweet goumi and so much more.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ answers your gardening questions. In this episode John will answer the following questions:
1. Can you help me install a raised bed garden in my front yard?
2. What do you know about growing a raised bed garden over cement or asphalt?
3. Where did you get all your gardening knowledge? Do you recommend college for learning about gardening?
4. Can putting humanure (human waste) bring back diseases like leppers?
5. Help! My compost tea is breeding mosquitos?
6. How do you add soil to your raised bed if you have perennials growing in there?
7. We have black aphids on our cherry tree do you have any thoughts on what we can try?
After watching this episode you will learn John's answers to these gardening questions and probably a little more as well.
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ visits his friends permaculture-style tropical fruit forest orchard that is growing enough food to meet the entire food needs of the family that live on the property.
In this episode, you will discover how on this 10 acre homestead the family is producing enough food to feed themselves WITHOUT bringing in external inputs such as fertilizers, manures or other animal products to create fertility on the property.
You will learn about some of the many varieties of fruit trees that you may want to grow if you live in the tropics and you want to subsist on the food on your property.
You will discover how this land was made fertile by simply bringing in one soil nutrient in massive quantity as well as growing nitrogen fixing trees that build the soil to feed the trees, plants and vegetables that are now growing on the property.
You will also discover how it is possible to live off your land by eating a simple, nutrient dense fruits and vegetable diet and how you can do this without having any animals on property that may take significant time to tend.
Finally you will discover some actions you can take to start growing part of your own food no matter where in the world you currently live.
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ interviews MIT, the master grower at North Coast Naturals to share with you information about growing Cannabis organically. You will discover the main nutrients that are being used and why you should grow organic cannabis without the use of synthetic chemicals, pesticides, fungicides and fertilizers.
You will discover the answers to the following questions:
01:52 Why did you get start growing Medical Cannabis?
03:20 Why are you growing "Organic" - Clean Green Certified Cannabis?
07:00 What are the problems of spraying chemical pesticides on Cannabis?
11:05 Do you get less yield when using natural fertilizer vs synthetic fertilizer?
16:26 What are your secrets to grow the best Natural Cannabis?
22:25 Do you have any other tips for gardeners out there?
23:55 How can I ask you more questions about growing organic Cannabis?
After watching this episode you will learn the answers to these questions and probably a whole lot more.
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You can watch part 1 of this series at:
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shows you around the 2011 National Heirloom Expo to share with you the display entitled "Plants from the Paste - Food for the Future - A Gallery of Ancient Heirlooms". After watching this video you will learn about a dozen ancient heirloom crops - Camas, Yacon, Black Nightshade, Ground Cherry, Pepino Melon, Ashitaba, Quinoa, Oca, Mashua, Tawari and Tamarillo or Tree Tomato.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip outside Portland, Oregon to visit one amazing Urban Permaculture Food Forest Garden. In this episode, John will share just some of the techniques and unique edible plants that are being grown in this permaculture garden. You will learn about the edible Impatiens balfourii... aka Poor Man's Orchid which explode when you touch them and so much more
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to the TexasA&M Agrilife Master Gardeners demonstration garden in Houston, TX.
In this episode, you will learn some of the herbs and vegetables they are growing in Houston over the fall and winter.
You will also discover a new way to use 5 gallon buckets to grow more successfully in your raised bed garden by having a garden with-in a garden.
After watching this episode, you will be more familiar with vegetables you can grow in houston and how to use 1/2 of a five gallon bucket to grow more food in a raised bed, an elevated raised bed garden or even over concrete!
Learn more about Texas A&M Agrilife in Harris county at:
http://harris.agrilife.org/
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to EM Hawaii in Honolulu, Hawaii to learn more about EM1 aka Effective Microorganisms. In this episode, you will learn what is Effective Microorganisms and why you may want to use them in your garden. You will discover this OMRI (organic) listed product that has a wide variety of applications from gardening, farming, composting, smell control, insect control, disease control and more. You will SEE John drink this natural and organic gardening product.
John will also share with you what makes EM1 unique over other microorganism or biologic products out there and why it is different than making your own compost tea or using IMO's. You will also discover other uses of EM1 around your home, in your garden or at your farm.
You will discover how EM1 can help speed up the breakdown of food waste into nutrients for your garden and even help to clean up rivers, lakes, and ponds that have sludge and slime build up.
After watching this episode, you will have a better understanding of the EM1 product, and if it is something that you might want to use in your garden to be more effective.
Referenced videos:
Bokashi Bucket:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEXPblGYKWI
Improve your garden yields 400% using worm castings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6Emu9hwhsc
Visit to Fukuda seed store:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ88ZjSPAic
Learn more about EM1 Hawaii at
http://www.emhawaii.com
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you two of his favorite organic soil amendments aka fertilizers and how you can make them at home for FREE! In this episode John will explain why he likes these two particular organic fertilizers more than most others and why you should start including them into your garden.
To learn more about the worm castings, please watch the episode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6Emu9hwhsc
To learn about woodchip compost and fungal dominated compost:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEkFFRjDkvs
If you do not want to make these fertilizers at home free, you can purchase them for discounted prices at:
http://www.boogiebrew.net/gyg
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to the Real Food Farm in Balitmore, MD to show you how this 6 acre farm is growing real food. In this episode you will learn how the Real Food Farm is able to grow food year round with the help of high tunnels or hoop houses. After watching this episode, you will be familiar with some of the techniques that the Real Food Farm is using to grow food for the community, teach kids and create awareness about urban farming.