$60 Home Aquaponics System Grows Food on Your Desk
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to the Natural Products Trade Show to share with you the products that allow you to grow food. In this episode you will learn about:
1. Kenaf - A US grown, sustainable fiber that can be used to help regulate moisture in potted plants, also be used as a growing medium and for growing microgreens instead of sure to grow plastic growing pads. Learn more at http://www.magnimoist.com
3. Non-GMO Vegetable Garden Seeds - Learn more about Lake Valley Seeds who has been providing non-gmo, untreated and Organic seeds since 1985. John will highlight some of his favorite seeds to grow and what kind of seed John encourages you to only grow if they are organic. Learn more at: http://www.lakevalleyseed.com/
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ talks about the most important gardening tool you can have to ensure you grow the best tasting crops: a refractometer. In this episode John brix tests 4 different watermelons he purchased locally and explains why brix testing your food is so critical to your success as a gardener. John will show and explain what the refractometer does and why it is so important to not only measure the sugar content in the fruits and vegetables you are growing but how it can also be used to determine the nutrient quality of the food you are growing. In addition you will discover how higher quality food can contain 50% or more nutrients like protein and trace minerals to nourish you and your family. Finally, John will share the 3 most important ways you can improve the brix scores of the produce you grow on your farm or garden. After watching this epsisode, hopefully you will be inspired to take your gardening to the next level by purchasing and using a refractometer to increase the quality of the food you grow in your garden.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com goes on a field trip to Healdsburg to check out Garrett Ace Hardware. In this epsisode you will learn more about Garrett Ace Hardware and some of the products they have that can help you grow more food at home. You will learn about some unique vegetable starts, kiwis, chickens, stock tanks that can be used as raised beds, bat houses and more.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ visits a local Big Lots store to share with you some of items they offer that allow you to grow more food at your home. Some of the items covered will be novelty growing kits, containers, upside down tomato and pepper planters, cedar raised bed kit, and plant stands.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ takes you on a tour of his suburban front yard garden where he is growing many vegetables over the winter time. In this video, you will learn about some of the vegetables that can be grown in the winter time. After watching this video you will also learn about one of Johns new upcoming vegetables that is relatively unknown.
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/ takes you on a quick tour of his summer 2016 front yard vegetable garden.
In this episode, you will discover all the different vegetables and fruit trees that John is growing in his front yard wooden raised bed garden
You will learn how he grows all his crops in raised beds which are filled with the highest quality organic compost and other nutrients that allow his plants to grow closer to their true genetic potential.
You will also discover the worm casting trial that he is conducting using two different kinds of worm castings on different sides of his raised beds.
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you his thoughts on how gardening is like dating. In this episode, you will learn 3 specific ways to improve your gardening life (and possibly your dating life too). After watching this episode, you will be more inspired about growing a garden the way you desire to grow it.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ interviews Dr. Jana Bogs on how you can grow beyond organic food on your farm or in your garden. Dr. Bogs, has a Ph.D. in Horticulture and Bachelor's Degree in Nutrition and uses science to grow the most nutritious food.
You will learn how the food being sold in the grocery store products of industrial agriculture have up to 70% LESS nutrients that what it should have.
You will learn why soil testing is really important to balance your soil and the nutrients in your soil for proper plant growth and to have the most fertile soil.
You will discover the three top minerals that may be deficient in in your soil so you can correct and grow the highest yields and nutritious crops.
You will also learn about the most important kind of microbes you need to add to the soil. Is it bacteria? Fungi? and/or more diversity of the microbes?
You will learn about how soil tests work and how the interpretation of the test may be more important than the soil test itself.
You will discover some of the problems that synthetic water based factory made chemical fertilizers that are commonly sold at most garden centers.
You will learn if adding compost is enough to grow the highest quality food?
You will also learn how to achieve the maximum flavor and maximum nutrition from the foods you grow in your garden to have the best food on the earth.
You will learn the true reason why some of your organic plants may still attract insects including aphids, whiteflys and other insects.
You will learn about 2 ways you can test the fruits and vegetables you grow one cheap, one more expensive so that you will know the quality of the foods you are growing.
You will learn how to double the amount of nutrients in your food by using some of the techniques in this episode.
You will learn three things you can do today to start growing better food today without expensive soil testing.
You will also learn how nutrient dense food that has a high brix will have a lower glycemic response that may be helpful for diabetics.
Learn about the one competitive advantage you must have to crush the competition if you are a fruit or vegetable farmer or market gardener and sells your produce at the farmers market or to chefs or retail at 2 to 10 times the normal selling price of fruits and vegetables.
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on field trip to the Mother Earth News Fair in Seven Springs, PA. In this episode John visits the Sustainable Living Roadshow at the Fair. In this episode you will learn what GMOs are as well as learn more about how you can be more sustainable by growing food at your home.