Urban Homestead Grows Fruits, Vegetables & Animals in the Desert
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to Las Vegas, Nevada to give you a tour of a 3300 square foot urban homestead in the desert that grows food including fruits, vegetables, herbs and animals. In this episode you will learn how to have your very own Urban homestead so you can grow your food in a small amount of space even if you rent! During this episode you will discover some of the crops in the vegetable garden that grow well in the desert as well as many of techniques that can be use to better grow food at home. You will also learn the different kinds of animals and insects that are being kept to work with nature instead of against it. Finally there will be an interview with the urban homesteader on why he started growing food and why he feels its important for everyone to start growing some of their own food today.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ has his girlfriend try his homegrown fuyu persimmons for the first time.
In this episode, John does a taste test with his girlfriend to find out if Beyond Organic Homegrown persimmons taste better than farmers market or other homegrown persimmons where no fertlizer has been applied.
In this episode, Lauren will be blindfolded and share with you her opinions on each of 4 different types of persimmons.
At the end of this episode, John will brix test each of the persimons and explain the importance of brix in determining the quality of the fruits and vegetables you are growing.
John will also make some brief suggestions on how to increase the brix values of the fruits and vegetables you grow.
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you the best two ways to apply compost tea to your garden or crops for best results. You will also discover the worst ways to apply the compost tea.
In this episode, John interviews Compost Tea Expert, Josh Cunnings from the Boogie Brew Compost Tea Company and has his share his top ways to apply compost tea, and ways that are suboptimal for applying compost tea. You will discover how easy it can be to apply compost tea and learn Josh's favorite hose-end sprayer for delivering compost tea to your garden.
You will also learn the different dilution ratios and how to make a super-strong batch of boogie brew compost tea to enrich the microbiology of your garden to improve the growth and health of your plants.
You will discover John's favorite method of applying compost tea, and how anyone can do this.
Finally, you will discover the problems with certain delivery systems of compost tea and why it may be ruining the compost tea and how effective it may work.
After watching this episode, you will learn the best ways to apply your fresh brewed compost tea and the ways you shouldn't.
How to Make Compost Tea:
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Open Source Compost Tea Episode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTijkwQaPRI
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to the OAEC spring biodiversity plant sale to share with you 11 varieties of tomatoes that perform well in cool weather climates. John will also share some unique and rare, perrenial food crops that are available at this plant sale. John will share the best leafy greens to grow in the summer, and you will also learn about a crop you can grow that is 40% protein and 20% fat.. You will also learn how the OAEC is legally composting human manure to enrich their garden. After watching this episode, hopefully you will be aware that nature is a wealth of biodiversity and we should strive to embrase this diversity in our gardens.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shows you how he installs a redundant water timer system that is battery operated that will ensure your plants get water even if one water timer runs out of batteries. After watching this episode you will learn in what situations a redundant system may be useful as well as how to install it from off-the-shelf parts for under $10.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you how you can easily grow your own green super food at home indoors in an aquarium that contains more protein than beef, chicken, fish and even soybeans!
In this episode, you will discover how you can grow the best food in your apartment, condo, home or office inside a standard $10 fish tank. You will discover some of the benefits of this super food and how learn how fast it grows. You will learn how easy it is to start growing your own food today! This superfood is another great food you can grow inside in addition to nutritional powerhouses such as sprouts and microgreens.
This microalgae known as spirulina is a food that is my top survival food if SHTF. I could survive easily by growing and eating this food as my sole source of nutrition.
This superfood is one that I have been eating for the last 20 years in its dried state, which has improved my health. Even better than dried and packaged foods is growing your own food fresh. Now you can grow your own fresh spirulina for under a $1 a pound, which makes this one of the most economical nutrient-packed foods on earth to grow.
After watching this episode, you too will want to grow this amazing health, survival, protein rich superfood in your home, apartment or condominium.
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Learn how to grow other green superfoods indoors:
How to Grow sprouts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQqML3Ayxi0
How to Grow Microgreens:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blBwFvAghTs
How to Grow Sprouts, Microgreens and Greens and WHY:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVAvS3XumMQ
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you the 2013 SF Flower and Garden show and shares with you examples of how you can grow food at home. In addition, you will learn about some different techniques and get some ideas for growing food at home. Finally, you will learn about some of the new products that enable you to grow more food organically at home.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ is at the National Heirloom expo and discovers a revolutionary irrigation system that saves 20% more water than a drip system and increases crop yields. Wow. Too good to be True? Watch this video to learn more.. about the Earth Mister irrigation system.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to RCW Nursery in Houston Texas. In this episode John will share with you a handful of cold hardy avocado trees that can withstand down to 15 degrees. In this episode you will also discover some edible vegetables that are perfect for growing in the summer. In addition you will learn John's favorite variety of tomato as some of his favorite herbs. Finally you will learn how to best plant a grafted avocado tree and why it may not be a good idea to plant them from seed.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ interviews Josh Cunnings of the Boogie Brew Compost Tea Company about Why Compost Tea Doesn't Work and How it can Improve Your Garden.
In this episode, John will ask Josh over a dozen questions regarding Compost Tea and if it actually works or doesn't' work in people's gardens. You will discover the truth about compost tea and if you should use it in your garden or not. You will also learn about a published study that show the benefits of compost tea on growing edible vegetables.
In this episode, John will ask Josh the following questions:
00:35 Three Ways Why Compost Tea Won’t Work
02:55 Does Compost Tea Get people Excited about gardening?
04:10 Should a single video on YouTube Judge if Compost Tea is Not Good for your Garden?
06:20 Why are there few Journal Published Studies on Compost Tea?
07:38 Does Compost Tea add Bacteria to your soil? What about adding nutrients?
09:06 Is using compost alone in your garden enough? Or should someone use Compost Tea also?
10:47 Are synthetic fertilizers more nutritious to the soil than Compost Tea?
12:28 Are you culturing bad bacteria when you make Compost Tea? Is it dangerous?
14:47 Does compost tea work because you are watering more?
16:46 Can Compost Tea make an Imbalance in your Soil?
18:04 Is the type of water you use to make Compost Tea important?
19:28 Does Compost Tea grow Giant Crops ?
25:41 Is foliar Feeding of Compost Tea good or Bad? Are you spreading Bad Bacteria in your garden?
27:18 Can Compost Tea be used in Container Gardens?
29:11 Why would someone want to get Boogie Brew Compost Tea instead of make their own?
30:34 Is it fair for someone to test Compost Tea at a standard chemical laboratory?
36:07 What percentage of Boogie Brew Customers are repeat customers?
37:12 Are there instances when Boogie Brew Compost Tea Won’t Work?
41:26 How can I get the lowest price on a Compost Tea that REALLY works?
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Referenced Video:
Open source compost tea recipe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTijkwQaPRI
Link to Boogie Brew Youtube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/user/boogiebrew1/videos
Get Your Soil, Compost and Compost Tea Tested at
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Link to Journal Published Study on Benefits of Compost tea
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4564151/
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