Self Watering Raised Bed Garden + More from 2017 National Hardware Show
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ takes you on a field trip to the 2017 National Hardware Show into the Lawn & Garden Pavillion to share with you the best new products that will allow you to grow more food at home. In this episode, special guest, Jake Mace, the Vegan Athlete will join John at this year's show!
In this episode John will share with the following products that he feels are valuable to people who want to grow food at home:
03:10 Tree Diaper - an olla style device for your trees that can catch and hold up to 30 gallons of rainwater and release the water when the soil is dry without any complicated irrigation system or timers. Also had similar solutions for potted plants and raised beds.
09:56 Soil Savvy - Best soil test kit that tests actual nutrients available in the soil your plants can absorb. Unlike other soil test kits which basically see what's in the soil. This soil test kit simulates the roots of your plants and will actually absorb the nutrients your plant would. This offers you better guidance as to what you can do to improve your soil and your vegetable gardening. https://unibestinc.com/industries/lawn-garden.html
16:33 Vegepod - A Self-Watering Raised Bed Garden kit that waters your plants so you don't have to. It also keeps out pests from eating your organically grown vegetables. It is self-contained so it can be moved if you are renting your home. It can be elevated so you can garden without bending down or from a wheelchair. It is easy to assemble food grade polypropylene with UV stabilizers. https://vegepod.com/
22:59 Summary with Jake Mace and Final Thoughts
After watching this episode you will learn about these products as well as learn a thing or two about gardening along the way.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to Home Depot to share with you the tape he used to seal his polycarbonate. One of the most asked questions about the Harbor Freight Green House is "Where do you find the tape you use to seal the ends of the Twin Wall Green House Panels? and What kind of tape is it? In this video you will learn the answer.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com goes on a field trip to Compton, California to visit Rainbow Mealworms and share with you his source for the lowest cost organic fertilizer that will make your plants go wild. In this episode you will learn about a special kind of worm castings made from mealworms which are known as insect frass or insect poop! John will share with you his special source where you can pick up the insect frass for just $5 a bag which is stated to be 40 pounds! In this episode, John will talk about where this insect frass comes from, how it is made, the benefits of using it in your garden and how to apply it. After watching this episode, you will learn the lowest cost source of mealworm insect frass in the entire USA that John has found to date.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center to their Perennial Plant Sale. In this episode, John will share with you many of the Perennial Vegetables that you can plant in your garden once, and they can give you food for a lifetime. John will discuss leaf crops, fruit crops, root crops, flower crops, and herbs. After watching this episode you will learn about at least a dozen rare / unknown perennial vegetables you can grow in your garden.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you the best fertilizer to boost your plant growth in a new garden or an old one.
John will share his favorite fertilizer to get your plants off to a running start after starting them from seed or transplanting.
John will share with you why compost tea is his favorite fertilizer to add microbes to your soil that will break down minerals and organic matter in the soil into plant available nutrients.
Next, John will share how to easily brew your own compost tea using a garden filter, a five gallon bucket, an air pump with air stones and pre-made compost tea.
Finally John will show you how to distribute the compost tea to all your plants in your garden quickly and easily.
Referenced videos:
Best Nursery in Houston for Perennial Vegetables:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VzILo5xxKQ
Open Source Compost Tea:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTijkwQaPRI
Compost Tea vs Rock Dust Battle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxLWGHku3es
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to show you a Rooftop Raised Bed Garden that is being used to feed people at Catch a Healthy Habit Cafe, in Fairfield, CT. In this video John will show the garden after their first growing season. In addition, you will discover the plants would be most beneficial to grow that will yield the most usable produce for the cafe. After watching this episode you will learn the plants that did the plants that did best as well as what the cafe plans to plant in the future.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to the Maker Faire in San Mateo to check out the home grown tent. In this episode you will learn about micro propogation aka tissue culture kits that allow you to clone your plants at home. You will also see how you can re-purpose containters to grow more food. You will also learn how you can grow oyster mushrooms with spent coffee grounds. Finally you will learn how you can use free fertilizer you produce FREE everyday of the year.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you some vegetables he is planting in the winter in his mild-climate. In this episode you will discover some common and more uncommon leafy green vegetables that you can grow in the winter time if your area gets light frosts.
John will share all the plants he is growing and also talk about growing year round in the garden if you have a mild climate or not.
Learn how to grow indoors in the winter at:
Growing Sprouts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQqML3Ayxi0
Growing Microgreens:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blBwFvAghTs
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you how he is growing over 60 varieties of peppers in his garden this year including the world's hottest chile pepper, The Carolina Reaper by Ed Currie.
During this episode you will discover a valuable online resource that will not only sell over 500 varieties of heirloom, rare and unique pepper seeds but also offer you whole pepper plants as well.
You will see John's order of 66 plants arrive via ups and then how to care for your plants after they are delivered. You will learn all the varieties of peppers, tomatoes and eggplants John ordered online.
After watching this episode you will learn about a valuable resource whether you want to order seeds or plants, the website chileplants.com has you covered.
To save 40% off the normal prices, please visit http://www.chileplants.com before June 6th at 3pm and place your order for plants! Hurry they are running out of inventory quickly. Must order in multiples of 6 to qualify.
See John's video on 10 reasons why you should grow more peppers instead of tomatoes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3rRf32IGLY
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.
Learn more about growing spirulina at:
http://spirulinasystems.com/
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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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