Easy Self Watering Patio Container Garden - Growing Herbs and Leafy Green Vegetables
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shows you from start to finish how easy it is to set up a self-watering patio pickers "raised bed" container garden. In this episode, John will set up two of these container gardens that are perfect for growing on a patio, deck, porch, lanai or other small area for people that live in an apartment, condo or townhome with limited space. John will show mixxing his special soil mixture and talk about what he is planting in each patio pickers garden and why. After watching this episode, you will be able to set up and start growing your own patio pickers garden.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ visits a viewer who lives in a mobile home park and shows you how can can grow your own food if you live in a mobile home. In this episode you will discover the different ways to grow food in a raised bed as well as some of the techniques and varieties that can be used to grow food. This episode was filmed in South Florida so if you live in South Florida, you should grow similar crops. John will also share with you some of the organic fertilizers and soil nutrients that this viewer is using, as well as recommend some good gardening books at the end of this episode. After watching this episode, you will have the motivation to start growing your own food today no matter where you live, because it really is that easy.
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to the 2012 Chicago Flower and Garden Show. In this episode, you will see some of John's favorite display gardens that have to do with edible landcaping and vegetable gardening at home. In addition, John will share some of his favorite exhibitors at the garden show that offers you products so you can grow food at home. After watching this episode you will be sure to learn a few things about growing food that you didn't already know.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ takes you on a tour of the 2011 National Heirloom Expo. In this video, John will show you around the different areas of the Expo
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to Sonoma Garden Park in the city of Sonoma, California. In this episode you will see a fig forest and nearly a field of tree collards growing. John will also show some examples of different kinds of raised beds, such as: handicapped,straw bales, log, cinderblock. You will also see the difference between alpine strawberries and standard strawberries and learn so much more.
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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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you the No Till Farming 102 Workship that took place at the 2016 Eco Farm Conference where Paul Kaiser is able to make $100,000 gross per acre per year on on his farm.
In this episode, you will learn the benefits of using No Till Farming which includes significantly higher income per acre than other types of farming, regenerating the soil, capturing more carbon in the soil, creating year round jobs, producing high quality food, encouraging local flora and fauna.
First, John will share how he uses no-till farming techniques in his no-till garden at home.
Next, Paul, will share important information on why every farm should start doing no-till farming, its benefits and how the US goverment even promotes no-till farming as the best way to farm to conserve and restore the farm land in the USA. You will discover why Soil Organic Matter continues to decrease in the USA and why current agriculture systems are destroying the soil. You will learn about studies that support this information. You will discover why tilling is so bad for your soil, and you should never do it. You will discover the best soil management strategies to restore and build the soil to levels even BETTER than they were before we starting farming the land. You will also discover how to start a no-till farming field, as well as how to maintain it.
Next, John will share the most important slides from the No Till Farming Workship. You will discover some of the most important of a no-till farming operation, including how 3 people can replant and turn over 3 garden beds in 1 hour. You will also discover why transplants are used instead of starting seeds and why it is so important to start from transplants. Next, you will learn the tools that are used to do no-till farming. You will learn the best materials to build a long lasting, no-snag garden benches. You will discover the seed starting mixture and about different types of compost that is used in this notill farming system. You will discover the importance of diversity of growing different types of plants, natives, pollinator crops, hedgerows, and more in a no-till farming system. You will also learn how no till farming is MORE profitable than conventional and even standard organic agriculture.
Finally you will discover how notill farming done in a proper manor is the parmount of enviornmental sustainability, can help to sequester carbon in the soil, provide economic prosperity, as well as be social just and responsible. In the end, you will learn that No Till Farming is one of the best farming techniques that can help to solve the food crisis, economic crisis and soil crisis that is the word is currently experiencing today.
Related Videos:
Eco Farm 2016 Conference Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msDal0lyiBg
How to Till your garden without a rotortiller:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwbXPXxMxuQ
Learn How to Make $100,000 a year on 1/2 Acre You dont Own
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP5bOr0aC58
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ gives you a tour of a vertical aquaponics farm that is using sustainable bamboo towers to maximize production in a commercial greenhouse to grow vegetables and fish year round in Salt Lake City, Utah.
In this episode, John visits Dachnick Domes and Aquaponics, that provides commercial aquaponics solutions and shares with you four independent aquaponics systems that can grow food anywhere.
First, John will provide you an overview of the Vertical Aquaponics system sharing with you more about why the company was founded and how they will release a all-in-one aquaponics greenhouse dome kit that will be powered by the sun.
Next, John will provide an overview of the aquaponics system in this greenhouse,, and then take you on a tour of many of the different areas of the aquaponics system so you can learn how an aquaponics system works and how specifically they are using their growing space to maximize their production of the vegetable crops they are growing.
You will learn about the sustainable bamboo towers that are used to grow in the vertical space above the gravel and float beds that allow them to get 10x more production than without using the vertical space.
John will then share with you the basics of an aquaponics system and the nutrient rich water flows through the system to feed the various vegetables growing in the different areas including: gravel beds, float beds, bamboo towers and soil based containers.
You will see for yourself how food is being grown in all these different areas and some tips of specific crops that can be grown under the different situations.
You will also learn two in-line water conditioners that are being used that may help to increase the health of the vegetables and fish.
John will then take you up into the 15 foot tall cherry tomato plants to show you the abundant amount of tomatoes that are growing under this aquaponics system.
After watching this episode, you will learn more about vertical aquaponic farming and what is possible using aquaponic, aeroponic and other technologies to increase production of fruits and vegetables.
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ responds to some of the comments regarding the Earth Mister Revolutionary Irrigation System that was shown in the last episode. After watching this episode, you will hopefully have a better unstanding of this new system and how it works.. But more importantly, John wants you to open your mind.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ visits the CompostCon 2014 and shares with you about Compost in this episode. In this episode you will learn two easiest ways to make your own compost at home. You will also discover the best places in the San Francisco Bay area to purchase your compost:
Sonoma Compost in Petaluma, California
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WM Earthcare in Chico, Livermore, Novato, San Leandro, and San Jose.
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Zanker Products in Santa Clara County in San Jose or Gilroy
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