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The Ripe Tomato Farms is a forward-thinking micro-farm located on beautiful South Vancouver Island. It is a small-plot intensive farm, run by one guy, Jeff. He lives and breathes gardening and personal food production. Join him and explore the many new and progressive methods of highly-productive organic farming on a small scale and be a part of the paradigm shift in how we think about food, and where it comes from.
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Container Gardening Made Easy! A lot of our backyard veggie crops are versatile and can be grown both in beds and in smaller containers. A select few however, really excel in container setups which is something we can use to our advantage! In today’s Quickie, let’s look at my top 7 crops to grow in…
So You Want To Build Or Buy A Greenhouse… You’ve got the plans designed or the model all picked out, the location is set, and you’re ready to get started. The only problem is, which way do you orient it? Should the long sides go this way, or perhaps that way? Don’t worry friends, I…
What Are Cotyledons? What do they look like and what are they for? The two floppy, bunny-eared leaves that pop up first during germination. You’ve probably heard the term and likely you could point them out….but do you truly know what cotyledons are? Let’s find out! In today’s Quickie, we’re going to be talking all…
Leggy Seedlings, It Happens Every Year. Tall, thin, and generally weak young plants that we’re trying to get going so we can have a head start on the growing season. Great way to increase our summer window, but it only works if we can build tough, resilient plants to be eventually moved out into the…
Growing Your Lettuce Has Never Been Easier. Cultivating these juicy, leafy greens has exploded in popularity lately, for a variety of reasons. High prices, scarcity, and even safety recalls has prompted us backyard gardeners to take charge and grow our own instead. And if you’re looking to start growing Lettuce, you’ll have 4 main types…
How Long Do Seeds Last For? Seed season is almost here guys and although its tempting to buy up a hundred zillion packets like we always do, maybe this year it would be a good idea to use up some of what we already have. In today’s Quickie, let’s look at seed longevity of the…
Herbs Are Easy To Grow. Fast to start, quick to flourish, and easy to harvest. Herbs indoors and out are great crops for beginners and veteran growers alike! And although they readily grow from seed, by far the easiest way to grow many of these beauties is from cuttings! Today, in a longer-than-normal Quickie, let’s…
5 quick tasks that you can do to prepare you and your garden for next year!
Indoor Herbs Made Easy! Quite literally, this planting technique work every time. No more seeds drying out or spindly seedlings dying from damping off or other ailments. Strong healthy starts for indoor herb seedlings means strong healthy plants for the biggest harvests! In today’s Quickie, I’ll show you how I plant ALL of my indoor…
Mistakes Are Made Every Year. Especially in my garden! Over water, under water, too much sun, too much shade…the list goes on and on. Everyone makes mistakes, but its the really keen grower that takes those missteps as learning experiences and levels up their gardening game as a result. So today, I’m taking my top…
Raspberries Are A Hardy Bunch! In fact, for most of us, we don’t need to do anything with our raspberry plants at all to get them prepared for winter. Little extra compost and some mulch around the base and they are good to go for the next few months! However, in really cold climates, raspberries…
Raspberries Can Be The Ultimate Easy Crop. Provided, you don’t make the same mistakes I’ve made over the years! They are perennial powerhouses, coming back year after year with little effort needed on our part. However, there are 3 key things not to do with your raspberry patch to get the most berries, and in…
Well, we’re on the other side of 100! The weather is getting colder and the garden is slowing down. Fortunately, the Garden Quickies are still rolling fast and furious! Lots to do around the garden and even a few fall crops to plant. In case you missed any of them, here’s episodes 101 to 110.…
Planting Spring Flower Bulbs Made Easy! If you ever wondered how growers get those amazing flower gardens, edges, and displays, its because in the fall previous, they planted their spring bulbs! Truly the easiest way to get a pop-up flower garden in the spring, flower bulbs are so fun to plant! In today’s video, let’s…
Spring Bulbs…the easiest way to a spectacular flower garden! Planted in the fall much like our garlic was, spring bulbs need that winter chilling period to properly set and develop their flowers. There’s an unlimited amount to choose from, more than we could possibly list in one video. So today, let’s look at the top…
Pruning Raspberries Made Easy! As a low-maintenance, high-yield crop, its pretty hard to beat either summer-bearing or ever-bearing raspberries. They don’t require much from us and are virtually beginner-proof, however, the one thing we can do to ensure raspberry success is proper pruning! In this video, I’ll go over all the steps you need to…
Raspberries Are Amazing Plants. So amazing in fact, they have 3 different kinds of shoots on the plant, all occurring simultaneously at the same time! In today’s Quickie, let’s look at all 3 shoots of our raspberry plants, how to identify them, what they do, and why they are important. Time’s short as always, so…
Overwinter Your Strawberry Plants! The final episode of the Strawberry Definitive Guide Series. Today, we look at preparing your strawberry mother plants both in the ground or raised beds, as well as containers, for the longer winter ahead. Its not at all hard and in fact, if you live in areas where winter is not…
Growing Strawberries In Containers Is Awesome. The crop is tailor-made to grow in pots, containers, and small beds. However, the increased exposure come winter time means we growers need to take extra precautions when growing our favorite berry like this. And today, I have 3. These easy tips will allow your potted strawberry plants to…
Compost Moisture Is Vital To Its Productivity! As one of the 4 main factors controlling the speed and efficiency of a compost, moisture is integral to allowing the microbes to successfully break down the raw materials that we keep adding. In today’s Quickie, let’s discover why moisture is so important to our composts, plus learn…
Composting In The Winter Can Be Tricky! As the temperature drops, so too does the efficiency and speed of our compost piles. In extreme winters, your compost pile can actually freeze solid, and stop completely. Of course, this is just fine because when the spring thaw happens, the compost resumes breaking down as microbial activity…
What is the Carbon To Nitrogen, or C/N Ratio? Why is it important, and why do we care? Well, today, let’s find out. In this episode’s Quickie, we explore the relationship between Carbon and Nitrogen in your compost, what components make up what, and what’s the ideal ratio to shoot for so that your compost…
Container Garlic. Has there ever been a more perfect crop to grow in pots or containers? As a perfectly predictable crop, garlic is so well-suited to container growing that once you give it a try, you may never grow it any other way! Today, let’s talk about everything we need to know to grow garlic…
What’s In A Name? Well, quite a lot actually! For all living things, including our garden crops, a minimum of two names are given: a common name and a Latin, or scientific name. But what’s the difference? Well today, that’s exactly what we aim to find out. In this video, let’s explore the key differences…
Plant Life Cycles. The amazing journey from seed to flower to fruit and back to seed again. Not only is it fascinating to watch our favorite crops as they develop, the time it takes them to do it is one of the most popular ways to categorize them. Today, let’s talk about the 3 main…
Winter Is Coming! With another successful growing season nearly behind us, and the summer crops beginning to wane, dormancy is closing in. In this latest Garden Quickie, let’s look at 3 ways to protect your gardens and garden beds this winter so that you can hit the ground running next spring! It feels just like…
Mulch Thickness. Its not a question of whether we need to mulch or not, but rather how much we should be mulching with. The thickness of your mulch is based on the time of year, the climate you’re growing in, the crops to be mulch, and the material of the mulch itself. Join me today…
