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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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In this video, I show you how to grow and maintain your Zucchini plants to have them yield as much fruit as possible, while avoiding Powdery Mildew on the older leaves. Proper pruning will allow your Zucchini plants to breathe and grow to produce maximum harvests. Without proper pruning, the plants will simply over grow…
Powdery mildew is not the end! Learn to prevent and treat this fungal disease. In this video I show you how to treat powdery mildew on your garden vegetables, as well, I show you how to prevent the spread of this fungal disease throughout your crops and growing area. Keep your plants pruned and spaced…
Let’s grow some strawberries! In this video, I want to show you that anyone can garden. There are few easier plants to reap the gardener’s rewards as the luscious ever-bearing Strawberry plant! I’ll show you from start to finish how to prepare your garden bed with compost, then potting mix, and ready the surface of…
Saving your cherry tomato seeds is not hard! In this video, I show you how to save your heirloom cherry tomato seeds, all the way from picking off the vine to sealing in a dry plastic bag. Much the same as saving your larger beefsteak tomato seeds, saving cherry tomato seeds for next year involves…
Seaweed fertilizer that you can make yourself! In this video, I explain how I make a liquid seaweed extract fertilizer for your garden and for making a foliar spray out of. I explain the benefits of not only using foliar sprays, but also using fermented seaweed and seaweed extracts in your vegetable garden. Traditional liquid…
Grow unlimited strawberry plants from their seeds! In this video, I show you how to grow hundreds of new strawberry plants for seed. I show you what strawberry fruits to use and which ones not to use, plus I show you the two techniques for removing the seeds from the outer skin of the fruit.…
Strawberries grow from runners, VERY easily! In this video, I show you how to collect all your strawberry runners, which are the best ones to collect, and how to then plant them to make brand new clones of your mother plant, for free! Even if you are not harvesting the strawberry runners for new plants,…
Repot your orchid plants every year! In this video, I show you how to replant the common Moth Orchid (Phalaenopsis). Orchids do not grow in regular soil, rather they are epiphytic plants by nature. They grow and derive nutrients and water through the air and direct rainfall. They do not root in soil and as…
Make your own orchid potting mix to save time and money! In this video, I show you how to make your own Orchid potting mix from just 4 ingredients and 5 minutes of your time. Orchids are specialized plants that cannot simply be potted into the regular soil you’d use for other plants. Their roots…
Hello Fresh Review! In this video guys, I unbox a 3-meal plan from Hello Fresh Canada! Hello Fresh is a meal delivery service where they have a set menu on a website that you order from and they send you the fresh ingredients and recipe procedures, and then you cook the meal. It is being…
Basil cuttings is the easiest way to get free unlimited new basil plants! In this video, I show you how to grow unlimited Basil from cuttings in the easiest way possible. One single Basil plant can multiply into a dozen plants in less than a month. NEVER buy Basil again. Basil is one of many…
DIY raised garden bed made easy! In this video, I show you step-by-step how to build the simplest raised garden bed to easily get your vegetables and flowers growing the right way! You only need three tools (screw gun, sander, saw) and about a half hour of your time. Building (ha!) off of the popularity…
Organic wood stain, made from blackberries and vinegar! In this video, if you can believe it, I made a wood stain for my raised veggie beds out of crushed blackberries! And it turned out AWESOME! Only three ingredients: blackberries, vinegar, and rusting metal for additional color. Amazing. No more chemicals in my garden.
Welcome back guys! In this video I explain why I have been talking about Alfalfa Meal so much lately in all my demonstrations. I give you the top 5 reasons why Alfalfa is the best organic soil supplement, as well, I discuss the application methods and how to use it most effectively. Mid-Summer Bed Redo…
Save your dying plant! In this video, I show you some of the common causes of why your plants could be suffering and not doing so well. I also show you how to remedy the common reasons for plants not growing as big and lush as they should be. We cover veggie plants, fruit trees,…
Rosemary needs to be pruned! It can become invasive and over run your garden! In the first video, I showed you how to take simply take and root cuttings from an existing Rosemary plants to grow even more Rosemary plants. In this video, I explain how to trim and prune your mature Rosemary bush/hedge so…
In this video,. I take another bed that has its summer crop completed and use the technique of lasagna gardening to reclaim its potential and plant a late summer crop of Pac Choi for harvest before the fall crop goes in. Learn how to take your raised veggie bed, mid-summer, and reclaim it to working…
Grow unlimited raspberry plants from new cuttings! In this video, I describe the steps on how to propagate new raspberry plants from simple cuttings. I show you the tricks to make sure you are successful in rooting them every time, as well, I show you how to identify the 3 types of raspberry shoots (Floricanes,…
In this video, I take the worst 4 beds on the farm and completely refocus the effort to growing a better crop for the remainder of summer. The beds were planted with heirloom tomatoes across the back, and a mixture of zucchinis, pumpkins, and peppers along the front. The beds started to fail about 2…
In this video, I show you how I take an end-of-summer garden bed and prep it using the Lasagna Gardening Method, to plant your fall garlic, all using no-till farming!
In this video, I show you how I clean out two summer raised garden beds and completely replant them all within about a half hour using Lasagna Gardening and No Till farming methods.
In this video, I describe and how you how to take your end-of-season tomatoes and, using a dehydrator, make the most delicious and nutritious sun dried tomatoes ever! Other videos talked about: Quick Crop Vid: https://youtu.be/s544RwxpYe0 Saving Tomato Seeds: https://youtu.be/d43zNx7jDOs
In this video, I give a primer on three different strategies or farm hacks that I use to start winding down my summer crops in preparation for the upcoming fall growing season. Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.ca/s?marketplaceID=A2EUQ1WTGCTBG2&me=A8DI7QTF94U1Q&merchant=A8DI7QTF94U1Q Creating Fall Starters: https://youtu.be/Po2xSeVj0b8 Quick Crop Turnaround: https://youtu.be/s544RwxpYe0
In this video, I show you how I move my cauliflower plugs that we created in the last video, over to the nursery standard 4-inch pots, minimizing the damage and disturbance, and maximizing your future yields this autumn! DIY Potting Mix #1: https://youtu.be/f-yKH-45diw DIY Potting Mix #2: https://youtu.be/Q2SYrFqQYSI Seeds vs Starters: https://youtu.be/tLieMDfcDGU Fall Crop Video…
In this video, I show you the easy 3-step process for saving your own tomato seeds from the heirloom tomatoes that you have grown all summer. Saves you money and you get to select the best genetics for your garden for the following year!
In this video, I harvest my Spaghetti Squash bed at the end of summer, in preparation for a quick 6-8 week crop of lettuce and spinach before the beds have to be prepared for the fall planting of garlic. I utilize the no-till, no-dig, lasagna gardening method from start to finish!
In this video, I explain what Blossom End Rot (BER) is, why it happens, and what you can do as an organic gardener to prevent it from happening to your veggie plants. Foliar Feeding Video: https://youtu.be/5wTafYUcxc0
In this video, I explain why 4 years ago I made the switch to vegetable gardening in raised garden beds and never looked back. I give my top 5 reasons for gardening in raised beds exclusively.
In this video, I explain why volunteer plants are so vigorous and why they often grow so well, that they out grow the deliberately-planted veggies in your garden. How can it be that plants that sprouted and grew purely by accident actually grow better than veggies that you hand-planted and babied the whole way!??
In this video, I show you how to hang those long herb planter boxes. Several ways and methods to get those planters off the ground and increasing your vertical growing capabilities. Herb planters are easy to install on walls, fences, railings, and other vertical surfaces. In this video, I’ll show you how. Original Video of…
