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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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Strawberry Plants Need Maintenance. A mother Strawberry plant lasts anywhere from 3 to 5 years before it starts to lose production, and then wear itself out. Or so it seems! Join me in Part 2 of this video series where we visit the individual Strawberry crowns 10 days later and see how they’ve responded. You’ll…
Regrow New Onions From Another Onion? Well, let’s find out. In this video, Part 2 of the 5-part series, we revisit the experiment from last summer where we sliced off the root end of a regular yellow onion, suspended it in water until it rooted, then planted it. In step 2, your onions have begun…
Indoor Gardening Vlog Part 3! In the 3rd part of the weekly vlog, let’s revamp the growing area under the Mars Hydro TS 600 and give it a boost in terms of light efficiency! Here, we use a reflective material known as mylar to help boost the light levels farther away from the TS 600,…
Start Your Pepper Seeds Now To Get A Head Start On Spring! Part 2 of a 3 part video series! Peppers are one of the most popular garden crops of all time. They are easy to grow, transplant well, come in a zillion different varieties, and are delicious. Everyone loves growing Peppers! If you live…
Strawberry Plants Need Maintenance. A mother Strawberry plant lasts anywhere from 3 to 5 years before it starts to lose production, and then wear itself out. Or so it seems! Join me in Part 1 of this video series where I pull apart a 4 year old Strawberry Mother Plant and see just what is…
Start Your Cucumber Seeds Now To Get A Head Start On Spring! Cucumbers are one of the most popular garden crops of all time. They are easy to grow, but sometimes do not transplant well, so you really have to get them going and well established ahead of spring. If you live in the Northern…
Start Your Pepper Seeds Now To Get A Head Start On Spring! Peppers are the most popular garden crop of all time. They are easy to grow, transplant well, come in a zillion different varieties, and are delicious. Everyone loves growing Peppers! If you live in the Northern Hemisphere however, your growing season is finite,…
Indoor Gardening Vlog Part 2! In this 2nd part of the weekly vlog, let’s take the Mars Hydro TS 600W, and get it setup, adjusted, and installed to perfection before those peas start to come up….oh wait, too late! I guess the couple of 75F days along with pre-germinating them caused those peas to become…
Regrow New Onions From Another Onion? Well, let’s find out. In this video, we revisit the experiment from last summer where we sliced off the root end of a regular yellow onion, suspended it in water until it rooted, then planted it. Apparently that wasn’t good enough and the naysayers said that a true onion…
Fastest Way To Seed and Sow A Carrot Row! In this video, I show you how I sow a row of carrots for a winter quick crop before the spring and summer veggies take over the beds. From preparing the beds to actual sowing, this video will show you just how easy and fast no…
Pineapple Tops Are Super Easy To Sprout! In this video revision, I go back to growing pineapples, but using the new method which is vastly superior to the old soil method. Here, we peel away all the leaf layers and place the stem in water for up to a month. Roots begin to form quite…
Time To Sow Your Winter Pea Crops! In this video, I show you how I sow my Sugar Snap Peas using the no till, no dig method of gardening. Watch as we cover all the basics from bed preparation, seed spacing, actual planting, and mulching. No till gardening is one of the best ways to…
10 Part Indoor Gardening Series! Let’s put the Mars Hydro TS 600W LED Grow Light to the test. Let’s take a vegetable crop, normally grown outdoors, being it inside and see if we can successfully grow it from seed to harvest in 10 weeks! New video each week detailing the process! Indoor Garden Vlog Part…
Start Your Tomato Seeds Now To Get A Head Start On Spring! Part 1 of 3. Tomatoes are the most popular garden crop of all time. They are easy to grow, transplant well, come in a zillion different varieties, and are delicious. Everyone loves growing them! If you live in the Northern Hemisphere however, your…
How To Grow An Avocado From Seed! In this video, I’ll show you step by step how to take a store-bought Avocado fruit and grow a brand new Avocado plant from the large seed inside. Originally from Puebla, Mexico, this large, distinct fruit is the main ingredient in Guacamole. It can be quite a large…
Sprout Your Own Ginger From Any Store-Bought Ginger Root! Ginger is so easy to sprout, given the right conditions. The rhizomes of this plant are not only tasty and necessary in numerous recipes, but they can also be sprouted to grow entirely new Ginger plants, for free! In this video, I show you exactly how…
Grow Cilantro Year Round…Indoors! In this video, I show you how you can grow the most luscious crop of Cilantro, right from seed, indoors, any time of the year. Herbs make fantastic indoor winter crops, and Cilantro is one of the best. Use the tips and strategies in this video to master the art of…
Indoor Basil. Nothing is more satisfying than growing a fresh crop of Basil indoors, over the dead of winter! As a lush, fast-growing herb, Basil is a perfect candidate for a fresh winter crop of a summer staple. Gardeners are going stir crazy indoors as the weather gets colder, the snow piles up, and the…
Indoor Grow Lights, So Many Choices, So Confusing. In this video, I take you on a beginner tutorial of the 3 main choices for indoor grow lights and which one is best for you. High Intensity Diodes (HID) such as High Pressure Sodium (HPS) and Metal Halide (MH) are out of the realm of most…
Make Your Own Grow Box Or Grow Chamber For Cheap! In this video, I show you how I build my own grow cabinet for starting seedlings or growing tropical plants or starting off your clones and other delicate plants that need a head start! These boxes can be as elaborate or as simple as you…
Growing Garlic, Even In Winter! In this video, I show you how you can still grow successful garlic bulbs, even if you missed the fall planting window. Also, if you live in a warm climate, where garlic does not traditionally grow, its ok. You can STILL grow nice organic garlic bulbs, no problem. Garlic is…
Pot Up Those Rosemary Cuttings! In this video, I show you how I pot up my rooted Rosemary cuttings into their new pots, both for sale and for my personal use. Rosemary is a woody perennial that can often be hard to propagate from cuttings. They don’t root as easily or as quickly as other…
Your garden needs TLC every winter! Use these three strategies to help protect your garden in the winter and to ensure that come the spring, you are hitting the ground running and ready for action when the warm days return! Don’t Prune In The Fall!: https://youtu.be/cM7mkzXWSmc Get those nursery seedling trays so that come January,…
Goldfish (Carassius auratus) Swimming In A Slow Moving Fresh Water River. The most popular pet fish in the world is a species of carp from East Asia. Selectively bred in Ancient China, this wonderful fish is commonly kept around the world. Relax for an hour in a virtual underwater scene while a school of goldfish…
Winter Mulch Your Vegetable Gardens For Maximum Results! The best way to protect your garden beds, plants, and soil, is to use a thick, organic layer of mulch in the fall, before winter comes. Soil is not designed to ever be exposed, at any time of year, but especially in winter! Cover those garden plots,…
Morning Autumn Walk in John Dean Provincial Park. Early morning walk through the Barrett Montfort Loop in Southern Vancouver Island’s last strand of virgin old growth forest. Experience the 2km loop of the northernmost trail in the 174 hectare park. Lush old growth Douglas-fir and Western Red Cedar, with giants reaching over 210 feet tall.…
Prepare Your Rosemary And Other Perennial Plants For Winter! In this video, I show you how to get your Rosemary plants ready to combat the cold winter days ahead using 3 simple strategies that should only take you 5 minutes! Perennial plants are some of the most rewarding and giving plants, while also being the…
Virtual Hiking Tour In 4K Through Horth Hill In North Saanich, Vancouver Island, Fall 2019. No music and no jump cuts. Relax and enjoy the sights and sounds of a multi-stage forest with old growth Douglas-fir, Western Hemlock, Western Red-cedar, as well as sunny openings for Arbutus, Big Leaf Maples, and Garry Oak trees. Follow…
Winter Is Coming…Get Your Garden Ready In Less Than 10 Minutes! In this video, I show you how I prepare a garden bed that is going to lie dormant over the winter months. Right from final harvest and clearing the bed of any weeds, to the laying down of the mulch layer on top. In…
Prepare and Protect Your Strawberry Plants This Winter! As the temperatures begin to drop in fall, with winter looming on the horizon, let me show you exactly how to get your strawberry mother plants ready for winter to ensure maximum production the following spring. With your strawberry plants in dormancy, now is the perfect time…
