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Hello, and thank you for visiting my channel! I hope my videos are meaningful and educational, and at the same time fun to watch! My main interests are growing hydroponically, growing sprouts, microgreens, vegetables and herbs. I enjoy traveling and take every opportunity I am given to learn and explore new things. My goal is to share these experiences with you, and also to foster discussion so that we learn from each other (through the comment section). Some of my videos contain affiliate links to products that I use through the Amazon associates program. I hope you enjoy my videos, and comment to be part of the discussion. Thank you for watching!
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This is a side by side experiment with two trays of microgreens, one with nutrients, one with plain water, BOTH grown in coconut coir. As expected, the microgreens with the nutrient solution grew bigger and faster, but how did the microgreens with no nutrients do? A fun experiment where I get to eat the outcome!…
I had a bug problem, and my solution was to use Captain Jack’s Dead Bug Brew, its considered organic although I’m not happy about using it. Still, it did solve my bug problem, and the cucumber plants are growing vigorously and producing lots of cucumbers. Here are Amazon links to products mentioned in the video.…
You really don’t need a recipe, just toss the radishes (and garlic, if you like) with EVOO, salt, and your favorite spices. I used Trader Joe’s 21 Seasoning Salute in this recipe. Try Za’atar or Ajika for a variation, either way you can’t go wrong. I hope you try roasted radishes, the flavor of the…
Radishes grow quickly and easily, just make sure to plant them in the spring or fall, they don’t like the summer heat. Once the heat comes then they will bolt, but that’s okay too since you can save the seeds to grow radish microgreens throughout the year. I like the radish microgreens better than the…
We got this caterpillar to butterfly kit as a fun way to grow our own butterflies then free them into our garden to help pollinate the plants. In this video I show how to set up the butterfly kit. Then we follow the caterpillars as they turn into chrysalises and then into beautiful Painted Lady…
Side by side experiment to see how well lettuce seeds germinate on cotton balls compared with rockwool. It looks like the cotton balls are a great alternative, cheaper too!
This video answers all the questions you might have about using coconut coir to grow microgreens or to start your seeds. Both the advantages and disadvantages are discussed as well as some background information about where it comes from and how to rehydrate it. I hope you enjoyed this video!
Amateurs building an electric fence…will it work? Shockingly, it does! This video is not sponsored, its a documentary of our adventures building an electric fence to keep the nuisance animals out of our garden. I hope you enjoy! Here are Amazon affiliate links for some of the items shown in this video: This is the…
This video shows the process of growing radishes hydroponically from seed to harvest, Kratky style, using loofah sponges instead of rockwool. You might be interested in the following videos mentioned in the video, this was a fun experiment, and the result was delicious tasting radishes! Is Rockwool Dangerous? https://youtu.be/4Yod04di3zE Mixing Masterblend Hydroponic Solution: https://youtu.be/CkFgxNbOExk What…
This video documents the growing process for sweet potatoes from when I started them in a mason jar of water, to when I harvested them months later. One thing I learned…sweet potatoes take a VERY long time to grow, so start them early! I used these 10 gallon grow bags from Amazon: https://amzn.to/31VFSFK and the…
In this video I explain what the Masterblend formula is and how I mix it up for a one gallon recipe. I also cover the basics of NPK and what the numbers 4-18-38 stand for. I find this hydroponic nutrient solution works very well for my fruiting plants such as tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers. It…
The seed to harvest process of growing Tiny Tim tomatoes hydroponically two ways, using the Kratky method, and Deep Water Culture or DWC. Both produced sweet delicious tomatoes, although one grew bigger and faster than the other. Surprisingly the Kratky setup won out over DWC, the opposite result to when I grew sweet bell peppers.…
In this short video I discuss whether or not to prune Tiny Tim. This is a small container variety of tomato, and I am growing it hydroponically indoors using the Kratky method, and DWC, or Deep Water Culture method. I will put out a longer video documenting the growth from seed to harvest once the…
This recipe comes out perfect every time, enjoy! For the dough you need just 6 ingredients: 4 ½ cups of all purpose flour 1 tbsp Kosher Salt 2 tbsp sugar 2 cups warm water around 80 degrees Fahrenheit ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil And 2 ½ teaspoons or 1 package of dry yeast 1.…
Katchy is a classy looking bug trap and works on killing fungus gnats as well as fruit flies and other flying insects. But does it work better than ugly yellow sticky traps? This video reviews the Katchy Indoor Insect Trap with and a side by side comparison of the Katchy indoor insect trap and Yellow…
In this video I follow the development of 12 hydroponic baby lettuce seedlings to see how they grew and ultimately matured in varying lighting conditions. The seedlings all started out the same way, planted in rockwool. Then some of them got thinned out and moved onto clay pebbles, and some others got rehomed into hydroponic…
In this video I’ll show you a different way to start seeds on hydroponic clay pebbles, without using rockwool. Rockwool is a great way to seeds, but there are hydroponic growers who don’t like using rockwool, and are always looking for alternatives. If you’ve tried to start seeds on clay pebbles, you know it works,…
The Tiny Tim Tomatoes are ready for a new home, so I set up two hydroponic systems, one Kratky and one DWC (Deep Water Culture). This video is the set up, stay tuned for updates and hopefully a nice bounty of cherry tomatoes! Here are Amazon affiliate links to products used in this video: Masterblend…
Join me as I plant Tiny Tim Tomato seeds two ways, in rockwool and on clay pebbles. This video covers the first three weeks from planting the seeds until they are ready to be transplanted into a hydroponic system. My next video will show the set up and transplanting the seedlings into their new home.…
One of the most common ways of starting seeds for hydroponics is to drop the seeds into a cube of rockwool. Its really easy – although you do need to soak the rockwool in water first, but this video is not about HOW to use rockwool. The purpose of this video is to try to…
This video covers the basics of starting seeds in rockwool. It difficult to underwater or overwater when you use rockwool, the fibers retain water very well AND hold oxygen in the pockets between the fibers. So start some seeds now! Products used in this video are available at Amazon: Rockwool: https://amzn.to/2Vav7Mi Ph up down: https://amzn.to/2JfFH27
In this video I’ll be making cheese…..from milk. Last week I posted a video on how to make tofu at home, with just soybeans and lemon juice. It is actually easier to make cheese because you start with the milk already made by the cow. There’s no grinding of the beans like there is to…
You won’t believe how easy it is to take a cup of soybeans and turn it into a block of tofu! And you won’t believe how delicious homemade tofu is, especially when you eat it fresh! All you need is three ingredients….soybeans….lemon juice, either fresh or reconstituted, and water. I hope you try this! Below…
Three methods were used here to grow broccoli sprouts: 1. in the dark for the first 4 days and greening up in the light on the 5th day, 2. Ambient light for all the days, 3. Under an LED grow light for all the days. Can you guess what happened….probably….but it was fun to see,…
This is a simple tank, easy to set up and maintain, and would be perfect in a kid’s bedroom or in an office. The idea behind aquaponics is that the waste products from the fish fertilize the plants growing above the tank. And the plants help keep the water cleaner by absorbing the fish waste…
I’m regrowing a supermarket pepper out in the garden, the seeds are from the same mother that I previously grew hydroponically. The results were amazingly different. Of course there were many variables besides the growing method that could account for the taste difference, and I expect the comment section to reflect that. Still, at its…
3 different grow methods were used to regrow supermarket lettuce. Soil, plain water, and water with hydroponic nutrients. Which did best? I replicated the example with the same results. Thanks for watching! Below are Amazon links to items used in the video: Hydroponic Solution: https://amzn.to/3kIBrW4 Net Cups: https://amzn.to/3cycPMP Wide Mouth Mason Jars: https://amzn.to/2G6Q1ro Organic Seed…
Preserve your hot pepper harvest by dehydrating the peppers. Keep them whole to rehydrate later in cooking, or crush them to make pepper flakes, or grind them for a fine spice. Delicious way to add some spice to your cooked creations! Amazon links to items used in this video: Aroma Dehydrator: https://amzn.to/2Z8OlnX Vitamix Blender: https://amzn.to/32UkO2A…
Are red jalapeños hotter than green ones? Are they more nutritious? What is the difference, and when should you harvest yours? In this short video I answer these questions from my own point of view and experience growing, cooking, and eating them….enjoy! In case you want to try Trader Joe’s Green Dragon hot sauce, here…
Easy, but not fast. Garlic, when planted in the Fall, takes 8-9 months or 240 days to mature. This video covers the nine months from planting to harvesting the bulbs. I hope you enjoy the video….we are enjoying the garlic!
