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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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Question, does the Squirrel Buster Plus by Brome really keep the squirrels out????? And we have been enjoying the different types of birds that come to feed. In this video I show you who comes to feast, and how the bird feeder is installed on our deck. We ended up buying an extension rod to…
This is a short video showing the planting, growing, and harvesting stages of Pea Shoots. These are the Speckled Pea Variety. They are easy to grow and in 10 days you have shoots large enough to harvest and enjoy! Below are links from Amazon for some of the products you might need to start growing.…
I wanted to see which would produce better results, growing lettuce hydroponically, or growing it in soil. I prefer hydroponics, its cleaner and much more forgiving, and I don’t have to remember to water the plants. We can go away for a week or two and the hydroponic lettuce does just fine without us (so…
Grow Basil indoors in using the Hydroponic Kratky method. You can find a full text transcript of this video here: https://tikki.co/grow-hydroponic-basil-using-the-kratky-method/ If you are not familiar with the hydroponic Kratky method, please watch my video on the Kratky method: https://youtu.be/0dyoIiNyvNI Its so easy, and in 9 weeks you have a nice, full, bushy plant. The…
This was an experiment to see if my favorite brand of popcorn would sprout and grow into microgreens……and they did!!! But not all of them sprouted, as you will see in the video. Enjoy!
This video shows how to sprout beans and seeds using the Mason Jar method. Two wide mouth mason jars are used, one to sprout lentil beans, and the other to sprout a salad mix of seeds I buy from Mountain Valley Seed Company. The salad mix contains broccoli, arugula, kohlrabi, kale, and cabbage. The beans…
Follow along with me as I sprout mung beans in just a few days in a colander (strainer). Very easy to do, and so quick!!! The mung bean (Vigna Radiata) is a plant species in the legume family, and mainly cultivated in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, China, Korea, South Asia and Southeast Asia. It is…
Very delicious, and so easy to grow! I love broccoli microgreens, next to sunflowers they are my favorites. I also enjoy the beet microgreens, they take a little longer to grow than the broccoli, but they add such a beautiful color and taste to salads. Or use them as an unusual garnish. They are very…
This video shows how to set up a non-circulating hydroponic system, a.k.a the Kratky Method. For a transcript of this video please visit my website at https://tikki.co/kratky-basics/ I use rockwool to grow seedlings and then net cups and clay pebbles to plant the seedling into containers filled with water. The water contains a hydroponic solution…
This video shows how to grow lettuce in glass mason jars hydroponically, meaning in water instead of in soil. I use the Kratky method, which does not need an air pump. A simple glass jar is good enough to grow the lettuce as you will see. The seeds sprout very quickly, and in just 5…
We finally have clusters and clusters of cherry tomatoes growing in the AeroGarden! This video chronicles the progress of the tomatoes from Days 23-90. I have another video on Days 5-21. You can view that video at: https://youtu.be/QMGYKjpy2U8. We are excited about all the tomatoes that keep coming in! Can’t wait until they ripen! Please…
That’s right, NO SOIL. I grew these on paper towels, and they came out beautiful and delicious. I love broccoli microgreens, next to sunflowers they are my favorites. They are very easy to grow, and taste really good. Give them a try!
This video shows the progress of sprouting sunflower seeds, from seed to sprouts, to harvesting them as microgreens. I use black oil sunflower seeds, organic. Follow along with me until harvest day, Day 12, and beyond to see if new growth appears. These are easy to grow and delicious to eat! Enjoy! These are the…
This is a clean and easy way to sprout broccoli, alfalfa, radish, clover, or any small seeds. The two-tiered tray system allows you to put two different types of seeds in each level, and the vented top allows for good air circulation. I found it easier to rinse the seeds in this tray design than…
In this video I grow Lentils, Garbanzo Beans and Barley from packages I bought in the supermarket….the barley never sprouted. I was curious to see if the supermarket packages would sprout since they sit on the shelves for a long time and look very dried out. Surprisingly the lentils and garbanzo beans sprouted, but not…
AeroGarden Hydroponic Tomato Plants: Follow germination from Day 4 to a nice strong healthy tomato plant on Day 21. I’m happy to say the plants in my AeroGarden are doing really nicely. You can see how I set up the Aerogarden in an earlier video at https://youtu.be/oQ0kShq-rSI This is an ongoing project, you can see…
I am very excited about my new AeroGarden. In this video you can see the steps we take to set up our new garden with Heirloom Cherry Tomatoes! This model came with a Gourmet Herb seed kit, but we decided to plant cherry tomatoes instead! You can plant anything you want in this garden if…
