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In this growing guide we will be talking all about eggplants! When to tell if they are ripe, how to fertilize, when to fertilize, how much to water them, temperature requirements, and spacing. Send mail to: PO box 131 Marysville, MI 48040 450+ varieties of Heirloom & Non-GMO Vegetable seeds .99/pack, fertilizer, garden tools, blog…
Learn all about starting seeds and the most efficient ways to get your garden growing even in colder temperatures. Pat Battle instructs this class in the greenhouse at the Mills River Educational Farm where a variety of seedlings are already off to a great start. Get helpful tips on seed varieties, products, techniques and when…
Laying out a raised bed with the homemade water level How to make the water level http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQuwgSy2QyA
Just a quick update. Several people have asked how it’s going. Weather has hindered me in many ways this year.
Kohlrabi is easily grown. While they can be planted as close as 6 inches I will be attempting to use my grow tower this year as the amount I want to grow will take up to much room in the garden.
Garden 2013! Time to begin.
Plan to Plant! This is really the first step to Maximizing Garden Space. I’ve divided the seeds into monthly categories and will determine what I will do on a weekly basis.
I’m showing the steps I take to make a grow tower. I show the tools I use and the process to begin laying out and marking the hole placements. As I say in the video, I tend to get pretty anal with some things. As a former long-time carpenter, using math, laying out and marking…
part 2 – Maximizing Garden Space – techniques and Brain power Part 1 can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHWoNlXDtn4 Video 1 – Introduction to maximizing Garden Space http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHSa_oGgsyw Video 2 – Companion planting, secondary locations and determination http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B-mJnjj0S0
Part1 – I had to split the video. It was too large and upload kept failing. Once I get both uploaded I will place a link on each one to take you to the other. If this is the first one of this series you are seeing, please see the others. Part 2 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sUOGZ6QoJ4…
Determine that you WILL do it, get started, find other locations if yours isn’t big enough and learn to plant compatible plants together to increase yield in the space available. Companion plant table http://frugalliving.about.com/od/gardening/a/Companion-Plants.htm
You CAN grow food! In this series of videos I am going to take you through strategies, techniques and methods to grow food in small spaces. This video deals primarily with the importance of home food production and a few basic principles
Won’t be a part 4 on the orchard garden. Lesson learned… get a deer stand. Actually will say the beans planted with the corn worked well.
Lessons learned this year. Will begin another short series next week on developing my strategies for next year.
Showing the results of a short term storage experiment.
My homemade solar dehydrator. Great idea but I must make some modifications.
Just an overview of my garden. Plan on making more with detailed info of what and why I am planting. I hope some of the things I am doing may help others and I welcome suggestions and info from others as well. I want my videos to be a place where all can learn together.
Everything is growing so well! I am impressed and very happy with the growth thus far! I hope everyone else is enjoying the updates too! thanks for coming along with me and every comment and like is greatly appreciated! stay tuned for more! there is so much I have planned to show you guys! Send…
