VIDEO: 5 Ways to Help Build Healthier Better Soil
Your soil is liek a bank account. We need to make regular deposits in the account to make withdrawls. By building your soil, you can ensure a healthy garden, healthy plants, and better yields.
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VIDEO: How to Reduce Weeds and Watering by 60-90% With This SIMPLE Method
Sub-surface watering can reduce weeding and watering by up to 90%, resultiung in less weed pressure and more water conservation. In today’s episode I will be discussing 3 different methods of sub-surface watering. Thank you to http://www.growoya.com for sponsoring today’s episode!
VIDEO: The Single Most Important Thing To Remember When Growing Grafted Trees
When growing grafted trees it is very important to remember one care tip that will ultimately safe the health of your tree, And that is pruning. Not just pruning the top either, but instead pruning the rootstock growth! This is a very importsnt step and one that cannot be underestimated. Shop our seed shop for…
VIDEO: How to Prune Blackberries For Big Yields & Healthy Plants
Pruning blackberries can be daunting, but it’s actually very simple. They are a bramble, so many people treat them like raspberries but they can’t be. In this video I will show you how to prune blackberries for larger yields, bigger healthier plants, and a managable plant that won’t take over your garden. Check our our…
VIDEO: The ONLY Crop I Know You Can Sow and Grow 4 Times in a Year!
An update and harvest of our 45 day beet project. This was a test to see how many harvests we could get out of our beets. We sowed seeds in April, June, August, and September!
VIDEO: The One Thing You Should NEVER Do to Your Fall Garden
Many gardeners like the idea of putting their garden to bed for the winter. When they do that, it often includes tilling which aerates the soil, loosens it, and allows it to be more workable. The problem is it is the wrong time of year to do it and can lead to more problems in…
VIDEO: Which Cover Crop Is BEST For Your Garden & Why
Cover crops otherwise known as green manure are an important part to protecting, building, and feeding soil. But which cover crop is best? Which one is my favorite? All that and more in today’s episode.
VIDEO: What a Painting of a Girl in a Blue Dress Has to Do With Your Garden
Garden plans don’t always go acording to plan. In today’s episode I will share with you how a painting of a girl in a blue dress relates to garden plans that go wrong.
VIDEO: A Farmer's Guide to Mastering Growing Green Beans
My uncle is a commercial bean farmer. He shared with me everything he does to get massive and consistent green beans and snap beans. These tips I am sharing with you to help you grow big and yield big!
VIDEO: How We Prevent Powdery Mildew on Our Squash and Cucumbers
Preventing is better than reacting. This is especially true to diseases in the garden. Powdery mildew can cause many issues with cucumbers and squash, and so controling it as well as preventing it is advised. In today’s episode we will talk about one simple method to controlling it that we use in the garden, and…
VIDEO: Crops We Are Planting In September For a Fall Harvest
We are in the back-to-school season, and that means fall! Don’t pull out your garden, plant it! With things like cucumbers, broccoli, carrots, beets, lettuce, spinach, beans, peas, swiss chard, and more! In this episode I will be going through all the things we are planting in our garden for a fall harvest. Get fall…
VIDEO: 6 Tips To Ensure a BUMPER CROP of Peppers
We are having a great year for peppers. In today’s episode we are showing you 5 tips to growing a huge bumper crop of peppers. We will discus varieties, Scoville, watering, fertilizing, and topping with how they affect pepper yields.
VIDEO: Prevent Squash Bugs and Cucumber Beetles With A Trick An Amish Farmer Taught Me
Squash bugs and cucumber beetles can be such a nuscence. In this episode we will be covering how to control them using a trick I learned from a local amish farmer.
VIDEO: 3 MYTHS About Using Eggshells In The Garden
In today’s episode we are tackling 3 of the most common myths surrounding eggshells in the garden. Why they aren’t a very good source of calcium, why they don’t protect against slugs, and why they should still be used despite fears of bacteria.
VIDEO: 3 Ways Gardeners Kill Their Plants With Kindness
If you are having problems in the garden, this video will help you to ensure you are not self inflicting the harm on your plants by trying to over-care for them. Too much of any good thing can be a bad thing!
VIDEO: Good and Bad Plants to Intercrop Around Tomatoes
Intercropping tomatoes is something we advocate because of how much food can be produced in a small space. Give it a try and you will be impressed with how much you can grow!!
VIDEO: Answering 5 Popular NOT Dumb Questions About Growing Tomatoes
There is no such thing as a dumb question. So when it comes to tomatoes, we get a lot of questions that people fear are “dumb” but in fact aren’t at all! Like the difference between indeterminate and determinate tomatoes, how far to space tomatoes, using baking soda and epsom salt on tomatoes to sweeten…
VIDEO: Why are My Blueberry leaves Turning Red? 5 Reasons
In today’s episode we will be covering five reasons why your blueberry plants might be having their leaves turn red. Hopefully it helps! Happy gardening.
VIDEO: 6 Ways to Control Weeds Organically
Weeds are never fun in the garden. In today’s episode we are covering 6 different ways you can control weeds organically. Hope it helps, happy gardening!
VIDEO: Tips to Speed Up Germination and Sprout Finicky Seeds
Sprouting finicky seeds can be frustrating to say the least. In this video we will outline some tips and tricks to speed up germination, as well as increase the germination of different seeds so that you have more success with seed starting.
VIDEO: How to Make Your Own Seed Potatoes and Never Buy Them Again!
In this episode I will share with you a method of making your own seed potatoes so you never have to buy them ever again! We do more than, JUST, YouTube! Check more MIgardener below: Start growing! Visit our online store for heirloom seeds, custom blend fertilizers and gardening tools. We ship worldwide! website/shop: http:www.migardener.com/store…
VIDEO: How to Pick The Right Size Container For Seed Starting
When starting seeds, the correct size container is important. In this episode we will cover what size containers work best, what to plant in them, how long the seedlings can survive in them, and so much more!
VIDEO: Your Growing Zone Doesn’t Matter With Most Crops
Gardeners get hung up on growing zones and fear them as if they will ruin their season if they pick a variety “out of their zone”. Growing zones only have to do with the average coldest tempurature during winter, and nothing to do with anything else.
VIDEO: My Experience With a Living Fence After 5 Years
We have been living with a living fence for 5 years now, so I figured we would do an update as to how it is doing, how we like it, and the benefits we have experienced with it. I will also go over some of the things I have learned with it that I would…
VIDEO: Earlier IS NOT Always Better When Starting Seeds Indoors!
How early is too early? Can you start seeds too early? Is it necessary to start seeds indoors? We will talk about al this and more in todays episode. Enjoy! We do more than, JUST, YouTube! Check more MIgardener below: Start growing! Visit our online store for heirloom seeds, custom blend fertilizers and gardening tools.…
VIDEO: The FREE & ANCIENT Soil Amendment Every Gardener Has Access To – Wood Ash
For thousands of years farmers and gardeners have used wood ash to nurish their crops, amend soil, and feed their families. Wood ash is rich in potassium (potash) but also Calcium. Plants will greatly benefit from both of these minerals along with over 20+ other trace minerals included. pH test strips I use: https://amzn.to/3Jru5Uc 650+…
VIDEO: How Much Does It Cost To Build a CHEAP Raised bed in 2022 Vs. 2015?
In 2015 we uploaded a video that went viral. It was titled “How to build raised beds for cheap” and in that video we showed how you could build a raised bed for as inexpensive as possible. In this episode we are doing the same. How much more will it cost? Let’s find out.
VIDEO: One of The SCARIEST Things That Has Ever Happened in The Garden
As a paret we always childproof the home, but it never dawned on me to childproof the garden. In this episode I will share with you one of the scariest things that has ever happened to me in the garden and in my life. Hopefully it will serve as a PSA to open your eyes…
VIDEO: A Must-Do Chore If You Are Growing Fruit Trees
We are growing fruit trees in our orchard and there is yearly chores to do. We are winter pruning our trees. Hope you enjoy!