VIDEO: Ladybug Larvae Nature's Response to an Aphid Infestation
Ladybug larvae are everywhere!!
Tag: homegrown
VIDEO: May 1 Garden Update
First of May garden update! Shout out to Nina Stephens at Southern Ark Homestead!! https://youtu.be/dhcEpD5hfME
VIDEO: How We Grow Impatiens in Our Pond Filter
We grow impatiens in our pond filter to improve the water quality. The impatiens help remove the nitrates from the pond water completing the nitrogen cycle. We also grow impatiens in pots and in beds but they never grow as well as they do in the filter. They grow insanely large and beautiful in the…
VIDEO: Unpleasant News
This video describes an unpleasant event that happened in our backyard last week.
VIDEO: Strawberry Update and Harvest 4 9 17
This is an update on how our strawberry bed is doing after the heavy mulching we gave it this winter. We harvest and weigh in our strawberries for the day!!
VIDEO: Making Salad from Our Backyard Garden
In this video I am picking vegetables from the garden to make a salad. I pick enough to make a large enough salad to carry to work all week for lunch. Free lunch (practically)!! Woo Hoo!!
VIDEO: Transplanting Tomatoes Into the Garden
We are transplanting the tomatoes we have growing in the red solo cups into the garden. We create a mixture of peat moss, blood meal, bone meal, Epsom salt, worm castings, and Azomite to put around the tomatoes when we plant them. We water them in with fish water and fertilize around them with chicken…
VIDEO: Garden Update After the Two Night Freeze 3 20 17
We prepare the garden for a two night freeze then reveal the damage after it’s over. Everything survived pretty well!! The frost blankets were a good investment.
VIDEO: Tag 30 Random Facts
I was tagged by Zule from Little Bean’s Garden and Calvin from Calvin’sCorner72. In this tag you are supposed to tell 30 random facts about yourself. This was surprisingly hard to do!! In this tag you are also supposed to tag 5 other people to do the 30 random facts. Little Bean’s Garden: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz94c0hz2uBdIPbxW_Zr1MQ Calvin’s…
VIDEO: Garden Update, Hungry Squirrel, and Groceries for the Week
Quick update on what’s growing in the garden, what we have planted from seed ready to be planted in the garden, the critter that has been eating our garden, and our grocery shopping for the week.
VIDEO: Transplanted Seedlings in the Garden
We transplanted broccoli, cauliflower, chard, tatsoi, and kale into the garden from our flats we started from seed.
VIDEO: Garden and Flower Update
Quick update on our tomatoes we planted in the red cups, our seeds started in the flats, and our daffodil bed.
VIDEO: Groceries for the Week March 4, 2017
Quick video about what groceries I got at the store this week and how much I paid for them.
VIDEO: Starting Coleus and Basil Plants and Picking Asparagus
We are starting some coleus and basil plants from seed we saved last year.
VIDEO: Grocery Shopping Trip for February 25th
My grocery shopping trip for the week, end of February update on how much we’ve spent on groceries and how much food we’ve harvested from the yard, and our meals for the weekend!
VIDEO: Repotting Tomato Seedlings
Our tomato plants that we started from seed have outgrown their containers. We are repotting them.
VIDEO: A Surprise from Louisiana and Weekly Grocery Trip
We received a really sweet surprise this week! We share our weekly grocery shopping trip. Love Kroger, Kroger Free Friday and Bonus Bucks!! http://973thedawg.com/my-brother-is-one-of-those-unique-individuals-on-youtube/
VIDEO: Chickens Taking a Dirt Bath and Groceries for the Week
I caught the girls taking a dirt bath and caught them on camera. The butter sale I’ve been waiting on finally happened. Grocery budget update.
VIDEO: Planting Potatoes
Saturday, February 4, 2017 We prep and plant one of our potato beds.
VIDEO: Updates on Shiitake Logs and Strawberry Bed
This video is an update on what we’ve done with our Shiitake logs and how our strawberries are doing.
VIDEO: Frugal Weekend Lunches
This video shows our lunches from last weekend. Frugal meals that cost us very little to make. The food was either harvested in our yard, given to us by a friend who hunts, or bought for very little at the store.
VIDEO: Plant Markers, Propagation Trays, and Seeds!
We got the plant markers, propagation trays, and seeds we ordered! We get a bunch of seeds started and label all the things we have planted outside in the garden. Mini tour of the cleaned up and replanted garden.
VIDEO: When Steam Meets Camera and Lunches for Two Weeks
In this video I make my lunches to carry to work. I combined two weeks of lunch making videos. Just showing how I use produce from the garden combined with items from the store to make very frugal meals to carry to work. Inexpensive and tasty!! Sorry about the steam…
VIDEO: Harvesting the Remaining Turnips and Carrots
We decided to go ahead and pick all the turnips and carrots that were damaged by the freeze. Trying to salvage what produce we can and clean up to plant some more!
VIDEO: GGC – 71 – Planting Garlic in a Modified Ruth Stout Permaculture Garden
UPDATE – Here’s a video of our results: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhpvMg5d1OM Fall is garlic planting season in Canada, so we took what we learned about the Ruth Stout method and customized it for a 260 plant garlic garden!
VIDEO: GGC – 63 – Cooking Homegrown Corn On A Campfire
We were a little late to harvest our corn, but we were able to salvage enough to cook. But instead of peeling the husks and dropping them in a pot of boiling water, we decided to show you our favorite method of cooking corn on the cob… IN THE CAMPFIRE!
VIDEO: Food Forest, June 27th Part 2
This is the next video following the progression of the food forest. Twice a week I will be uploading a video showing how the food forest is coming along. Thanks for watching 🙂 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/james.prigioni
VIDEO: How to Harvest and Store Onions
💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Onions form the bedrock of many culinary creations. You can eat them fresh, but if you want to store some to use later on you’ll need to harvest and dry them correctly. Onions need to be thoroughly cured so that they can be kept in storage for…