The best gardening & homesteading channels on Youtube
During my trip to NYC, I visited Jonathan Sumner, the Farm Manager at Riverpark Farm, one of the most unusual urban farms I’ve ever visited. He grows in 3,200 individual milk creates on real estate that’s probably some of the most expensive in the city. All of the produce goes to Riverpark, a celebrity chef-owned…
I LOVE sowing seeds! It is such a fun and exciting thing to do because for me, it usually means I know that whatever I am sowing will turn into something delicious! But there are two primary types of sowing; direct and in modules. In this video I talk about the differences and their benefits…
You asked for it! An extensive tour of our garden, including our methods for seed saving and companion planting. I know this is a long video, but we have a BIG garden! It’s around 10,000 square feed including the in-ground garden and the raised beds. I’m debating how often to do these tours, so please…
In this video, I give you my 7 easiest and favorite herbs and spices to grow in your backyard food garden completely organic. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/selfsufficientme Help support the Channel and buy a T-shirt/Merchandise from our Spreadshirt shop: https://goo.gl/ygrXwU Shop on Amazon for gardening: https://bit.ly/2KYWOki Shop for gardening on eBay Australia: https://bit.ly/2s9Dqd8 Blog:…
Fensterfarm Greenhouse tagged me to answer the 5 garden question. 1) Why do I garden? 2) Why do I You Tube? 3) How Long Have I been Gardening? 4) What is my favorite thing to grow? 5) What do I grow? Thanks for the tag. Check out his video too! https://youtu.be/Ifbbf3VJ3vg I can’t believe I…
“Don’t speak just listen” Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/user/thepermaculturgarden?sub_confirmation=1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/james.prigioni High Production Food Forest: https://youtu.be/8FrYDcKmGjM
We carpet our homes but what about the garden? So I thought I’d carpet our vegetable garden to stop weeds invading my vegetable beds and to help grow better food crops! Hey Guys, I don’t want people getting the wrong idea about this video thinking I’m advocating to use “carpet with chemicals” leaching into the…
💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Sowing or planting into gaps left behind after a crop is harvested is known as succession planting. Filling gaps as soon as crops are harvested will maximize the amount of food you can grow, making your garden space even more valuable and helping to reduce weed growth.…
Plastic bottles and soda bottles accumulate quickly in many homes however they are an excellent resource for growing vegetables and in particular small-space gardens. And no these aren’t simply 7 different shaped pots, these 7 hacks range from seedling guards to slug traps and seed storage to water reservoirs. Use these hacks to make your…
💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. If your space is limited and you’re looking for ways to increase the amount you can grow, then vertical gardening could be the perfect solution for you. With a little careful planning you can create your garden so plants that are happy to grow vertically still produce…
Please join me on a leisurely walk around my vegetable garden allotment and orchard to see what’s been going on in our subtropical food garden for the first month of spring. This video is rather long and I guess it’s mainly for those purists who really like a good close wander through other people’s gardens.…
I know I said I would keep my gardening videos shorter after my allotment episode but I got carried away again… 🙂 In this video, winter is just one day off here in the subtropics therefore temps are ideal for many different plants. The following food plants are shown and discussed briefly: Avocados, artichokes, strawberries,…
In this video I go over exactly what you need to do to build your first hydroponic system that grows healthy, fresh, CHEAP herbs year round for under $100 bucks. Check it out – it’s a great introduction to hydroponics. SUPPORT EPIC GARDENING → Buy Birdies Raised Beds: https://shop.epicgardening.com → Buy My Books: https://shop.epicgardening.com/collections/books →…
💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Growing your own food successfully is a constant process of learning which techniques work best for you and your plants. Often simple bits of advice from other gardeners can help provide shortcuts to achieving success in your garden. In this video we demonstrate ten quick tips handed…
💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. The Garden Planner is web-based software that puts the information you need at your fingertips while planning a productive garden. A comprehensive selection of vegetables, fruit, herbs and companion planting flowers are available complete with Grow Guides. It’s easy to sketch out your garden area, add objects…
Hello and today I am going to show you a special way to grow peas from seed because it protects the seed from vermin and also an easy way to plant the whole thing out which will be in a video coming soon. Here is the follow up video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha7FKFFkEfk I have spent the last week…
💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. It seems like a simple question, but there are many factors to consider when working out whether you can grow all the fruit, herbs and vegetables your family eats in a year. In this video, we show how you can work out the amount of fresh food…
💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Planting a fall vegetable garden is a great way to get more crops from the space you have right through autumn into early winter but timing is key to its success. In this video, we demonstrate how you can select plants for your fall garden by choosing…
http://organichomegrown.blogspot.co.uk/ July 26th 2011 was the first day I started my channel, now two years on I have passed well over half a million views and 3,000 subscribers. Thank you so much! I have put together this update of what’s growing and also some announcements inbetween and at the end. Please give this video a…
💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Watching as your plants are being destroyed by pests like slugs, aphids or cabbage worm can be very frustrating. However, there are many ways to use nature’s own organic pest controls to avoid your crops being damaged in this way. This video demonstrates simple pest control techniques…
💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Weeding can take up the majority of your time in the garden. However, it is possible to reduce the time spent weeding AND increase the amount you harvest from your vegetable garden. This video demonstrates simple weeding techniques which can help you to rid your garden of…
