The best gardening & homesteading channels on Youtube
Take a walk through the greenhouses and gardens of the Mills River Educational Farm with Pat Battle as he identifies and teaches us about the plethora of spring wild foods that emerge in the warmer months here in western North Carolina. Take your plant awareness to another level of understanding by engaging in the adventure…
Expand your awareness of birds and develop a deeper understanding of what they are saying and why with Clint Corley and Michael Ismerio of “Forest Floor Wilderness Programs” Discover the fascinating and exciting world just outside your door as you earn to decipher the five voices of birds. Interpret their unique vocalizations & corresponding behaviors…
Dan Kittredge and the Bionutrient Food Association are on a mission to increase quality in the food supply through educating growers, raising awareness among consumers and conducting research on the nature of crop quality and the correlation between soil health, plant health and human health. Join us for part 1 of this 2 day journey…
In part 2 of this presentation, we hear from Russell Hedrick of JRH Grain Farms in Catawba county, NC. Russell has gone from being a beginning farmer just 5 years ago, to rapidly expanding his grain production operations. He is an advocate of soil health, no till methods and utilizes a diversity of cover crops…
Over the years, tomato diseases like blight arrive earlier and earlier in the growing season. Learn to navigate the challenges, like cool nights and other conditions, with Pat Battle as he teaches us his tried and true methods that he continues to evolve each season. Discover ways to curb your tomato plants’ susceptibility to disease…
Multiply the abundance of nature to grow your garden even bigger or just share with others when you utilize these effective plant propagation methods. Pat Battle gives us the best tips for maximizing success with cuttings, how to perform plant divisions with minimal root damage and ways to increase your chances of having cuttings that…
Pat Battle and Rocco Sinicrope share Living Web Farms methods for managing intensive summer vegetable production including tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplant and other crops. Get specific recommendations on disease resistant varieties and how to keep them thriving with abundant production right into fall.
Gabe Brown of Brown’s Ranch in Bismarck, ND, shares his transformative journey of cultivating his farm from modern conventional use to a thriving living ecosystem. Through no-till and extensive cover crop usage, Gabe and his family are able to support a diverse array of farm and ranching enterprises that are both profitable and models of…
Take an informative walk in the main Living Web Farms vegetable garden with apiarist, Michelle Carter and lead gardener, Jeremy Griste. Learn about some of the flowering plants that are beneficial for growing your native pollinator populations and how to cultivate diversity in your farm/garden landscape.
Use your wood stove to provide hot water for cooking, cleaning, and other household uses. We’ll explore everything from a simple water jacket to more involved designs including flue coil capture and internal heat exchangers. Practicality, skill levels, costs, and safety will all be addressed.
Pat Battle teaches this intensive workshop to help you learn effective techniques for transplant production. Enjoy greater success from the time you start seedlings to when you get them in the ground as healthy and thriving plants. Help your transplants be as vibrantly healthy as possible for steady production and maximum yields.
Vegetable and fruit tree breeder, Bob Andersen discusses various methods and uses for plant breeding. Learn how to select and breed for desired traits and discover professional techniques and supplies needed to do it successfully.
Graft tomatoes and get higher yields and vigorous growth while benefiting from disease resistance. Pat Battle shows us the supplies to get, techniques to utilize and explains how to help the plants thrive. Explore a new frontier in tomato growing and see new results with some heirloom varieties.
Knowing how to wield various types of knives in food preparation is a cornerstone skill in the kitchen. Meredith Leigh teaches us her pro knife skills from honing and sharpening to hand grips and chef’s techniques. Sharpen your skills while you speed up prep time and learn key terms to help you be more knowledgeable…
Join Dan Hettinger and the team at the Grandview Living Web Farm biochar facility as they explore the differences in DIY biomass cookstoves. See the different uses, feedstock recommendations and get tips on burning most efficiently to meet your desired outcomes.
Professor Emeritus of Cornell University, fruit tree expert and pomologist, Bob Andersen gives us his seasoned instruction on effective chip bud grafting of fruit trees. Learn how to chip bud graft for maximum vitality and success. Gain insight on orcharding and pro grafting tips from his many years of experience.
Bob Andersen imparts his wisdom and wealth of knowledge on grafting fruit trees. As a professional pomologist, vegetable breeder and long time fruit tree expert with Cornell and other universities, Bob has a multidimensional range of knowledge that will inspire anyone interested in kindling their passion for fruit trees and orcharding.
Learn to build your own solar hot water heater that will provide ample hot water for a variety of uses at home. Richard Freudenberger, formerly with Mother Earth News Magazine, takes us through each detail of the steps involved in constructing the system. He also makes expert recommendations for specific ways to customize the design…
Journey into the synergy of food as medicine and medicine as food that will help heal and sustain you for life and wellness with Amy Hamilton of Appalachian Seeds Farm & Nursery. Learn how to prepare your own guaranteed fresh ingredients in forms that will be easy to preserve and utilize all year long. Celebrate…
Join Kelley Wilkinson as she teaches us about making the most of the harvest by finding ways to preserve food without canning and minimizing refrigeration. Learn how to store food; from use of Mason jars, to vacuum sealed bags. Eat and enjoy while you maximize the abundance of your garden year round when you utilize…
Learn how to make handcrafted gifts from the heart instead of buying your gifts this season and all year long. Michelle Carter, our inspiring teacher in the “Do you want to be a beekeeper?” video is featured here teaching the fiber art of needle felting with wool. She weaves fantastical felted creations and shows us…
Get a detailed introduction to the art and science of preserving meat with Meredith Leigh, the author of “The Ethical Meat Handbook.” Learn ways to prepare various cured meats and how to achieve delicious results from creating your own charcuterie at home.
Pat Battle shares was to extend your growing season with ingenuitive methods that will keep you eating fresh produce right through winter and into spring. Get tips that Pat has honed through years of winter gardening and season extension variations. Learn about what to use, when to use it and what to plant that will…
Join Jeff Poppen, ‘the Barefoot Farmer’ for day two of this biodynamics intensive based on the teachings of Rudolf Steiner. Amy Hamilton and Craig Ciska also share their experience and wisdom in this workshop. Biodynamics includes subtle yet powerful methods that work with the synergy and dynamics of nature to cultivate more dynamically alive soils…
Soil scientist, Ea Murphy teaches us about whole soil fertility and how to build soil over time for healthier plants and microbial communities. Part 2 focuses on putting soil building methods into practice in your own garden/farm. Her book “Whole Soil Fertility” goes into detail giving us ways to measure and track our soil’s progress…
Learn about beginning steps of beekeeping and see if you are ready to pursue this unique passion. Find out what is involved to manage your own hives and take care of bees. Michelle Carter discusses the amazing connection she has with her bees and talks about the practical and spiritual side of being a beekeeper.…
COMPLETE UNCUT FOOTAGE Explore the possibilities of no till and low till methods in the garden and greenhouse with Pat Battle and a special visit by John Morrison. John brought special equipment being utilized at Living Web Farms to implement methods that are low impact on the soil while still producing high yields. From cover…
COMPLETE UNCUT FOOTAGE The wide array of delicious vegetables that are part of the brassica family are among the finest foods to grow and eat to sustain a healthy diet year round. Pat Battle offers experience based insights and expert advice on successful brassica production in the garden, hoop house and green house. Find out…
Growing vegetables can be a year round activity with proper hoop house management. Pat Battle shares the joy of cultivating fresh food during winter and gives us insight regarding what to plant and how to keep it thriving through the cold days and nights with limited sun. Pat also shares things to plant that will…
Catch the excitement of making fermented foods at home. Learn the basic processes that will help you find creative ways to ferment many different things. Boost your gut health and add tantalizing flavors to your everyday dishes by pairing them with ferments of all kinds. Meredith Leigh and Pat Battle give us insights and ideas…
