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For most of my gardening life, I’ve used liquid hydroponic fertilizers and nutrients. But I’ve recently switched over to dry nutrients, so let’s take a look at the pros and cons of both of these types of hydroponic nutrients. IN THIS VIDEO As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Other links may be…
On this episode we start to feed up the pumpkins, deal with some squatters and give you an update on the Monster Beetroot Challenge. Please like, share, comment and subscribe xx
Remineralizing the soil is something that making a good practice of will benefit you in the long run with a healthy soil structure, healthy plants, and ultimately a healthier food source for you. Send mail to: PO box 131 Marysville, MI 48040 450+ varieties of Heirloom & Non-GMO Vegetable seeds .99/pack, fertilizer, garden tools, blog…
💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Fresh, homegrown fruits and vegetables are packed full of nutrients which help to boost health and give us that feel-good glow. But which are the best? All crops are not created equal, and some are even better for you than others. In this short video we discuss…
Making elderberry syrup for use in mixing as a drink. We mix in primarily in water. Purported to have medicinal uses. I use metric measurements as that is what is available to me. Not sure how to transfer them but there are many, and varied, recipes. Look around. You may find one that suits you…
Progress is slow due to certain “challenges”. Showing a little progress and some things I am trying this year.
Earthworms are the workers of the soil and are sometimes called nature’s plow. Their job is very important for the quality of soil and also decomposition. Many of you will think the more earthworms there are the healthier the soil however this isn’t always the case. But as organic vegetable gardeners we encourage an abundance…
Dividing one of the yacon crowns into individual rhizomes. Made a bit difficult because I waited longer than I should have to harvest. Also speak of how well the yacon tubers has stored in the cellar over the last 3 months.
Plans for today got shifted to tomorrow. Taking some time to clear and organize. A few items I could use advice and opinions.
progress on my concrete pylons, the basket and a few thoughts on “sustainability”. Why I am concerned about the broad meaning that is being applied to the term “sustainable”. There are a lot of good people doing some very good things that make a wonderful contribution but I do not consider them as sustainable. True…
My first year trying the Cherokee trail of tears. I’ve seen several comments that others were thinking of trying them so here is my evaluation for what it’s worth. Sorry about the video ratio. Recently the “beast” decided to override all of my settings and has upgraded and updated everything on my computer without consulting…
This is, in my opinion, an excellent example of a true sustainable solution. I am well aware that some of my talking points leave questions. The next videos will address those that I see after reviewing further and consider comments made. These are my views and opinions. They have been developed by a lifetime of…
In today’s video I will be answering the following questions: 1)How long can you store fresh apple cider? 0:53 2)Where can I get a cider press like yours? 2:03 3)How often do you have to clean the whole worm farm out and start over? 2:43 4)Can I apply any of the ‘7 cheap ways to…
Visit our website for workshops and many free resources for growing food organically at http://www.livingwebfarms.org Pat Battle gives us practical organic disease control strategies accumulated from decades of experience. Learn how to identify and avoid diseases, key products, tools, timing and farmscaping dynamics that help maintain healthy plants. Find out how to minimize disease propagation…
Testing my soils composition of clay, sand and silt to help determine what what I need to use as amendments. The mixture of Sand Silt and clay is called Loam. It appears from the testing that I have a very high silt (organic material) content. http://www.hort.purdue.edu/ext/loam.html
Visit our website for workshops and many free resources for growing food organically at http://www.livingwebfarms.org Pat Battle gives us practical organic disease control strategies accumulated from decades of experience. Learn how to identify and avoid diseases, key products, tools, timing and farmscaping dynamics that help maintain healthy plants. Find out how to minimize disease propagation…
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Visit our website for workshops and many free resources for growing food organically at http://www.livingwebfarms.org Living Web Farms is honored to present Professor Emeritus, Dr. Ron Morse teaching about his many years developing cover crop innovations that maximize biology and profitability with minimum-till organically based fertility systems. He has developed specialized small farm equipment to…
Just a quick update on my progress and a bit about my chosen priorities.
Nettle solution stopped my Blossom End Rot. Making Nettle solution http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE2xFI4Rht8 Application http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTBaSy6-ck8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTBaSy6-ck8 Nettle fertilizer Application http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE2xFI4Rht8 Making nettle fertilizer
http://organichomegrown.blogspot.co.uk/ Want to know what animal manure works best to grow vegetables? Well I answer the question for you in this video. My answer is personal and it might vary with others but the chosen manure is a working nutrition feeding factory! Please subscribe to stay updated and here is the cooking week info: https://www.facebook.com/events/170231226497161/…
A quick view of my “salad bar” and update on the grow tower.
Update to this years germination. This should be my 3rd rotation but some problems have me still on my first rotation.
This is one of the easiest ways to make a quick worm farm for very little money, you can spend a few more dollars to get a bigger sized box like 80 liters but I have a smaller, sweeter box, the worms are in and busy at work and I hope to get very good…
http://www.facebook.com/HuwsGardenNursery In this video I will show you how easy it is to transplant a young avocado seedling. I live in a cool climate which shows why my avocado didn’t do that well in the water method so with some new roots forming I’ve decided it deserves to get the nutrients from the compost and…
