The best gardening & homesteading channels on Youtube
Compost Moisture Is Vital To Its Productivity! As one of the 4 main factors controlling the speed and efficiency of a compost, moisture is integral to allowing the microbes to successfully break down the raw materials that we keep adding. In today’s Quickie, let’s discover why moisture is so important to our composts, plus learn…
Composting In The Winter Can Be Tricky! As the temperature drops, so too does the efficiency and speed of our compost piles. In extreme winters, your compost pile can actually freeze solid, and stop completely. Of course, this is just fine because when the spring thaw happens, the compost resumes breaking down as microbial activity…
What is the Carbon To Nitrogen, or C/N Ratio? Why is it important, and why do we care? Well, today, let’s find out. In this episode’s Quickie, we explore the relationship between Carbon and Nitrogen in your compost, what components make up what, and what’s the ideal ratio to shoot for so that your compost…
Its that time of year where our garden beds and plots are starting to receive their final harvests. Crops are coming out as the summer winds down and us growers are left with the chores of that end-of-season cleanup. One way to easily and quickly clean out your beds of spent plants is a no-till,…
This summer has been a hot one! Record temperatures, drought, and many severe conditions still lingering around Canada, the US, and abroad. Now, more than ever, its the little tips and tricks that can keep our garden humming along, with the promises of harvests up until fall! Individual Episode Links: Episode 81 – Fertilizing Peas:…
Summer Is In Full Swing! I love this time of year because the garden is just massive and the harvests have already started. Early crops are giving bounty daily and the larger fruiting ones are well on their way. To help you guys along your way, here’s episodes 71 to 80 of Volume 8 of…
Join Jacques and I as we build a protective and productive orchard in the outdoor run for Jacques’ chickens! This experiment should protect his hens from birds of prey while throwing a ton of fruit out over the next few years! 00:00 – Intro 00:58 – Introducing The Cast 01:34 – The Setup 04:37 -…
Cover Crops Are An Amazing Tool For Organic Gardeners! The use of Cover Crops in a modern organic garden is both easy and fruitful. These living mulches condition and enrich spent soils, break up hard-packed clay mixes, prevent pests from laying their eggs, add nutrients back into the top layers of the soil profile, and…
Make Your Own Organic Fertilizer From Weeds Right Out Of Your Garden! Weeds are amazing plants with the ability to extract nutrients and elements where other plants cannot. We can use the foliage from these weeds to make a super-charged liquid fertilizer that will send your backyards crops to the stratosphere! This homemade fertilizer is…
Permaculturist John Nelson leads this workshop focusing on the importance of harvesting water for the use of irrigation, erosion control, diversion, and storage on the farm and homestead. We will explore the concepts behind earthworks and permaculture as a land harmonizing method that utilizes earth forms such as swales, berms, terraces, ponds and pumping systems.…
In this video, I show you how I weed a severely overgrown bed using the no till style of weeding. Essentially, leaving the soil untouched and unscathed, preserving that soil profile like any good permaculture farmer would! The method relies heavily on mulching layers upon layers of organic matter through the season(s) to ensure that…
Permaculturist John Nelson leads this workshop focusing on the importance of harvesting water for the use of irrigation, erosion control, diversion, and storage on the farm and homestead. We will explore the concepts behind earthworks and permaculture as a land harmonizing method that utilizes earth forms such as swales, berms, terraces, ponds and pumping systems.…
This workshop covers fundamentals of permaculture design for people developing self-sufficiency with the land. We will cover zones, useful plants, and water, among many other principles of permaculture. This workshop will help you develop a design plan for your own homestead in harmony with the land and natural elements surrounding you.
What should you look for in a piece of land? What mistakes do people make buying land? What tips do you have for people looking for land? Peter Bane speaks on permaculture design, land assessments, land stewardship, suburban farming, and his own experiences in land management. Interview by Noah Poulos for Organic Growers School. This…
Watch me say potential 38 times, and quickly get the idea for what we have, and all the… potential… we have to go further. Here is a quick walk through of our yard to give you a feel for our space. I tried to keep this to the bare bones so you could see what…
Month 2 on new farm site for The Farmer’s Grove
We all like to add biomass to beds this goes double for hugelkultur, know what your adding in the soil. You don’t want problems to deal with for years
