Episode-218- This Is What Hugelkultur Looks Like

“Gardening is the most therapeutic and defiant act you can do, especially in the inner city. Plus, you get strawberries.”     Ron Finley: A guerilla gardener in South Central LA Hugelkultur, Wood Core gardens, woody beds, hugel beds, whatever you wish to call it this is what it looks like but don’t ask Sepp Holzer […]

Episode-205- Backyard Japanese Beetle Battle – Part 1 – The Great Grape Grapple Grind

    Among the many plants I am growing in order to create a mini food forest in suburbia are grapes. I used to come across some plates of grape leaves as appetizers when I was a kid in certain settings but I can’t remember eating any. They must be delicious though be cause the […]

Episode-193- Pick Strawberries After The Honey Bees Do Their Work

I couldn’t wait to put this episode together because I have been wanting to share our experience with this year’s strawberry harvest. The video begins and ends with proper credit given to the honey bees in my back yard. The top bar hive is doing really well and I show you what it looks like […]

Episode-162- Make a Circular Saw Jig For Straight Cutting

In today’s short video I show how I made and employ a straight for accurate circular saw cutting. Before I purchased the  Makita Magnesium 7-1/4-Inch Hypoid Saw I made everything seen at ToDoListHome.com the old fashioned way with a handsaw. It wasn’t easy but I made some nice things like the pyramid planter

Episode-158- Start Spring Gardening Now

It’s time to begin gardening now. The winter has been long and cold but it is now officially spring and March 30 was a fine day to begin to begin transplanting Swiss chard, parsley and endive. I also had to delay sowing peas radish until yesterday due to the snow earlier this week. Rain was […]

Episode-140- Landscape For A Home Sweet Home

My home landscape is becoming more and more edible by the day. Watch the video and you will see that there is does not seem to be much room left more plantings but my education and growth as a gardener and student of permaculture has always filled me with visions of growing things higher when […]

Episode-105- Dehydrate Food For Savings, Storage And Use

Just some of the food you can dehydrate with the Nesco American Harvest Snack Master Dehydrator.              Currently there are more herbs than can be stored in the refrigerator and used before spoiling. There’s a rich bounty of basil, chives, cilantro, oregano, parsley, rosemary, sage and thyme. All are growing faster […]