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Episode-212- Grow Tall Sunflowers With Compost

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Today video depicts a few months of the growth of one patch of sunflowers I have growing. There are dozens of sunflowers growing this year and the big ones were started in indoor back in April. The patch depicted today however was grown from just planting the seeds in a small 2 foot square patch […]

Episode-210- What To Grow On A Quarter Acre

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As summer comes to a close even a long close at that it’s important to capture what’s been growing this year because we’re in full production. The lot is small and the total growing space is just about 1,200 square feet or a little less than a quarter acre. With a lot of reading, trial […]

Episode-195- Landscape With Edible Gardens And Eat The Beauty

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This episode is dedicated to my sister who said she watches these things. Not sure if she was just being nice but it gave me a good excuse to film all the productive gardens in mid June. There are a lot of things growing and ready for harvesting and this year’s gardening will be one […]

Episode-194- Test Soil pH To Grow Better Blueberries

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          The blueberry plants have been in the ground for over a year and I have been aware for some time that just a few of the bushes are doing really well. They all have blueberries and nice branches except for one that has not yet bore fruit and another that has not […]

Episode-190- Reap What I Sow – Peas And Turnips

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This is a follow up to Episode-158- where I showed how I was getting my spring plantings under way. I sowed turnip and snap pea seeds on March 30 and I started picking some of the rewards of my labor for two weeks. Today’s pickings were the best so and it is nice to see […]

Episode-186- Fix The Swales So They Can Grow Food And Look Beautiful

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This video is a follow up to Episode -174- on Making swales and how they can be used to hold water and grow food. The video shows what the backyard looked like a year ago and some of the bare patches are evident but it was much worse. When it rained it was dangerous to […]

Episode-170- Square Foot Gardening Revisited – Question Time

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  Tony-san, I have a question about raised bed. I think square foot gardening is a great idea and I would like to try it this year. Though, I am concerned about using treated lumber for vegetable bed. I know using cedar or hard wood is an excellent choice to make raised bed but they […]

Episode-152- How To Start Growing Seeds Indoors 4/4

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This final video of a four part series will show how I have reverted to using yogurt cups and seedling starter trays to get a large number of plants off to a fine start. I was trying to save time and effort with using compressed blosks of soil to start seeds and keep them growing […]