Tag: plantings

Episode-109- Grow More Tomatoes With Trellis

Tony Teolis July 4, 2012 0 Comments
           Tomatoes are America's favorite vegetable or fruit to grow at home. The first time I grew tomatoes I didn't know what I was doing. I had successfully sprouted my first plants from seed but they soon turned spindly with just a long stem and a little leaf but they soon died. I was gardening in a very reactive manner without knowledge or experience. I used to think all that was...

Episode-108- Make Your Own Food And Flowers – Part 2

Tony Teolis July 3, 2012 0 Comments
Watch and learn how to make gardens that produce food and flowers to enjoy at home. It's been hot and over 100 degrees F or 37 Celsius. Gardening is not for the faint at heart this time of year and it's been great to have a lot of the gardens made wood bed or hugelkultur style. This has definitely helped to keep the plants moist and healthy. Lots of good home made compost on the gardens has...

Episode-107- Make Your Own Food And Flowers – Part 1

Tony Teolis July 1, 2012 0 Comments
Tour our gardens with today’s video and see for yourself what is possible with planning, hard work, hugelkultur, seeds from SouthernExposure.com and plants from NourseFarms.com. Of course special credit goes to the gardens hardest workers. The Russian honey bees from Kellysbees.com enjoy and come back for more. Grow Gardens AT Home And Make Your Own Food And Flowers. Watch and...

Episode-102- Make Gardens With Flowers, Fruit, Vegetables And Honey Bees

Tony Teolis June 18, 2012 0 Comments
Tour our gardens with today’s video and see for yourself what is possible with planning, hard work, hugelkultur, seeds from SouthernExposure.com and plants from NourseFarms.com. Of course special credit goes to the gardens hardest workers. The Russian honey bees from Kellysbees.com. enjoy and come back for more. The video for today is one I took of the 18 plus gardens that I have created...

Episode-98- Grow Strawberries And Make Strawberry Jam

Tony Teolis June 4, 2012 0 Comments
           Since it is spring /early summer in northern Virginia a lot of the episodes have been of the permaculture gardening flavor but I assure you that it is all for making a better life. In this kind of weather I want to be outside as much as possible. During the days Monday to Friday I am busy paving the road for the progress of science and not outdoors until the evening. When I am...

Episode-93- Grow More Tomatoes With Vertical Gardening

Tony Teolis May 18, 2012 0 Comments
           How I went from a no nothing backyard gardener to a producer for the neighborhood in just 3 years. I read and listened to others. How to plant tomatoes Why tomatoes and other plants should be trellised Materials for trellising plants. 3/4 inch PVC pipe in 10 foot lengths, 1/2 inch by 2 foot rebar rod, PVC connectors, trellis nets, a helper. How make the trellis The benefits...

Episode-91- Plant Fruit And Vegetables From Nourse Farms Part 2

Tony Teolis May 14, 2012 0 Comments
Nourse Farms located in Whatley, Massachusetts has become part of the establishment at ToDoListHome.com. For three years I have received and planted asparagus, blackberry, raspberry and strawberry from Nourse Farms. This year we received more plants and expanded the plantings with blueberry and elderberry. We also planted more asparagus. This time purple passion asparagus was planted in a 2 foot...

Episode-90- Plant Fruit And Vegetables From Nourse Farms Part 1

Tony Teolis May 11, 2012 1 Comment
       Nourse Farms located in Whatley, Massachusetts has become part of the establishment at ToDoListHome.com. For three years I have received and planted asparagus, blackberry, raspberry and strawberry from Nourse Farms. This year we received more plants and expanded the plantings with blueberry and elderberry. We also planted more asparagus. This time purple passion asparagus was planted...