Garden Update Episode #377 Urban Gardening Tour

[SimplyNaturalHomestd]

John, I've noticed before that you have beds in your front yard where you grow runner beans up woven wire fence panels, set up in so there is a back "wall" of trellis, with shorter "walls" of trellis coming out at a perpendicular angle. I was thinking that must create a lot of shade. Do the vines shade each other out? I'm trying to plan my garden space for this year, and I'm having trouble finding enough space for vining plants, without shading out the other crops.

[growingyourgreens]

When growing vertically, yes, it will shade some things out. You can look at this is a disadvantage, but I look it as a benefit. You are now creating "microclimates" in your yard, so you can maybe grow things that do better in the shade- maybe some herbs. The vines themselves do not really shade each other too much. They GROW to find the sun where they need to..

[Tommyr]

Man I HATE slugs! They give me the willies! Get those out of that greenhouse! Thanks for doing the vids John! Really enjoy them.

[RVqueen]

John keeps getting younger!

[Promix101]

Hello John. Please could you tell me what species/type of Tree Kale you grow? I live in the UK and am interested to see if I can grow that in my garden.

[growingyourgreens]

No. The girl who planted the broccoli was a helper I had for a few days.

[VTECsqznN2O]

thats a big bag o' perlite...lol

[crewlla]

I agree!!!!! my whole back yard and now my front yard is a garden. I am the only one in my whole city that does this. Its expensive to do the whole thing so my husband and I do a little every year. Our plan is not to have anything growing on our front or back yard that is not editble. I only have two real months of summer and I garden. I am challenging every one in the states to do this.

[africanflower84]

Your babaco is dropping flowers either because they need fertilizing, or it has gotten too cold in your greenhouse. You mentioned getting a frost recently, so I'm guessing it's the cold that caused them to drop. It certainly wouldn't hurt to fertilize them if you haven't done so recently.

[zardozica]

John, what percent of the food you grow do you juice versus eat as harvested? Also, what is a good juicer for juicing greens?

[growingyourgreens]

Im not sure on the percentage. but I can say that more of my produce that I grow is JUICED than eaten. Why? when you juice you use alot more greens than when you eat it. For juicing mostly greens, I recommend the Omega 8004 or 8006. If you want to "expand" what you can juice, check into the Omega VRT350HD or VRT 330HD. See youtube.com/watch?v=42GU-qNrlV­k

[MrGabesutube]

great video!

[mindfreak1o1]

the babaco flowers are falling off due to lack of polnation. try hand polinating them.

[BikeManDan1]

Lookin good

Spring has definitely sprung for us down here in Oakland. Aphids are out having a field day; they died during the cold spell but are back and I don't think there are many predators yet.

I'm going to try growing tree tomato this year from seed. Hopefully it will work out!

[jamaicanveteran92]

hey john can u buy some gaia green glacial rock dust 4 to send to me cuz for me to order online and get it shiped here would cost $44!!!!!... Also i tried my local homedepot, and lowes and looked up on the internet if anyone had it or Azumite but no one had no kinda minerals i could use 4 the plant beside home depot had some iron and phosphorous or something...

Please Help!!

P.S. I will pay u 4 shipping and the rock dust. u said u get for $16 right?

[flyingemu27]

Awesome, John! Man, I can't wait until I can start growing my garden. :D

[fiending]

i added burdock root to my meal for the first time today. im researching what the big fuss is about. john, do you know where i could get info on how much i should intake on a daily basis to see good results?

thanks!

[jamaicanveteran92]

@fiending google

[crosspecans]

where do i get tree collards

[shaqair24]

@crosspecans

at bountifulgardens . org

[Vladivostok41]

Awesome episode

[therawlifefamily]

John, you can probably do espaliering of your tree collards against your fence, or just as good, you can do espalier plantings of fruit trees against your fences. Also, seeing your stuff growing makes me so sad, I had a frost down to 14F a few weeks ago and down to about 24 last week.

[therawlifefamily]

John, have you considered growing some more deep root plants to bring up some of the nutrients from the bottom of your deep raised beds?

[NewJura]

Oh John I love it when you do long FREE videos!!!!

[riskmandel1]

hi John, how do you fertilize and add rock dust to your tree collards? I planted mine with plenty of compost and rock dust, but what do you recommend to keep them healthy and nourished as time goes by and they grow? Also, how big do you think the "trees" should be before I start harvesting leaves? Do you think you could do a video on how you propagate the tree collards?

[mysciencenow]

alot of my tomato plants have sprouted

[anniequilts]

I love watching your videos and have learned so much; however, I live in the boonies with only a crummy dial-up connection and when you put up these long videos, I can't get them to load all the way. Any chance you would make a series of a few 10 minute videos instead of these long ones so I (and probably others) could see the whole thing?

[apensiil]

almost all cabbages, incl broccoli and cauliflower actually need mounding some time after planting. you almost can't plant them deep enough at first and this should be done later. like a potatoes.

[jlhappytoes]

another excelent video john. where i get my 10 or 15 gallon pots is at the recycling area for 50cents each. is that cheap or free. i am going crazy in my yard. trying to get it ready before the farmers market season stars, and i get my ideas mostly from you or other youtube videos. i sometimes tell people, i got a degree from youtube university. lol. can't wait to see your next video. when u r ready 2 sell ur kale tree, put me on ur list..thanks a lot john

[SueMoseley]

My front lawn is north facing and always in shade. I was going to replace it with plastic grass as it always has a moss problem. Are there any veg I could grow in the shade instead?

[IllumTheMessage]

Great tour, thx!

[JuicingMyLifeBack]

Where do you get your seeds from?

[bradkrit]

@JuicingMyLifeBack He talked about that a few episodes ago..

[EnlightenedSky]

I enjoy seeing your garden. You are an inspiration. I just love how you nibble and snack your way through the tour. ...And, the tree collards, omg! I was salivating just looking at your pots of tree collards. That is awesome. What a nice job converting a conventional lot into a living, growing feast.

[mombol39]

Love this video John...I appreciate all the info you share!

[M1STYWORLD]

Eat the rainbow I like that saying :O) Thanks for sharing

[Allen2045]

Do you share your harvest with your neighboors?

[atwell8]

Hi John,

Do you prune your grapes? How do you do it? Could you make an episode about that? I've heard that different types of grapes should be pruned in different ways (spur type vs. cane type). Thanks.

[eduardomachadostudio]

Great Stuff... watching from Puerto Rico :)

[ASFx2600]

Nice cilantro. Here in vegas I direct seeded my cilantro in the garden around september 15th, and it made a big mass of cilantro which survived the winter (some nights in the 20s), and it's still going strong today. I expect it to last about 2 more months until it hits the 80s in may. I'm thinking about trying to dig up a clump and bring it in the house to see how long I can keep it going. Unlimited cilantro 8 months out of the year isn't bad!