The Natural way of growing big vegetables! gardening

[sexy52637]

you're fucking beautiful

[pencilart360]

How do you get so many worms

[WarrenRCG]

I noticed you had a Mason type jar with a special lid for your puffball spores. Do you store the spores year round in that jar? I'm asking because we have some puffballs that "bloom" in the fall and I would like to try your technique next year. Thanks for all of your great videos, too!

[workwithnature]

@WarrenRCG I do, but I usually keep them in a dark place. I do not use giant puffballs for this though. I just buy the mix. I do try to grow them ones in a wile in some cow manure. But it is very much hit and miss :)

[ShonitaMG]

I see. Yes! Thank you. It was in a Jiffy Pot. Now I feel bad that I tossed out the poor "fun-guy" (fungi) lol! Thank you for the insight. I won't panic the next time I see another fungus growing near my veggies. Thank you again!

[ShonitaMG]

Awesome vid! I do have a question. Are all fungi good for plants? Cause I recently discovered a tiny thin stem with a spider-web top that appears to be a type of fungi on one of my pots and I was worried it might kill my seedlings in the pot. I've looked online but was not able to find it to recognize as a good or bad thing. So I removed it as a precaution. So my question again is, are all fungi good for plants? Or are there only specific varieties?

[workwithnature]

@ShonitaMG Hey there :) 80% of all plants form a symbioses with fungi. So generally there is nothing to worry about. If the fungi is on a wooden pot then it is eating your pot, that's all. Even if it were to be a harmful fungi, it would have done the damage already as the mushroom you see is only the fruiting body. The large part of the fungi is in the ground. With lots of fungal strands going through the soil.

Hope that helped you. If not let me know.

[Teddybearcop48]

Thank You. I did not know that.

[workwithnature]

@Teddybearcop48 :)

[BackyardDiscoveryCo]

great idea.. I'll give it a try.

[workwithnature]

@BackyardDiscoveryCo Do and let me know how you got on ;)

[Teddybearcop48]

I wonder if honey would work. Instead of molasses. ? Thanks..

[workwithnature]

@Teddybearcop48 No as it is anti bacterial. Honey would hinder the growing microbes :)

[Teddybearcop48]

Verrrry good!

[nibblesann]

Good vid:) I'm super excited about my garden I'm doing this year already have my heirloom seeds ...I'm ready!

[workwithnature]

@nibblesann Hey that is great. Me too. We must exchange after the year, so the seeds get more adaptable. :) All the best David.

[nibblesann]

@workwithnature Sounds good to me! I'll get in touch with you when it's that time:) Hope all is well. Keep up the good work on the vids:)

LeeAnn

[hortulanus94]

Wow, never heard about using fungal spores! Great video! :)

[workwithnature]

@hortulanus94 Thanks,

It is a great way to get bigger veg. Please do note though, that the spores you need are the ones you can buy over the internet.

As you might have to otherwise make a mix of several different kinds of mushrooms yourself.

I am going to work on that soon.

Thanks for your comment,

Best wishes David.

[Lovnpce]

really great videos , I really aspire to growing my own food , it is big on my to do list

[workwithnature]

@Lovnpce Hey that's great. It is really one of the best things to do. Nothing like eating fresh food from your garden every day :) Have good day Lovnpce

[llewej7]

Right on. That soil looks good enough to eat! I think my tomatoes would LOVE it. Do you ever use volcanic rock dust? I've heard it helps the micro flora to thrive in the soil. How about compost tea?

[workwithnature]

@llewej7 Jeh its good stuff, I also use compost tea. Best thing there is. I made a video about it. Thanks for the comment.

[aityadeen123]

i totally agree with what you doing david, people must be kept reminded to change there ways of gardening and farming, when i started gardening about 17 years ago, i relied on the advice of horticulturists in garden centers, it was a bad choice as this guys were giving advice on how to care for plants (by buying products from shelves)and very rarely would they give advice on how to care for the soil first (organically feed the land and the land will take best care of the plants )

[workwithnature]

@aityadeen123 Hi Michel, Thanks man for the kind words. I think you are definably right. We need to get away from the garden centres and the chemicals they use. Well at-least some are selling good products now. The sad news is though, that not many people are trained in, or question how does nature actually do it. Why are food chains important. How does the plant actually take in nutrients. How is the plant connected to the soil. To be continued....

[workwithnature]

@aityadeen123 Hi Michel, Thanks man for the kind words. I think you are definably right. We need to get away from the garden centres and the chemicals they use. Well at-least some are selling good products now. The sad news is though, that not many people are trained in, or question how does nature actually do it. Why are food chains important. How does the plant actually take in nutrients. How is the plant connected to the soil. To be continued....

[workwithnature]

@aityadeen123 How is every living thing in our garden connected to every other living thing. It seams like the guys in the GM companies and chemical industry really don't get it. At-least there are so many people now willing to change their way of life in order for Nature to recover, maybe some day. It is a start. Now that was my 5 min rant He he :) Thanks for your input :)

[yoshihawv]

1:37 I'm going to eat it! yum yum

[stylus880]

Best video I have seen on you tube, great info and grt presentation.  Straight into the guts of the matter and no BS. I have just retired , never grown anything B/4 and find your info that i understand to be practical and no doubt rewarding in the crops produced. Mate plse when you use terms like brassicas plse explain ie cabbages or whatever. In other words please dumb it down to the common man, ie me. Thank you again.

[DjKehmist]

Amazing video! Thanks :)

[Susanna129]

I was to be a horticulturist by profession but life make a twist in my life and I feel really into this stuff..You are doing actually fantastic..Thank you for having this lovely channel..Zuzanna

[workwithnature]

@Susanna129 Hey thanks Zuzanna :)

[Susanna129]

Excellent explanation and a great educational stuff here..You are great!!

[workwithnature]

@Susanna129 Thank you it is nice to get some feedback :)

[weaternpi]

@workwithnature what i know is that the best fungi to use are Arbuscular mycorrhiza or endo mycorrhiza they are found in 85% of all plant families while puff balls are Basidiomycota which are ecto mycorrhiza which only make up 10% of plant families, mostly woody plants like oaks, trees, shrubs etc.

[workwithnature]

@weaternpi I completely agree with you, thanks for your input.

They are also found in grasslands. Hence my experiments with them. If anyone wishes to use them for the purpose off eating, then we need to find some convenient vegetable for then to attach them selfs on. Nettle seams to fit the bill here, but I personally am looking for something, I dono more veggie like :) Any ideas welcome. Otherwise shop bought spores are going to be the answer, off corse :)

[MrArch21]

does compost tea really work

[workwithnature]

@MrArch21 :) it does, try it. For real big veg you have to put it on every week ;)

[weaternpi]

@workwithnature puff balls is not mycorrhiza fungi so it will not attach to the roots and give nutrient to the plants only mycorrhiza fungi do that.

[workwithnature]

@weaternpi Sorry but you do not have the corect info thanks for your input though :)

[iowanne]

This was very interesting. We have giant puffballs growing every year in our pasture and never knew what to do with them....When do you harvest the puffballs to store in the jar? Can you eat the puff balls? Please do another video on the puff balls...Thanks for such an interesting video!

[workwithnature]

@iowanne Hey thanks appreciate it. You can eat the giant puffball, it is delish :) You should harvest it when it is nice and big but before it goes to the spore stage ;)

[vidaripollen]

talk little slow n loud.for us older foreigners.

[workwithnature]

@vidaripollen :) I will try better next time. :)

[sawyers145]

I like this video and the spirit ;) so important. thank you

[workwithnature]

@sawyers145 Hey thanks for the comment, your welcome :)

[EMOTTYVILLE]

the kitchen fitter at work said his Dad used to use Mushroom compost for his veg. would this have a similar effect as adding the puffball spores?

[workwithnature]

@EMOTTYVILLE Nope that would not have the same desired effect. The champignon does not form those relationships. The compost is good never the less though. It should be left out in the rain though if you want to use it for organically certified land. Thanks appreciate the comments.

[Super77m]

good vid!

[workwithnature]

@Super77m Cheers Dude, nice one ;)

[Burnit700]

thank you

[workwithnature]

@Burnit700 Cheers dude thanks :)

[yourgardens]

dude you seriously know your stuff! great vid :) BTW i watched the whole vid and it only felt like 2 or 3 minutes so thats got to be a good sign.

[workwithnature]

@yourgardens Hey nice one, it's great to get feedback. Am glad you enjoyed it. Hows your video coming along ;)

[catfish222banjo]

good call!

[workwithnature]

@catfish222banjo Thanks appreciate it ;)