Commercial Organic vs Home Grown Vegetables Which is Best?

John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ compares commercially grown organic vegetables to fresh picked home grown vegetables. In this video, John shares the Planet Organics box of fresh fruits and vegetables that sells for $32 and compares the prices and quality to vegetables that were grown in his front yard garden. After watching this video, you will have a clear understanding which is truly best and how you can grow organic food right now, no matter what time of year it is.

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[PurplePalace55]

Love your vids, John; just suscribed today! I live on a corner and am concerned about traffic sight blockage.. hmm.. well.. no problem... I'll figure it out. So.. I've been sq. ft. gardening for some time and I see yours are tall enough to sit on.. are they filled with dirt all the way to the ground and ??? are you financially loaded to do all this.. or have you just been at it so long it's just ?? 'established'. Looking w/jealousy and Inspiration! :)

[growingyourgreens]

Yes, they are filled from ground to the top of the beds. Please see some of my videos from 2 years ago to see the process if your interested. See this video:/

watch?v=rxLV3vM-t_w

for the costs involved with building the beds.

[lilililililililiilii]

Hi John, your paths look very neat between the gardens. I'm designing and building (converting) to all raised beds in the front yard, inspired by your videos and designs. I was thinking of using woodchips for my pathing, but yours look really neat, are they just brickwork?

Once I start the actual build I'll upload a video :)

[growingyourgreens]

Yes. I have a video on it. They are pavers, which can get expensive. You may want to sheet mulch with cardboard and put down wood chips (inexpensive) or put landscape fabric and some pebbles. Each style has its pros and cons and costs. I chose this because I need to walk thru everyday and didnt want to "sink" in the winter time. We had one winter when we left it grass, which turned into mud.. it was a mess..

[curandero2012]

Is the flavor not influenced also by the use of rock dust in your garden???

[growingyourgreens]

Absolutely.

[Miriam79110]

Hi John,Guess what my New Year resolution is? To make a garden just like yours here in the UK, Miriam.

[geezerart]

......cont Maybe she just didn't understand different meanings of the word privilege. She probably meant to say she was blessed with the ability to grow a garden. For instance, "any of the rights common to all citizens under a modern constitutional government: We enjoy the privileges of a free people."

[caromell3287]

john, seriously, you are the best! thanks for teaching us so much!

[PurplePalace55]

@EdibleGoddess I just posted a little video today on how you can grow ANYTHING< ANYTIME w/a hot bed! It's cool! .. or?? should I say.. 'hot'! :)

[EdibleGoddess]

Great video comparison, John! I know it to be true! We became so spoiled this summer growing & eating nearly 100% all of our leafys, veggies, etc (some organic fruit is at the neighbor's house) and I absolutely could not believe the difference not only in taste, texture, quality, and how I felt! The winter selection is not as bountiful, working on it though!

[organiclander]

to come in a spray a grade 3 ornamental and lawn spray in the garden to kill the RKN. That stuff is illegal to spray on soil that grows food for human consumption. Some people my think this is shocking but a lot of people in the farming world do a lot of shady things like this. So if your not growing your own food God only knows what your eating.

[organiclander]

Two years ago I set up a front yard garden like your, so thank so much. It has been good fun and the food is great.

I live on the cost of SC and found out that I have root knot nematode. Then I found out so does everyone else down here, this would include the farmers in my area. Well I take the time to work hard in my garden organically to fight them. Come to find out the farmers do not and word in the garden circles is not even the so called organic farmers. They all pay someone on the down

[GodVlogger]

@BigFireDave It is true that some towns and condo associations do have laws/ordinances against certain types of gardening. But there is opportunity there for caring, interested, folks like you and me to roll up our sleeves and work for the changes we want to see.

[GettingThereGreen]

flavor is one reason we grow our own vegetables too. we don't currently grow enough to really live off of but we love to eat the veggies we grow. I remember when I was a kid I would eat peas raw directly from my grandfather's garden and it was delicious. a few years ago I bought snow peas from a local produce market and took a bite of a raw one and it was AWFUL! not what I remembered them tasting like. now I grow my own. mmmm ~Amanda

[BradZChef]

Hey John! You're SO RIGHT! 2011 was my 1st garden. (BTW - I hate yard work and have never successfully grown a house plant!) I was successful with Self-watering Buckets and Aquaponics- not really successful with raised beds. Oh yea- i don't like vegetables. Everything I grew tasted GREAT- nothing tasted bitter. As I chewed, I found my vegi's all had a sweet aftertaste. I took vegi's to my school and got inner city kids who eat only candy, soda and chips to try them. They LOVED 'em. FRESH ROCKS!