This video is entitled “Hobby Hydroponic Gardening Indoors and Out”. It is presented by Carl Anderson of Virginia Hydroponic. This video is a great resource for hydroponic gardening. Carl really seems to know what he is talking about and he presents it in an easy to understand manner. This video is simple but very informative and not boring. The total time for this video is two minutes twenty-five seconds.
The topic of this video is hydroponic gardening. Carl begins by showing a full size tomato plant that is growing in a small planter. This is an abnormal occurrence using normal gardening methods. However, this tomato plant was created using hydroponic gardening. Carl goes on to explain that the flood and drain hydroponic system makes growing things like this tomato plant easy. It enables you to have full-grown plants all year long.
With hydroponic gardening, you can bring your system inside when it gets too cool outdoors. While you have the benefit of natural sunlight outside, you can use an energy efficient high intensity garden light inside and have wonderful results as well. You don’t need a lot of space indoors either.
The flood and drain system is the most versatile out of the many hydroponic methods. It enables a wide variety of plants such as full-size tomatoes, herbs, or houseplants.
The flood and drain system works in the following manner. The lower reservoir holds the water and nutrients. When the timer comes on, the roots of plants in the upper tray are bathed in nutrients. When the pump stops, fresh air is brought down, which brings fresh oxygen to the roots. Four floods per day are needed with this system.
With indoor hydroponic gardening, you can have fresh herbs year round. This means that you don’t have to rely on prepackaged herbs. You can experience the wonderful taste of fresh herbs grown in your home. You can also have yearlong vegetables and flowers. How wonderful is that?!
This video is highly recommended for anyone wanting to learn more about hydroponic gardening. It is an excellent source of information.
This video offers advice on a topic that many of you would love to know about. It’s called “Greener Lawn Without the Chemicals”. It is brought to you by the Wall Street Journal Online. The narrator in the video is Wendy Bounds, the “Did It Myself” columnist for the Wall Street Journal. This video is very well done and creative – exactly what you would expect for something put out by the Wall Street Journal. Production quality is high. The subject matter is presented in an easy to follow format that will hold your attention until the end. A little humor is even injected for laughs. The total time of this video is three minutes twenty-eight seconds.
In the beginning of the video, Wendy is raving about her neighbor’s beautiful lawn. She asks her what is used and the neighbor tells her that she has an organic lawn and uses no chemicals.
So, of course, Wendy also desires a beautiful lawn. She decides not to put anything on her lawn so that it too can be beautiful. Instead, she ends up with no grass. Once this happens, she again visits her neighbor for advice.
Wendy learns (and explains) that having an organic lawn means that although no chemicals are involved, products must be used to keep the lawn healthy naturally. Wendy used on her lawn a natural weed control product from Pure Barnyard Inc., which you are supposed to put down in the spring before the Forsythia blooms. She also used a fertilizer called Terrament. She also used weeding tools in the form of a weed hand, weed twister, and dandelion terminator. In the fall, Wendy had her lawn roto-tilled; she also put down compost and reseeded. The end was not surprising – this process produced a beautiful lawn for Wendy.
This video is highly recommended. It is fun and educational. It is definitely worth your time.
This video is titled “Get Fresh with Sara Snow, Episode #11”. It is produced by Discovery Health. Sara Snow is a Natural Living Expert. This subject matter of this video was different yet very interesting. Sara is great in front of the camera and presents the material on going green in an easy to follow manner. At a total time of five minutes thirty-seven seconds, this video is highly recommended for everyone.
Sara begins by discussing maintenance of the perfect lawn. She says that it is extremely wasteful, harmful to the environment, and stressful. According to Sara, one lawn uses ten times as many chemicals per acre as industrial farmland. Basically, maintaining a vanity yard is destructive. You should consider growing a garden instead of grass in your yard.
Sara presents the Dervaes family in the video. This family turned a yard that was gray and hard to crumbly, black, and rich earth. They now supply themselves and local restaurants with many vegetables grown in their garden. They feed themselves and make a second income off of it. In addition, son Justin Dervaes takes vegetable oil and turns it into bio diesel fuel. Daughter Anais Dervaes creates vegetarian meals in an outdoor clay oven. Other daughter Jordanne takes care of the families animals. By being so conscientious, this family has fresh, seasonal, and local food. They also reduce their consumption of packaging, fuel, and packaged foods.
Most people do not desire to go to the extreme of the Dervaes family. However, there are smaller things that everyone can do. You can plant a garden. You can opt for ground cover over turf grass (try planting clover, ivy, or herbs). You can also go native by planting local wildflowers or native grasses.
This topic is enlightening. This family deserves a lot of respect. You most definitely should take the time to view this video. You won’t regret it.
This is a nicely done, short video on “Organic Container Gardening”. In just one minute thirty-three seconds, Allan Smith walks us through container use and basic organic gardening in containers. Though short, this video is informative and helpful. The narrator seems to be very comfortable in front of the camera and this is reflected in his presentation. He presents the material in an easy to follow manner. For those of you interested in Organic Container Gardening, it is highly recommended.
Allan begins by explaining why containers are important. He says that they serve as focal points and points of interest throughout the entire garden. He says that he grows vegetables, herbs, and flowers in a wide range of containers.
He goes on to explain the down side of planting in containers. Apparently, this means that you will need to water frequently. Because of this, nutrients can leak from the soil
Allan goes on to explain that success starts with the soil and how you care for it. He explains his organic approach. Apparently, organic fertilizers stay in the soil longer and they don’t leak out as fast as synthetic ones do. To basic potting soil you should add cottonseed as a source of nitrogen, bomine for phosphorus, and green sand for potassium. Organic gardening allows for the benefits of the trace elements. In addition to adding to the soil, you need to continue fertilizing throughout the growing season with a liquid organic fertilizer. Allan recommended Fish Emulsion Natural Plant Food.
Allan did a great job of making organic container gardening sound like a really good idea. You will learn more by watching this video. It is worth your time if you have any interest at all in the subject matter.
Did you know that a lot of the fragrant foliage herbs and perennials have the greatest smell? Or, did you know that these same plants tolerate the dryer conditions because they were originally Mediterranean plants? These two facts are just two valuable bits of information you will learn if you watch this video on Wonderful Scented plants.
The expert being interviewed in this video is Wayne Muzitt from Western Nurseries. Wayne seems to certainly know what he is talking about. The total video time is two minutes twenty-seven seconds. This short video is nicely done and well worth your time. Production quality is good and you will get nice up close shots of the plants introduced in the video. You will certainly turn the video off having gained a plethora of new information on scented plants.
There were numerous wonderful scented plants discussed in this video. The first discussed was the Clethra. Wayne talked about both the Summersweet Ruby Spice (pink form of the Clethra) and Hummingbird (white form of the Clethra). Most Clethra’s (including the pink form) reach six to eight feet. However, the white form of the Clethra is frequently chosen for its more compact growing and smaller stature as it only reaches four or five feet in height. If you watch this video you will learn about the Buddleia (also known as the Butterfly Bush), which flowers all summer, the Summer Azalea, PJM Rhododendron, April Snow Rhododendron, and Caryopterus (Blue Mist Bluebeard). All of these plants and more are very fragrant and have their own distinct fragrance.
This video is highly recommended. It will definitely give you something to think about when you add new plants to your garden. Imagine smelling the wonderful smells of scented plants when you walk outside. The possibilities are endless. You should definitely watch this video.
This video entitled “Grow Peppers” does not really deal much with growing peppers at all. However, it does offer a few various gardening tips. This video is very slow moving. Production quality is very average. The total video time is two minutes five seconds.
The narrator opens up by showing the audience her three tier organic garden. In this garden, she has pepper plants that are just beginning to get their first blooms, cucumber that is about one month old and just beginning to bloom, and tomatoes. She points out that tomatoes need to be staked.
The first tip will be useful for those of you who have though about or desired a tomato garden. The narrator in this video shows her audience a great way to stake tomatoes, which she uses in her garden. This method allows for you to rotate crops and move them around. All you need to do is put the stakes in the ground. You can get the hardware cloth by the panel and reuse the panel. Be sure to turn the ends so that no one gets hurt from sharp edges (that’s good to know).
The narrator offers up yet another good tip. This one involves wild garlic. The narrator grows it in her own garden. It’s great because it can be used like chives. When you cut it down, it will grow all the way up again in a couple of weeks. That’s a pretty good idea!
This video may be useful for some people, beginning gardeners perhaps. It really does not offer a great deal of useful information, but you may still find it interesting.
This video called “Home Composting – It’s Second Nature” is a great one to watch. If you just want to look at one source before embarking on composting at your home, then this should be it. The video length of 7 minutes 38 seconds covers a great deal of information in such a short time. Several different people speak in the video. The production quality is very good overall. The content is presented in a conversational manner that is easy to understand with step-by-step summaries of what really matters.
If you think composting is difficult, you’re wrong. If fact, according to this video it’s very easy. Compost is a great organic fertilizer, which helps produce healthier and larger plants. It will even help produce more plants.
If you are still not convinced, here is another way to look at it. The average household produces approximately nine pounds of garbage each day. This garbage will inevitably end up in the landfill. You have probably recycled garbage that is paper, plastic and glass. So why should you stop there? You can also recycle your green waste. You are reducing what is going into the landfill. Composting is good for the environment. It is a creative way to recycle your garbage.
When composting, you should be somewhat selective about what you compost. For instance, you shouldn’t use meat products or dog feces. However, it is great to add coffee grinds, lemon peel, and yard trimmings to the compost in addition to fruit and vegetable waste from your kitchen.
According to this video, composting is a process that takes a period of months. That is how long it takes for the plant matter to break down. Apart from a little bit of attention on your part, there is really not much effort involved. It seems like almost anyone can do it.
You should watch this video to learn more about composting. If you do, you will be taken through the easy steps of composting. When you finish watching the video, you will be equipped to begin composting at your home.
This video is called “Herb Gardening: Tips”. There is really not much to say about this video, as there is just not much going on. Total video time is 2 minutes 53 seconds. The narrator in this video is a woman. For a great portion of the video, she is not facing the camera, which makes her difficult to hear. There seems to be a lot of dead time when she is moving from one place to another when that could have been edited out for more video productivity. This makes the video slow moving.
The narrator begins by discussing thyme. With thyme, you need to make room for plants to grow. This is part of their routine maintenance. You should open up the plants by moving some of them to another part of the garden. To move the plants, you need to push the shovel down into the roots of the plants. You want to disturb the roots as little as possible. Once this is done, bring it to the other bed, move mulch to the side, dig down into the bed, and put one type of plant in there. You should plant the thyme where the dirt can come right up to the tip of where the branches go out.
This is video is a bit boring and hard to follow. It would have been better if there were more information given in this video. If you are going to use this video to learn about herb gardening, then you should have additional resources available like this site with a full range of herb gardening tips.
Do you need to learn about pruning evergreen trees? If you do, then this video is for you. David Epstein of Growing Wisdom presents this video. In this video on “Pruning Evergreen Trees”, David interviews Henry Patt from Weston Nurseries. This video is worth your view. It is simply done but production quality is good. The information discussed in this video can certainly be of use to everyone. This video is very short at just two minutes and twenty-nine seconds.
If you watch this video you will gain all sorts of useful knowledge about pruning evergreens. The middle of the summer is when you should prune evergreens. Evergreens mentioned in this video are hues, boxwoods, and crippsii (Chamaecyparis Obtusa).
There are certain rules to keep in mind when pruning evergreens. When pruning, you should only prune new growth. Don’t prune too much of the old. You should remove two thirds of the old growth. This will fill the plant in more and make for a nice bushy plant. The sunlight should be able to get at all of the foliage. If an evergreen is never pruned, the top growth would overshadow the bottom growth. It is extremely important to let the lower part of the evergreen get exposed to the sun. Over a period of eight to ten years, you can start losing some bottom branches, so pruning is very important. The goal is to have a taper going up. If you don’t want your evergreen to grow any bigger, then you should prune all of this year’s growth. However, do it early on in the season – from the end of June to early July.
Here is one way to look at pruning. Pruning is the process of moving food from one area of the evergreen to another. The cutting off of new branches transfers the food to old branches.
This video is highly recommended. You have absolutely nothing to lose by watching this video. If you don’t need this information now, chances are high that you will have a use for these tips at some point down the road.
This video is called “How to Compost”. It is narrated by David Epstein and presented by www.growingwisdom.com . This video, at 2 minutes 24 seconds, is well worth your time. David does an excellent job of explaining the composting process. It is obvious that he really knows what he is talking about. The production quality is really good as well. You will definitely learn what you need to know to get started when you watch this video.
David explains the process of composting through a composter. In case you don’t know what that is, a composter is a big, plastic, heavy duty, all weather container that looks a lot like a trash can (except that it’s not). You can most likely purchase a composter in your town. If you can’t find one locally, buy one online. The composter is where you place everything that you are turning into compost.
Things that should go in the composter are items such as eggshells, corncobs, and vegetable peels. Don’t place any meat in the composter! There are two types of things that go in the composter: dry goods (such as dry leaves and dead grass) and wet goods (such as grass and vegetable peels)
The process of composting will eventually happen by itself. However, you can and should speed things up by adding compost activator. You need to buy this at the store. Adding compost activator is like adding natural bacteria that will break down the food. You should turn your compost pile every few days so that it can get oxygen; use a stick for this. Don’t forget to keep it wet. In as little as four to six weeks (in warm weather) the process of composting will create great soil for the garden. This is a wonderful soil for planting vegetables.
You should most definitely watch this video! You will be inspired to begin composting immediately. Composting is a great way to recycle your garbage and help the environment. What are you waiting for?