Heating A Greenhouse Using Compost & Thermal Mass Techniques…

In this video I show different methods that I am using to heat my newly built 16 meter square greenhouse. The main heat source being heat generated from

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Quitting Your Job To Farm On A Quarter Acre In Your Backyard?

My friend Steven Cornett just quit his job. He quit so he can start his NEW job… farming in San Diego on a quarter acre in his backyard.

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Enriched Garden Soil – Supercharge Your Soil This Spring…

The secret to a successful garden is right beneath your feet. Show your soil some love and you can expect bigger, better harvests. Soil that’s in top-notch condition

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Ideas & Inspiration For Building A Raised Garden Bed…

There are a lot of advantages to having a raised garden bed to grow your fruit and vegetables. These include less weeds, more growing space, less soil erosion, better water

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Making Compost In 30 Days Using Pallet Wood Bins…

If you have a backyard garden then you could probably use tons of compost to fill up your beds and supercharge your plants. Here is how to make

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Basement Hydroponic Vertical Tower Garden Produces 133 Heads Of Lettuce…

I replaced my 3 inch PVC vertical hydroponic setup with this new 1.5 inch design which is easier to maintain, uses less water and energy, and practically doubles

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How To Make A Cold Frame To Extend Your Growing Season Step-by-Step…

Cold frames are fantastically versatile, helping the gardener to cheat the seasons and enjoy more harvests. With just a few inexpensive and reclaimed materials, a drill, some screws

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The Rise Of Vertical Farming As A Solution To Feed The World…

To produce sufficient food for the estimated – nine billion people in 20 years, experiments with vertical farming, rooftop gardening and even sea-farming are being conducted. Food is

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Treating The Farm As An Ecosystem – The 5 Tenets Of Soil Health…

Gabe Brown of Brown’s Ranch in Bismarck, ND, shares his transformative journey of cultivating his farm from modern conventional use to a thriving living ecosystem. Through no-till and

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How To Start Your Own 1-Acre, Self-Sustaining Homestead…

Expert advice on how to establish self-sufficient food production, including guidance on crop rotations, raising livestock and grazing management. Your 1-acre homestead can be divided into land for raising

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Cover Crops To Recharge Your Soil This Winter…

Cover crops, or green manures, are a great way to protect your garden from weeds and soil erosion over the winter period. As well as protecting your soil,

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Organic Rice Crop Yields Debunk Myth GMOs Are Needed To Feed The World…

In India’s poorest state, farmers are setting world-breaking records growing rice and other staple foods, without the help of genetically modified organisms, and none of Monsanto’s billion-dollar herbicides. With the

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Companion Planting Flowers With Vegetables….

Flowers: they’re not just pretty to look at, they can really help to improve the way we grow our fruits and vegetables. Growing a variety of flowers as

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Best Air-Cleaning Plants For Your Home According To NASA…

Many us spend a lot of time indoors, so it’s important to cultivate a space that’s a healthy one. A simple – and beautiful – way to do

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Is Growing Your Own Vegetables A Fundamental Right?

A new local controversy is brewing in South Florida surrounding yet another instance of local governments imposing fines on residents and persecuting them over maintaining gardens on their

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Grossing $350,000 On 1.5 Acres Of High Intensity, No-Till, Vegetable Production…

“Neversink Farm in Claryville, NY grosses $350,000 on farming 1.5 acres. It’s an amazingly productive and efficient high intensity vegetable farm. And they are doing it all no

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Discover How Urban Farming Works…

Keri Fox grew up on a traditional grain farm in southern Saskatchewan, Canada. After becoming an electrician and operating her own electrical contracting business for a few years

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Dutch Bucket Hydroponics – How It Works & How To Make Your Own Buckets…

Hydroponic Dutch bucket systems (Bato bucket systems) are perhaps the simplest hydroponic (and sometimes aquaponic, although aquaponics is more difficult) system to build, and a favorite of growers the world

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Hospital Constructs Biggest Organic Rooftop Farm In Boston…

Boston Medical Center (BMC) is taking its reputation as the greenest hospital in the Boston area literally, as the once barren roof on top of its power plant

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Solar Greenhouses Generate Electricity & Grow Crops At The Same Time…

The first crops of tomatoes and cucumbers grown inside electricity-generating solar greenhouses were as healthy as those raised in conventional greenhouses, signaling that “smart” greenhouses hold great promise

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