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organic garden

Garden Update 6-27-10.wmv

September 14, 2010

This week’s update. The peas are about done and the bush beans are coming on strong. Still a while away for ripe tomatoes, but they are progressing well. I had enough green beans to try pickling a few. The next step is pressure canning of tomatoes and sauce. I seem to have avoided or at […]

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Season of the Sunflower: A Continuous Oil Painting

September 14, 2010

This video is composed of 450 images of a painting that was repainted daily on location over a 5 and one half month period to reflect the life-cycle of a sunflower in a San Francisco garden. To Holdsworth’s knowledge, this is the first time a ‘continuous oil painting’ of this nature has ever been created. […]

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Nutritious Kale and Chard

September 13, 2010

Green, greens, greens — eat your greens. And what better way than from your own garden — cheap, organic, fresh and so attractive to look at. We always grow these vegetables and eat them right though the winter. Note: When Sharon described the vegetables in the second half of the video, she meant to call […]

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Real Mom Beth Aldrich with Chef Rick Bayless – Part 1

September 12, 2010

Join Real Mom Beth Aldrich as she visit Chef Rick Bayless’ garden and talks with Chef Bayless about easy, healthy, organic meals – Part 1 Enjoyed this article?More information on Go Green Tips!

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FeralKevin Presents: Balcony Container Gardening Update Part 1

September 11, 2010

FeralKevin revisits his balcony and provides updates on Prunus laurocerasus (Cherry Laurel), Chia (Salvia hispanica), and Goldenberry (Physalis peruviana, ground cherry, cape gooseberry, poha, or as David Wolfe says — Incan berry). Enjoyed this article?More information on Go Green Tips!

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Urban Organic Garden Signage

September 10, 2010

Image taken on 2006-09-30 16:23:23 by blmurch. Enjoyed this article?More information on Go Green Tips!

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The Organic Tomato DVD Trailer by Lee O’Hara

September 9, 2010

I’m proud to present a preview of Master (Organic) Gardner Lee O’Hara’s The Organic Tomato DVD. While I usually spotlight organic pioneers in Texas, I realize not all the viewers live in Texas. Lee O’Hara is an organic gardener in California who has done what I dream of one day accomplishing- turning his yard into […]

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Getting started on the veggie garden! Raised beds!

September 9, 2010

First video of the spring. I’m making raised beds for the garden and adding homemade compost. Last year was a bad season from lack of nitrogen. Let’s see if adding a ton of compost changes that. Enjoyed this article?More information on Go Green Tips!

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Lasagna Layer Gardening

September 8, 2010

This is our family’s gardening project, from which we hope to start a market garden. We are showing you how we put together one of our planting beds using mostly found/salvaged materials. This is both inexpensive and environmentally friendly, since reusing waste uses less energy than recycling it, and certainly beats having it go to […]

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Is the Death of Organic Upon Us?

September 7, 2010

Why the bills in Congress must be stopped. The bills in Congress (HB 814, HR 875, SB 425?) look innocuous to the public and are cast as “food safety” but they mention two things (and thus make regulations buried elsewhere, operative) which will destroy the competition to industrial agriculture and/or take over control of all […]

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Kathleen Merrigan at All Things Organic – Part 1

September 6, 2010

Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, Kathleen Merrigan, addresses attendees at the 2009 All Things Organic Conference in Chicago. She talks about the challenges farmers are facing in this economy and the USDA organic garden. For more videos visit: www.organicnation.tv Enjoyed this article?More information on Go Green Tips!

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