John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ takes you on a tour of his back yard raised bed desert vegetable garden. In this episode you will learn about many of the varieties of vegetables John is growing in his back yard. You will discover how and why he grows his food, and along the way have a fun time learning about the many different crops he is growing in the back yard of a standard American tract home in the suburbs and how much food you can truly grow in a small backyard that can help to feed a family of 4 easily.

You will also discover why one side of his back yard is growing better than the other side of the yard and some tips you can you use to increase the growth in your back yard.

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Winter Vegetable Gardening in My Backyard Tour

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  • jojo black

    Bob, You're the Man! Truly inspiring! I was wondering what the best kind of tree collard would be best for Northern California? The variety you have would be awesome!

  • Vagiclapter ruiz

    That's awesome that your growing stinging nettles i'm from England now living in the US and barely anyone here has heard of them. Can you eat the greens on them or do you just use it for tea?

  • Robert Bryan

    Please finish your video series with MIT. I thoroughly enjoyed your walk through, curious about using diatomaceous earth in the inside garden, Please keep on doing all your videos, you have taught me an immense amount about gardening organically. God Bless.

  • Dances with Ghosts Quick Spirit Quiet Fox

    nice shirt and video, can you do a video on working with sandy soil remediation, anything like that? I live in the pine barrens of NJ and our soil is all sand!!!

  • lifgrenj

    John,
    What made you leave California and move to Nevada?
    Would you put the name of the rare and unusual plants you grow in the show notes or as a comment. I am not able to understand the correct spelling from the video. It sounded like you said jigglewan, homagi, genera procums, ohastansis to me. Also, Where did you find a source for edible cannas, and have you eaten any of them yet?
    As a child, my friends and I built a fort using oleander trimmings. I broke out in hives. The sap is very toxic. For those who cook their food, using a cut oleander branch to roast things over a fire can kill. However, they are beautiful and don't need watering in desert areas.
    I really enjoy "traveling" around the U.S. and the world with you to see what other gardeners are doing. I have learned a great deal from you. You are doing such a great job. Hope you will be able to get some acreage so you can expand your efforts.

  • Ben Jamin

    Thanks John. I picked up some gynura procumbens from eBay after the other video and some research I did after watching it. Would kill for some of them tree collard seeds as they don't have them at all in Australia. I read that they didn't set seeds but I guess that's not completely correct lol. I've been growing some Georgia green collards for over 12 months in an effort to get something similar. Not quite the same but it's all a bit of fun. My katuk is going gangbusters though :p
    

  • Thefruitdudeable

    Hi, Just wondering have you ever tried using the "Roman hot bed" method of growing, i.e. using partly composted material on the first half of a container then topping off with compost. This causes the compost to be warmed up by the breaking down of the material below and keeps frost at bay. I have grown chillies and other crops in England using this method from February onwards. You need covering for the colder months if growing chillies but salad crops work well and grow massive in 6-8 weeks. Will do a video once my voice comes back, went swimming in a lake in Iceland last week and well….got a little ill:)

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