This video is about hot composting and how I use this method to make compost for my garden and allotment. It includes my recipe for making home compost, and at the end of the video, five tips to make hot composting work. The biggest advantage of hot composting is how quickly it makes compost compared…
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4 Steps to Start a SMALL Balcony Vegetable Garden｜Tips from Landscape Designer｜Beginner Gardening
We started a SMALL balcony vegetable garden (3 square meters) on our rental apartment last spring. As a trained landscape designer in California, I would like to share 4 steps and some tips on how to set up an edible balcony garden at home, especially on how to maximize the space of a small space…
Urban Farming: Greenhouses Let You Grow Food All Year
Eddie and Lydia are proud parents of four children who want to feed their growing family organic produce without paying higher prices. Like many others who have latched on to the urban farming trend, they want to know where their food is coming from. That’s where Riverstone Industries comes in. David from Riverstone Industries introduces…
Aszhianna interviews her mother about the University of Wisconsin Odyssey Project
The UW-Odyssey Project changes lives for adults near the poverty level. Now in its 15th year, this inspirational project has empowered more than 400 low-income adults to find their voices and get a jumpstart at earning college degrees they never thought possible. Graduates of the program have journeyed from homelessness to UW-Madison degrees, from incarceration…
DIY Ecology: A cheap and easy way to compost kitchen scraps
Composting transforms kitchen scraps into a prized soil amendment that appeals to helpful insects and microbes, and upgrades a garden’s overall structure and health. Composting also keeps waste out of the landfill, which cuts down on methane emissions. As much as 50% of residential garbage in Washington state could have been composted. There are loads…
Grow Food Here: Kodiak, Alaska
In Alaska, plants thrive during the summer months when the days are filled with sunlight, granting resident Alaskans access to fresh produce from local farms. But come winter, when the darkness of night fills most of the daytime hours, these same residents are forced to rely on produce shipped over the course of many days,…
Watch Robots Grow Food Without Farmers
Start-up Iron Ox created a fully autonomous farm in San Carlos, California. The hydroponic, indoor farm relies on two robots to plant, care for and harvest all its produce. One of the robots is 1,000 pounds and about the size of a car. It picks up the trays of plants and transports them around the…
How to make Keyhole garden beds – Permaculture Design!
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Making and using compost in the backyard part 2
This presentation video provides information about composting including how it can be made in a backyard compost bin or pile. The presentation covers materials to include in the mix and how to manage other factors related to composting. The Wisconsin Master Composter program provides training across Wisconsin to teach people how they can begin to…
Summer plant care tips & tools for indoor plants! | PLNTSdoctor S1E4
We are all more than ready to receive some warmer weather and enjoy that sunshine. This is our time to thrive, as well do our plants! The days are longer and warmer, which can create an ideal environment for our plants. It is not crazy that they grow like sprouts in this time period, but…