63 Advanced Organic Gardening Tips to Have the Best Vegetable Garden

John from www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you his 63 Advanced Organic Gardening tips that will ensure you have the most productive organic garden that grows the most nutritious crops.
In this episode, John comes to you from his backyard organic vegetable garden at 10 pm at night to share with you some of the most important tips that he has ever put into one short-format episode.
These tips are for growing a biologic organic garden, which goes beyond just "organic" but takes into consideration building the soil and habitat for other living creatures including bacteria, fungi, insects, etc so you can have a more successful and resilient garden.
Jump to the following tips:
01:24 Start a garden today
01:34 Grow in Raised Beds
01:39 Focus on building and feeding your soil; not growing vegetables
01:54 Create a Habitat you and other creatures
02:20 Value other creatures on the plant. Positively Identify creatures before taking any action
02:50 Grow Microgreens Indoors
03:00 Buy a Tee Shirt
03:40 Compost all your food scraps and garden waste
03:51 Don’t use chemical fertilizers or non-organic sprays in your garden
04:15 Save your seeds and re-grow them each year
04:27 Share your seeds with others
04:36 Use No-Till gardening methods; increase soil biology that will aerate your sol sell your tiller.
04:53 Use Reusable plant ties in your garden instead of single use
05:05 You can grow in the shade
05:16 Check to make sure its legal before gardening
05:28 Continue your gardening education every day
06:00 Spend time improving your garden every day
06:16 Keep a Collection of Reused 5 Gallon Buckets in your garden
06:34 Have Fun
06:45Walk Your whole Garden once or twice a day
07:02 Grow up all vertical fences and walls in your space
07:24 Put up a greenhouse or hoop house to extend your growing season
07:38 Start growing early in the season and end late in the season by covering your beds
07:53 Experiment with 20-25% new varieties every year
08:12 Brix test your harvest to see how you can improve quality of the food you grow
08:28 Visit local gardens, farms and other local gardens to find out what works and what doesn’t work in your area
08:48 Pull out Dead plant as soon as possible and replace with healthy plants
09:20 When you have a failure, ask yourself how can you do better
09:42 Source the best compost in your area for your garden beds
10:05 Add fungal dominated compost to your garden beds
10:21 Use Rock Dust in your garden beds for Trace Minerals
10:38 Add a good quality Worm Casting to your garden beds
10:49 Use Seaweed for better plant growth
11:00 Cover your soil with mulch. I prefer to use a living mulch
11:21 Add beneficial bacteria and fungi in to your garden
11:36 Use Insect Frass in Your Garden Mix
12:00 Add Biochar to your garden by adding up to 20% to your compost pile
12:28 Make and Use Compost Tea at every week or two
12:45 Foliar Feed Sea Minerals once or twice a month
12:57 Pee in your garden; natures most valuable nitrogen fertilizer
13:36 Grow High Value Crops
14:14 Grow Leafy Greens
14:25 Grow Herbs
14:40 Plant crops that are proven in your area
15:07 Plant crops at the right time of year
15:26 Ensure Plant has the proper microclimate
15:54 Grow a variety of edible foods to ensure success
16:11 Grow a good percentage of perennial vegetables
16:45 Grow a percentage of Wild Foods / Edible Weeds
17:17 Plant transplants spaced systematically
17:42 Pick off bad bugs or spray with high-pressure water before spraying even organic sprays
18:24 Grow Plants that are resistant to pests
19:01 Attract Pollinators to your garden
19:15 Attract beneficial insects to your garden by planting attractant plants
19:25 Release Beneficial Insects besides ladybugs in your garden
19:40 Optimally, don’t keep a worm bin; keep the worms in your garden beds and feed them appropriately
20:09 Harvest Rain Water to water your plants
20:21 Install a water-efficient irrigation system on an automatic timer
20:45 Water Each Plant Enough. Not Too Much, not too little.
21:00 Filter City Water to remove chlorine that negatively affects soil life
21:25 Go out to your garden before every meal to harvest food to eat, so you minimize buying inferior quality food at the store
21:48 Juice Your Vegetables so you can get more nutrition in you
22:25 Ferment your vegetables to increase certain nutrients and increase storage time
After watching this episode, you will learn 64 Advanced Organic Gardening tips that will catapult your garden to the next level so you can produce more high-quality food from your home garden.
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Jump to the following tips: 01:24 Start a garden today 01:34 Grow in Raised Beds 01:39 Focus on building and feeding your soil; not growing vegetables 01:54 Create a Habitat you and other creatures 02:20 Value other creatures on the plant. Positively Identify creatures before taking any action 02:50 Grow Microgreens Indoors 03:00 Buy a Tee Shirt 03:40 Compost all your food scraps and garden waste 03:51 Don’t use chemical fertilizers or non-organic sprays in your garden 04:15 Save your seeds and re-grow them each year 04:27 Share your seeds with others 04:36 Use No-Till gardening methods; increase soil biology that will aerate your sol sell your tiller. 04:53 Use Reusable plant ties in your garden instead of single use 05:05 You can grow in the shade 05:16 Check to make sure its legal before gardening 05:28 Continue your gardening education every day 06:00 Spend time improving your garden every day 06:16 Keep a Collection of Reused 5 Gallon Buckets in your garden 06:34 Have Fun 06:45Walk Your whole Garden once or twice a day 07:02 Grow up all vertical fences and walls in your space 07:24 Put up a greenhouse or hoop house to extend your growing season 07:38 Start growing early in the season and end late in the season by covering your beds 07:53 Experiment with 20-25% new varieties every year 08:12 Brix test your harvest to see how you can improve quality of the food you grow 08:28 Visit local gardens, farms and other local gardens to find out what works and what doesn’t work in your area 08:48 Pull out Dead plant as soon as possible and replace with healthy plants 09:20 When you have a failure, ask yourself how can you do better 09:42 Source the best compost in your area for your garden beds 10:05 Add fungal dominated compost to your garden beds 10:21 Use Rock Dust in your garden beds for Trace Minerals 10:38 Add a good quality Worm Casting to your garden beds 10:49 Use Seaweed for better plant growth 11:00 Cover your soil with mulch. I prefer to use a living mulch 11:21 Add beneficial bacteria and fungi in to your garden 11:36 Use Insect Frass in Your Garden Mix 12:00 Add Biochar to your garden by adding up to 20% to your compost pile 12:28 Make and Use Compost Tea at every week or two 12:45 Foliar Feed Sea Minerals once or twice a month 12:57 Pee in your garden; natures most valuable nitrogen fertilizer 13:36 Grow High Value Crops 14:14 Grow Leafy Greens 14:25 Grow Herbs 14:40 Plant crops that are proven in your area 15:07 Plant crops at the right time of year 15:26 Ensure Plant has the proper microclimate 15:54 Grow a variety of edible foods to ensure success 16:11 Grow a good percentage of perennial vegetables 16:45 Grow a percentage of Wild Foods / Edible Weeds 17:17 Plant transplants spaced systematically 17:42 Pick off bad bugs or spray with high-pressure water before spraying even organic sprays 18:24 Grow Plants that are resistant to pests 19:01 Attract Pollinators to your garden 19:15 Attract beneficial insects to your garden by planting attractant plants 19:25 Release Beneficial Insects besides ladybugs in your garden 19:40 Optimally, don’t keep a worm bin; keep the worms in your garden beds and feed them appropriately 20:09 Harvest Rain Water to water your plants 20:21 Install a water-efficient irrigation system on an automatic timer 20:45 Water Each Plant Enough. Not Too Much, not too little. 21:00 Filter City Water to remove chlorine that negatively affects soil life 21:25 Go out to your garden before every meal to harvest food to eat, so you minimize buying inferior quality food at the store 21:48 Juice Your Vegetables so you can get more nutrition in you 22:25 Ferment your vegetables to increase certain nutrients and increase storage time 22:45 Preserve your harvest with freeze-drying to retain the highest level of nutrients including powerful antioxidants

[@Th3_Gael]

Thanks for all the great info across the years. I still dont have green fingers but wont starve anymore lol

[@thenewyorkredneck4735]

Learn Organic Gardening at GrowingYourGreens dude your shirts are mad comfy. Get some new colors. That would be killer. Maybe a Spanish one too. Rock on dude. You're the man

[@inskeepm]

Under 10 minutes? Hahahahajaha HAAAAAA. Your hilarious John. You have made my gardening possible. Keep up the hard work and I'll keep giving you my time to watch them

[@stansmith7630]

Do you have a PO BOX I can mail my pepper seeds to? I have been cultivating jalapeño peppers for 8 years with a mother pepper I kept thiving for 5 years growing new plants from the mother and crossing them with the offspring that lived years to now I have seeds that will grow peppers that produce massive amounts of peppers and produce them constantly year round even in winter.

[@thenewyorkredneck4735]

Stan Smith send them to me. Po box 192 merrick my 11566.

[@plants4ever48]

The enthusiasm you have for your garden is infectious!!

[@mykasiurka]

Great video content! Excuse me for chiming in, I am interested in your initial thoughts. Have you considered - Parlandealey Impetigo Goodbye Process (probably on Google)? It is a good one off guide for finding some amazing landscaping designs for your home minus the headache. Ive heard some interesting things about it and my mate at last got amazing success with it.

[@rickyalexander927]

Thank you John. I used to watch you years ago. I got into depression and other things. Jesus and God saved me. I am into gardening and things again. I rested the garden last year and this last winter. I am excited to get back into organic gardening. You have always been awesome! This was very informative, and I wrote down at least 20 tips that I could use, but they're all good depending what kind of gardener you are, I think. Shalom and Elohim bless, in Yeshua/Jesus name amen

[@WormholeGarden]

We need more organic gardening videos out there!

[@davepuffett8608]

Hi, I have just reconnected with my garden and found your channel, this is super great! I am also a beekeeper and own two beehives, I remotely manage them and have now decided to relocated them to my garden! Why didn’t I think of that before, after consulting with my neighbours they have all surprisingly been super excited and supportive to the idea of having beehives nearby, everyone wins 😊🐝🐝 I am so looking forward to watching and learning from your channel. Thank you I will learn learn and learn, putting knowledge into practice 😊👍

[@StaceyHerewegrowagain]

Dave Puffett that is awesome you are a beekeeper! My fiance's dad use to raise them! They are so great for the environment and I wish more would think about it. I definitely hope to have one myself! This guy has awesome videos, I'm almost currently switched over to full organic gardening! I've been gardening for years, it's so peaceful and such a reconnection with nature! Nothing like the taste of it either!

[@davepuffett8608]

Thanks Stacey! I really appreciate your reply. I got into beekeeping many years ago and find it so rewarding to connect with my bees, it’s so health giving. I do manage my bees organically and never sell my honey! I only take honey that I need and let them keep most of it. I never sell it or waste it, I have learned so many lessons from them..... 1, they are given the respect they deserve for all their natural hard work, their honey is pure straight from the hive, making very special, tasty and excellent taste as it should be! I believe by sharing it with them, in a sensible only necessary way they know because they are calm, and have never had any bee problems of diseases that are common in don’t care profit driven beekeeping. I don’t wear gloves and rarely suffer from random stings, I think we have mutual respect and work together. Many people will think I’m crazy but they just don’t get it! If you approach beekeeping as I do on backyard small scale then you will love it as I do. My flowers and my neighbours flourish and my fruit and vegetable all benefit from the bees. Thanks again Dave 🐝🐝🐝🐝

[@StaceyHerewegrowagain]

You are doing such an amazing thing!! We want to try and live on our own self-sustaining property. Where we can grow lots of our produce and have a little farm. We will definitely be getting a little beehive nest! I can't wait till we can do this and live our dream. It has been ours for a long time!. I tried to promote organic gardening all the way as much as I can!!. Many are not aware of what the chemicals and pesticides are doing. Killing good bees and bugs. These poor bees are becoming extinct and we are polluting our water as well as polluting the environment and air around us!. Thank you for sharing your info, it's great chatting with other gardeners that love nature and respect it. I would love to be surrounded by all kinds of nature one day. We are working very hard to make this happen.

[@davepuffett8608]

You can make it happen, I live in England UK, and commercialism is driving consumers into destroying much of our natural life, but we can lead by example and it does get infectious with friends and family, several of mine now garden organically and have a beehive so it can make the difference! Best wishes 😊🐝🐝🐝

[@ChallengeTheNarrative]

Got a spider looking after one of my pepper plants and it's the spider's home. Awww

[@Annettec457]

I strive to only grow organic, growing vertical this is the first year I've tried growing this way, really enjoy everything you are teaching. Thank you I do have my own worm tower love having my own worm compost. I'm still trying to get the compost pile right. Thank you 😊 you rock.

[@telecaster541]

thanks for your kindness and knowledge

[@wendilamphear7667]

You are always so encouraging. I am learning so much about gardening and I am trying to grow in beds and pots just to try things. I love to spend a little time in the garden every morning before I leave for work and it has made my day more relaxing.

[@JanelHathaway]

Amazing jam packed tips and under 30 minutes! Thanks so much for all your work! If you ever want graphics or website help do't be afraid to reach out! Love to support honest-hearted people giving freely!

[@watchman4j]

John, thanks for the refresher, and the multitude of new ideas!

[@RockawayCCW]

Great video, as always. Thanks for making these. They help me a lot.

[@dannoinsertlastnamehere6004]

I use goat manure to fertilize the garden and I put sunflower seeds in the feed. so now I have 4 sunflowers in my garden and they are always teeming with bees and pollinators

[@HeirloomReviews]

tip of the day always grow at min 4 of what ever your growing an place them in diff parts of the yard away from each other. if any one of them fail due to diseases of poisons or anything you always have a few unharmed!

[@StaceyHerewegrowagain]

☼ Heirloom reviews ☼ I love doing this, great advice! I I always have two or three of something backed up just in case a plant is struggling.😁

[@miwanabanana]

And if you have a 8 year old who helps out with gardening make it 10. To compensate for the goober manhandling the seedlings. LOL.

[@StaceyHerewegrowagain]

MW S 😅 you said it!! I grow like 5 of each, maybe more because That's my little french bulldog bam bam. He's always eating my parsley, that one is on his level. I have to be so careful what I keep in my lanai because he always gets into my plants! Lol. He knows not to mess with my garden outside by now. You can see he knows he's in the s*** house, just by the look on his face.. Lol.

[@ChallengeTheNarrative]

👍nice one John. You fitted a lot of info in there at the speed of sound. Would sure be nice if you did one of your daily fruit veggie picks to blend them to see how to make tasty smoothies. But poignantly to see what you pick n mix.

[@aRawLifestyle]

Yes!! Im starting a food forest its been such a fun process!!

[@carolclarkson4859]

So excited to learn more about your freeze dryer and how you use it.

[@danielapettus7693]

I admire you John your awesome

[@pawlet]

I have 2 illegal pumpkins growing in my front yard (hoa says they have to go). I'm going to wait until I get a letter/fine to pull the plant.

[@URMyNewTV]

"illegal pumpkins" is a disgrace and offend against human rights already. :-(

[@DojaTokah]

Tell the HOA to shove it. To outlaw nature is truly criminal.

[@ChallengeTheNarrative]

URMyNewTV 😂😄

[@ChallengeTheNarrative]

😁illegal pumpkins. heheHAHA. 😅

[@lynn682]

Paulette Frantz where do you live?

[@jyll.7132]

The secret to keeping lady bugs around is to give them a home to go back to. A clean soda bottle in a well-shaded area or the package they came in hidden under a plant usually works. Whatever home you choose, keep their doorway small.

[@growingyourfoodinyourownba1221]

90ﾟ at 10 o'clock pm whoooos. Thats why I live in Colorado our evenings are cool. John great advice, at 75% of them do applied to us northern gardeners.

[@Annettec457]

Freeze dryer I have one so cool. They are a way to go👍

[@troyb4533]

I've actually put biochar down when I lay my beds to rest for winter. I'll mix it in with the compost and other organic matter that I mix into the soil in my plot, and then cover it with leaves and leave it all winter. I've had good luck doing it this way, but I'll definitely try the way you suggested with my compost.

[@cathiegalbraith475]

Fantastic video!

[@GothTransCarl]

Great tips !

[@NorthernThaiGardenGuy]

Well done John! Great info! :)

[@gristlevonraben]

Thank you

[@Sun-soilproductions]

YESSSSSS!!! NEW VIDEOO!!

[@gardeningtipsandtricks5363]

nice information

[@user-hx7wr4mp6x]

I love the extra stuff! Lol

[@gavinmatthews5618]

did not really look at the time for the video but when he said he was going to do it quickly .. I was like john your kidding your self 63 tips under 24 mins it's a John record!

[@freeagent2098]

I want a growing your own greens TANK TOP man. I grow in North Texas by Dallas where it is 100 every day. I garden shirtless mostly lol

[@romeoserback]

Is it possible that you can make a video of safe plants that you can feed your tortoises? That's one of the reasons how I found your videos and continue to watch them. Thanks in advance!

[@smokeymcbongwater3561]

Another great video thanks john,. You the man my brother, jah,. Bless all,. 209triangel, harold.wilton, galt,. Davo,. G

[@heavymechanic2]

I take some sample gardening products to this guy I know and at first he said Azomite did not work and two years later he raved about an improvement in the quality of his plants. I just gave him written instructions why I use trace minerals from the ocean (kelp, crab shells, fish fertilizer, fish bonemeal, and azomite) and a few other suggestions. Most people in this community look at me like Deer in the Headlights when I ask for a certain product such as a root inoculant or bacillum, its just outside their area of knowledge... I really want to do "Pot Testing" to assure me its the best quality LOL!

[@stevesoto5388]

Any recommendations as to water filtration? The videos in which you cover this topic are pretty old. Should I go with a carbon filter or a KDF filter? Which brands do you recommend?

[@lilspittin313]

Let's get to hosing down the plants for more golden moments! xD

[@RaechelleJ]

Yes I almost froze a monarch butterfly catipillar but didn't because I looked it up before doing so.

[@annehollier4632]

Where is the link to your freeze dryer and juicers?

[@tbabubba32682]

Man John I hope you see this. You should plant out apple melons. They love the heat. We've had 100 degree weather down here in deep south Texas and they have thrived.

[@fallmax]

Hello I am new to gardening and just saw you where is a good place to buy heirloom organic seeds

[@nelligrigoryan5211]

Hello John, I have an Angel's Trumpet in my back yard and the cabbage worms are eating the leafs. I tried to get red of them in several ways, but they keep coming back. What can I do about it? Please help.

[@fallmax]

Hello I just found you can you suggest a good company for Heirloom seeds I am new to this organic gardening thank you…

[@michaelfernandez1513]

super blazed lol

[@MariaTorres-gi8dv]

I love your channel. I learning to do and produce my own food, is relaxing and help to decrease the cost of food. Question, are you provide "one to one" consults? I live in FL and I want to use part of my backyard as my "food production" but I need help to do it. Let me know please!!!!

[@StaceyHerewegrowagain]

Maria Torres oh my gosh Maria I feel what your going through! Having a garden in Florida can be such a challenge! Especially in the summer time. I've been gardening for about 5 years now and there is always something new popping up. It takes lots of patience and practice and information I will say. I am almost all the way switch over to organic gardening and I can't wait till I am. I hardly give my plants nutrients anymore. It is so much safer for the "good bugs" we need in this world. I am currently starting my fall Garden and already have my seed sprouted, this summer has been such a struggle for me with all the rain and humidity, it's just been crazy and the plants don't care for it.. My fall Garden should do so much and I can't wait! I love watching this guy he has so much good information and has taught me a lot about gardening organically! I wish you all the best of luck with your garden, we are here to help you any way we can! This guy is genius and funny to watch! Lol He always makes you laugh about something and I like that

[@estriestrazi]

Great tips John! I’m still not going to pee on my plants though.

[@joanies6778]

Me neither... but seriously considering peeing in a container to take out to the compost pile. It needs a jumpstart.

[@LindenRanch]

The BABACO is seedless. Where can I get plants?

[@arizonanative7409]

"I killed some stuff!" I can relate, I hate when a plant dies on me....

[@CompulsiveGambler]

14:49 Gesundheit! XD

[@ChallengeTheNarrative]

Damn caterpillars

[@teamcrumb]

love it but you should ALWAYS grow tomatoes when you can

[@CompulsiveGambler]

So no Miracle Gro?

[@whatthefunction9140]

pot testing?

[@zephaniahmarion8578]

[@GrowinAlaska]

No man is afraid of a bug.

[@rayevans596]

I over watered my rosemary plant that was in a container and it died :-(

[@justing1810]

I was peeing in my garden but it grossed my wife out.

[@ChallengeTheNarrative]

Boogeyboo compost tea? I know what compost tea is but not Boogeyboo

[@smokeymcbongwater3561]

Pseudo Nym it's boogy, brew,. Tea,,. Goggle it it's really good tea

[@joanies6778]

Boogie Brew. They also make the Boogie Blue inline garden hose water filter.

[@Sun-soilproductions]

Not 5 not 10 but 63

[@adalbertocabrera9999]

Winner of a video, I have been researching "organic gardening website" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you heard people talk about - Nonannah Hanulian Future - (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now ) ? Ive heard some amazing things about it and my m8 got cool results with it.

[@LakePenelope]

Hold on....did you say plastic mulch...oh dear!.....anything plastic seems contrary to you mission statement for organic gardening....

[@beakfordclakington1337]

what IS IT with ppl's aggressive BALLISTIC HAND SWIPES AT THE SCREEN? seems even less considered when this person does it repeatedly. but maybe im incorrect or my autism... but i don't reckon its '''cool''' or denotes freinliness. for me it stresses me out and feel attacked. and its so prevelant

[@beakfordclakington1337]

mostly decent info i guess

[@beakfordclakington1337]

on video

[@ninaroxanne8624]

I love the extra stuff! Lol