How to Be a Back Yard Vegetable Gardener to Grow Food

John from www.growingyourgreens.com/ gives a one hour class to share with you the why and how to grow your own food in a small space vegetable garden.
In this 1 hour long episode, John takes a class on a tour of his backyard vegetable garden and shares with them the nuts and bolts of how to grow a vegetable garden succesfully in the mohave desert (or where ever you live). The practices that John shares are tried-and-true nature's methods of fertilizing plants and providing them with the best nutrition so they can thrive. This in turn will create a healthier planet and healthier people at the same time.
The set of this class takes place in John's backyard vegetable garden, so you will get the see the results of his gardening style first hand in this impromptu class given to encourage and teach others to grow their own food in the desert.
At the end of this episode, John will answer some questions from the class which you may benefit from as well.
After watching this episode, you will have a better understanding of the method of gardening John uses to grow his food which he simply calls biologic organic gardening.
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[@AngelMedina96]

Hey John ive been watching your videos for two years now and I'm only 19. I just wanna say that two years ago u inspired me to start my own garden and now I am collecting pounds of organic foods from my backyard here in SoCal . Not only that but now I've inspired a lot of my friends to start a garden because when they come over I tell them about the garden like u tell us. I also appreciate the informational Cannabis videos hehe. I thank u for all the knowledge u have given unto me and peace good man!

[@Ghettobastard905]

KillVamp951 Right on bredren, nice one!

[@MrTheSack]

KillVamp951 here here! im 33 and last year i converted my back and side yard into 17 raised beds! i ground tons of organic food for my family and john inspired me! Grow On! john

[@ReplayKCF]

+KillVamp951 you're the kind of 19 year old we need more on this planet.

[@jonny_mazerati9410]

He ignored you 😳

[@johndicus123]

I bet you're REALLY growing now! Everyone is staying at home, and growing veggies if they have space. But a lot of people have no idea what to do... so people like John and YOU help a lot of people.

[@huongthorpe7779]

Thank you John, I'm in my mid 50 yrs old and I'm still learning! I bought one of the juicer from your teachings and now I'm ready for gardening!

[@Mourningdove702]

This is one of my favorite videos that you've created. It covers a variety of foundational information. Oddly enough I just ran across this five years after you posted it. Nevertheless... Thank you!

[@catherinegrace2366]

His videos are timeless really. I’m watching the whole thing today. 😎

[@RootsandWingsLife]

This had to be his best one yet! I really enjoyed it! Thanks John!

[@danposani6411]

An awesome video. Just one thing I would tell your camera man is to show more of the plants your speaking about as your speaking about them... I hear what your saying but the camera isn't showing it in this particular video. I love your work and believe you are one of the few who will change the way we live as a nation.

[@renatara9026]

Thank you John for all this great information. We can really learn a lot from you.

[@wendiland]

So generous of you opening your garden for tour and education! Love knowing more people are participating in the movement of teaching how to be self sustaining. Wish I could take a tour there too! Darn. :D

[@l8jen]

love this video ! I was super happy to visit your garden . thank you john for the love and passion that you spread through the world . you are the light in the darkness of this world !

[@kathynix6552]

What’s the name of the plant sounds like ashacaba ?

[@apuz13]

I wish I knew you were doing this because I would have liked to be there. But I guess the video is the next best thing. Thanks for all your videos John

[@Ann-py5gu]

great job john! you are helping, I think your heart will agree that you are making a great impact. God bless you and what you are doing.

[@brandasar7913]

That’s really kool of you to do John.. glad you did that for locals. I hope you inspired them, as you inspired all of us online. Thank you

[@susanwest7258]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I have been vegetable gardening with raised beds in the Houston area for about seven years now. While I have had some successes, I haven't achieved the levels of production that I feel like should be happening. It has been EXTREMELY helpful to see an accomplished gardener (you) talk about how certain things didn't quite work out and why. It turns out that is a part of regular gardening. This has really reinforced my confidence and let me know that I am definitely on the right track. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

[@josephku4184]

I actually watched the entire episode! such an accomplishment.

[@lpw9610]

John, I am so inspired by you!

[@BenjasUberHobby]

Thank you so much for sharing!! Hope to see more tour :) I love to see tour videos!

[@curtisolson6417]

Thanks for the tour!

[@faithchristiansen5890]

Learned lots! Thanks John

[@christinebeauchamp3115]

Brilliant!!!! I can only hope to get a yield like you do. . . but I will keep trying. Bravo John !!!!! My garden has improved tremendously, all thanks to YOU!!! Blessings,

[@jamiemcfly1671]

Great work John , Thanks for the information .

[@peterstiffins8837]

Great job John....what you do matters

[@ronszegleti6947]

Looking Good John!

[@unsaltedtomato899]

you have certainly helped me grow food for my own health (and others I talk into eating some of my food)

[@cable489]

Very cool John, thanks for the tour.

[@omarcanto312]

I learned a ton. Thanks for the motivation, I truly appreciate it. Keep on growing!

[@jonny_mazerati9410]

Omar Canto how did u learn without seeing the plants ?

[@down2one313]

you're amazing! love your videos John.

[@shananjanusch897]

Jhon thank you so much for your info.I started growing last year better crops then I did before. Greatings from the Netherlands.

[@todmun2942]

entire video was fun. Minute 40 had the variety info I have been wondering about.

[@ChristySobolewskiArtGeek]

Love this, very informative. Future tours would be even better if your camera operator would also capture the garden itself. Each time you said "as you can see" I desperately hoped for a quick pan of the area you were mentioning.

[@jonny_mazerati9410]

Exactly !

[@BusterABrown]

Another Greattt video John.

[@cannasgarden2481]

Love the concept

[@Jefferdaughter]

Mulberries fruit without males... and the leaves are edible. Mulberries fruit for a long season, depending on the variety. The taste of the leaves varies widely, so it is best to taste before you buy. Thanks for the tour, John!

[@AlASokolov]

I am Russian, and I live in a rural area, if we live in a private home goes without saying that should be near the house garden. Garden gives you a lot of very tasty vegetables, if you try the vegetables grown in your garden, any other vegetables bought at the store seem tasteless. You probably already know that in Russia, many urban residents are trying to have a dachas and grow vegetables for themselves. We previously knew nothing about organic gardening, but did everything in much the same way you do.

[@georgannecollett8047]

Thank you so much....it was great...xx

[@anthonyburdine1061]

😊 Thank you !

[@theresajukiewicz3092]

That's great!

[@desigrl7474]

John.... can you hold more classes. Id live to join in and learn. Also in lv and it would be great if you had several classes by season. I wanna go!!!!!!

[@mikemarlowe1681]

Nice garden John

[@beckderm]

Love it thank you

[@sierralebaron4616]

I'd love to see this garden in person

[@opticalriot]

I love to see the walkways topped with wood chips so they can breakdown and and create more of a humid area and a nicer look,

[@dogfight156]

great vid!

[@SKazclaw]

At 42:00 you're talking about onions. I was wondering how to grow onions from sprouting onions, so I google it. Guess what come up? YOUR video "Plant Your Sprouted Onions to Make More Onions!". Awesome!

[@jonb6903]

Ty for making this video, the only down aside I've been seeing is pictures quality

[@preppypinkcrocodile3400]

Have you checked out The Prudent Homemaker's garden? She also lives in Vegas and did the most stunning re-do of her front yard that has tons of edibles but are concealed as ornamentals. You mentioned your HOA and it reminded me of her front garden. Thought I'd pass that blog name along in case you wanted to see what she has done.

[@Jefferdaughter]

Thanks for the tip, Preppy! Richard, she has a website where her blog is posted. Also f-book (we don't support their business model of spying on people and selling their data- likes, topics of interest, contacts and 'friends', contact info... etc), and Instagram. Lot of good info available on her website.

[@NinjaBranDizzzle]

Love the information thank you! However who ever was recording did not take their focus off you for a moment. Was excited to see everything however disappointed that the camera never turned to where you were pointing. Great share!

[@EbonyMMoody]

Yes...I wanted to see all of the wonderful things in his garden in more detail too!!

[@aslmad1]

Yes and if he talks about a plant , aim camera at that plant. I I'm it's not that easy esp. If camera person doesn't know which plant

[@jackief54]

I totally agree! Very frustrating to watch as I wanted to see everything you were talking about. You really know how to captivate an audience! Maybe you can get a better camera man next time.

[@thetruckerskitchen772]

John- Love your videos and I agree alot of the mis-information about the water use in California is being deliberately done by local state and federal agencies. I agree with you that we need to move from a more "meat" based diet to a more plant base diet. With that being said, I know you like aquaponics and I do not understand why you haven't started one yet. Remember the old preachers saying, "when you are pointing your finger out, you have 3 pointing back at you. Keep up the great videos and take care.

[@biglou4452]

JOHN is the "AWESOME"😁😀😁😀

[@SonniesGardenPA]

Really nice tour John, too bad I don't live in CA.

[@teperikaetr]

I love you videos and your uniqueness. You make me laughf.

[@mamabear5289]

my tomatoes have bythe I think it's called. I am totally new at gardening and I am so intimidated. my landscape guy referred me to your site. he says you are great!

[@olesettergren27]

Very interesting, love the info you share. Please tell the cameraman next time to film what the viewer want to look at :( so frustrating not to see what you point at and talk about! Thanks anyhow!

[@JaneJohnson1951]

the thing about the onions that I found is that alternate years, they divide up - so one year you get groups of iike shallots - baby onions - but if you break those apart and plant them you get onions, but then they go back into producing heads with multi heads - bend down and start new plants - just amazing

[@muchgratitude]

Hey John, I believe the plant that grows next to your water faucet (Video time: 55:00) is call Pennywort.

[@todmun2942]

John... one thing you can do is bury a circulating tube under a pile of compost. The heat worms the tube. Free heating of your tubes.

[@st8kout1]

Hey, where's the Garden Tower you set up a few years ago, or was that at a different house? Before seeing your vids I didn't think gardening in Vegas was doable. Thank you so much. I would love to turn my barren backyard into an urban jungle like that, but I can see it's going to take a lot of work. I'm starting out with a Aerogarden like in another vid of yours, (baby steps) because I thought it was too hot here to do much outside.

[@mukunda3001]

You got nice videos. Do hot weather variety tomatoes set fruit in June July in Phoenix?

[@amynguyen7]

Wow. I like those tomato cages. They look super tall and sturdy. Where can I purchase those? thanks.

[@tonibarros757]

Arduino and some relays shield should do the job for the irrigation timming issue u are having....Very easy to do, or to find someone tha will do that for you...Keep growing brah!

[@justinhenderson7559]

I think the plant you could not remember the name of might be miners lettuce. cant tell for sure but looks like it from a distance. Incredible garden man!!

[@helendaniel1292]

That tree collard is very intriguing. Would that be suitable for the Tampa Bay area? Where can I get a few seeds?

[@mbot565]

my peppers have been on year 3 and keep going.

[@missfloflowers]

Thanks for wonderful informative tour. Azomite In Vancouver British Columbia Canada I paid $60 in June 2018. I see if I can get SpanishRiver carbonate from Canada. Worm gold castings was $50. I did buy them and also he boogie brew.

[@nikkimindek261]

I wish I could see your garden too and maybe have you show me what I could be doing better with my small garden ;-/

[@robertm4050]

John, with you being in Nevada and all the water issues you have going on out there, are you running into issues? It seems if you had a sea of green that a lot of people would have some issue with that, regardless of how much attention you give to water use. I dig a lot of your ideas about gardening and eating.

[@w.gunther2016]

Your awesome

[@wendyriddell5529]

Didt no you had a little dog hope we get to see him one day on your video one day great vides thank you

[@floresnjose57]

Also according to Paul Gautschi from "Back to Eden Garden" Wood chips also balance your PH of your soil to plant any kind of tree or vegetable , .

[@pandaamachine]

They also mess with your acidity and promote fungal dominance

[@girlysuperville2838]

Hi John there's a flower in your garden with a small purple flower what is the name of the plant love watching your videos thank you

[@amynguyen7]

Northern CA to Las Vegas and now where are you? What's best for you as far as gardening goes?

[@intuitiveinspiredart4366]

I'm "local" and I would love to see your garden in person, once this whole virus thing is over.... OOXXOO Linda

[@Handles-R-Lame]

Hey there!! (Sorry kinda random) but...just wanna say i really like the artwork you did on ur channel!! Looks really psychedelic, im digging it! Imma have to give it a try one day lol.. Stay safe and happy gardening! ✌👨‍🌾🍅

[@intuitiveinspiredart4366]

@@Handles-R-Lame Thank you. Still doing art, but not filming it. I've phased into watercolor again. Garden is going well though, small as it is. Where do you garden?

[@Carterofmars]

I see you like Dr. Earth. I'm new to growing, but Dr. Earth is all I'm using. Question: when is it good to use DR EARTH 1015 Bud/Bloom Booster? I don't want to use to early.

[@441rider]

What is the most heat generating compost I want to run hot tubes through it in winter inside the greenhouse.

[@icebob8555]

I’m trying to absorb this .Second time watching

[@DahjerCanaan]

Roughly 16x24 in my backyard there's this spot where at one time my septic tank broke (we fixed it since then, it was there before we bought this house from previous owners) but since then there has been a sort of swampy gross area that is just nasty. I was wondering if you have any idea on how to clean that up? I've been considering just digging up another part of my yard to cover it up with dirt or digging up the swampy mess and having it removed, but it would leave a pit or a dip in the ground making it uneven. Or would getting some kind of machinery, whatever it's called, to suck/pump up all the sludge be a better option? I'm not sure how much all of this would cost so I'm posting here weighing my options and you're the first person that came to mind to ask for advice for any tips, so I was wondering what you have to say about this? We've mostly just left the area alone and ignored it for the most part, but I've been recently looking in to getting a job and saving up to take care of this problem. edit: And I know that this comment is totally unrelated to this video but I didn't think it could hurt to ask.

[@umgadan]

Wow 35 dollars for water, my mom was saying it would be more expansive since it's in the desert. I have to show her the new video. What you think of the EarthShip houses Also nice garden. :)

[@MIgardener]

John, quick question. Why don't you like eating onions, or talk about them all that much?

[@woopthereitis8954]

its probably because he usually eats raw, raw onions are not to tasty. BUT.. when you add chopped onions in tacos. Mmm...

[@dolanfrum2558]

Hi John. Just want to know if you're into Korean farming, like using IMO, FPJ, OHN, etc in your garden? I'm a new subscriber here...

[@BigAlSparks]

8:57..... yeah their kinda poppin out, slap them back in there John!!! lmao

[@Dyshof]

John why can't you grow any greens in the summer? There are planty of tropical greens, aren't there? Basella alba, Mizuna, Chaya....

[@derpherpp]

What's the weather like over there. I thought lettuces are cold weather crop

[@vanhalenman60]

damn you california i planted 15 tomatoes, and 30 peppers based on our weather, well we get 3 days of rain and a extreme windy day a week after that. the water softened them, and the wind destroyed them.

[@woopthereitis8954]

sorry

[@vanhalenman60]

yeah, i live in the san bernardino mountains though so it gets super windy sometimes. it wasnt the ind alone, it was all the branches the wind picked up.

[@daverocks295]

BigNastyreborn that sucks! All my plants survived that messy weather in Sacramento, but the weather has continuously ruined my schedule this season. Sending positive vibes your way! Hope you replant and enjoy a bountiful harvest.

[@RustyBobbins]

You need a growing tunnel.

[@floresnjose57]

Wood chips is different to mulch , The Vegan Athlete use wood chips Also Paul Gautschi , from "Back to Eden Garden" also recommend wood chips , not mulch.

[@Dan-op7zc]

You should offer gardening classes, and critque that persons garden

[@jola8601]

I've been looking for aschitaba plant I may have spelled it wrong , but u have mentioned it in one of ur video . Where can I get it? I do believe on its medical/ herbal use . Thanks!

[@kathynix6552]

I had same problem- Just found it on google. It’s called . (Angelica Meiske)

[@lindad5974]

What do you do with all that you grow?

[@DoktorWahrheit]

Hi John, I think you really have some days, where you're enjoying to do videos; but you also got some days where you're pissed off by doing videos. This Video seems to be from the second category :-) Kind regards.

[@HealthBizToday]

In the past you mentioned fiverr if I have a question. I do and wanted to contribute. What is the link? (could not find it) Question is: I am planing on going off the grid with my vegetables. (no store bought in about 2 months) I got got plenty of vegetables going but need more fruits (short growing cycle and long growing cycle). Any ideas?

[@mieliav]

it is a pity that the camera stayed on the speaker. it would've been far more interesting to see the plants he is talking about!

[@tammyfriesen7272]

right!

[@donnawillson2618]

John the king of orgañic gardens. I heard tomato's and eggplant was in the nightshade family! What's your take oñ that,

[@Timerooy]

Guys, are perlite and vermiculite Organic?

[@IronBitch-SapphireandIron]

whats up with all the bags of soil?

[@Jefferdaughter]

Native wolfberries may do better in Vegas than the closely related gojiberry from China. They can be found growing wild in many areas of the west. Worth a try, eh?

[@joannadorothy]

John, my dear. You need to watch or maybe even visit Back To Eden Garden. It is in California. Videos are on KZbin. The man grows the garden for years and he uses wood chips to create alive soil. I do disagree with you that wood chips do take nutrience from the soil.

[@susantow4632]

Hi, I wish you could sell me some ashitaba plants. and Chinese sunchoke roots . enjoy watching you videos Thanks Susan

[@Shawn-iq5dp]

Susan Tow Check out his fiverr page. He sells seeds from time to time - www.fiverr.com/groworganic

[@Patricia_562]

Hey John! I have learned a lot from your channel. However, I am very disappointed that you cannot recommend the AQUAJET. I am the owner of it as well. I don't have any issues with my AQUAJET. The fact that you can't recommended it but, your still using it is sorta of mind baffling to me. Obviously, the product is working look what you have grow with it.. The AQUAJET might I add has also been featured as a water saving product that channel 7 news here in SOCAL featured recently. That AQUAJET owner didn't seem to have any issues with it either. So what's up? Have you contacted the owner to fix the supposed issues? Why don't you do a video on that instead of trying to kill an amazing product. It just doesn't add up.

[@donnybowers7832]

E's tweakin'

[@girlywhirly1888]

You need to design that water system and sell it:)

[@devintran9884]

Wranglerstar's brother?

[@packleader1215]

It's difficult to see below

[@jonny_mazerati9410]

Couldn’t see the plants 🌱 🤔🤔who filmed this