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Planning Your Garden

13:19

Planning Your Garden

Kayla from the Compost Education Center teaching us about soil, choosing what crops to grow, crop rotation and companion gardening to attract beneficial insects. Check out the Compost Education Centre - https://www.compost.bc.ca/ For more great gardening videos and resources - https://www.growingfood-together.com/

Transforming Your Lawn Into A Garden

18:59

Transforming Your Lawn Into A Garden

Jesse, owner of Mason St. City Farm, outlines some techniques on turning over your lawn into a garden, including: lasagna gardening, sheet mulching, double digging and using tarps, as well as talking about wireworms and the risks of planting certain crops in your newly converted lawn. Find more great gardening resources at: https://www.growingfood-together.com To find out more about The City of Victoria's leaf mulch program: https://www.victoria.ca/EN/main/residents/parks/leaf-collection.html

Soil Types

03:40

Soil Types

In this short video, soil particle types clay and sand are demonstrated and explained in the context of gardening. Find more great gardening resources at: https://www.growingfood-together.com

Composting & Mulching

08:27

Composting & Mulching

Learn about composting and mulching your garden with Kayla from the Compost Education Centre. This video is brought to you by Growing Together. A collaborative initiative aimed to support growers through the pandemic and beyond. Check out www.growingfood-together.com

How to Make a Basic Deer Fence

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How to Make a Basic Deer Fence

Gary MacDougall, from Grow the Food You Love, shows us one way to construct a basic, cost effective deer fence for your garden! Find more great gardening resources at: http://growingfood-together.com/

Climate Change & Gardening

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Climate Change & Gardening

This video by professor and botanist Dr. Richard Hebda looks at ways to mitigate and adapt to climate change within your garden. He specifically focuses on water managed landscape techniques, techniques for preparing excellent soils, the advantages of diverse and dense plantings, and the (numerous) benefits of mulch! For more great gardening resources: www.growingfood-together.com

Watering Tips

09:51

Watering Tips

In this Top 10 Tips for watering your plants video, gardener Jen Rashleigh outlines tips for watering in transplants, seeds and tips like what plants like water on their leaves and which don't! More great gardening resources at: www.growingfood-together.com

Transplanting Your Seedlings

08:51

Transplanting Your Seedlings

This video is brought to you by Growing Together. A collaborative initiative aimed to support growers through the pandemic and beyond. Check out www.growingfood-together.com

Fertilizing Your Garden

09:23

Fertilizing Your Garden

For episode 14 of our Growing Together video series, Christina from The Organic Gardener's Pantry gives us the low down on fertilizers! Christina walks us through the differences between organic and synthetic fertilizers as well as when to use them. From liquid fish fertilizer to organic fertilizers, Christina covers all the best fertilizers for your garden! Find more great gardening resources at: https://www.growingfood-together.com #growingtogether #growingfood #localfood #gardening #garden #victoria #fertilizing #seedlings

Sharing Your Garden With Urban Wildlife

06:20

Sharing Your Garden With Urban Wildlife

Erica, Program Naturalist at the Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary shares some tips on how you can improve your garden to share the space with urban wildlife, improving the ecological balance in your garden. Creating habitat for garter snakes, for example, helps to keep your slug population down, and encouraging bats helps to keep the mosquitos away! Find more great gardening resources at : https://www.growingfood-together.com

Boulevard Gardening

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Boulevard Gardening

Thinking of starting a Boulevard Garden? Check out this video for all the information about what you should consider, guidelines and tips! Find more information about Boulevard Gardening in the City of Victoria here: https://www.victoria.ca/EN/main/residents/parks/boulevards-program/Boulevard-gardening.html and here: https://streetgreens.com Find more great gardening resources: www.growingfood-together.com

Container Gardening Tips

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Container Gardening Tips

Ashley and Jess from TOPSOIL (https://www.topsoileatlocal.com) discuss container gardening: what to fill your containers with, things to consider, and what to plant! For more great gardening resources: https://www.growingfood-together.com

Urban Gardening - Tips on Growing in Small Spaces

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Urban Gardening - Tips on Growing in Small Spaces

Urban gardener Karla Gonzalez shares some tips on companion planting in small spaces. For more great gardening resources: www.growingfood-together.com

Companion Planting

04:14

Companion Planting

Some ideas for companion planting for crop protection, pest control and pollination, from Willow, Garden Manager at the Government House's Victory Over COVID Garden. Find more suggestions for companion planting at West Coast Seeds: https://www.westcoastseeds.com/blogs/garden-wisdom/companion-planting See more great gardening resources at: www.growingfood-together.com

Tomato Trellising and Suckering

04:58

Tomato Trellising and Suckering

In episode 15 of our Growing Together video series, one of our team members, Lisa, walks us through the ins and outs of tomato trellising and suckering! Lisa tells us all about the differences between determinate and indeterminate tomato plants and how to best support their growth! For more great gardening resources: www.growingfood-together.com

Zucchini Pollination

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Zucchini Pollination

For episode 17 of our Growing Together video series on container-gardening zucchinis, Lisa from Growing Together shows us how to tell the difference between male and female flowers and how to self-pollinate your zucchini plants if they are not getting adequate pollination. See more great gardening resources at: www.growingfood-together.com

Harvesting: Zucchinis, Cucumbers, Peas, Beans and Root Crops!

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Harvesting: Zucchinis, Cucumbers, Peas, Beans and Root Crops!

In episode 18 of our Growing Together video series, Syd from the UVic Campus Community Garden shows us some tips on harvesting crops such as zucchinis, cucumbers, peas, beans and root crops! See more great gardening resources at: https://www.growingfood-together.com

Gardening with Native Plants

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Gardening with Native Plants

W̱SANEC Elder Earl Claxton Jr., Sarah Jim, PEPAKIYE, and Judith Lyn Arney from PEPÁḴEṈ HÁUTW̱ Food Systems Education Foundation teach us about seeding a native plant meadow, planting Thimbleberries, Devil's Club and the importance of leaf mulch! More great gardening resources: https://www.growingfood-together.com

Stewarding Pollinators

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Stewarding Pollinators

🐝 Happy Native Pollinator Week! 🐝 To celebrate, we're excited to share this video from the Pollinator Partnership Canada's Youth Pollinator Leadership Team where they present some tips on how to steward our native pollinators! You can find more great gardening resources at: www.growingfood-together.com #nativepollinatorweek #pollination #nativepollinators #growingtogether #growingfoodtogether #growingfood #foodsecurity #foodsovereignty #localfood #gardening #garden #localfood #savethebees

Tips for Fall / Winter Gardening

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Tips for Fall / Winter Gardening

In episode 19 of our Growing Together Video Series, Lisa Furfaro from the BC Eco Seed Coop walks us through many great considerations and tips for gardening in the fall and winter here on the coast! Check out the City of Victoria's Get Growing, Victoria August 14 - 29th plant distribution schedule: https://www.victoria.ca/EN/main/residents/parks/growing-in-the-city.html Find more great gardening resources at: www.growingfood-together.com

Seed Saving for beginners!

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Seed Saving for beginners!

There are so many great reasons to save your own seeds, not only does this give you fresh and free seeds but by saving seeds from your best plants you help those plants adapt to your climate! Check out this video for lots of tips on how to save seeds from some the easier plant varieties: lettuce, beans, peas and tomatoes, as well as some great general considerations when saving seeds! More great gardening resources at: www.growingfood-together.com

Other Great Videos

Growing Together Videos

Pruning Basil

02:07

Pruning Basil

Learn how to prune your Basil Plant to promote more growth

How To Harvest Kale

00:30

How To Harvest Kale

Learn how to harvest kale with the cut-and-come again method for continual harvests and maximum production.

Maximize Harvesting Lettuce With The Cut and Come Again Method

03:58

Maximize Harvesting Lettuce With The Cut and Come Again Method

We put a lot of time into our gardens, so let's make sure we get the most out of our greens! Lettuce, spinach, mustard greens, and many other leafy veggies can be harvested many times over using the cut and come again method. As long as you don't damage the growing tip or "crown" of the plant, you're in good shape. Either take scissors and chop off the outer, mature leaves, or come in with a high-quality and SHARP chef's knife and slice off just above the crown. This method makes harvesting mustard greens and all sorts of other 'odd' greens a breeze as well, so don't discriminate! IN THE VIDEO → J.A. Henckels 8" Chef's Knife: https://amzn.to/2qTfbj0 → Fiskars Softouch Micro-Tip Pruning Snips: https://amzn.to/2FebKHN SUPPORT EPIC GARDENING → Shop: https://growepic.co/shop → Seeds: https://growepic.co/botanicalinterests LEARN MORE → All Our Channels: https://growepic.co/youtube → Blog: https://growepic.co/blog → Podcast: https://growepic.co/podcasts → Discord: https://growepic.co/discord → Instagram: https://growepic.co/insta → TikTok: https://growepic.co/tiktok → Pinterest: https://growepic.co/pinterest → Twitter: https://growepic.co/twitter → Facebook: https://growepic.co/facebook → FB Group: https://growepic.co/fbgroup DISCLAIMER Epic Gardening occasionally links to goods or services offered by vendors to help you find the best products to care for plants. Some of these may be affiliate links, meaning we earn a small commission if items are purchased. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. More info on our process: https://www.epicgardening.com/disclaimer/

How To Grow An Organic Vegetable Garden: Episode 2: Soil

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How To Grow An Organic Vegetable Garden: Episode 2: Soil

The foundation for any healthy, successful and bountiful harvest is the soil in which the plants grow! No doubt soil can be a pretty complex subject, in fact, some people do their masters degrees in the science of it, but in this episode, we break down some of the basics to encourage healthy soil for your veggies to live in and love! www.Victorygardensvancouver.ca Video by Simon Redekop Director of Photography Peter Hagge Music & Sound Design James Watkins Intro Titles by Dan Sioui and Eric Wada Intro Titles Music and Sound Design Adam Fulton Special thanks to the Co-operators and the awesome Victory Gardens team!

Planting Your Fruit Tree - Tips for Success

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Planting Your Fruit Tree - Tips for Success

In this video, produced in collaboration with the Vic West Food Security Collective, Tayler explains best practices for planting your fruit tree. In anything but extremely well-drained clay, you are going to want to plant on a small mound. In heavier, wetter clay, a large mound may be necessary if other drainage improvements are not possible.

Preparing garden to plant lettuce

06:23

Preparing garden to plant lettuce

One way to prep and plant seeds in a garden

Planting Lettuce

01:08

Planting Lettuce

Make your own pot (and planting peppers!)

04:16

Make your own pot (and planting peppers!)

Syd explains how to make pots from buckets, talks about soil composition, and planting pepper plants.

Planting Zucchini

01:57

Planting Zucchini

This video demonstrates a simple planting technique that works for Zucchini plants and most plants that like heavier, nutrient rich soil.

How to Plant Beans

00:58

How to Plant Beans

Learn how to plant beans from seeds! Summary: 1) Choose seeds for Beans. 2) Space 4 per square foot. 3) Place 1 seed per spacing. 4) Cover lightly with soil.

Thinning radishes

02:42

Thinning radishes

Why and how to thin veggie seeds after they sprout

Interplanting Technique to Get MORE Harvests Out of the SAME Space

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Interplanting Technique to Get MORE Harvests Out of the SAME Space

When growing in small spaces, getting high yield crops out of small spaces is key. Interplanting, also known as intercropping (and in some circles companion planting, but that's a subject for another video), is a fantastic way to squeeze more harvests out of the same space: 1. Consider planting 'understory' plants under your tall veggies like tomatoes, corn etc. 2. Also consider planting quick-season crops between long-season crops, so long as their root systems won't disrupt growth too much. 3. Finally, consider 'merging seasons' by starting fall crops as the summer ones are finishing off, or throwing one last batch of spring crops in between your summer starts. IN THIS VIDEO → Birdies Round Tall Metal Bed: https://growepic.co/48wSraO SUPPORT EPIC GARDENING → Shop: https://growepic.co/shop → Seeds: https://growepic.co/botanicalinterests LEARN MORE → All Our Channels: https://growepic.co/youtube → Blog: https://growepic.co/blog → Podcast: https://growepic.co/podcasts → Discord: https://growepic.co/discord → Instagram: https://growepic.co/insta → TikTok: https://growepic.co/tiktok → Pinterest: https://growepic.co/pinterest → Twitter: https://growepic.co/twitter → Facebook: https://growepic.co/facebook → FB Group: https://growepic.co/fbgroup DISCLAIMER Epic Gardening occasionally links to goods or services offered by vendors to help you find the best products to care for plants. Some of these may be affiliate links, meaning we earn a small commission if items are purchased. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. More info on our process: https://www.epicgardening.com/disclaimer/

Backyard Composting Basics

01:57

Backyard Composting Basics

A two minute crash course in making compost to nourish your gardens! #composting #gardening #organic #organicgardening #growyourownfood #soil #soilhealth #foodwaste #wastediversion #health #environment #foodsecurity #urbanfoodtable #pandemic #food #backyard

Composting & Mulching

08:27

Composting & Mulching

Learn about composting and mulching your garden with Kayla from the Compost Education Centre. This video is brought to you by Growing Together. A collaborative initiative aimed to support growers through the pandemic and beyond. Check out www.growingfood-together.com

Soil Types

03:40

Soil Types

In this short video, soil particle types clay and sand are demonstrated and explained in the context of gardening. Find more great gardening resources at: https://www.growingfood-together.com

Why Wood Chips Belong in Your Garden

02:55

Why Wood Chips Belong in Your Garden

How To Grow An Organic Vegetable Garden: Episode 2: Soil

05:33

How To Grow An Organic Vegetable Garden: Episode 2: Soil

The foundation for any healthy, successful and bountiful harvest is the soil in which the plants grow! No doubt soil can be a pretty complex subject, in fact, some people do their masters degrees in the science of it, but in this episode, we break down some of the basics to encourage healthy soil for your veggies to live in and love! www.Victorygardensvancouver.ca Video by Simon Redekop Director of Photography Peter Hagge Music & Sound Design James Watkins Intro Titles by Dan Sioui and Eric Wada Intro Titles Music and Sound Design Adam Fulton Special thanks to the Co-operators and the awesome Victory Gardens team!

How To Grow An Organic Vegetable Garden: Episode 1: Planning

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How To Grow An Organic Vegetable Garden: Episode 1: Planning

When people ask us how to be successful in their gardens, our answer is unequivocally, without a doubt, always: Planning! There are many considerations when it comes to what to grow and in this episode, you will discover some of the basics on how to plan for a productive and bountiful season! www.Victorygardensvancouver.ca Video by Simon Redekop Director of Photography Peter Hagge Music & Sound Design James Watkins Intro Titles by Dan Sioui and Eric Wada Intro Titles Music and Sound Design Adam Fulton Special thanks to the Co-operators and the awesome Victory Gardens team!

How To Grow An Organic Vegetable Garden: Episode 4: Winter Gardening

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How To Grow An Organic Vegetable Garden: Episode 4: Winter Gardening

In this episode, we cover some winter gardening basics, so you can grow food all year round! This video covers: the region we live in, winter vs. overwinter gardening, timing, planning and crop rotation, appropriate varieties to grow, and how to keep your veggies warm over winter using mulch, floating row cover and hoop houses. www.Victorygardensvancouver.ca Video by Simon Redekop Director of Photography Peter Hagge Location Sound Penelope Walcott, Kiran Mukkavilli Music & Sound Design James Watkins Intro Titles by Dan Sioui and Eric Wada Intro Titles Music and Sound Design Adam Fulton Special thanks to the Co-operators and the awesome Victory Gardens team!

How to: Read a planting chart

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How to: Read a planting chart

Join Syd as they teach you how to read a planting chart! It will help you know when to start your seeds and how they should be started (indoors, outdoors, when to transplant, etc.) Like, comment and subscribe for more!!! Here's a link to the West Coast Seeds Planting chart: https://www.westcoastseeds.com/pages/regional-planting-charts Happy Planting :)

Integrated Permaculture Systems on a 1/10th Acre Urban Lot - Victoria, BC

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Integrated Permaculture Systems on a 1/10th Acre Urban Lot - Victoria, BC

In this video we wanted to share an inspiring tour of our good friends' Chris & Susannah Adam's family home. On a 1/10th acre, they, along with their children, raise chickens, quail, ducks, rabbits, fruit trees, intensive annual gardens and have the best two-storey living willow structures we've ever sat in! Once a vegan, Chris now finds himself raising meat with compassion as part of an integrated front-yard fertility system for mixed vegetable & fruit production. This conscious food/animal rearing choice is not a prescription for everyone, but is made using an ethical & ecological lens that works for his family. He introduced us to the words of Kahlil Gibrán: “When you kill a beast, say to him in your heart. By the same power that slays you, I too am slain, and I too shall be consumed. For the law that delivers you into my hand shall deliver me into a mightier hand. Your blood and my blood is naught but the sap that feeds the tree of heaven.” Enjoy the tour and hopefully you will get some ideas for your yard too!

Why Backyard Chickens & Compost Belong Together

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Why Backyard Chickens & Compost Belong Together

Chickens & compost systems are a perfect match of needs & yields. Chickens scratch, aerate, and speed up the decomposition process. Kitchen scraps and garden waste provide food for backyard chickens. With careful design, they can live together in a mutually beneficial system that will also benefit your garden!

Early July - Transitioning Your Garden for Year Round Harvest - Victoria, BC

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Early July - Transitioning Your Garden for Year Round Harvest - Victoria, BC

Check out our garden in early July! We've already harvested, eaten, fermented & dried so many diverse spring crops, but now its time to think about the fall/winter garden. Solara discusses the transition to winter vegetable crops that happens in July. July is the time to plant thing like: carrots, kohlrabi, broccoli, cabbage, onions and more.Check out the "West Coast Seeds Winter Garden Planting Chart" online for specific planting dates: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0011/2341/8172/files/SM120_2019-Fall-Winter-Guide_Final.pdf?4716

Living Bio-Filters: Using a Micro Wetland to Filter Your Rainwater - Backyard Permaculture Ideas

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Living Bio-Filters: Using a Micro Wetland to Filter Your Rainwater - Backyard Permaculture Ideas

This video is an overview of our small but effective backyard rainwater catchment system. Inspired by the living roof systems we've seen and helped to install with Gord & Ann Baird of Eco-Sense (www.eco-sense.ca), this little wetland doubles as a filter and first flush diverter. It also looks cool when the wetland plants are at their most active! Because we are renters on less than 1/10th of an acre, having massive cisterns that we can't easily move doesn't fit our context. Also, we have a very reliable and sustainable municipal water system than can take care of summer irrigation needs. This small tank, however, can easily take care of all of our outdoor fall, winter and spring irrigation needs, while it is constantly being replenished. Those needs include drinking water for the hens, greenhouse watering, fertigation of the garden with liquid fertilizers, compost tea sprays, and hand watering young seedlings and pots. It also doubles as emergency preparedness as it can be filtered through our Big Berky Filter for drinking water.

Preserve the Harvest - Fermentation Tips To Get You Started!

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Preserve the Harvest - Fermentation Tips To Get You Started!

July brings true abundance in the edible landscape. But fresh eating vegetables and fruit is only a small part of food resiliency. What about January, March, April? By filling the larder through summer, you can ensure nutritious food during tougher times in the garden. While canning is ok option, it is more involved and energy intensive than fermentation, which actually preserves and enhances the nutritional profile of garden vegetables. There are many cultures with deep and rich traditions of fermentation, from Korea, to Japan, China and many more. Have a look at some of the simple things we make in summer for winter enjoyment! Leave your favourite recipes in the comments!

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