Urban Gardening & Aquaponics in Oakland Grows the Health of the Community
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to West Oakland to show you how the non-profit People’s Grocery is building the health of th…
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Ooh did you just find some ideal companion plants? 😉
Some great initiatives, locally (where people are hungry) the councils grow flowers everywhere. Clearly they should be growing crops like this…. Food for thought.. regards as always
MedicalCannabisSpain
March 7, 2013 at 10:24 pm
You make me laugh munching on everything. You not afraid of aphids or slug juice?
Avis McDaniel
March 7, 2013 at 11:09 pm
juice them
AdamBerkeley
March 8, 2013 at 12:01 am
Stinging nettles grow wild all around me. Had no idea they were edible. I get poked a lot by them when I go hiking and they even invade my front yard from time to time.
– Heidi
blackcat2enterprises
March 8, 2013 at 12:05 am
Hi, I was wondering if you know what chemtrails are. They are featured in the film “What in the world are they spraying?” which exposes Monsanto’s plans to destroy all natural crops and replace them with their own GMO crops and chemtrails is one of the means they use to achieve this goal. Where I live in NC we are bombarded with around 20 chemtrails per day which has killed most of my plants. Do you have any suggestions on how to protect our gardens from them other than by building greenhouses?
dgc3163
March 8, 2013 at 12:06 am
check out Turtle Lake Refuge site here on YT, my most favorite spot, think it would be nice to be living there. Raw food restaurant recepies.
nerinaodistre
March 8, 2013 at 12:58 am
hi,John ,I am chinese ,very interest in useful plant species also very interest in all your videos ,lots of plants you talking about I don’t how to spell it,can you list their names in the about? thanks
seizoiz
March 8, 2013 at 1:20 am
This guy is my hero!
madx24
March 8, 2013 at 1:44 am
please see
watch?v=IJeBvn8LEA0
my episode on tropicals in SoCal.
growingyourgreens
March 8, 2013 at 1:48 am
Many times dandelions sold in stores (and some markets) is really chickory. Another thing is when you eat dandelions, pick them when they are younger, more tender, and more tasty. That being said, they are still significantly stronger than lettuce. I have learned to like more leafy greens as I eat more of them, your taste buds may actually change when eating more natural foods. Also grow them in rock dust and pick them fresh.
growingyourgreens
March 8, 2013 at 2:06 am
Good suggestion. And if he does, I hope he finds an operation that uses organic and permaculture techniques (if any even exist). Nearly every grow op I’ve seen featured (or can find info about online) is monoculture and using a lot of conventional products (i.e., fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, etc.). Would be nice to see if there are growers out there who use intercropping/permaculture approaches vs. more conventional practices.
cantecleer
March 8, 2013 at 2:45 am
plz go to a mmj grow op. and thanks
bombgroove80
March 8, 2013 at 3:31 am
Please do more trees about tropicals, especially tropical fruit trees that are growing in SoCal, check tropical fruit forums and go to La hambra they have many tropical fruit trees growing there
Karan Sidhu
March 8, 2013 at 4:11 am
nice vid John! welcome to Oakland –now come back this way to Berkeley where I live!
ghostchaser13
March 8, 2013 at 4:56 am
Love those raised beds on the sidewalk. Wonder who does the watering? Does the irrigation piping they have stretch that far over the fence?
GrowVeg
March 8, 2013 at 5:02 am
Thanks for sharing 🙂
rzashida
March 8, 2013 at 5:03 am
Thank you I will google today!!
rzashida
March 8, 2013 at 5:48 am
I made dandelion salad and they were good. Some greens can be more bitter and changed the tastes after boiled.
hupmi
March 8, 2013 at 5:59 am
Yes, I think you’re right! Rau Răm (Persicaria odorata) is used in Vietnamese cuisine as a spicy mint, also for medicinal purposes.
hupmi
March 8, 2013 at 6:16 am
peace
NotofThisworld333
March 8, 2013 at 6:49 am
That plant looks like something i have except it was called Vietnamese Mint. it had a hot spicy taste. very nice taste though.
steviebboy69
March 8, 2013 at 7:07 am
hahaha!! John eating those nettles made me lol!
redirises
March 8, 2013 at 7:33 am
Man you get around
TATTOOTRAINING
March 8, 2013 at 8:07 am
Cilantro rids heavy metals from the body, too!
TheEndeavoringFamily
March 8, 2013 at 8:50 am
I think I saw that you have to eat the dandelion greens young. If they get too old, they get bitter. There are probably different species of dandelion as well.
alan30189
March 8, 2013 at 8:58 am