Fred Detwiler, from http://www.plantsmartliving.com/, discusses the latest in Plant-Smart Living.
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Fred has been an avid gardener for over 25+ years–gradually growing and expanding his organic garden, to where it is now, during that time. He has been a general contractor, owning his own contracting business (Detwiler Builders), for over 40+ years.
Now 60 years old, since he adopted a whole-food, plant-based (WFPB) lifestyle in 2012, Fred has lost 60+ pounds of fat, lowered his cholesterol to 129 mg/dL (from the high 200’s) and lowered his blood pressure to 110/70.
He takes absolutely no medications.
He can help you do the same through his practical gardening tips and ideas, his comprehensive ‘how-to’ and DIY project videos, as well as, his helpful advice on how to live a ‘Plant-Smart’ lifestyle!
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11 Comments
Looking great as always, its been so hot here lately, im still waiting for my tomatoes to produce the 1st green toms, tons of flowers on them, 5 feet tall
Thanks, just love Swiss chard! Have never grown mine so large. Looks great.
I love your videos so relaxing, I just subbed!!
i love swiss chard! they do very well in balcony boxes too. our weeks was very hot too. Many lovely greetings from germany
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Hey Fred, nice video, How do you control insects ? Thanks
I planted bright lights this year but think I’ll try planting some of the giants next year 😃
You have by far the best garden on YouTube 👍🏻😁
That is some of the largest chard I have ever seen! I agree that fordhook is the best variety, it grows and produces throughout most winters and summers in NC providing greens year round.
you indicated that you don:t have to plant the whole package of seeds in the season. how long can you keep the seeds before plant? two or more seasons? if so how do you store the seeds?
Love your focus on all natural, plant-based eating and growing Fred! I'm 100% on board with that and as my hubby and I are heading into our 60's, we are both healthy with lots of energy. We grow our own greens too but because we live on a mountainside I made "Edible Art Towers" which are basically 30 gallon barrels made into vertical grow towers and also have some in grow bags on racks on my driveway because that's where the sun in our yard is. I've never heard of using alfalfa pellets before so I googled it and came up with this article and recipe from Rodale Institute. I found it very interesting. Are the pellets the only thing you use besides compost?
https://rodaleinstitute.org/blog/diy-alfalfa-fertilizer-for-higher-yields/