John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you how he grows food over his concrete driveway in a wine barrel container garden. He wants to show you that you CAN grow food over concrete. You just need some containers to hold the soil. Growing over concrete can have some advantages over growing in the soil as he will discuss.
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Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us…You know more than anyone I have ever talked to about gardening. I've learned so much from you and have changed the way I eat. I have expanded my garden with new species of veggies and just love it. I even put up two hoophouses and a greenhouse so I can garden earlier and later in the season here in south central Pa.. Thanks so much and I'll keep on growing for sure!
"Red Celery. What'll they think of next?" lol
Thanks for another great video, John. 😀
A tip on the deep type of containers like the wine barrels. I fill the bottom with glass containers, jelly jars, sauce jars, olive oil jars etc. With things that don't have a deep root zone this helps to save on fill for the container. I ask friends and neighbors to save jars for me also. For non edibles I will use plastic bottles like laundry soap, shampoo's etc.
@JarheadPatriot0311 Hi! I have a place like this at my homestead. You can actually grow lettuces in full shade. You can also set up a sprouting station, where you sprout seeds for eating. There are also mushrooms that you can grow outside in a shaded area. Good luck!
You the man
I have a strange question for you, why are you not using your garage. Its very strange. Is that were you have the specail plants 😉 lolololol.
john you look like you're in early 30s. Does eating A variety of green affects outward appearence?
Where do you get the wine barrels from?
@JarheadPatriot0311 Experiment with some different salad leaves – rocket, different types of lettuce, spinach, mizuna and other leaves MIGHT grow OK depending on ambient light and the variety you use.
Craigslist. You can also check with local hardware stores or nurseries in your area.
absolutely. You are what you eat.. or more appropriately absorb.. I strive to eat foods that put the least "load" on my body, so I can be a clean running "machine". I made significant dietary changes about 16 years ago, which keep me young. You watch one VERY large part of that here on this channel.. Grow your own food.. Eat as MUCH as you can of it! (But dont unsustainably harvest!) Juice it, blend it, and eat it as salads!
Depends on a few factors. how deep your bed is. also what plants you are planting. In the summer time, dont plant "cold" season crops – lettuce. If you plant things like cucumbers, melons and cucumbers, it will probably work very well. I might built it a bit taller than I normally would than if I was over grass..
No special plants. I only grow legal plants. One day I hope to grow hemp, which I believe should be legal now, but it too closely resembles Cannabis. What does most people use their garage for these days? Storage..
see youtube.com/watch?v=UxMobKcmnmw
Im not sure the question. Are you asking about hybridized "fruit"? In my believe all plants are hybrids including fruit. Either nature (slower) or man (faster) has bred qualities that are desired. So the "hybrid" myth that some people talk about is not a valid point in my opinion, of course, I do agree with eating as much "wild foods" and thats why I grow things like mallow, miners lettuce, chickweed, purslane and magenta spreen lambsquarters.
good idea – Im checking craigs list for any wine barrels in my area rightnow
Oh no! I am going to be watching these videos for hours! GREAT information. Thank you!
@growingyourgreens I figured it would be storage. Sooner or later you will be able to grow them and use them for medical reasons as well as the hemp, North and south of the border. Its just got to take one polictial figure to make it ok and take all the lies and negativity away from the plant. After all it is just a plant, and not a man made chemical.
how do you spell what sounds like "marshay" the buttery, lettuce like green? I would like to try growing it, but I can't even spell it close enough to find it on google to look for seeds!
Potatoes grow really well in any container. Never thought to do it in the driveway….lol!
mache also called corn salad
Hey John ol' buddy, your enthusiam is totally contagious,…but on a note of that red celery,…isn't it a bit spindly,…the celery bought in the supermarket, is big and chunky and when ya bite into the stalk its sooooooooYUMMY CRISPY,…so smaller is actually better than bigger?!! Thumbs up to ya and thankin' ya for the COOL UPLOAD! = )
One thing that I have learned about growing food at home is that you always dont get "perfect" looking produce, or produce that looks the same as store-bought. I have experimented with growing celery, and it just doesnt turn out like the store.. It turns out better.. more flavor… despite the heads being smaller.. In addition, "Biggest" is not always best. Some heirloom varieties were not grown for "largeness" but for flavor, taste and other characteristics.
It really isn't that easy; unless you don't have drip irrigation system, growing in containers is a really bad idea. it's a lot of work everyday, and plants will always be worse looking and tasting than the ones from proper garden soil. I've learned it the hard way 🙁
Ever used smart pots????
Very good ideas!