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Plastic organic?

Honestly I wouldn't have thought it was such a bad thing, but plastics in our consumption chains are a plague.

Anyway, 55 minute vid from a true organic grower who does it the real way:

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Hugh Kent | How The USDA Supports Bad Agriculture | 167 - Organic Consumers

April 17, 2024 | Source: YouTube | by Real Organic Project 167: Dave Chapman visits Real Organic blueberry farmer Hugh Kent at his biodiverse King Grove Farm in central Florida, to discuss the takeover of the US
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And just another example of how government bureaucracies (USDA) are lying liars and cheating cheaters.
 
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Woohoo, you’re in! 🥳

Thank you for your interest in the 8th Annual Superfood Garden Summit! As someone who has some experience, you already know the time you will save by learning from garden experts who had to learn these things the hard way. 😱 We’re so glad that you’ve taken this big step forward for your health and your taste buds! This summit is a perfect place to learn ways to build on what you have already learned to get even better results! Get ready to embrace all the knowledge, tips and inspiration coming your way!

Our 8th Annual Superfood Garden Summit starts May 14th! Each day’s episode will go live at 10am PT / 1pm ET, and you will be able to watch alongside other gardeners through our online platform. During this event, you will have access to watch all of the presentations that are sure to change the way you approach your garden (for the better)!

Each day, we will air presentations with garden and health experts that will inspire and guide you in your own garden adventure! PLUS, there will be prizes!

You may want to bookmark this email, because here are some important things you need to know!

>>> You can find all the access details here (before and during the event!)
We will also send you all the access details prior to the event airing.

🍅 Add the Superfood Garden Summit (May 14-17) to your calendar.
 
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@Jimi , have you started anything for your garden yet?
On a sidenote: will be heading up to the mountains soon to look for wild Morel mushrooms (last couple years have been a bust)
Also... peppers are doing fine but Mom's tomatoes are not doing well. This is the third season they seem to have a disease (that started when we used some crappy garden soil... if I had read reviews before buying it, I would have avoided it) It seems some plant diseases can stay in the soil for 3-4 years. It's a small garden and no where else to plant them. "New Zealand spinach" seeds have sprouted but it's cold and rainy today so they will go under a light until tomorrow.
 
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I sure have just haven't had time to take pic's yet, my wife has been pretty bad lately physically so it has slowed me up but I do have 24 broccoli plants, 275 onion plants in and about 30 pounds of tader seed in. I have peppers that I grew from seed and maters from seed goin but not time here to put them in yet. Soon as I get some spare time I'll try to post pic.s

Glad your peppers are doin well and yes you haveta really watch soil for soil borne diseases, the better is worth the extra money. @gopher_byrd might be able to shed some light on the disease, he is studying to be a Master Gardener, sure he will help you but this week he is deep in study for a final so he might not see this for a short while.
 
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Tips To Improve Seed Germination Outdoors​

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Tips To Improve Seed Germination Outdoors

Sowing seeds directly into the soil and letting nature do the rest. It’s simple, and uncomplicated. Many of us learned to garden this way as children, sowing seeds with our grubby little fingers. We tucked seeds into the ground, forgot about them after a day or two, and then came back to see...
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This week’s edition of Home Gardener’s Weekly brings to you a wealth of information intended to bring your gardening experience to new heights, becoming the superhero in your gardening story! We will learn about overcoming the many challenges we face in the garden, the benefits of superfoods and how to grow them, and tools to instill a love of nature in the next generation of green thumbs. We will also give you some exciting information about our upcoming fan-favorite Superfood Garden Summit!​
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Thank you for joining us on this garden journey. Together, we'll nurture the beauty of your garden and the well-being of your body and mind. 🌻

Happy Gardening!

🌱 Grow Your Own Vegetables Team 🌱​
 
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VapeOn1960 said:
@Jimi , have you started anything for your garden yet?
On a sidenote: will be heading up to the mountains soon to look for wild Morel mushrooms (last couple years have been a bust)
Also... peppers are doing fine but Mom's tomatoes are not doing well. This is the third season they seem to have a disease (that started when we used some crappy garden soil... if I had read reviews before buying it, I would have avoided it) It seems some plant diseases can stay in the soil for 3-4 years. It's a small garden and no where else to plant them. "New Zealand spinach" seeds have sprouted but it's cold and rainy today so they will go under a light until tomorrow.
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Since moving is not an option, consider grow bags or pots with quality soil. You can still trellis them in the bags. I would go with a minimum of 5 gallon, but would prefer 10 gallon bags/pots. Here's a good site for diagnosing https://ipm.ucanr.edu/ that's what the Master Gardeners use. No login required.
 
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Super important Jimi,

It’s about to get berry exciting around here! 🍓

The Superfood Garden Summit is bigger and better than ever this year, and we are so excited you are joining us!

During the summit, you’re going to discover how to Supercharge Your Health, Happiness and the Earth with the help of 12+ garden experts.

You’ll walk away from each session with the benefit of their experience without the years of trial and error. 🙂 This alone may save you thousands of hours … not to mention lots of frustration!

If you want to receive text reminders so you don’t miss out on anything while the event airs, you can sign up by following the link below :)

👉 Simply click here to sign up to receive reminders

Any questions? Our support team is here to help. Contact [email protected]

To Your Thriving Superfood Garden,

🌱 The Grow Your Own Vegetables Team 🌱
 
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Medicinal plants?

Growing healing herbs is so easy that I used to have a calendula and mint garden on the balcony of our apartment when Rowan was little.

And it's so empowering to be able to grow your own apothecary.

We only grow herbs that do well in our climate. Often, the more stressed a medicinal plant gets, the better medicine it produces. A little weeding and watering is all we ever do.

However, there’s a little more to gardening than simply sticking a seed (or plant) into the ground.

My friend, and fellow gardener and herbalist, Sue Kusch has an amazing amount of gardening knowledge. I often turn to her myself for gardening help!

This week Sue is presenting...

“How to Start Growing Your Own Medicine”



Sue shares lots of tips for growing a successful garden whether you have a big yard or live in a small apartment.

As Sue says, “There is no such thing as a brown thumb — just a gardener who needs a lesson.”

Join Sue for a knowledge-filled webinar to help you successfully grow herbs!

See you there!
 
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Hi Jimi,

Take your garden to the next level with our brand new Super Soil for Superfood guide for cultivating a lush, vibrant garden that can become a reality!

This free soil guide is tailored for beginners and seasoned gardeners alike, aiming to boost both the health and yield of your garden.

Discover the perfect blend of sand, silt, and clay, to create the ideal garden soil, learn vital soil health assessments to keep your space safe and thriving, and explore organic enrichment strategies that enrich your soil naturally. It’s all here in one essential guide!

>>> Download your FREE Super Soil for Superfood guide here

We’ll see you soon for the Superfood Garden Summit!

Are you looking for event details? Check out our event page for the latest information.

Transform your garden into a powerhouse of productivity and be the envy of your neighborhood!

🌱 The Grow Your Own Vegetables Team 🌱
 
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This week’s edition of Home Gardener’s Weekly offers plenty of tips and tricks to lower your garden stress, so you can enjoy your time in nature. We discuss tips on growing basil, share some helpful tomato growing techniques, and even hear what Arti has to say about making the most of your garden space.We also share all the details of the highly anticipated Superfood Garden Summit, and how you can make sure that you don’t miss out on any of the fun!​
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Thank you for joining us on this garden journey. Together, we'll nurture the beauty of your garden and the well-being of your body and mind. 🌻

Happy Gardening!

🌱 Grow Your Own Vegetables Team 🌱​
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If there is a topic that you would like to see in future newsletters, please let us know by replying to this email. This newsletter is for YOU and your gardening success!​
 
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The Ultimate Guide To Transplanting Seedlings​

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The Ultimate Guide To Transplanting Seedlings

Whether you purchased young plants at a garden center or started them yourself from seed, eventually, they'll need to be transplanted. Don't take them straight from the house and stick them in the ground. There are a few steps to ensure a successful transition for a beautiful garden and a...
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I lived in Phoenix, Arizona for nearly my entire life. Growing food in the desert is not easy. Heck, growing food ANYWHERE can seem like a daunting task...until you know the rules.

Do you know the rules?

Sometimes, people ask me if there’s a secret. They want to know one thing they can do that will dramatically increase the health of their plants.

The secret is in the compost.

On that note, I would like to introduce you to the new Worm Composting Bin that I found while searching for a new system to set up here at my new place. Check out Urban Worm Company's easy-to-use system. The food waste goes in the top, add a few worms, and the compost comes out the bottom. Go to UrbanWormCompany.org/UrbanFarm to see what our friend Steve has to say.

And to continue your learning, let these articles be your guide to great compost:

 
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What happens when you pick a fruit or vegetable, Jimi?
It starts losing nutrients...more and more each day.
So if you buy blueberries that were harvested weeks ago, transported across the country, then sitting on grocery shelves for days… do they still have all those precious nutrients that are supposed to make them a “superfood?”
It kind of defeats the purpose of buying a superfood if it's been depleted of nutrients before ending up on your table.
On the other hand, if you grow blueberries yourself and pick them straight from your field, think about how much more nutrition you're getting!
If you've ever thought of cultivating your own superfoods, we've got the event for you! Our friends at Grow Your Own Vegetables are hosting the online LIVE Superfood Garden Summit May 14-17 to help you know exactly how to choose and grow superfoods for your farm or garden.

Join for FREE!​
 
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Hi Jimi,

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Don’t wait…they're opening up VIP access to our community for free!

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To your longer, energetic, and fulfilling life,

- Ari
 
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Hoop House Plans: Site a Hoop House for Success ​

Hoop House Plans: Site a Hoop House for Success​

With some key considerations on hoop house plans, siting and building a hoop house can provide your crops with sturdy protection and a longer growing season.
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How to Increase Earthworm Population in Soil ​

How to Increase Earthworm Population in Soil​

I have an organic, no-till garden, but where did my earthworms go? Learn what to feed worms in your garden and how to increase earthworm population in soil.
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hold a bag in front of doctors mouth, catch the crap, pour on soil!
 
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Jimi,

How many times have you heard the term "superfood"?

But what defines a food as a superfood?

Most people agree that these foods pack a greater-than-average nutrient punch.

Here's the scoop according to Harvard's School of Public Health:
"There's no scientifically based or regulated definition for superfood, but generally, a food is promoted to superfood status when it offers high levels of desirable nutrients, is linked to the prevention of a disease, or is believed to offer several simultaneous health benefits beyond its nutritional value."

In other words, they may be the missing link that helps you "eat your way to better health."

Perhaps you assume you need to import these "superfoods" you've never heard of from some remote place.

Nothing could be farther from the truth.

Remember, the nutrients in a "superfood" boost your immunity, prevent disease, and/or have several health benefits beyond nutritional value, increasing longevity.

But here's something to consider: Once a blueberry is harvested, it starts losing precious nutrients. Essentially, it dies a little bit each day, right?

If you buy blueberries harvested before peak ripeness, in some cases picked weeks or months early, that may have been chemically "ripened" during their long road-trip across the country, only to spend days on a grocery shelf… do they still have all those precious nutrients that are supposed to make them "super?"

Sure, they are probably still "healthy," but they should be full of life and vitality!

Let's face the ugly truth head-on. Nutrients being lost daily in the logistical process could be the exact answer to some of humanity's most serious illnesses.

For example, new research shows that blueberries lower blood pressure, improve memory and brain cognition, promote neuroplasticity, improve mental health, and reduce the risk for dementia and Alzheimer's.

So imagine growing those same blueberries in a container on your balcony, patio, or as landscaping bushes in your backyard.

How much MORE energy and nutrient-dense would those fresh-picked berries be?

And how much more fun and rewarding it would be knowing you grew them yourself!

Marjory is participating again in this year's Superfood Garden Summit hosted by our good friends over at Grow Your Own Vegetables.

And they want to offer you a FREE downloadable eBook that will show you how to grow 12 incredibly healthy superfoods, no matter where you live!

Click here to Download Superfood Gardening: Vitality, Longevity & Nourishment with 12 Superfoods Anyone Can Grow!

There's even a quick video for you that shares the five things you'll need to consider before growing your superfood garden.

In addition, you'll gain access to a fantastic health, wellness, and gardening event called the Superfood Garden Summit (more on this in a minute).

Inside this quick guide, you'll see how to grow 12 of the fastest, easiest, and healthiest superfoods you can grow right now. You'll learn why growing superfoods is a more nutritious option than buying organic at the grocery store like...
  • Why you're more likely to live over 100 years if you're growing superfoods.
  • Six reasons to grow superfoods (instead of buying them at the grocery store).
  • The easiest superfood to get started with, even if you haven't gardened before.
  • The most nutrient-dense vegetable that produces pounds of produce per plant.
  • Superfood plants that you can plant once and will return with BIGGER crops every year.
  • And how to decide which superfoods are suitable for you and your garden.
This download is only a sneak peek of what's to come during the Superfood Garden Summit!

If you want a free copy of Superfood Gardening, click here to download it now.

You'll automatically get a FREE ticket to the Superfood Garden Summit when you download your guide!

The Summit is a free online event for health-conscious people like you. We want to show you how to get MORE from a green, fresh food lifestyle.

Growing food is easier than most people think, especially when you know exactly what to do. That's why this Summit has 12+ expert growers, including Marjory, who will share their tips to supercharge your garden and health!

The Summit will be airing LIVE on May 14-17 and is jam-packed with the knowledge you need to take your gardening to the next level and to turn all your garden-fresh harvests into superfoods.

Click here to Download your quick guide on growing 12 of the most nutrient-rich foods on the planet and register for the Summit here!


We'll see you there,
The Grow Network + Grow Your Own Vegetables Teams!
 
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What an exciting month we have in store for you The Seed Chat is on Successful Seed Planting and our Garden Chat is with my longtime friend Joan talking about her Edible Alley project!
Plus check out the P.S. section for a great opportunity to dive in deeper with an incredible deal on our courses and the replay of our drip tape class below!
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Seed Chat
"Successful
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May 21
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Garden Chat
"Growing your Garden
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May 28
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Plus last month we gave our annual Introduction to Drip Tape Class. An informative class to help you create an easy to install professional farmer style watering system for your gardens and backyard orchards.
  • Learn about the super efficient irrigation system used by professional farmers to provide consistent watering over entire crop areas.
  • See the best ways to adjust for garden sizing and watering needs, and learn what is needed to make the system work.
  • See how a drip tape system solved the watering challenges for an orchard with high clay soil.
Watch the replay HERE!
 
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Hippocrates said it best when he noted “Let thy food be thy medicine and thy medicine be thy food.”
And I always say (a little less eloquently) that as herbalists it’s imperative that we address the diet and nutrition of the people we work with if we want them to reach the greatest state of wellbeing.
After all, what we put into our body day in and day out is a critical ingredient (pun slightly intended) that determines our state of health (or lack of it for that matter).
In my opinion, the best food in the world is always the food that you can grow yourself.
Which is why I’d like to invite you to a special FREE event hosted by my good friends at Grow Your Own Vegetables: The Superfood Garden Summit.
They're all about teaching how to grow your own food so you can optimize your health and prevent chronic disease.
For the summit, they've teamed up with visionary growers sharing how to cultivate the most powerful, nutrient dense, healing foods on the planet.
And you can sign up for the event now totally for free.
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It’s gonna be live from May 14th - 17th , when you can watch it all for free.
The class I'm presenting this year is called The Garden of Immunity, which airs May 16th. I'm covering a handful of remedies that are relatively simple to grow to keep your immune system strong. Essential for this crazy modern world!
On top of my class, you’ll also learn:
  • The simple steps to growing nutrient-dense superfoods… anywhere, all year round.
  • Common mistakes to avoid so you can grow a more abundant harvest with less work.
  • Creating an action plan NOW to be READY for your peak growing season so you can avoid the overwhelm.
  • How to grow bigger, healthier harvests by supercharging the nutrient density of all your edible plants.
  • Supercharging your soil and choosing a composting system to make your gardening easier and more bountiful.
I hope you can join me there!

Take care and here’s to your next level garden =)
Sajah​
 
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Can Mexico fend off GMO corn and glyphosate?

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The Three Trade Lawyers Who Will Decide Whether Mexicans Can Be Forced to Eat the U.S.’s Genetically Engineered Corn Soaked in Monsanto-Bayer’s Toxins - Organic Consumers

May 7, 2024 | by Alexis Baden-Mayer Organic Consumers Association Mexico has been making bold policy moves against genetically modified crops and the toxic pesticides they were engineered to be grown with, by phasing-out imports of
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I hope they can, no one should be usin that cancer causin poison.
 
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This week’s edition of Home Gardener’s Weekly is here–and it is full of ways to help you achieve optimal health and well-being this year!

We are excited to share with you a free Elderberry Workshop from our good friend Michael Kirkpatrick. We also have an amazing Cancer-Proof Diet that guides you in making smart and simple choices to support your immune system.

And of course, we are sharing more details regarding the upcoming Superfood Garden Summit … your soon-to-be #1 resource on fueling your body with the right nutrients, and reconnecting with the world around us.​
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Thank you for joining us on this garden journey. Together, we'll nurture the beauty of your garden and the well-being of your body and mind. 🌻

Happy Gardening!

🌱 Grow Your Own Vegetables Team 🌱​
 
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10 Must-Grow Edible Flowers​

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10 Must-Grow Edible Flowers

Anyone can decorate a cake with frosting (well, maybe not me but I’m sure other people can). But, using edible flowers for color and design? That's next level. Edible flowers aren't limited to garnish. Whether as a main ingredient in a savory dish, a flavoring in a hot or cold drink, or even...
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8th Annual Superfood Garden Summit

Hi, Jimi!

🎉 The Superfood Garden Summit kicks off TODAY at 10am Pacific Time 🎉

>>> Here's the link for access details to join today’s LIVE event

Space is limited. It’s best to arrive 10 minutes early to make sure you’re connected before we get started.

If you haven’t done so already, be sure to download your EVENT GUIDE that follows along with each presentation (and prize giveaway details!)

🥬 Superfood gardens are about so much more than food. They’re about connecting with the earth, your senses, and the people around you for more vitality, better health, and joyful longevity.

🗓️ The first day of the Summit explores the multifaceted benefits of gardening—from boosting health with homegrown leafy greens and berries, to nurturing critical pollinator populations by incorporating native perennials and caterpillar food plants, and enhancing garden resilience through expert seed-saving practices.

📣 TODAY’S PRESENTER LINE-UP 📣

Airing Tuesday May 14, 2024

Supercharge Your Health with Berries and Greens with Ocean Robbins, Food Revolution Network's CEO, as he shares heartwarming tales from his family garden, revealing how simple it is to grow your own greens along with the joy of berry-picking. Discover the secret to longevity in leafy greens and brain-boosting berries. Ready to dig in? Ocean's invites you to transform even the tiniest space into a green haven. Let's grow together and savor the garden's bounty!

Superfoods for Butterflies with Amy Landers of GardensThatMatter.com addresses the critical decline of butterflies and insects, emphasizing the need for gardeners to adapt their spaces to support these vital species. As it turns out, our gardens are not always the safe havens that they need. Amy shares three tips to create a butterfly-friendly yard, including planting fast-growing flowers, adding caterpillar food plants, and expanding native perennials. Amy advises we ditch the pesticides, and shift our focus to nurturing nature with a buffet for butterflies! Come learn how to create your own pollinator oasis and give back to our buzzing ecosystem!

Greg Peterson and Bill McDorman, the sage’s of seed-saving who have been spreading the know-how of seed stewardship for 40 years. Bill's busting myths left and right, assuring us that anyone can become a seed-saving pro—even with hybrids! He's digging into wild seeds too, reminding us that going native is the solution for robust gardens. So, what are you waiting for? Grab some seeds and let's grow resilience right in our backyards!

🕙 Click here to join us LIVE at 10am Pacific / 1pm Eastern to watch all of today’s presentations.

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