You can grow salad greens in fall and winter, its not rocket science, even I can do it. Watch the video and read on below: Couple of key things to grow salad greens in fall and winter Plant cold hardy lettuces, mustards, kale. Use a mini greenhouse Start seeds earlier than you think Plant in...
A Sailboat Never Sails In A Straight Line - GF Radio 421
Erin of The Impatient Gardener joins Eric to talk about cordless outdoor power equipment, sailing the Chicago to Mackinac Island Race, and what to do in the garden in the fall. Troy Bilt is a sponsor of GardenFork, FYI. Learn more about their CORE cordless products here.
How To Put In A French Drain - GF Video
I want to show you how to put in a french drain, which will help keep water out of your basement and away from your house. A french drain is what i call a surface drain, or a drain just below the soil level. For this one, the gravel is exposed, sometimes the french drain...
Rick's Rescue Road Trip - GF Radio 418
Rick goes on the road transporting Cairn Terrier rescue dogs around the country and tells us about it. There are dog rescue groups for all sorts of breeds, a web search will show you who they are. Rick tells of driving his Prius across the country several times recently, getting good gas mileage and camping...
Erik Knutzen on Baking Bread, Making Cob Ovens - GF Radio 417
Erik Knutzen of Root Simple joins Eric to catch up on Erik's baking bread in L.A. with local grains. He has found that if you use whole wheat bread, you eat less bread, and its more healthy. Erik helped found the Los Angeles Bread Bakers meetup, and things have been going very well, he likes...
Troy Bilt Rototiller Review Of The Bronco Axis Tiller - GF Video
Here's my Troy Bilt Rototiller Review video of the new vertical tine Bronco Axis Tiller. All the rototillers I have used have always been horizontal tine machines that break your back. Watch how this machine goes through sod to make a new garden bed. FYI, GardenFork was provided this tiller, but my Troy Bilt rototiller...
Drip Irrigation for a Container Garden - GF Video
Here's a DIY project to provide drip irrigation for a container garden, easy to do watch the video to see how. Container gardens dry out quickly, which is why I built this system. This is based on using soaker hoses to wrap around the inside of each container, and attaching the hose to a water...
DIY Soaker Hose Irrigation System - GF Video
I put together this DIY soaker hose irrigation system for my raised bed vegetable garden and made a video for you. With this and a timer, I don't have to spend time watering by hand, and wasting water. Soaker hoses are great for slowly watering your garden while saving water. In another video I show...
Best Homemade Tomato Cages - GF Video
These are the best homemade tomato cages I have made. They hold up every year, and are easy to put away, and they don't break like those cheap tomato cages. Watch the video to see how to make tomato cages my way. How to make the Best Homemade Tomato Cages I use concrete reinforcing wire...
Make Better Compost With This Addition - GF Video
You can make better compost by having the ideal carbon nitrogen ratio. Unfortunately, most home compost bins don't have that ideal ratio. There are several compost accelerators on the market, here is one by our sponsor, Eco Scraps. How to make better compost The ideal carbon to nitrogen ratio, or browns to greens mix, according...
Chainsaw Chaps and PPE Gear I Use
Chainsaw chaps have saved my leg twice. Lots of people don't wear them when using a chainsaw, and I think those people are not being smart. I am not the ultimate expert on chainsaw safety and PPE (personal protection equipment) but I do cut down trees and cut firewood on a regular basis. Basically, chainsaw...
How To Build A Raised Garden Bed - GF Video
Learn how to build a raised garden bed in this video we made while building some for our own vegetable garden. This isn't rocket science, not hard to do at all. Watch the video and start building. Steps To Build A Raised Garden Bed Figure out the size of the bed. Purchase the lumber and...
Pressure Treated Wood For Raised Beds? - GF Video
Can you use pressure treated wood for raised beds? Watch our video to find out if pressure treated wood is safe for gardening. This question gets asked many times each season, and I thought I should see what new research has been done, and what the current thinking is. Part of the issue here is...
How To Grow Peas - GF Video
I can show you how to grow peas because they are my favorite vegetable, bar none. So I made you a video about it, watch and let me know your thoughts. How to grow peas, what you need to know: Peas like cool weather, when the summer starts to heat up, they wilt quickly. So...
Rick's New Pup & Podcast Eric Likes - GF Radio 413
Rick tells us about this new rescue dog, and how it all came about. Never knew dogs got to fly for free in private planes. Nice. There are a bunch of dog photos on the new GardenFork Group on Facebook here. Eric talks about a new podcast he likes, Someone Knows Something, from the CBC...
Is This How To Cut Down A Tree? - GF Video
When you are learning how to cut down a tree, its best to start with trees smaller than this one, but even after doing this for years, I still make mistakes. Thankfully, nothing bad happened this time. Watch the video to see. And then check out the safety gear that is a must have for...
No Knead Bread Recipe with Olives - GF Video
Easy to make no knead bread recipe, this time we add black olives for extra flavor. Oil cured black olives are what a friend of mine calls 'little salt bombs' they are that and more. Watch the video and check out the recipe. Lately I've been doing a whole wheat - white flour mix for...
Bob of I Like To Make Stuff - GF Radio 412
I'm a big fan of Bob and his YouTube channel, I Like To Make Stuff, the website, and his mindset is similar to mine: make stuff and share it. Bob was kind enough to take a few moments to go over some tools and techniques he uses to make stuff. I like how Bob makes...