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Sep 4, 2010, Runner Bean Arch; making the most of available space
We created a runner bean arch in the strip between our house and the boundary fence. There is a border about eighteen inches wide running along the fence
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Aug 24, 2010, Gardening Update 23rd August 2010
Here is my latest video update....
Aug 24, 2010, Container Gardening For Food
Not got enough space to grow your own food? Think again! Container gardening can be your answer. It's simple, healthy, and can save you a LOT of money.
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Aug 23, 2010, How to Grow Potatoes in Containers
The skill of how to grow potatoes in containers is a surprisingly simple one to learn. Great news for people restricted by the amount of growing space they have.
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Aug 11, 2010, My Vertical Hydroponic Growing Setup
My vertical hydroponic growing setup has enabled me to grow abundant food in a tiny space
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Aug 10, 2010, Rick - playing catch-up
It's been a while since I posted anything up on the website lately, but rest asured I am still in the garden every day, reaping the rewards of my labour.
The harvest is proving fruitful, although a little disapointing also in places. Hope to be doing a garden update video just as soon as time will allow.
I always have multiple projects on the go and this month has been exceptionally busy. I'm rushing around like a mad man at the moment trying to get my Middle Earth Meditations audio project completed before the Festival of the Shire this coming Saturday, where I hope to be meeting potential vendors and buyers to take on my product.
Here is a link in case you were curious...
video coming soon.Rick
Aug 2, 2010, Possible Improvements for the Hydroponic system in the video
Could you use 2 pumps with a small 1 gallon tank? You could then have a second pump of the same power but double the height. If you want more guttering
Jul 25, 2010, Problems Growing Herbs Your Tips Needed
We live in a condo in Hawaii and have tried a few times to grow herbs in pots on our lanai. The pots we have now are new, good drainage and the potting
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Jul 18, 2010, Peppers
HI Rick, I'm lewis Wear and I think I know what the problem with your peppers is, you have not put them into big enough pots. If you want to increase your
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Jul 14, 2010, Sustainability Through the Consumption of Things Conserved
In other environmental issues we tell people to stop something, reduce their impact, reduce their damage, - US Ecologist Gary Nabhan Since the beginning
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Jul 13, 2010, Latest Garden Update Video...
Jul 12, 2010, About Me, And Why I Chose to Make This Website...
This website is the ongoing story of how I am trying to grow my own food and become as self-sufficient as I can, with only my small urban patio garden to work with.
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Jul 12, 2010, Vlog - How To Relax And Get Inspired....
It's been a short while since I posted anything on the garden website. I've been feeling a distinct lack of creativity lately, and that has a knock-on effect in everything I do.
In an attempt to get myself kick-started again, I took a drive yesterday and made the personal video log below....
PS - Am hoping to film a short garden update very soon.
Enjoy.Rick
Jul 1, 2010, Gardening update 29th June
Jun 24, 2010, Doesnt suprise me one bit :-/
...lets just say I only raised one eyebrow when I read this! Some may call me a conspiracy theorist like its a bad thing and that I'm nuts, but who is
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Jun 22, 2010, First Meal From The Garden! - Cook Along With Rick!
Broad bean and carrot Risotto.
It's still early in the growing season, but I managed to get a decent meal out of the garden - sort-of......
Jun 18, 2010, This is a bad year :-/
This year seems to be a struggle, only my cucumber, lettuce and raddish are really thriving. I think the beetroot, runner beans, leeks and peas caught
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Jun 11, 2010, Looking for Gardening Magazines? Get a FREE one Here!
Looking for Gardening Magazines? Here's a FREE one! Container Gardening For Food - Get News, tips and ideas in this bi-monthly E-Zine. Subscribe here!
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Jun 10, 2010, 'Lettuce' grow together...
As I mentioned in last blog, I've placed the lettuce on the old greenhouse staging as it frees up space. There's a lot to be said for vertical growing
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Jun 10, 2010, At last my fruit and veg are thriving
Hi everyone, Finally it looks like our fruit and veg are putting on a burst of growth to make up for the long winter and cold nights of late. The French
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Jun 9, 2010, Reasons to be prepared
A series of videos chosen to highlight reasons why prepredness is not a bad idea, and a glimpse of potential future scenarios which you may wish to plan ahead and prepare for.
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Jun 8, 2010, Best Uses for the Tomato Harvest -- Gourmet Tomato Sauce for Rigatoni
Mmmm! I love fresh tomatoes. My husband and I walked back from the garden yesterday evening with a 3 gallon bucket full. No one in my family complains
Jun 6, 2010, My 1st Green Pepper
Several decades ago my wife and I transformed part of the backyard into a vegetable garden in Southern California and it was quite successful (sorry no
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Jun 6, 2010, Container Gardening for Health: The 12 Most Important Fruits & Vegetables for Your Organic Garden
So happy to find this blog! I've just published a book called Container Gardening for Health: The 12 Most Important Fruits & Vegetables for Your Organic
Jun 4, 2010, How to Grow Tomatoes in Abundance
This article summarises some golden rules of how to grow tomatoes in order to get the absolute maximum yields from your crop.
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Jun 3, 2010, Too Much Water... I Think
Thank you so much for your watering tip. I am new to container gardening as we are doing our first gig as a RV workamper. I planted these gorgeous tomato
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Jun 2, 2010, Gardening Update from Rick's Garden
May 30, 2010, Gardening with Vertigo
The Container-Gardening-For-Food website is excellent. I too have a small garden and it is new in that there was nothing but grass when I moved in. Two
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May 25, 2010, Growing Green Beans
There is something extremely satisfying about growing green beans, and in the right conditions they will provide you with a fabulous, delicious crop of food.
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May 24, 2010, Pinching Out Your Growing Tomato Plants
May 23, 2010, Gardening Update Video From Rick's Food Garden
May 21, 2010, Garden Pests - Keep Your Guard Up!
Garden pests are a fact of life, but I'm trying to deal with them in ways nature provided instead of using chemicals...
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May 21, 2010, My First Harvest!
Heirloom Cincinnati Market Radishes. All of these came from ONE 5 gallon tub. Container gardening FTW! My first harvest this year. They are VERY spicy,
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May 17, 2010, Thoughts on Survival Gardening
Survival gardening is something many of us might not have ever considered, but as each day passes, the world in general seems to be heading deeper into a tailspin.
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May 16, 2010, Growing Tomatoes
Growing tomatoes can be quite a hit-and miss affair for some. Not any more! This page tells you how to grow more tomatoes than you can shake a stick at!
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May 16, 2010, A Quick Tip for Pollinating your Tomatoes
May 14, 2010, Eggshells!
Try using crushed eggshells round your plants, they're pretty good at stopping slugs etc
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May 13, 2010, Dealing With Garden Slugs Without The Chemicals
How to deal with garden slugs without the use of pesticides and chemicals.
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May 12, 2010, Seedlings Watch
This is a page where I keep pictures of my seedlings and young plants in chronological order as they grow up
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May 10, 2010, I'm a Gardener!
Thanks to RickVanMan on YouTube, I have been inspired to start a garden this year! It's a raised bed garden, and so far, it seems to be going well! I
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May 10, 2010, New Video Update From Rick
May 7, 2010, Stinging Nettles - More than a food source.
Hi Rick, Just reading about your experiments with Stinging Nettles reminded me of a time when I experimented with making a biodegradable nettle insecticide...
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May 7, 2010, High Percentage of Seed Germination Failures
I know the weather hasn't been too good of late but I'm beginning to see how low soil temperatures is preventing a high percentage of crop seeds from either
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May 4, 2010, I've Finally Taken The Leap...
I have a wonderful friend who is a true pioneer. She makes her own soap, bread, clothes, etc. Her next adventure will be purchasing a dairy cow and teaching
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May 1, 2010, May 1st - Potatoes are living up to to their name; "Rocket"!
This will be the forth time in two weeks I have had to 'earth-up' the potatoes. For seed potatoes that didn't seem to want to do anything at first,
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Apr 30, 2010, May 1st - My Pampered Tomato Plants are Doing Fabulously!
So here we are, about to hit May 1st and my main tomato plants are looking as healthy as it is possible to look! These are the four main plants that I
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Apr 30, 2010, Harvesting Wild Stinging Nettles for Tea!
Apr 30, 2010, Natures Larder - The Stinging Nettle
To most people, the Stinging Nettle is just a nuisance, but to the better educated, this luscious green plant, is an amazing provider of food and medicine.
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Apr 29, 2010, Natures Larder - Dandelions
To most people, dandelions are a nuisance weed, but to the better educated, this little plant is a miracle that can provide a whole myriad of healthy edible benefits
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