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I like growing plants, businesses, and the thing I call my self | founder / ceo @epicgardening, seeds @botanicalseeds, artist @rampfade

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This is why I installed security at the house This "fan" thinks it's ok to show up and give themselves a personal tour of the garden Absolutely insane the level of delusion some people operate under

This is why I installed security at the house This "fan" thinks it's ok to show up and give themselves a personal tour of the garden Absolutely insane the level of delusion some people operate under

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Leaving the garden center buying exactly what I came for and nothing more

Leaving the garden center buying exactly what I came for and nothing more

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I found the best gardening tool of all time

I found the best gardening tool of all time

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345,301 views • 2 days ago

Sucking this weird bean tastes like vanilla ice cream... Ice-cream-bean tree or Inga edulis is a shockingly-fast-growing tree in the legume family...it's basically a giant bean tree But it's not just grown for its edible qualities (more on that later). It's a legume, meaning it "fixes" atmospheric nitrogen, stealing it from the air and depositing into the soil with the help of bactera at the root zone called rhizobacteria It also grows EXTREMELY fast, making it an excellent shade tree for commercial crops that need a dappled light (like coffee trees) Now back to the bean that you suck - weirdly, you don't tend to eat the bean itself, but instead suck a white fuzzy pulp off of the bean It REALLY tastes like a vanilla ice cream or cotton candy, almost to an uncanny level

Sucking this weird bean tastes like vanilla ice cream... Ice-cream-bean tree or Inga edulis is a shockingly-fast-growing tree in the legume family...it's basically a giant bean tree But it's not just grown for its edible qualities (more on that later). It's a legume, meaning it "fixes" atmospheric nitrogen, stealing it from the air and depositing into the soil with the help of bactera at the root zone called rhizobacteria It also grows EXTREMELY fast, making it an excellent shade tree for commercial crops that need a dappled light (like coffee trees) Now back to the bean that you suck - weirdly, you don't tend to eat the bean itself, but instead suck a white fuzzy pulp off of the bean It REALLY tastes like a vanilla ice cream or cotton candy, almost to an uncanny level

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22,523 views • 5 days ago

Vine-ripened tomatoes are kind of a myth. Once a tomato starts turning red at the bottom, it's reached maturity... It's called the breaker stage and you can safely harvest @ this stage w/o losing any flavor at all Even better, it helps prevent disease, splitting, & bird damage

Vine-ripened tomatoes are kind of a myth. Once a tomato starts turning red at the bottom, it's reached maturity... It's called the breaker stage and you can safely harvest @ this stage w/o losing any flavor at all Even better, it helps prevent disease, splitting, & bird damage

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189,396 views • 5 months ago

Two years of progress turning my normal suburban home into a productive homestead

Two years of progress turning my normal suburban home into a productive homestead

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685,732 views • 3 years ago

Growing zucchini vertically prevents pests & diseases better and allows you to grow a huge harvest in a small amount of space

Growing zucchini vertically prevents pests & diseases better and allows you to grow a huge harvest in a small amount of space

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57,156 views • 5 months ago

This is Inga edulis aka the "ice cream bean." I've grown it for the last 3 years not only for the weird fluffy white pulp inside that tastes like fruity vanilla ice cream, but because of its ability to improve soil systems... It's member of the legume family (beans, peas), and has the ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen into the soil... Couple that with the fact that it grows EXTREMELY quickly, farmers in its native region of Central and South America often use it as an alley crop, chopping it down after rapid growth to spread its biomass to their commercially cultivated crops Very cool plant and underrated here in the USA

This is Inga edulis aka the "ice cream bean." I've grown it for the last 3 years not only for the weird fluffy white pulp inside that tastes like fruity vanilla ice cream, but because of its ability to improve soil systems... It's member of the legume family (beans, peas), and has the ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen into the soil... Couple that with the fact that it grows EXTREMELY quickly, farmers in its native region of Central and South America often use it as an alley crop, chopping it down after rapid growth to spread its biomass to their commercially cultivated crops Very cool plant and underrated here in the USA

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38,355 views • 5 months ago

Three years of my progress buying an empty lot and turning it into a high-tech suburban homestead

Three years of my progress buying an empty lot and turning it into a high-tech suburban homestead

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26,992 views • 5 months ago

You can cut the tips off of your seeds and make them sprout 3-7x faster... If you're feeling behind on your growing season, you may want to give scarification a try. Basically, you remove a chunk of the seed coat to allow water to get into the seed faster In one of my favorite crops - luffa gourds - this speeds up germination from 10-20 days to ~3.5, an insane boost that might even save your season if you're planting late It works because seeds break dormancy and begin growing in three phases: Phase 1: Imbibition - water rehydrating the seed Phase 2: Activation - cell processes kickstart Phase 3: Radicle Formation - first root emerges Phases 2-3 can't start until water rehydrates a seed to a certain amount. Clipping the tip off of a seed, or even lightly scraping the seed's exterior speeds up rehydration a MASSIVE amount. Just make sure you don't damage any internal structures, so less is more here I grow a ton of my own food and show others to do the same, follow if interesting to you

You can cut the tips off of your seeds and make them sprout 3-7x faster... If you're feeling behind on your growing season, you may want to give scarification a try. Basically, you remove a chunk of the seed coat to allow water to get into the seed faster In one of my favorite crops - luffa gourds - this speeds up germination from 10-20 days to ~3.5, an insane boost that might even save your season if you're planting late It works because seeds break dormancy and begin growing in three phases: Phase 1: Imbibition - water rehydrating the seed Phase 2: Activation - cell processes kickstart Phase 3: Radicle Formation - first root emerges Phases 2-3 can't start until water rehydrates a seed to a certain amount. Clipping the tip off of a seed, or even lightly scraping the seed's exterior speeds up rehydration a MASSIVE amount. Just make sure you don't damage any internal structures, so less is more here I grow a ton of my own food and show others to do the same, follow if interesting to you

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20,765 views • 4 months ago

My experience growing saffron, the world's most expensive spice. Surprisingly easy...you just need a TON of it to have a meaningful harvest

My experience growing saffron, the world's most expensive spice. Surprisingly easy...you just need a TON of it to have a meaningful harvest

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14,368 views • 5 months ago

I haven't showered indoors in over a year. Instead, I built an outdoor shower in my garden and plumbed it so the water irrigates 16 varieties of citrus trees that I planted on my front yard

I haven't showered indoors in over a year. Instead, I built an outdoor shower in my garden and plumbed it so the water irrigates 16 varieties of citrus trees that I planted on my front yard

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31,032 views • 1 year ago

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