Easy Trick to Double Food Production from Your Garden

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It is easy to double your food production from your vegetable garden with no extra cost. The trick is to look at your garden differently than just harvesting the fruit and disposing or composting the plant. By harvesting the greens from my broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage in addition to the "fruit" I got enough food for an additional 30 meals! You can use the greens in green smoothies, salads or for juicing. The greens may even have more nutrients than the fruit. I share how I clean the veggies to get rid of bugs, pesticides and make the produce last much longer in the refrigerator.
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- Mittleider Gardening Course Book
- Heirloom Garden Seeds
- Berkey Water Filters
- Off-Grid Portable Solar Generator
- Colloidal Silver Fruit & Veggie Spray Recipe:
1 cup water
1/2 cup colloidal silver
1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
Mix solution, spray on produce, let sit for 10 minutes then rinse with cold water.
This will make your produce last much longer in the refrigerator and kill bugs, bacteria and help remove any pesticides.
- Colloidal Silver Generator: www.amazon.com/...
- Black & Decker JE1500 Fruit-and-Vegetable Juicer: www.amazon.com/...
- Omega NC800 HDS 5th Generation Nutrition Center Juicer, Silver: www.amazon.com/...
- Green Star GSE-5000 Elite Jumbo Twin Gear Juice Extractor: www.amazon.com/...
- Vitamix 5200s Black: www.amazon.com/...
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@gymgirllja 10 лет назад

David, I cleaned up the veggie bed this weekend, and harvested a bunch of large cauliflower leaves. Your video was right on time! I ran them all through my NutriBullet, and didn't lose a thing except the ribs to the compost pile. My recipe: 1c. cauliflower leaves, 1/2 of a medium, seedless English cucumber, 1/2 lg. ripe banana, 1 scoop Vanilla Whey Protein Powder, 1 c. Frozen Tropical Fruit (mango, pineapple, strawberries) - about 5-6 pcs., 1 tsp. Manuka Honey, 1/2 c water. Hit the Bullet for 10 seconds, remove the cup and invert to force the liquid downward, return to Bullet and pulse for 20 seconds more, or until the leaves drop down and are emulsified. I freeze my Green Smoothies in those tall insulated Hot/Cold cups with the lids and straws. Take one out the night before to thaw in the fridge for breakfast. NOTE: The pulp and liquid will separate if Smoothie is not consumed right away, but a quick 10 second pulse in the Bullet will bring it all back together. Enjoy!

@sweeteuthiedoll 9 лет назад

Those cabbage plants were gorgeous!!!

@Tomatoman857 10 лет назад

Just got my Mittleider book in the mail, all because of your videos. Thank you!

@LDSPrepper 10 лет назад

Awesome! You're on the right track to have a wonderful garden.

@Tomatoman857 10 лет назад

This year I'm doing both my own garden as well as working at a farm w/ a family. They've been working this land for generations, now fully organic. I mentioned the Mittleider system to the Mrs. and she said it wouldn't be "organic." I tried to explain that the "fertilizers" were basic elements, not man-made concoctions, to no success. As I go along with the reading, I'll slowly add a bit here and there in conversations.

@mannamomof4 10 лет назад

You may have mentioned this and I missed it, but have you tried dehydrating them? You could steam, dehydrate and then turn them into a powder for very long term use. Another option you might look into is fermenting to help get probiotics into your diet. Think sauerkraut.

@OldAlabamaGardener 10 лет назад

You asked about what we thought is the best juicer for juicing green leaf vegetables. If you have lot of money the "Norwalk Juicer" is probably the best. However, something more in a price range that most health conscious people can afford is the "Omega Juice Extractor, Model: VRT 350, Made by: Omega Products". Look on Amazon.com for it. A man by the name of Norman W. Walker, D. Sc. wrote a book that you might be interested in titled: Fresh Vegetable and Fruit Juices". It is probably available at Amazon.com also. In his book, and I am quoting from that book, on page 10, he states, "In my experiments, I have found that the toxic sprays are retained in the fibers of vegetables and are not present in the fiber free juices." So, this would indicate that after you juice a vegetable, you should also strain the juice through a "Tea strainer", why? because a tea strainer is very fine and will remove even more of the pulp (unless you are growing 100% organic). If you would like to discuss this more visit my channel at Old Alabama Gardener and send me a PM (private message). BTW, I just ran a batch of fermented cabbage/juice through my VRT 350, man it tastes good!

@quinnkdjs 10 лет назад

The Cabbage greens can be chopped up and wilted down add a little cheese maybe some bacon, great meal. The other leaves can be chopped up cooked with potatoes and mashed together. Hot food is much more satisfying than cold and can be done after TSHTF.

@robertsawtelle6917 10 лет назад

Another suggestion, would be to cook these as GREENS, slowly simmering them with a little apple cider vinegar, onions & bacon (or hamhocks or other cheap tough cut) that way you are able to get the fiber as well. Juicing will help you extract the micro nutrients, but leaves behind the macro nutrients. Another option is to blend them in the vitamix, so again you are getting ALL of the plant. IF you find the greens bitter, removing the ribs helps quite a bit, depending on the green. As for juicers, there are FAST or SLOW juicers. For a fast juicer, I recommend the Breville 800jexl or the Fountain Elite. These have consistently been rated among the best juicers on the market.

@scottydog636 10 лет назад

Want not waste not. That's awesome.

@Lanninglongarmmowing 10 лет назад

Awesome vid! Good use of something that was just going to get thrown away. I've always wanted to get into juicing.

@tvanbrown 10 лет назад

I know that it may sound odd, but those young leaves from broccoli and cabbage work great for me mixed in a salad as well.

@mbot565 10 лет назад

I always eat the greens, that's the best part of growing your own broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, etc, we could eat the greens while waiting to harvest. They are never sold in the grocery stores, and they taste so good. Glad that you're eating them instead of putting them in the compost.

@wlbatch 10 лет назад

I have a Breville Juice Fountain. I mostly juice apples, oranges, kale, Spinach, ginger, pineapple and carrots with it. It keeps a lot of the pulp compared to other juicers which is a bonus in my eyes. From what I understand though, is the vita-mix will do it all if you don't want to loose any of the "meat" of the fruits and veggies.

@WayneMeador 10 лет назад

Great idea's David, thank you for sharing...well said brother!

@christinacagle7734 10 лет назад

I think it is admirable that you want to use your garden to the fullest. I would just recommending not storing your harvest in a chemical laced grocery bag. You have done so much work to provide the most wholesome food available don't waste it!

@1klakak 10 лет назад

My dad loves his Fagor juicer.

@stvsanders 9 лет назад

I have used the Breville 800 for juicing and have been vary happy with the way it handles lots of produce and the quality of the juices it makes.

@richked 10 лет назад

I've used the Breville Juice Fountain with the best success for greens, especially kale. Held up to multiple juice fasts and much use.

@1985nursie 10 лет назад

To juice, I use the NutriBullet. Fabulous machine that does a great job using whole veggies, fruits, etc. You get ALL the nutrients in the food with no waste. Only $99 at Walmart too!

@dianareynolds914 9 лет назад

Hi LDS Prepper, For juicing green leafy veggies, a horizontal masticating slow juicer will give you the maximum yield. I use the Omega NC800HDS daily, as I drink about a litre of "green juice" each day. For juicing fruits for "fruit juice" (as opposed to blending them for smoothies), I like to use the Omega 350VRT juicer, which is a vertical masticating slow juicer. The 350VRT also juices hard fruits and veggies such as apples, carrots and the like exceptionally well. I have found that the horizontal juicer has the effect of "ringing " the juice out of green leafy veggies the way you would ring water out of a wash cloth. If you think about it, you get the most water out of a wash cloth when you ring it out horizontally as opposed to vertically. With fruit, on the other hand, because it tends to be so plump and juicy to begin with, I have found that using a horizontal juicer causes the juice to flow back towards the auger creating a mess, whereas with the vertical juicer, the juice flows straight down because of gravity. I hope this helps!

@ilanmagen 9 лет назад

Excellent source for vegetable stock too.

@susanlee4678 10 лет назад

Omega 8004 refurbished is what I got because 1) it's a masticating juicer, 2) cheapest i could find, 3) easier to clean. I imagine others like to use it to make other things like nut butters, jam, baby food, or sorbets.

@twopeasonaspoon 10 лет назад

Another thing you could do with the leaves is to blend them up in your vita-mix with a little bit of water or juice, and pour that pulp into ice cube trays, freeze them, and then pop them out & store them in a zip lock bag in your freezer...that way, they don't go to waste, they act as ice in your smoothie, and you get to keep all that good insoluble fiber that you lose with juicing.

@flattenedgravy1 10 лет назад

I have the Omega 8006 juicer and we love it! We made BlackBerry jam this last summer and this juicer took out all the little seeds. They've also come down in price since Omega's newer juicer has been released. (We also just moved to Houston recently from Idaho and are looking forward to the better growing season here!)

@kirbiecooper2582 10 лет назад

Hey, I have the Omega VRT 350HD and it's great, absolutely no complaints. It is also a masticating juicer and works particularly well on leafy greens, as well as any other type of produce. I have noticed that it does need some help if you're juicing citrus or any other softer fruit exclusively, but I think that may be the case for any masticating juicer. (I don't often juice just one thing, but when I do I just add a carrot to help get things going again if needed.) The yield of juice that comes out is great too, and the pulp is almost bone dry. Very happy with it. I bought it off of amazon, because it was cheaper for me as I live in Canada, rather than their site. They have a 10 year warranty on them as well, customer service is good as well. I had a piece crack (my fault) and lost my plunger. They replaced the piece and gave me a plunger at no cost.

@pthithic 10 лет назад

Second the Omega 8006, much better juice yield for greens than a centrifugal. The Omega 8006 is the best tradeoff between function and price. Also makes nut butters and pastas!

@Justhaveinfun2 10 лет назад

Have you ever thought about doing a video on how you use the CS machine? How do you test it? Great video by the way!!!

@jerryprewett5294 10 лет назад

just a thought mix egg white with grindings spices of your choice put in a jerky gun then make your own veggie chips

@moewok5242 3 года назад

The first thing you said for sure bout to go do right now thanks you so much for the tip!!!!

@Diebulfrog79 10 лет назад

chopped and use a crock, sourkrauqt and kim chee

@semarichards3098 10 лет назад

I steamed the leaves and stuffed them with rice, ground beef, chopped onion, salt, pepper, tomato sauce mix and cooked it---

@joehrs 10 лет назад

Omega 8005 juicer 15 year warranty Been going strong for 4 years, every day use.

@kevingoats 10 лет назад

Hey David, we have that same juicer and I love it we use it four to five times a week and it produces a lot of juice for us. The broccoli leaves can also be used as a pot herb just the same way as mustard greens and collard greens. A good dual-purpose plant!

@mrtilley66 10 лет назад

omega vert 330 works great on leaves and any thing else you may want to guice.I use that and a blentec blender.

@1952Jeep 10 лет назад

good stuff!

@Urgearhead 10 лет назад

Hey LDS, we been Juicing at my house for almost 3 years and we love our Omaga juicer, it uses screw auger to press out the juice and it work Awesome.... you don't want some high spinning juicer it adds oxygen to the juice and that kills vitamins..

@teriw1400 10 лет назад

I will make up all my smoothies and put in qt size bags and freeze them.

@debiesu 10 лет назад

After juicing the greens, take the pulp and feed either chickens or rabbits with that - they'll love you for it.

@chrisjen8816 10 лет назад

It is a good idea, not a new one. You have pointed out how it has always been done.

@yasteague 10 лет назад

Brilliant

@NWIPrepper19113 10 лет назад

Very good. Thank you.

@davidrios5126 10 лет назад

David I have a Brevell that works great for every day use and recommend

@1994abbygirl 10 лет назад

The only juicer I have ever had is the Champion juicer.. I have had 2 and swear by them. You can juice and then they have a blank you put in and you can freeze fruit and make icecream, my favorite is banana icecream!

@fins5150 10 лет назад

Breville Juicer...leftovers go to compost

@hildachacon001 10 лет назад

I love my Omega 8006 Masticating Juicer!! I also have a Breville but I now use my for citrus juices only, when I've mixed greens in it, it leaves the drinks way too frothy. Just a personal preference because the Breville is not a masticating juicer.

@jimsmij 10 лет назад

Of course, eat as much as you can and feed the animals or compost pile what's not eaten. Never "waste" it.

@athasbanrion 10 лет назад

Check out the mixer lady she can show you how you can use only your vita mixer to juice your veg.

@LDSPrepper 10 лет назад

I can't find her. Do you have a link?

@Sig220Euro 10 лет назад

Check out the Breville Juicer. I'm thinking of doing the 10 day juice fast like that in the documentary "Fat Sick & Dead". That is the brand juicer they use and at one point they mention how good that juicer is. One thing they mention in particular is the large 3" inlet to stuff the food into. Even to the point of complete smaller apples but also siad it works great with large leafs like kale. Sure would work great with your leaves too. It's a little more expensive but look to be a very quality built and designed system. I think they run from $100-150

@preppersintent 10 лет назад

nice links!

@Trestleboard 10 лет назад

I'd get The Ninja® Professional Blender. It works better then the centrifugal juicers if you do not want to separate the material fiber from the juice. Greg STP

@jeanettegrisham2361 7 лет назад

You should be able to cook them like spinach.

@The806Traveler 10 лет назад

This is also excellent chicken or other animal feed.

@theTORTUGAZUL 10 лет назад

You better start planting if you plan to eat produce only from what you grow : banana, pineapple, blueberries, cherries, etc . I know it would be difficult eating just what is in season and what is grown locally but that is what our ancestors had to do . All other produce was for those very rare and special occasions . That is a lofty goal and one that I set for myself even though I am far from accomplishing it . I do have rabbits and hens so far and working on getting them to produce . A garden is next .

@LDSPrepper 10 лет назад

Great recommendation. I currently grow blueberries and cherries. I'm looking for more room to grow Pineapple and banana. We do eat things out of season because we bottle and dehydrate what we can't eat fresh.

@alchemicalanarchist 8 лет назад

Chickens would love to eat those and turn it into eggs for breakfast.

@brianveth8643 10 лет назад

You have me wondering, what about the green part of the tomato plant? Can that be juiced? Eaten? I wonder if there's any nutritional value...

@GrandmaGingersFarm 10 лет назад

Whatever we don't eat goes to the poultry & we get wonderful eggs, then the end result is a tremendous "compost".

@DR-zt9gs 10 лет назад

I like your thinking in that we should not waste good quality food items that we have grown ourselves. I do have a question about your vegetable cleaning solution. What is the benefit that is seen from using colloidal silver in your washing preparation? The other ingredients you use should be more than sufficient in the washing process. Everything I have read about colloidal silver seems to indicate that long term use is actually detrimental.

@Lemonz1989 10 лет назад

I know colloidal silver is antiseptic in in vitro tests, but aren't you worried of getting argyria when you clean your food with it? Anyway, good tips. Thanks. :)

@justgivemethetruth954 10 лет назад

Just curious, what would you use or suggest for cleaning veggies from the garden? I have heard suggestions of a few drops of bleach.

@Lemonz1989 10 лет назад

Justgivemethetruth I use around 3 parts water to 1 part vinegar (or maybe a bit less) to clean leaf vegetables with, in a small tub. I let it sit for maybe 15 to 30 minutes and then rinse it off with cold water. It kills larger insects like earwigs that hide between the cracks, and vinegar is also supposedly antiseptic as well. It seems to work well - never had any problems with it. :)

@ohhowhappygardener 10 лет назад

Great idea! How long does the juice that your making keep? Does it lose any nutritional value the longer it sits? I would agree-- the Vitamix is simply the best mixer on the market. We use ours for all sorts of things, expecially for processing tomatoes-- skin and all-- for sauce in the summer.

@LDSPrepper 10 лет назад

We make our green smoothies about every other day so they are pretty fresh when we have them.

@pattimincher4201 10 лет назад

Would you be able to can the jucie you get from the vegetables ? Than use it to make smoothes when greens are not in season.

@TheTx2styp 10 лет назад

I have been using a Champion Juicer. But, it requires a lot of cutting of produce because it has a small chute. I am looking to buy a Kuving Whole Slow Juicer with 3" Wide Feed Chute that is new to the market. Checkout videos on DiscountJuicers.com youtube channel.

@dymondwillow2 10 лет назад

when you made all those smoothies, you can cap them and store in the refrigerator with no problem i.e. affecting the taste?

@destitute8493 2 года назад

Silver + salt = silver chloride.

@emileec1 10 лет назад

I always just put my greens straight into the vitamix- is it healthies to juice them first?

@DynamicWatcher 10 лет назад

Why use the colloidal silver? I've heard some nasty stuff about it. There are many plants with antimicrobial properties that you could grow yourself.

@brainplay8060 10 лет назад

Colloidal silver has antiseptic properties. Unfortunately, many misunderstand older text and get this confused with antibiotic properties. This leads many to erroneously view it as a cure all. Using it as a non-alcohol, non-toxic, anti-microbial substance to clean food or even wounds is just fine. Putting it in liquids to preserve against microbial growth is just fine. It is something to consider as a long term storage and emergency substitute for hydrogen peroxide in a SHTF situation. Daily intakes as a method of staving off disease has little scientific grounding. The number of studies in favor of it is drowned out by peer reviewed studies that show no benefit from daily ingestion or combating diseases already manifested in the body. It doesn't cause any health issues although it can turn your skin purplish/blue for a while. The skin issue is the only "nasty" thing about it. Well that and people who use it instead proper medical supplies when on hand.

@athasbanrion 10 лет назад

Check for Lea Ann Savage. Or search vitamix lady green smoothie. She has a yahoo thing under blender lady because she cannot use vitamix lady due to patent laws. She has a face book page as well. A lot of ways to use your green veggies in a great smoothie

@Ansley212 10 лет назад

*That's not doubling food production. Those plants produced the same amount regardless of what was done with it.*

@nrsvable 9 лет назад

That's what I was thinking too.

@Ansley212 9 лет назад

nrsvable Yea it reminds me of politicians..."We didn't destroy as many jobs as last year, so we are creating job growth. Vote for us!"

@HealthCoachBae 9 месяцев назад

😊

@marywhore1 10 лет назад

omega juicer

@williamklein6749 10 лет назад

Do you actually have enough room to be food self sufficient for yout family?

@brycehoff 10 лет назад

any ideas on a hydroponic A frame set up above the Mittleider Garden? Do u think it would cast to much shade (I live in S Tx so it gets really hot here) I would leave enough room for the vegetables to grow up, But i was thinking of doing that kinda set up, just looking for some feed back on that. thanks

@LDSPrepper 10 лет назад

I haven't considered that. Interesting idea though.

@TomBrueggen 10 лет назад

That looks awful :) But I'm sure it's fine. My wife has jumped on a smootie kick, so I think she'd like this. I'm curious, you show it in the pint jars, are you planning to pressure can it, or just put it in the fridge. I'm just wondering if you did can it, how that might affect the nutritional value and/or flavor. Have you ever tried?

@warnerparedes7629 10 лет назад

So under the Meittleder system you should not eat anything that is low to the ground or just not after long time? I always eat greens with smoothies but i buy it frozen mostly. J/w why you can't eat it,but you can juice it.

@LDSPrepper 10 лет назад

I must have given the wrong impression. Because I am using the Mittleider method I am eating greens that are low to the ground. Before we were not. The Mittleider method taught me to not have leaves touching the ground because they promote disease and invite bugs. I now prune the leaves and eat them.

@warnerparedes7629 10 лет назад

Oh ok thank you. Great stuff.

@jdelara1984 4 года назад

Hi, I have a colloidal silver generator. I'm just getting acquainted with it and all of it's wonderful uses. Might I ask what ppm you added to your spray? And also, can I spray my fruits n veggies with this before harvest? To keep away unwanted pests and fungi? ~JC

@LDSPrepper 4 года назад

Yes you can! We are at 5-10 PPM

@jdelara1984 4 года назад

@@LDSPrepper thank you so much! I'm finding more through various testimonials that microparticles are a popular way to go. Being "less is more", I'm gathering 😄. Thanks again!

@MrsReverendDr 10 лет назад

what grow zone are you in?

@LDSPrepper 10 лет назад

@Travos69 10 лет назад

Great video, but $500 for a mixer??? Good lord. I will stick to my $5 yard sale blenders from the 70's. I have an extra one in the shed. WOW. Its amazing what people will pay. I should invent a mixer lol.

@mattw1475 10 лет назад

note to self: don't forget the canned pineapple lol

@Delishious100 9 лет назад

+LDSPrepper You can check out +DiscountJuicers channel for a juicer that fits your lifestyle.

@MaruAdventurer 10 лет назад

That's rabbit food!

@MaruAdventurer 10 лет назад

And I mean that as a resource to be used for feed.

@LDSPrepper 10 лет назад

***** My thinking is use it for my food. Why let the rabbit have all the good stuff? :)

@MaruAdventurer 10 лет назад

LDSPrepper Your use was good, no problem there. But I send it to my rabbits. I get meat and precomposted fertilizer to put back in the garden. Regardless it was a great video. Thank you.

@rswartz5087 10 лет назад

I would never use the Silver, a lady at my store has BLUE SKIN from too much silver. There are much better things to use, I would not use it, It can't be good for you, try another solution.

@namegatherer 10 лет назад

Thanks for (as usual), a wonderful, informative post. I do juice my greens, but never thought to prune them back as much as you have done here, which makes them look nicer and seem more more maintainable (mine this summer ended up looking like a jungle.) Also, I just posted a YT video on how you can have free tree collards forever and blogged about it at justkathrynl.blogspot.com/. Thought you might be interested since Houston is in a similar USDA zone as southern California.

@LDSPrepper 10 лет назад

I love the idea. Thanks for sharing.