Welcome to Organic Oasis 🌱
We’re Tomato Tim and Debbie, growing food organically in Zone 9B in the San Francisco Bay Area—mostly in grow bags and small spaces.
On our channel, we share how to grow vegetables, fruits, herbs, and flowers without toxins, even if you don’t have a big yard. Rising food costs and concerns about chemicals inspired us to grow more of our own food—and preserve it by dehydrating and canning so we can enjoy our harvest all year long.
We believe anyone can grow healthy, organic food at home. Our goal is to teach and inspire you to create a productive garden in whatever space you have, while caring for the environment and future generations.
Growing your own food is empowering—and once you taste what you grow, you may never want store-bought again. 🌿
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🌱🥬 Walmart seed haul for the hydroponic garden!
I picked up a whole collection of lettuce varieties to test in my Ahopegarden hydroponic system — plus a few extras I couldn’t resist! 😄
Growing:
🥬 Bibb lettuce
🥬 Giant Caesar
🥬 Black Seeded Simpson
🥬 Nevada lettuce
🥬 Mesclun mix
🥬 Looseleaf blend
🥒 Pickling cucumbers
🫘 Pinto & Black Turtle beans
🌸 Alyssum for pollinators
I’m excited to see which lettuce grows fastest and tastes the best indoors! Have you ever grown lettuce hydroponically? Which variety should I plant first? 👇🌱 #Hydroponics #HydroponicGardening #Lettuce #GrowingLettuce #IndoorGarden #OrganicGardening #Ahopegarden #GardenToTable #GrowYourOwnFood #OrganicOasisCA
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🌱 NEW VIDEO IS LIVE!
If your garden is overflowing with bunching onions, this video is for you!
I’m sharing 5 easy ways I preserve green onions including:
✔️ Freezing
✔️ Dehydrating
✔️ Onion powder
✔️ Vacuum sealing
What’s YOUR favorite way to preserve green onions?
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🌱 Look at this regrowth!
19 days ago, I cut my bunching onions just a few inches above the base… and THIS is what they look like today! 👀👇
They just keep giving and giving—no replanting needed. This is one of my favorite “grow it once, harvest forever” crops for the garden. 💚
Have you tried cutting your onions instead of pulling them?
👇 Tell me in the comments—do you regrow yours or harvest once?
#OrganicGardening #BunchingOnions #GrowYourOwnFood #GardenHarvest #Zone9Gardening
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Did you know green onions grow back after cutting? 🌱✂️
I planted 22 in one grow bag… and now I can harvest over and over!
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Hi everyone, welcome to our YouTube Community! Now you can post on our channel, too. To get started, tell us in a post what you'd like to see next on our channel.
Visit our Community: youtube.com/@organicoasisca/community
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Which paste tomato do you grow most?
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We just hit 55,000 views! Thank you all for being part of Organic Oasis CA 🌱💚
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🌱 What’s the garden pest that bothers you most right now?
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🪳🐜 Garden Hack for Ants 🐜🪳
Ants can be a real headache in the garden (and even indoors). Here’s a simple, natural trap I make using borax + honey:
👉 Mix 2 tablespoons borax with ¼ cup honey.
👉 Place in small containers with lids (poke a few tiny holes if you want ants to crawl in).
👉 The ants are attracted to the sweet honey, but the borax takes care of the colony.
⚠️ Safety note: Keep out of reach of kids and pets!
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