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I appreciate the reminder to use a principled approach to season extension by selecting your crops wisely and not trying to grow crops completely out of season…but what about aspiring to be the only one at market with green things to eat December thru march in a mid atlantic/southeast US climate? would you advise against relying on season extension and market scarcity as a business strategy?
Hi Curtis, just wondering about the pros and cons of poly low tunnels covering one 30" bed as opposed to two 30" beds, for example: economics vs. flexibility and so on. Thanks.
Your creative pipe bending technique really demonstrates how to achieve something "out of reach" by improvising with whatever you have at the time. "Great Idea"!!!
I am so coping you! Here in the south it is so HOT! I have shade cloth on my greens to make the whole thing work. We do not have frost here until mid November. I have lettuce and kale going now, under shade cloth. After the Hurricain, I will put up a moveable green house to do more. The sun is so hot, I want to put up green houses I can take down and store to save it from the horrid heat( store to keep from the sun just turning the plastic to mush.). I have shade cloth on the order I can put up to keep up production. I would go with small poly tunnel before a full blown one. Due to our heat and the hot sun. Shade cloth is more a factor then the other factors. I think we can do a bunch of stuff without heat. My citrus and moringa will need a bit of heat and protection, the nights of frost. They will get what they need. The citrus and Moringa can be covered by plastic and a heater run from my milking parlor to keep them alive to get through the season. It is so rare to have Citrus anymore in the US, since the greening has wiped them out. I have a lime, lemon and a red grapefruit tree. I hope they will survive in Alabama… My greens and other such crops do great. So no worries there…. I am doing a second crop of cucumbers, uncovered and they are starting to produce. I have a second crop of Tomatoes uncovered who are very slow. Will see how they do.
LOVE THIS TOPIC! How do the hoops get attached to the ground?
Curtis, I haven't made it through quite all of your videos yet, but do you have one or could you do one this winter about winter crop maintenance/greenhouse or tunnel maintenance… Heating, fans, watering, etc… Just an idea. Thanks for the info!
Awesome info. Thank you!
The hothouse is now getting into the Eliot Coleman Winter Harvest stuff that scared me off when I first read it because it is a huge cost, but thanks to you Curtis, you showed a way to bring in income and so now it looks doable. This is what you were able to accomplish that Eliot could not. He taught all this stuff, but not how to pay for it via a business at least not that I can remember, so anyway, thanks Curtis.
The white beams in the nursery look awsome!
Solid stuff. Cheers!
I'm starting to feel guilty consuming all of this valuable information for free. Time to buy all of your books.
That was very cool, learn a lot from this video.
You r just good. What r yhe summer and winter crops to grow and harvest fast. Thx
I have added weather of Kelowna to my phone as well. I live in Sydney – Australia
All the music you add in the videos – is that yours? What kind of music did you play?
Great video man!! Thanks for your efforts!
tell us about insects and acaroses fungus control with organic
From the UK I can only say very very inspiring. Having gone to agricultural college and kept allotments ( public land rental plots ) and been a keen gardener most my life. In the process of setting up a market garden. THANK YOU and keep up the good work 🙂
Hey Curtis, I would like to see that bell curve with a comparison profit levels overlaid.. Since profits are higher due to shortages at the beginning and end right?
Appreciate the mention of shade cloth for hotter areas. Have ideas buzzing in my head now…
can't forget about those custom welds!
Thank you for all of your valuable videos!
I have a 5-7 year plan to be doing spin farming full time. That being said i am purchasing a house next year in either Minnesota or Texas(2 completely diff climates). I have family in both States so all social stuff aside, anyone have any suggestions on which state would be better to farm in? Two main concerns in both states: soil/heat in Texas and shorter seasons/extreme cold in Minnesota. P.S thank you Curtis for all you do!!! You are doing a great thing!!!
I love watching your videos man. I just have a back yard garden and I may never do a market garden, but you have so many life lessons and principles through out! Keep it up!
Curtis, I have never heard you say how much warmer the air coming out of your climate battery is say mid winter….. I know soil temp down X number of feet is Y degrees, how much do you think you raise the temp of the dirt under your nursery? do you run the battery fan 24x7x365? thanks jim
Have you ever consider Rocket heater for the coldest part of the year. You have people there everyday anyway. It's cheaper than using electricity.
fantastic information and advice on extending your season !! thanks for sharing
Hello. Curtis I was watching a video from Justin Rhodes. He did a farm tour with you some days ago.I heard you briefly mention that your home is solar powered can you do a video on that?
Does polyface use PVCs ? I assume it does ?
I know you’ve said your house is on solar, do you power everything on the farm with solar or grid power?