Vlog164. WINTER CAME EARLY | ASSESSING THE DAMAGE. Checking up on the winter damage on our crops. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/curtisstonesub | Follow my IG: @greencityacres
Watch more http://bit.ly/2rvW4h5 from Curtis Stone : http://bit.ly/2cmcFLe
UPCOMING ON-FARM WORKSHOPS:
Feb 26-Mar 2, 2018 – Arizona workshop tickets: http://bit.ly/PMG_QueenCreek
Buy the book here: http://bit.ly/urbanfarmerbook
Curtis’ website: http://theurbanfarmer.co
Curtis’ Gear List: http://theurbanfarmer.co/curtis-gear-list/
Support through Patreon: http://bit.ly/2h050EF
DONATE TO THE SHOW!!
$5 – http://bit.ly/2hJxHUT
$10 – http://bit.ly/2hOFgth
$20 – http://bit.ly/2gPJrmM
Donate any amount – http://bit.ly/2h0KfKw
Follow Curtis Stone:
facebook.com/GreenCityAcres
twitter.com/GreenCityAcres
Watch More Curtis Stone:
How To: http://bit.ly/2s5KDv2
Vlogs: http://bit.ly/2trBmeC
Insights From Pros: http://bit.ly/2sfJRuc
Equipment & Set-ups: http://bit.ly/2sE3s9S
Q&A: http://bit.ly/2trCE9s
Crop Videos: http://bit.ly/2rvMcUw
About Urban Farmer Curtis Stone:
Curtis Stone runs a commercial urban farm called Green City Acres out of Kelowna, BC, Canada. His mission is to show others how they can grow a lot of food on small plots of land and make a living from it. Using DIY and simple infrastructure, one can earn a significant living from their own back yard or someone else’s.
___
FARM EQUIPMENT I USE:
Everything in one place: http://theurbanfarmer.co/curtis-gear-list/
Paper Pot Transplanter: http://paperpot.co/
Caterpillar tunnel: http://bit.ly/2gItRNf
Quick Cut Greens Harvester: http://bit.ly/1W3nLGb
Knife and Tool Sharpener: http://bit.ly/29DHlos
Jang Seeder: http://goo.gl/XGvJtl
Row Bags: http://goo.gl/eI1CLp
Insect Netting: http://goo.gl/rjyimK
The Coolbot | $20 off!: http://bit.ly/2l6DhEx
___
Music by: The Muse Maker – https://soundcloud.com/themusemaker
When you said completely hammered I was like wait Curtis got hammered lol then I realized you were talking about winter hahah
We got our first snow here in the PNW this week too. It got down in the 20s last night. brr. I still have some lettuce under plastic. I need to do an inspection tomorrow and see if it's still alive.
very useful video, please keep us updated about your season extension experiences, imo this is one of the highest value information. keep up man
thank you curtis, very helpful info, learning a lot from you, me learning to garden here in norway as a dutch lady! take care !
whoa, You are in K town? I was wondering how and what we can grow over winter around here,
Does your salad mix have less red leaves now? thanks
Where are you that Spokane is A long drive? My family is in Republic, Washington and I often contemplate moving up there to live in a green house.
i liked cos u told me to haha. i remember you used to end every video with a like a subscribe talk haha 🙂
It's a proven fact that plants grow better with good music why don't you play them some more Pink Floyd…
Geo-engineering? (Weather)
how much snow do you normally get
What are those black things by the wall in your lat greenhouse?
Also how do you warm up your warm green house?
Seems your catepillar tunnel with 6 beds is better perform or resis to snow than the 4 bed ones. Is it right?
why do greenhouses need air circulation but low tunnels can stay closed like that?
We had a frost 3 weeks earlier then usual. The low tunnels saved it all. We just have low tunnels and they did great. Thank the Lord, we rarely get snow, but we do get some cold! May purchase a Cat Tunnel next year, just seeing what we can do now and see if it will be cost effective….
Who the hell is this guy? And what have you done with Curtis? He looks like 12 xd
Why don't you put a second layer of cover, like elliot coleman, on the salanova to push it further into the winter?
Digging for gold at 9:39 ay?… LMAO
It looks like you had some record low temps the last few nights. Hopefully things warm up for you in the next week.
This happens in Alberta ALL THE TIME. We can be summer one week, zip into a hard -20C winter for a few days and be back up to 10-15C temps for a few days.
I'd never try extending the season without a cover of some sort.
I have been rushing to purchase poly low tunnels for the first frost that we are going to get here this Friday. I should have everything except the bed of spinach covered. I will not be able to get a tunnel for that one before Friday. I think it will make it, but my lettuce and radishes and turnips are getting covered by tomorrow. Friday and Saturday the temp is going to drop to -6 Celsius.
The term your looking for is called radiational fog inversion.
Totally off topic but onions sold for $20/peck at the produce auction where I sell. Planting a whole lot more next year.
where do yo live at
Excellent music choice!
Look like a different person without the beard
We've had the same early cold snap in the Twin Cities. Been lows below freezing every night since the third week of OCT. Didn't even get above freezing today. So much for turning new plots over. I'm glad to see your crops are holding in there. The sun seems to be helping.
Farmers Almanac gave us the heads up. The Americas had a Nino to Nina change, due to a drop in sun activity. Mt sunflower microgreens did ok but laid over. Everything else did ok.
Wel also do propane heating for valley hits like this. DIY solution. 😛
Snow is an insulator of course.
Molasses is antifreeze for plants. The complex carbs and minerals lower the freezing point in the cells. I've grow lettuce in unheated high tunnels (low tunnel inside the high tunnel) down to -13F in Chicago.
You guys really need to look into the Grand Solar Minimum. It's going to have massive implications for Northern Hemisphere farming.