The Urban Farmer is a channel dedicated to sharing the experiences and learnings from Curtis Stone and his urban farm Green City Acres in downtown Kelowna, BC, Canada. Last year Green City Acres grew over 50,000 lbs of food on less than an acre of land, using 100% natural, organic methods and only 80 litres of gasoline. Every year we strive to revolutionize how we farm in order to reshape our local food system to be more environmentally sustainable and socially responsible. Follow our journey, as we try to change the world one seed at a time.
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Where do you get good beet (or any green) seeds??
40 degrees Celcius in Canada? I'm south of you in the states and I can't remember the last time it was that hot. Is that due to all of the asphalt nearby?
Thanks a lot, but why don't you just use baby chard if it's so similar?
How long do the beet greens take to regenerate?
If you could get your ideal BCS and 4 piece setup what would you get? I'm thinkin 750. harrow, tiller, flail mower, rotary plow.
Do you have problems with people stealing your produce straight out of the garden??
Thank you for your videos, I enjoy them very much. What spacing distance do you use for the beet greens? Thank you in advance.
Curtis, is there a reason you don't just grow actual baby chard? bright lights would add even more color to the salad mix
This is driving me crazy. I've been binge-watching these videos from the beginning and wondering WHY do you randomly swing the camera away from you for a split second then back?? What is that? Are you picking your nose or something and don't want anyone to see? 🙂
Do you seed 7 rows for baby chard also?
Do you Direct Sow or transplant your beets?
Looks like you're killing it on greens, BUT I'm not prepared to buy a fridge yet, so do you have recommendations for crops that don't need refrigeration? We grow garlic, but I would like to diversify as well. Thanks for the great content.
Do you have drip tap running in the beet greens or what type of watering do you use. was wondering if it won't be cut by the harvester
by the way I did buy your book and I cannot put it down there is a lot to learn and am in my way to putting together the equipment
does cutting the greens off the beets impede the growth of the actual beet itself….. or is this plant grown specifically for the greens
Do you use shade cloth at all in the summer? Would that even help on the very hot summer days and prevent plants from turning into seed stage too soon?
Ok Curtis I have been reading the comments here. So because you have been picking them, the beet itself will not be good enough to sell? Also, how much do you charge for "baby chard" a pound?
hi l would like to answer how do you control the disease (insects 'fungus)your plants very cleane
if you can make video to explain
thanks very much
It's hard for me to believe that viewers leave negative comments. Man you share so much good to stuff to help us. At times I'm really discouraged with the human race.
Ever used Kohlrabi? If so what do you think of it?
Who are the six people that hit the thumbs down button? What problem could you possibly have with beet greens? Thanks Curtis, great help.
I’m in Washington state. I always get leaf miner trails in my beet greens, spinach, and chard. Do you not have this pest? Any advice? Happens every time, they find them.
I value your videos so much, thank you for this incredible information for free
Great video, I’m from Ontario and wanting to start planting greens. Mine will be on a small scale for myself, but regardless the video is great and plans to check out more of them. Love the look of a front yard all garden and not grass. Are your planting all organic ?
Are Early Wonder and Early Wonder Tall Top Beets the same?
Will the root continue to grow if I harvest the greens? Or if I harvest only a few times and then let it grow, will the root tuber eventually develop?
How big is ur planting space? All of it!
I started eating beet leaves with my hot breakfast every morning because they have the highest potassium content compared to spinach or chard. I aim for a 4500 mg of potassium per day and have to eat a lot. I find they are a better quality green, when steamed they are more juicy and tender than chard. Beet leaves are hard to find where I am and I have to buy the whole beetroot plant to get them. So sick of looking around the shops for a good supply, so I've started growing my own. It's winter here in Australia and the growth is slow going. A lot of my plants are purple and only some of them green. Your patch is completely green. Looks great.
I grew Tatsoi for the first time last year. Love all these different greens.
Thanks Curtis. Great job. Good info. Liked & subscribed.
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