The best gardening & homesteading channels on Youtube
Farmer, educator and ethnobotanist, Mark Cohen talks about regenerative agriculture from a big picture perspective and brings a focus to restoring nature in ways that promote maximum biodiversity and ecosystem wellness over the long term. He brings together many divergent concepts to establish a firm foundation for understanding the scope and depth of regenerative farming…
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On February 24th, Organic Growers School offered a Homestead Tour at the Full Circle Farm with Leon Birstein. He showed us how to make biochar at home. Please be cautious. Fire can be dangerous. Take all precautions. And do not burn on fire-ban or dry days. Thanks to Lyzeth Rojas for the video!
Had not planned on making a third video for this subject of beginning gardening but a few comments on the other two and prepping for this years garden brought to mind a couple more
Join Dan Hettinger and the team at the Grandview Living Web Farm biochar facility as they explore the differences in DIY biomass cookstoves. See the different uses, feedstock recommendations and get tips on burning most efficiently to meet your desired outcomes.
Bob Wells and Jon Nilsson of CharGrow, LLC give us an overview of biochar production at the Grandview Living Web Farm. They describe how the facility is operated utilizing the maximum amount of energy created during the process as possible. Find out more about CharGrow products that are ready to use for vegetables, flowers, trees…
Bob Wells and Jon Nilsson of CharGrow, LLC give us an overview of biochar production at the Grandview Living Web Farm. They describe how the facility is operated utilizing the maximum amount of energy created during the process as possible. Find out more about CharGrow products that are ready to use for vegetables, flowers, trees…
Bob Wells and Jon Nilsson of CharGrow, LLC give us an overview of biochar production at the Grandview Living Web Farm and talk about adapting farm scale biochar to various sized operations and applications. Discover why biochar is such a great carrier for soil microbiology and find out about how that affects the long term…
Bob Wells and Jon Nilsson of CharGrow, LLC give us an overview of biochar production at the Grandview Living Web Farm and talk about adapting farm scale biochar to various sized operations and applications. Discover why biochar is such a great carrier for soil microbiology and find out about how that affects the long term…
Bob Wells and Jon Nilsson of CharGrow, LLC give us an overview of biochar production at the Grandview Living Web Farm and talk about adapting farm scale biochar to various sized operations and applications. Discover why biochar is such a great carrier for soil microbiology and find out about how that affects the long term…
Bob Wells and Jon Nilsson of CharGrow, LLC give us an overview of biochar production at the Grandview Living Web Farm and talk about adapting farm scale biochar to various sized operations and applications. Discover why biochar is such a great carrier for soil microbiology and find out about how that affects the long term…
Bob Wells and Jon Nilsson of CharGrow, LLC give us an overview of biochar production at the Grandview Living Web Farm and talk about adapting farm scale biochar to various sized operations and applications. Discover why biochar is such a great carrier for soil microbiology and find out about how that affects the long term…
Bob Wells and Jon Nilsson of CharGrow, LLC give us an overview of biochar production at the Grandview Living Web Farm and talk about adapting farm scale biochar to various sized operations and applications. Discover why biochar is such a great carrier for soil microbiology and find out about how that affects the long term…
Transform food waste into a valuable food supply for chickens, hogs, songbirds and fish with Black Soldier Fly Production. Karl Warkomski, Director of Conservation with ProtaCulture, LLC introduces us to this astounding insect that can break down food waste faster than microbes. Black Soldier Fly maggots make a high fat, high protein source of nourishment…
Abraham Cluxton teaches how he made his own homemade biochar cookstoves that produce high quality charcoal for inoculation and inclusion in gardens/farms. Learn the basics of how a biochar cookstove works and how you can put one together to begin your own small scale production that can transform wood waste into activated charcoal; a useful…
Walk along with Ric Stern, Horticultural Systems Designer, as he describes the vision for a new polyculture orchard in sandy Florida conditions. Learn about biodiverse cultivars that will be utilized in a synergistic plan that will increase organic matter in the soil and provide food for years once it is established.
Had my corn blow down in the last few days. This years been rough. About ready to push the reset button.
A little more I found on Yacon and the second harvest. http://greenharvest.com.au/Plants/Information/Yacon.html http://www.ehow.com/way_5906976_yacon-planting-directions.html A link discussing renal toxicity related to eating Yacon leaves. I haven’t fully researched it but it states the onset was after prolonged exposure. (eating) May still be edible but check out the article and be careful. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20951787
Just a little of what have harvested this year. Had many set backs but have learned from them. Planning now so that next year will be better. Thanks to Rob Bob for the Aztec corn and Spaghetti squash seeds and Southpaw Davey for the Goji berries. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smK2ZrHn0OE
progress on my concrete pylons, the basket and a few thoughts on “sustainability”. Why I am concerned about the broad meaning that is being applied to the term “sustainable”. There are a lot of good people doing some very good things that make a wonderful contribution but I do not consider them as sustainable. True…
Get a guided tour of the new Florida Biochar Facility with site manager, Ken Morrison. Learn how the innovative process works and the stages biomass goes through to become activated charcoal and eventually biochar. The added continuous feed system makes this especially efficient for adding biochar to revitalize life in soil on large farms/ranches.
Revealing the mistake I made in my last video. As I explain, I had anticipated the possibility of making the mistake and made allowances while designing and laying out so it isn’t so bad on this project.
Been catching up on work that has been delayed by endless rain.
Horticultural Systems Designer Ric Stern describes the beginning stages of what will be our new polyculture orchard system at the Florida Living Web Farm. Learn about the unique challenges that come with growing orchards in spodosol soils and glimpse the vision of what will become a food forest of abundance and diversity. More to come…
My first year trying the Cherokee trail of tears. I’ve seen several comments that others were thinking of trying them so here is my evaluation for what it’s worth. Sorry about the video ratio. Recently the “beast” decided to override all of my settings and has upgraded and updated everything on my computer without consulting…
This is, in my opinion, an excellent example of a true sustainable solution. I am well aware that some of my talking points leave questions. The next videos will address those that I see after reviewing further and consider comments made. These are my views and opinions. They have been developed by a lifetime of…
Chris Farmer speaks at the Western North Carolina Mother Earth News Fair on the exciting topic of creating a biochar cookstove that can produce high quality charcoal for inoculation and inclusion in gardens/farms. Learn the basics of how a biochar cookstove works and how you can put one together to begin your own small scale…
Shot this several days ago. A little on the wicking containers.
Taking a cue from Rich with the basket. Here is what we pulled out for dinner.
