The Beginning Farmer Series: Episode 1
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Hey y’all! Welcome to the first installment of the Beginning Farmer Series where I will attempt to breakdown (hopefully with some help from my friends and followers) how to get into growing veg for a living. I don’t know how many of these episodes we will go. Probably a million. We’ll just see how long my attention span and the earth hold out. Anyway, CLICK ALL THE LINKS!
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"young grower" chuckle. I started on this path after a career as a paralegal. Retired at 60, bought 20 acres where my wife and I are building our homestead and small farm ;)
😅 hc
I've adjusted my work schedule to 3 - 12hr shift a week for mortgage.. 4 days in a row to get the homestead market going.
I garden, it is my passion! With that being said, I am in Alaska and specialize in cold crops, 50 pound cabbages, and giant broccoli, but do well with other crops as well, bu nothing takes off until my soil temps hit 60 at least. It is all about the microbiology breakdown of the soil, which means...no til!!! I have some decent vids, but nothing like you have, but you really inspire me.
I know this is an older one but I’m so happy I found this series! I hope other new farmers find it too 😊
I would say a good step would be to A. Grow what you like to eat. That way you will be more critical of your produce and "know" what your end product should taste like so to speak.
B. Or do the shotgun approach and grow as many types of as many veggies/herbs/fruits as you can squeeze in. See what does well and what doesn't in your particular growing situation. And don't waste time doing things that don't work. Like for me Peppers are my specialty and my property suits them great. Lettuce and spinach not so much, I've tried several times and know it's just not gonna work so I move on to things that do work..
Have you heard of RBTI? Dr. Alexander Beddo talks about the different energy (cation/anion) in your soil being suited to specific types of plants, like fruiting vs leafing vegetables. Testing your soil may help skip a few seasons worth of guessing
Hi Jesse! I have a small hobby farm in NE Wisconsin and I am ready to turn it into a cash crop business, so this series is perfect! I have about five of my 33 acres to use for this. It is pasture and yard now. I'm excited to learn how to get this going!
I have been watching and saving your videos for several months now :D and finally I landed on this gem. I am planning to get into no-till organic farming, having no experience of gardening up until now... and it was very encouraging to get confirmation that I am thinking along the right lines. All the steps you have mentioned are exactly how I am planning to go about it. Although at 43 yrs of age, I wonder if it is already too late for me to start :D But.. I'll keep the faith and give it a shot. Let's hope I will someday be able to report on how well / badly I am doing. Can't thank you enough for these very informative videos. More power to you man. Cheers :)
I'm 74 and moving that direction after having had a number of careers. I am not retired until they roll me into the 6' hole.
Finally! A video presenter who doesn't sound like they've had a friggin' stroke and I have to speed up the video so they sound normal
Ironic: I'm hard of hearing and have to slow everything down 😁
I can’t tell you how happy I am that you called the dog Wendell Bear, and cannot guarantee I won’t steal that name.
Thank you for making these videos! Being a farmer/market gardener is my dream life! Good information helps it become more likely!
Oh awesome! Great to hear!
Amazing, practical resource right here..
You need money to farm is so spot on. Thank you for sharing your advice and experience!
Super cute kiddo -- makes me remember jumping around on haybales on my grandparent's farm!
I am starting a farmstead myself I have purchased the land I have to build everything from the house to the well everything but your videos have help me stress a little less I look forward to continuing to follow you
Whoa we almost called one farm we were on ‘Two Pines”--I think it has a great ring to it. Best of luck and thank you!
Glad I found you! I'm moving to Japan and I think I'll be helping my father in law work his cabbage farm to start. Got a lot to learn as I've been an office worker throughout my work life. I cant wait to get out there and start working the land, I hope I actually enjoy it... in my head it seems so awesome but in reality, we shall see. Can't wait to learn more from your content. Thank you
Thanks for another great video. Could you make a video talking about your experiences building/laying out your wash/pack house. What were your biggest challenges, what worked well and what didn’t? Also, if you had to do it all over again, what would you do differently? Thanks again! Many blessing to you guys.
Great advise.
As with almost anything, gotta work your way up. I have labored many hard jobs at the bottom, and stayed there because I only put a year or two into that trade.
Automobile mechanics was something I worked at for around 10 years and actually climbed the ladder a bit (experience and accumulated knowledge, along w/ purchasing a personal tool arsenal creates confidence, etc.)
Now, I have been bit by the farm bug for waaaaay more reasons than any other interests/endeavors I have had in the past (and these reasons are actually meaningful on a worldly level :) but finding the PATIENCE to see this process through is challenging! I have access to some land and want to do something NOW, but really need to get some things sorted before going out on my own...might take 5+ years I'm starting to think?!
I took a big leap (and big pay cut lol) to work full time on a small organic veggie farm for at least the next two years, hopefully more. I am glad to see that something like that is #1 in your suggestions. I love it, not looking back!
Some key influencers for me are geoff lawton, Alan savory, Richard perkins, j fortier, salatin,
Hi Jesse. From South Africa. Thanks for all the great video's, very informative. Got a 1 ha piece of land busy preparing the infrastrucure to do some crop farming on a small scale. Still a long way to go but looking at your videos inspires me to push for forward through these tough times. Cheers
Sage advice my friend. Gotta throw yourself into this head first. Been doing as much as I can here in NYC even though my salad CSA plan fell through due to landowner changing their minds about the project. Going to be volunteering at Gotham greens here in the city and at the local farmers market on Saturdays. Still plan on growing a bit of spring mix crops in for no other reason than to get a sense of what my DTM is for the various plants at different points in the season. Also really excited about starting a 10 week internship later in the summer. Would really love to have started my own project this year but it's not really feasible. I'd be great to see more videos about finding land to rent or lease as that's a major obstacle for alot of folks. Thanks again!
Thank You For All The Great Information!
The gophers won't allow me to be an organic grower! Any advice GREATLY appreciated!
Yes!
Before you plant, install mesh below your plantings and like a fence around (even underground a few inches). Theres videos on youtube that show how
I'm excited for this series. We are starting up our farm this year, and it is amazing just how many things you need to know going in. The number of small questions that I have, that takes chunks of time to answer, have eaten up a lot of my winter. I'm 10 hours deep into my research on if I can legally display bunched produce in wooden structures, and still don't have an answer I am happy with, lol. Getting to start seeds this coming week will make up for the headache of it all though.
Interesting. I've never come across anything that said it's illegal. Definitely wouldn't want your produce up against treated wood but we've used a wooden (non-treated or painted) display for 6 years. Anyone else have thoughts?
@@notillgrowers the answer would be different everywhere I'm assuming. I've actually found a farmers market specific food safe course I can take and get some details on.
Good to hear. Would be interested to hear what you find out
Everything is legal until some Authority tells you it isn't. Even then it is almost always arguable and appealable.
Easier to ask forgiveness than permision, especially in dealing with Government.
That's waaaaaaay too much time and effort for such a trivial thing.
Methinks you have entered the beginnings of a raging case of Analysis Paralysis.
Stop that.
It often proves terminal if not caught early and dealt with.
Ensuring your product is safe for your customers is never a waste of time imo.
I just found your channel and am loving it. I recently retired at 61 yrs young to some property in S/E TN. It's never been farmed and has a lot of challenges (grade,rain,soil composition, etc.). My first year(last year) I put in a 20x70 plot terraced on a hillside, three raised beds and a small hoop greenhouse and did pretty well but will be following your videos for more good tips and tricks to expand. The closest large market for bulk produce is about 40 miles away, not sure how to address this,...yet.
We would love to start a farm!
This is going to be a very helpful series for a lot of people who want to start out Jesse, I wish you 10 million subscribers, all the best.. and thank you
Haha, thank you! I definitely hope it helps
Thanks Jesse great video I've been trying to get into Market Garden for a long time have the place some tools my job is 70 hours + 12 hour plus a 12 hour commute per week. trying to figure out how to get it done and Stihl cover expenses . Any tips here would help greatly keep doing what you doing it's great !
Oh man... Hard to find time to garden with 82 hours a week gone! Start super small. Maybe even indoors with sprouts or microgreens and work your way up. Start snall, have it supplement a bit and work your way backwards. If you have to be pulling those kinds of hours for your currebt budget that's gonna be hard to make up right away in farming but it is possible!
So happy that I have found this page/group. These videos have some of the best info. Jesse makes learning very fun and has a wealth of info to share. I am so green to farming I don't even know what I don't know . It seem I always have many new things to learn in an attempt to be successful. I really like the suggestion to volunteer on a farm. I fell this will be a fantastic way to get my hand dirty. I am very interested in starting a market garden but not sure if I want to do or will be able to do the farmers market thing because I have heard it is hard to get into them. Anyhow I just wanted to say thank you for the great information, I feel I am really learning a bunch and I am also starting to narrow down what I want to grow. Thanks again
Thanks for doing this video, they are quite informative, l have a farm land and am thinking of making farming as my living. Thanks for this video, this is very helpful.
Thank you Jesse for your vids. Always good content. Here is a question for everyone: How useful is your co. extension agent for organic, permaculture, no till (etc.) farming? If they are useful are there particular areas they might be more or less useful? Thanks to all y'all.
Thanks, Thomas! So mostly you will not find many in co extension who is helpful beyond the basics of organic but you never know! A lot of the ext agents around here come through the sustainable ag program at UK and there are a lot of forward thinking folks there! Worth inquiring
Hi Jesse! Im glad I found your channel last night, it feels like one of those things that I’d been working towards without knowing it. I’m 24 and want to eventually have my own small parcel of land and a very modest home, but until i discovered this no-till market gardening stuff I didnt see how i could really do that outside of working my regular job and investing extra money into the “homestead” when i had time. Farming didnt seem viable, or even moderately accessible. But now I’ve fallen in love with the idea of using the land to support itself AND my dream AND being 100% invested in the work I do. And I want to get started like today. I want to get some learning materials (i was thinking the market gardener because that guy is inspirational) and start developing a plan. Im pretty much at ground zero, no substantial capital, no real experience, but im definitely FIRED UP! We have some LIMITED unused yard space (~20’x20’) that I have the green light to start my journey with. So, Farmer Jesse, my new friend, how would you suggest I dip my toes in?
That’s awesome to hear! That 20x20 plot is a great place to start! Get your hands dirty. That is a really important part of all this. Start small, focus on maybe five crops, and just see how you do before you bump up to anything really large. In the meantime, start the planning process. Pen, paper. Map out your five and ten year goals, then financially and personally-what do you NEED to make? What do you want from farming? Take your time, I’ll do a video about finding capital (you will need capital to really start a farm), so start thinking about that too. You may have to transition slowly working a second job for a bit to get started. At 24 you have a ton of time to do that! I didn’t start until I was 27-you’re way a head of the game! Best of luck -Jesse
Have you tossed around the idea of a book, your articles you write for magazines are always good
Haha, all the time. One day, Im sure! Thank you
Do you have any videos or recommendations for someone who lives in a warmer zone 10 climate? Having trouble with pests in the Florida area.
feeling good
🤔 is it possible to bring in 50 or 60,000 a year selling veggies at farmers markets?
I need a consult for my land in SE Texas (Madison county). How do I find someone familiar with my climate? Also, do you think the Neversink Farms course is applicable to me being in such a different climate from them?
Can you talk more about determining gross and net profit for the year. As well as taxes and the business side of farming
Yes! For sure. In the plans though it will be a few videos. Always please feel free to engage at notillgrowers.com in the community forum. Lots of knowledgeable folks there!
Love this thanks!
You're welcome! Let us know if you have questions!
you mentioned master class. is that Masterclass.com? I couldn't find Ray Tyler.
Great question. It's at lettuceclass.com. One technical detail here, the masterclass opens monday but you can check out the free workshop and ebook first to see if you'd be interested!
Loved this! Thank you
Thanks, Rob!
Jesse, do you do consulting? We would love to hire you
Hello! I've been thinking about starting a farm for sure, wanting to be my own boss and have more time to be out doors and work with the land, but here in southeast Missouri there isn't too many high end restaurants or anything, wondering If someone could make it selling to retail chains and doing the farmers market, and possible csa, though not sure if that would catch on in my area or not.
Absolutely! If you have a decent farmers market nearby, or even if you could do a farmstand, it's entirely possible! Are you near a city suburb? CSAs do really well in those types of areas. You'd be surprised. You may just have to get creative, do some market research, figure out what the deficits are
@@notillgrowers I've got 50 acres that are situated between two towns, one with a pop. Of 10k and the other two are 40k and 20k. And were only 20 minutes from all three, and each one does have a farmers market. One is a college town with a fairly large amount of younger folk. I would try to go as organic as possible. I've got curtis stones book and Jean Martin's book as well. I havent done any market research yet.. I'm not sure how to really go about it. I think if I approached a store without having an operating farm at the time it might seem like I'm wasting their time? Maybe that's just me lol
For market research just scope out what the store has and when. See what they could use, chat with the manager if they're around but you don't need a meeting or anything. Keep it casual. Same with the farners markets--chat with farmers and look for missing pieces. College towns can be great for both csa and farmers' markets!
@@notillgrowers I'll keep that In mind! Thank you for the advice! Really looking forward to taking the dive!
What is the FSA? I have the capital and past farming experience. Lol! I even have two Great Perenese!
Love this!!!
Thanks, Megan Jo!
Hey there, my husband & I both have full time public jobs, two children and raise beef cattle here in Hardin Co. Kentucky. We are playing with the idea of diversifying by starting a market & CSA garden and at least one of us quitting our public job. I have some experience produce farming and setting up at a farmer’s market.
Do you have any recommendations for a consultant in this area?
That’s great to hear, Lesley. Are you near e-town then? I’ve always felt like that could be a good market. Louisville and its suburbs as well, obvioiusly. I don’t know of many consultants locally, but I know some farmers who may be interested. I’ve also been doing some consultations lately and may be able to at least get you started in the right direction. If you’re interested, shoot me an email to roughdraftfarmstead at gmail and let me know.
Fsa?
Farm Service Agency. If you live in the states, you can find info about them at your county extension. Offer lots of low interest loans
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7:29 he disappeared! Lol. Thanks for the good tips.
Haha, I loved that I had no idea what he was up to #farmingwithkids
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Well I am glad to know I really thought this threw well enough I want a farm because I love farm work getting ready to buy my land looking more for a homestead I plan on really getting ready to set up a RUclips to really promote myself and get out there put stuff on my tictok and Snapchat get me out there and then I plan to sign up for local farmers markets and doing a farm stand of my own I plan on doing a permaculture orchard with seasonal grows I already make my own compost’s and have already taken a bunch of classes