The little bit about telling your boss you gotta go home hit me I need that kind of peace in my life! lol. Congratulations to finding a way and thank you for sharing, I’ll remember this video forever 👊
you are killing it! love the hustle. As a Chef I would buy a good deal of produce from you. unfortunately you're a few hours away from us. the amount of care and customer service you put in on such a small scale is impressive. Really enjoy seeing the process, thanks for sharing.
Yup, cukes in a tunnel = fewer diseases keeps the rain off the leaves. Big difference. Go-getter Energy IS your marketing. Love your style! Don't change a thing. You are hittin' a groove, man! Awesome!
Please keep making these videos. You're teaching way better more practically than most other market Gardener RUclips channels. I'm just getting started in Crossville, Tennessee about 45 minutes away from you. Bought 15 acres and will be growing for market pretty soon. I'm super excited!
Your energy level is tops! Anyone can see why you are very successful at anything you do. Congratulations on living your dream and may you have even more success!!
Ah! You’re very observant! Most people probably don’t even notice or think about that type of thing! You should go check out my first video! I didn’t even know how to hold the camera the right way 🤣 I counted today that this is my 21st video. Every video I learn a little more. And get a little better. And more comfortable talking to the camera. I’m definitely working to build a skill set for video editing. My goal is to put out very high quality gardening/farming content. I need a new computer now though. My computer has been struggling to keep up! Anyway, I appreciate your attention to detail! And I’d be tickled if you go watch my first video to compare 🤣 thanks again for watching 🙏
@@chefsharvestfarm As a home gardener for 46 years I've evolved into a very similar garden set up, but, way smaller, about 22 x 50. Your channel is going to be huge. Keep up the great work
Awesome thanks for the video! I would have thought most restaurants already have their supply chains and wouldn't bother. Seems like the higher quality restaurants are looking for higher quality produce 😊
Thank you for all of your extra insight. I like that you said that the customers may not always buy from you and that's ok. Things like that are what we don't think about but we need to know. I love your content and your garden looks great!
I absolutely watch all your videos and you are so knowledgeable and I just want to thank you for all the information. I would love to do what you do but unfortunately I live in Florida in an HOA but you are amazing and I just love all your videos.
Heck yeah! I started growing 1 tomato plant in my apartment. And I took that tomato plant to my parking spot every morning. Then I’d bring it in every night. I got 1 tomato! And now I’m here! And I’ve recorded the whole thing! I’ll plan to continue and share how I got here! I hope you’ll follow along! Thanks for watching 🙏
Fantastic video 🔥 I've worked exclusively in operations for small businesses the last 8 yrs and there's so much work that goes into what you're doing. Whether you're working with a small team or alone, growing a large enough portion of quality crops to make a profit to continue to grow your business is challenging, not to mention inventory management of fresh products, sales, customer service, logistics, maintaining good relationships with existing clients, filming, editing, and uploading to YT, etc the list goes on. I spend 22-26 hrs each weekend gardening in the burbs of NJ and though it's a lot of work, it's the best part of my week. It's great to hear how this all got started and how persistent you have to be to grow. I have a feeling your channel is going to blow up in the years to come so best of luck to you growing your crops and business 🙌
@@chefsharvestfarm This is a terrific testimony! I burst out laughing! Thank you, thank you for this! I have farmed before, and successfully -- but only one year on someone else's land -- gardening can be so intimidating though! Lol!
@@chefsharvestfarm I'm also wondering how you find the companion planting of beet root and tomatoes! Is that working well for you? I tried with nasturtium flowers but they seem to compete with nutrients and so far the tomatoes have performed very poorly! I'm also a no-till grower. Thanks again!
@@Collapsonauts happy to help! I wouldn’t think nasturtiums would be much different. They’re all pretty heavy feeders. So I would definitely make sure you a little extra nutrients if you’re having issues. Beets are also heavy feeders. I also put down azomite before I plant beets. They always have great tops when I do that.
It appears that you grow a 'ton' of produce in your 'back yard' and have developed some clever strategies to make less work of it. (Love the cool bot trailer). I'm curious ... with all the produce you produce how do you enrich your soil / fertilize your crops????
@@MikeV607 thank you 🙏 I use no till methods to grow. I just dump about 3 wheelbarrows of manure based compost on each bed 2-3 times per year. And if I just need a little extra fertilizer instead of compost I’m using the neversink blend which I purchase from seven springs farm supply in Virginia. It’s the best place to get organic amendments, shipping is expensive… but worth it!
Go on Brother! Would be great to see a video of how well you do in a year's worth of sales. It seems you have spent quite a bit on equipment, fridges, machinery etc. Would love to know what finances are like at the end of it all. Thanks for your videos.
Thanks for the feedback! I will definitely put something like that together eventually. But definitely did not purchase everything at once. I started small and reinvested everything I made. Leveraged debt well, and received grants from the USDA.
Just found your channel, I am really enjoying the info and advice as I have a similar situation. I formarly owned my own restaurant and just didn't enjoy it any more / burnt out from opening right before Covid. I am currently working on a Horticulture degree and interning on a farm with hopes of opening a flower/market no till organic farm in the future.
@@johndaniels3187 awesome man! It’s a good way to live life! I’m glad you’re here 🙏 I hope to share everything about how I got here! Thanks for following along 🙏
Question: With a backyard garden like yours, what is your watering system and how often do you water? If you get a chance, could you do a video on that and your system from when you started gardening to what you are doing now?
I have the entire garden set up on a combination of overhead and drip including the high tunnels. I have some rain water catchment and the entire system is controlled via Wi-Fi control from my smartphone. I will definitely make a video soon.
Love the content, would live to see a detailed video of how you harvest and pack your herbs. Also do you have another channel for the hemp? BTW how about a bigger bag instead of 2 bags for example with the beets
Thank you 🙏 I do have a ton of cool cannabis content recorded… I’m just kind of sitting on it for now. I’m either going to release it here or on a separate channel.
I’m so confused… but really impressed!! WHO HELPS YOU? I just started watching u so maybe I have missed it but sure you are not doing this all yourself, RIGHT??
@@cakebliss6535 I have 2 people who work for me full time. I’m pretty sure they’re mentioned in this video 🤷🏻♂️ thanks for watching and commenting! I really do appreciate it 🙏
Nice job mate!!! Bloody hell, you're a busy bee though! It's so satisfying to grow & sell though, or in my case... I give away as I'm just a small backyard food farmer.
Dude, my family lives in Walland and Meriville(Maryville). I need to drop by and see you some time...I'm in west TN and have a quarter acre garden patch and think about just doing garden market and maybe trying restaurant
@@shannonelliott9230 I deliver to some pretty wealthy people that I’ve met from the farmers market. If anything I would probably seek out some of the neighbors in hoods I already deliver to.
@@chefsharvestfarm Sounds like just the thing in your situation. Your level of organization just really impresses me. Thank you for sharing so much, because you are an inspiration. :) God bless!
@@Tony_Sab I may dabble in hydroponics someday. But I’m more interested in acquiring more land and doing larger scale, No Till tractor based farming more than I would hydroponics.
@@chefsharvestfarm the great thing about hydroponics is that you can go vertical, but its only gonna work for leafy greens and micro greens and the cost of entry is pretty high so yeah it might not be the best idea for now.Anyways best of luck to you i hope you keep uploading more of your journey its very intresting
The bulk of the “money “ is typically salad greens (salanova lettuce, arugula, and spinach when in season) everything else is slim margins and I consider add ons. I’m generally not interested in working with a restaurant unless they’re buying salad greens. But there’s always exceptions…
@@chefsharvestfarm you've definitely found your niche. Could I get your true thoughts ( as a pro chef and farmer and salesman)on my idea of growing and selling micro greens to restaurants s and farmers markets, do you think it is something that is realistically profitable if you don't live in a big or "foodie"city or town.
Ahh I think my long comment got deleted bc I posted a link, so hopefully this isn’t a repeat. But I’m hopefully moving to East Tennessee to escape Illinois 😅lol. I edit for John kohler 3 RUclips channels, growing your greens, okraw, and discount juicers. I also edit for another youTuber called Mic the vegan. If you’re still looking for a video editor let me know! Was going to send a link to my resume but I think that caused my comment to get flagged/deleted. But any who you got a great inspiring channel! Hoping to have a great garden out there in East Tennessee when I eventually move, and you are doing a great job showing what’s possible.
Hi! Thanks for reaching out. You can send your resume to my email address if you’d like: contact@chefsharvestfarm.com. I am enjoying creating my own editing style. But could definitely use some help with some editing. Thanks for watching 🙏
You are one of the best small scale market gardeners i have seen on the internet
thanks for sharing your knowledge
Thanks so much! It’s great to get such positive feedback! I really appreciate your support! 🙏
The little bit about telling your boss you gotta go home hit me I need that kind of peace in my life! lol. Congratulations to finding a way and thank you for sharing, I’ll remember this video forever 👊
@@jetfuelg4083 thank you 🙏
you are killing it! love the hustle. As a Chef I would buy a good deal of produce from you. unfortunately you're a few hours away from us. the amount of care and customer service you put in on such a small scale is impressive. Really enjoy seeing the process, thanks for sharing.
Thanks Chef 🙏
Yup, cukes in a tunnel = fewer diseases keeps the rain off the leaves. Big difference. Go-getter Energy IS your marketing. Love your style! Don't change a thing. You are hittin' a groove, man! Awesome!
Thank you 🙏
Please keep making these videos. You're teaching way better more practically than most other market Gardener RUclips channels. I'm just getting started in Crossville, Tennessee about 45 minutes away from you. Bought 15 acres and will be growing for market pretty soon. I'm super excited!
Awesome! Thanks for following along! 🙏
Your energy level is tops! Anyone can see why you are very successful at anything you do. Congratulations on living your dream and may you have even more success!!
Thank you 🙏
Top quality content mate
Thanks so much! I really appreciate your support 🙏
I like your down home narrative style. Also like how you insert interesting footage while you're talking.
Ah! You’re very observant! Most people probably don’t even notice or think about that type of thing! You should go check out my first video! I didn’t even know how to hold the camera the right way 🤣 I counted today that this is my 21st video. Every video I learn a little more. And get a little better. And more comfortable talking to the camera. I’m definitely working to build a skill set for video editing. My goal is to put out very high quality gardening/farming content. I need a new computer now though. My computer has been struggling to keep up! Anyway, I appreciate your attention to detail! And I’d be tickled if you go watch my first video to compare 🤣 thanks again for watching 🙏
Bro keep it up you inspire me so much! Thanks from Alabama
Heck yeah 👍 thanks for the encouragement! I’m just getting started 👊
Dude awesome story and awesome story teller, your videos are great
Thank you! I appreciate it!
Very impressive man. Just found your channel and I'm binge watching. Really enjoy your videos.
Thank you! I’m glad you’re here 🙏
@@chefsharvestfarm As a home gardener for 46 years I've evolved into a very similar garden set up, but, way smaller, about 22 x 50. Your channel is going to be huge. Keep up the great work
Hello from beautiful Antigua🇦🇬. I love your attitude and how you have a flexible system that works for you.
Thank you! Thanks for watching! I love that RUclips connects me to people all over the world 🙌
@@chefsharvestfarmthe internet is awesome…..
@@juliarroberts1621 heck yeah 🙌
Outstanding, Glad you got out of the kitchen early. i did 37 Years as a chef... It steals your life Glad you're doing what you Love
Very organized! Great traffic flow and minimal unnecessary steps. ❤
Thanks 🙏
Really interesting deliveries!! Love how packed full of stories your video is!!
@@anniebancroft1175 Thank You! thanks for watching 🙏
Awesome thanks for the video! I would have thought most restaurants already have their supply chains and wouldn't bother. Seems like the higher quality restaurants are looking for higher quality produce 😊
For sure! Definitely gotta go for the high end restaurants! Thanks for the positive feedback! I really appreciate your support 🙏
Dude! You crack me up! Your honesty is freakin impressive and refreshing! Content A+
@@rmac200434 thank you 👊
❤ You are an absolutely a hustler and an organized one at that. Fantastic!
Thank you 🙏 you actually watched till the very end 🤣🙏
Love your channel Brother! You're a hustler and also inspire me deeply!
Thank you! Hopefully I can continue to inspire!
Your hard work is definitely inspiring…looking forward to keeping up with you here in Canada
Thank you! I appreciate you following along 🙏
Much respect to what you're doing, I grow veg in my backyard and I know how much work goes into that 👏🏻
Thank you 🙏
You are an amazing farmer. Learning alot.
Thank you 🙏
Hey man, I gotta go home to my farm 😂. Love that story. Keep it up, love seeing the small scale local successes
Thank you 🙏
Thank you so very much. Love your channel. Wish I were as exciting.
@@EastRiverHomestead thanks for watching! I appreciate it 🙏
So awesome. love the content
Thanks for watching 🙏
I love the hustle! Keep it up.
Thank you! Thanks for following along 🙏
Thank you for all of your extra insight. I like that you said that the customers may not always buy from you and that's ok. Things like that are what we don't think about but we need to know. I love your content and your garden looks great!
Thank you 🙏 I appreciate it! I’m glad you found it valuable!
Thank you for sharing these videos. I'm having fun and learning so much.
Thanks for watching 🙏
🌟All the best man, keep up the best work
@@KnightAngel23 thank you! I appreciate it 🙏
Your a good hustler but it looks like you really love what you do. Thats how to be successful. 👍. Interesting to see this side of gardening.
Thank you 🙏
Thank you
I absolutely watch all your videos and you are so knowledgeable and I just want to thank you for all the information. I would love to do what you do but unfortunately I live in Florida in an HOA but you are amazing and I just love all your videos.
@@kayemurphy5371 that really means a lot! I appreciate it! And I’m glad you’re enjoying the content
Just started doing backyard farming too and it has been very fruitful. Thanks for sharing information.
It’s not a bad life! Thanks for watching 🙏
Wow this is awesome content and super inspiring! Can't believe you only have 5.44k subs!
Thank you 🙏
I love dolly parton! I started to listen to hear because i heard a medieval version of Jolene on youtube! 😂❤️
@@Soviless99 she’s a good one I
Real deal work there 💪 respect and thank you for the insight
Thank you ! I appreciate it 🙏
You are the best!! Thank you. I'm trying to get into the farmers market but it's a bit intimidating. Thank you for breaking it down for us ❤️
Heck yeah! I started growing 1 tomato plant in my apartment. And I took that tomato plant to my parking spot every morning. Then I’d bring it in every night. I got 1 tomato! And now I’m here! And I’ve recorded the whole thing! I’ll plan to continue and share how I got here! I hope you’ll follow along! Thanks for watching 🙏
Fantastic video 🔥 I've worked exclusively in operations for small businesses the last 8 yrs and there's so much work that goes into what you're doing. Whether you're working with a small team or alone, growing a large enough portion of quality crops to make a profit to continue to grow your business is challenging, not to mention inventory management of fresh products, sales, customer service, logistics, maintaining good relationships with existing clients, filming, editing, and uploading to YT, etc the list goes on. I spend 22-26 hrs each weekend gardening in the burbs of NJ and though it's a lot of work, it's the best part of my week. It's great to hear how this all got started and how persistent you have to be to grow. I have a feeling your channel is going to blow up in the years to come so best of luck to you growing your crops and business 🙌
@@domo_mother_of_plants you are absolutely correct! So much more than just growing! Thanks for showing me support! I really do appreciate it 🙏
@@chefsharvestfarm This is a terrific testimony! I burst out laughing! Thank you, thank you for this! I have farmed before, and successfully -- but only one year on someone else's land -- gardening can be so intimidating though! Lol!
@@domo_mother_of_plants thank you 🙏
Great video I’m so happy it’s paid off for all the hard work u do 🇳🇿❤️
Thank you! I appreciate you watching 🙏
Gotta keep on hustling. Beautiful
Thanks brother 🙏
So much love for you Mikey! Inspiring us noobie gardeners here in switzerland! Amazing work and I can't wait to see your market one day in the flesh!
Thanks so much! I really appreciate it! Love that RUclips connects me to people all over the world! Thanks for watching 🙏
@@chefsharvestfarm I'm also wondering how you find the companion planting of beet root and tomatoes! Is that working well for you? I tried with nasturtium flowers but they seem to compete with nutrients and so far the tomatoes have performed very poorly! I'm also a no-till grower. Thanks again!
@@Collapsonauts hmmmm…. I do not have issues with beet root under tomatoes at all. It’s one of my favorites!
@@chefsharvestfarm Oh that's great news! I'm going to give that a go! Thanks for the answer ♥
@@Collapsonauts happy to help! I wouldn’t think nasturtiums would be much different. They’re all pretty heavy feeders. So I would definitely make sure you a little extra nutrients if you’re having issues. Beets are also heavy feeders. I also put down azomite before I plant beets. They always have great tops when I do that.
I can’t wait to see your channel grow. You got a great niche in content. And you’re super jacked!
Thank you 🙏
Love the videos and your drive to success would
Absolutely love to do this in my area gardening is my passion maybe some day 👍
Heck yeah! I hope you’ll follow along! I’ll show ya everything! Thanks for watching🙏
Thanks man I’m so glad I found your videos if I every get down your way I would love stop by and see your garden -I’m in Ohio 👍
@@brettkennedy8832 sorry we don’t actually have visitors at the farm. I meant I’ll show you through videos 😉
Thumbs up from France 🇫🇷 👍
Awesome! Thank you 🙏 love that RUclips helps me make friends all over the world! Thanks for watching 🙌
France?! Awesome! Hello from Maryville, Tennessee ☺️
@@monicagreen748 so cool to connect with people all over the world! Thanks for watching 🙏
Amazing story! SUBBED! Dave in WV!
@@TheRubiconInvasion thanks Dave! 🙏
It appears that you grow a 'ton' of produce in your 'back yard' and have developed some clever strategies to make less work of it. (Love the cool bot trailer). I'm curious ... with all the produce you produce how do you enrich your soil / fertilize your crops????
@@MikeV607 thank you 🙏 I use no till methods to grow. I just dump about 3 wheelbarrows of manure based compost on each bed 2-3 times per year. And if I just need a little extra fertilizer instead of compost I’m using the neversink blend which I purchase from seven springs farm supply in Virginia. It’s the best place to get organic amendments, shipping is expensive… but worth it!
Dope video. I grew up in Knoxville. I had no idea you live in Knoxville when this video popped up in my feed.
Awesome! I love Knoxville! I’ve lived many places in my life. But Knoxville feels like home. Thanks for watching 👊
Go on Brother! Would be great to see a video of how well you do in a year's worth of sales. It seems you have spent quite a bit on equipment, fridges, machinery etc. Would love to know what finances are like at the end of it all. Thanks for your videos.
Thanks for the feedback! I will definitely put something like that together eventually. But definitely did not purchase everything at once. I started small and reinvested everything I made. Leveraged debt well, and received grants from the USDA.
Nice content! Greetings from Costa Rica
Thank you 🙏
Just found your channel, I am really enjoying the info and advice as I have a similar situation. I formarly owned my own restaurant and just didn't enjoy it any more / burnt out from opening right before Covid. I am currently working on a Horticulture degree and interning on a farm with hopes of opening a flower/market no till organic farm in the future.
@@johndaniels3187 awesome man! It’s a good way to live life! I’m glad you’re here 🙏 I hope to share everything about how I got here! Thanks for following along 🙏
Question:
With a backyard garden like yours, what is your watering system and how often do you water?
If you get a chance, could you do a video on that and your system from when you started gardening to what you are doing now?
I have the entire garden set up on a combination of overhead and drip including the high tunnels. I have some rain water catchment and the entire system is controlled via Wi-Fi control from my smartphone. I will definitely make a video soon.
The drip lines are running about 5 hours a day in the summer. Water bill last month was over $400.
Love the content, would live to see a detailed video of how you harvest and pack your herbs. Also do you have another channel for the hemp? BTW how about a bigger bag instead of 2 bags for example with the beets
Thank you 🙏 I do have a ton of cool cannabis content recorded… I’m just kind of sitting on it for now. I’m either going to release it here or on a separate channel.
I’m so confused… but really impressed!! WHO HELPS YOU? I just started watching u so maybe I have missed it but sure you are not doing this all yourself, RIGHT??
@@cakebliss6535 I have 2 people who work for me full time. I’m pretty sure they’re mentioned in this video 🤷🏻♂️ thanks for watching and commenting! I really do appreciate it 🙏
Nice job mate!!! Bloody hell, you're a busy bee though! It's so satisfying to grow & sell though, or in my case... I give away as I'm just a small backyard food farmer.
Thank you 🙏
Dude, my family lives in Walland and Meriville(Maryville). I need to drop by and see you some time...I'm in west TN and have a quarter acre garden patch and think about just doing garden market and maybe trying restaurant
That’s Awesome! Good luck with your garden! We don’t actually allow visitors on the farm… it’s just my house…. It is not a place to just drop by 🤣
I just subscribed. What water sprinkler head are you using in your garden?
They are wobblers. I don’t really love them. I just bought some netafim meganets. Looking forward to set them up. But I haven’t tried them yet.
Reminds me of a pot grower learning his value...
Sweet! Thanks for watching 🙏
Does CSA work in your area? I mean, if you were to go to a bigger farmstead at some point this might work?
@@shannonelliott9230 I deliver to some pretty wealthy people that I’ve met from the farmers market. If anything I would probably seek out some of the neighbors in hoods I already deliver to.
@@chefsharvestfarm Sounds like just the thing in your situation. Your level of organization just really impresses me. Thank you for sharing so much, because you are an inspiration. :) God bless!
I just had this idea today and now I randomly find this video lmao
The algorithm read your mind! 😂
@@chefsharvestfarm I was actually looking for it great video! Have you thought on transitioning to hydroponics or are you going organic?
@@Tony_Sab I may dabble in hydroponics someday. But I’m more interested in acquiring more land and doing larger scale, No Till tractor based farming more than I would hydroponics.
@@chefsharvestfarm the great thing about hydroponics is that you can go vertical, but its only gonna work for leafy greens and micro greens and the cost of entry is pretty high so yeah it might not be the best idea for now.Anyways best of luck to you i hope you keep uploading more of your journey its very intresting
What does $1000 of produce look like? Do you discount volume at that scale?
The bulk of the “money “ is typically salad greens (salanova lettuce, arugula, and spinach when in season) everything else is slim margins and I consider add ons. I’m generally not interested in working with a restaurant unless they’re buying salad greens. But there’s always exceptions…
@@chefsharvestfarm that's awesome man. Your videos are great. We farm and when I see guys like you I consider giving up tractors. Lol
@@chefsharvestfarm you've definitely found your niche. Could I get your true thoughts ( as a pro chef and farmer and salesman)on my idea of growing and selling micro greens to restaurants s and farmers markets, do you think it is something that is realistically profitable if you don't live in a big or "foodie"city or town.
Ahh I think my long comment got deleted bc I posted a link, so hopefully this isn’t a repeat.
But I’m hopefully moving to East Tennessee to escape Illinois 😅lol. I edit for John kohler 3 RUclips channels, growing your greens, okraw, and discount juicers. I also edit for another youTuber called Mic the vegan. If you’re still looking for a video editor let me know! Was going to send a link to my resume but I think that caused my comment to get flagged/deleted. But any who you got a great inspiring channel! Hoping to have a great garden out there in East Tennessee when I eventually move, and you are doing a great job showing what’s possible.
Hi! Thanks for reaching out. You can send your resume to my email address if you’d like: contact@chefsharvestfarm.com. I am enjoying creating my own editing style. But could definitely use some help with some editing. Thanks for watching 🙏
You know you said Maryville wrong
Sorry!!! MerrrrVul 🤣🤣🤣
@@chefsharvestfarm lmao 🤣🤣🤣
@@SockPuppetSays 🤣🤣🤣
My wife is super southern and definitely says MerrrVul 🤣