Farm kids are just built different. A healthy work ethic is instilled when they're young, and pride for a job well done. It would be so great if there were programs for city kids to spend summers on family farms, working and learning right along side farm kids. Gaining a different viewpoint and learning where our food comes from and how much hard work goes into bringing in that harvest!
Come rain,come shine,canteloup,you will be mine ,and I never will change you for another ) That quote of a child song fits that canteloup picking like a glove.
Glad you gave yourself a break 👍 the cantaloupe, green peppers, cucumbers and zucchini's look full and ripe 💯 hoping your watermelon harvest will ripen more - I take it you like adventure and the outdoors? 😃 another Great video 📸
I love your channel. One thing I would like more of is showing the tubs of picked fruits and veggies. I mean focus on the bounty of picked fruits and veggies. Give us a good long look.😅😅😅
You are definitely a true farmer, it's to wet its to dry that was the wrong kind of rain it came at the wrong time all the while your having a great crop!
I love 🍉, peppers looked really good and the bigger zucchini are awesome for zucchini bread, which I've already shredded up several bags. You have some great young people working for you😊
Jason, love watching your channel. On your last video you asked if it was worth it. My market motivation is how many families do I offer fresh produce to everyday. Also, you do some Wic markets and the voucher program. If it wasn't for you, these less forchanant families would not get any fresh healthy produce. God bless you Jason and thank you for what you do!
Cucumber beetles are the bane of my existence in the garden. Even with routine spraying they are always what ends my cucumber and melon season early. They are the only garden pest I know of that when disturbed fly right at you even though they do not bite or sting. If I do t spray my pumpkin vines every week I will never have anything to harvest. I know you limit spraying but maybe I need to spray something stronger earlier in the season to prevent them from getting a foothold.
They seem worse than ever this year. I can spray those little boogers twice a week and they’re still out, starting to wonder if they’re getting resistant to the insecticide I’m using may need to switch it up a little bit with something that has a little residual or systemic action.
Try and get as many hoop houses as you can as the USDA allots them. I think it’s 1 or 2 per county. I haven’t used the program in 3-4 years, but in my experience, good tomato’s require perfect application of water, or they split like those did. Hoop houses provide perfect control.
I had a half acre of hoop houses for 10 years and it was a management nightmare so I sold them. We have much better luck in our 14,000 square-foot space of hydroponic greenhouses.
@@wishwellfarmsfor many years up until the 2021 season your rain pattern was down here - I was always dealing with too much water. Then the rain train seemed to shift a bit north and left us with this infrequent rain pattern. Mother nature at her best 😊.
Hello, I'm a fairly new subscriber, I just want to say how great it is you have the kids working with you, teaching them so much, not just about farming but the value of earning their own money. What a great sysem you have Jason x
Jason, have you ever looked at the profitability of your greenhouse tomatoes versus field tomatoes; with all cost considered by growing method? Which is more profitable? I know you have mentioned in earlier videos, as the trucks head off to earlier farmers markets, the produce you buy grown further south has limited margin and you also state although the tomatoes are your own, there are higher costs when grown in the greenhouse. Love the videos.
Great question and sorry it took me so long to reply. Yes I have crunched all the numbers many times but it’s been years and years so I stopped doing it but I have a pretty good idea. We make 10 times maybe even 15 times more money on our greenhous tomatoes than we do on our field tomatoes. Greenhouse tomatoes are harvested for as long as you want to keep the plants going, but we choose to do it for 3 to 4 months. Field Tomatoes will last for about three or four weeks and then their shot and then Frost comes shortly after. If we didn’t have our Greenhouse tomatoes to sell along with some of that southern Produce, we obviously would not be going to any markets and losing out on huge amounts of revenue during May and June and the first half of July. With only about 12,000 ft.² of greenhouse space we can gross over $100,000 on those greenhouse tomatoes. So it is so worth it to spend $7000 on Propane for Heating and the other approximately $10,000 on all the other input cost, not including labor. Furthermore, by the time our field tomatoes come on the demand for tomatoes at farmers markets, plummets at least 75% because everyone has Tomatoes being sold, including all the gardeners that no longer come and buy because they have their own. Hope that helps explain it. Thanks for watching all the videos.
6:00 I knew i seen a whole child go through that thing! Had to do a rewind, so now i need to know what brand washer that is! Gotta get me one of those 😆
Lol, I didn’t even know about it until someone in the comments mentioned it. It’s just an offbrand made by a small Amish manufacture in Fredericksburg Ohio called hogback manufacturing.
Thanks! Our favorite is actually a number, PS 04651819 I believe, and we also like red fish, paladin, and classic. This year we did not plant paladin and classic just the one with the number and redfish.
Really enjoy these video's. It looks like you have your sons and daughters and there friends helping? What is the story behind this? I'm just curious. I think you have a great set up. I've worked for 2 farmers and they were both extremely hard working and you seem right out of that mold. Keep up the good work!
Thanks Charlie. My oldest son still helps until he graduates from nursing school next spring and my youngest daughter will still help during the summers while in college. My middle son who is 21, was the one that I thought would take over but he is now a full time RUclipsr making good money and has no desire to farm. My daughter helped get us about 7 kids from her senior class this summer but the problem with this is that now they are all leaving for college this week and I have no help except for a few home school kids, a nephew and two adults now…it’s going to be rough.
Yes, it is a great year for peppers, That’s for sure! Don’t worry, I intend to make several videos about our commercial kitchen, but it’s gonna have to be something later this month or early next month when things on farm slow down a little for me.
Ha, go to 6:01 minute mark. The kid in the gray tank goes through the veggie washer. I thought I saw that and had to slow the time-lapse down. Yep, he went through the washer.
When you pick the tomatoes, can you specify which varieties they are? I might want to try some of your varieties, but I would like to see how they do in your fields before I decide which seeds I am going to buy.
Our hydroponic tomatoes are 16 inches apart with two plants in each bato bucket but out in the field we give them 2 1/2 feet on the raised beds, we used to plant in a high tunnel with raised beds and plastic mulch, and we put them at 2 feet apart, I would not go any closer on determinants But indeterminates in Greenhouse can be much closer
Do you pay all of your workers the same rate? Or do you pay some of them more because of the jobs that they do? I think I would want to be riding on the wagon catching the cantaloupes. I get tired and my back hurts just watching your videos.
Most of his plants are hybrids and seeds from a hybrid plant will not produce the same crop as the original.seed did. The seeds are most often patented as well.
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Farm kids are just built different. A healthy work ethic is instilled when they're young, and pride for a job well done. It would be so great if there were programs for city kids to spend summers on family farms, working and learning right along side farm kids. Gaining a different viewpoint and learning where our food comes from and how much hard work goes into bringing in that harvest!
Great video. Jason, you are.truly blessed to have such a great group of young Americans helping on your beautiful farm. God Bless you all.
September 1 this mid Midwest disabled country boy just found this channel. Really good thank you.
Thanks Paul. Where are you from?
@@wishwellfarms Illinois Missouri Iowa corner. 20 miles cross the creek From Quincy Missouri side or 40 minutes north west Hannibal.
I absolutely love your channel. A true hard working farmer. God bless!!
Farm work is hard work but without it there's no food for humanity.
Big ups 💪to the ones growing food in and out of season.
You're lucky enough to have some youth willing to work. Here in Mississippi if the kids can't ride or drive the tractors they rather play video games.
Well in my opinion they need to be made to work whether they like it or not, once they see that paycheck maybe then there'll be more enthused to work!
It's not luck. It is how they are raised. A work ethic is taught.
Come rain,come shine,canteloup,you will be mine ,and I never will change you for another ) That quote of a child song fits that canteloup picking like a glove.
Glad you gave yourself a break 👍 the cantaloupe, green peppers, cucumbers and zucchini's look full and ripe 💯 hoping your watermelon harvest will ripen more - I take it you like adventure and the outdoors? 😃 another Great video 📸
Love your channel. I'm a new sub..! 🤗👏
I love your channel. One thing I would like more of is showing the tubs of picked fruits and veggies. I mean focus on the bounty of picked fruits and veggies. Give us a good long look.😅😅😅
You are definitely a true farmer, it's to wet its to dry that was the wrong kind of rain it came at the wrong time all the while your having a great crop!
I love 🍉, peppers looked really good and the bigger zucchini are awesome for zucchini bread, which I've already shredded up several bags. You have some great young people working for you😊
Jason, love watching your channel. On your last video you asked if it was worth it. My market motivation is how many families do I offer fresh produce to everyday. Also, you do some Wic markets and the voucher program. If it wasn't for you, these less forchanant families would not get any fresh healthy produce. God bless you Jason and thank you for what you do!
I love farmers, they feed all. Keep up ...rain or shine. God bless u.
Thanks!
Keep up the good work
The products of labor are truly valuable, love
Thanks!
you are back. good job that is a lot more veg than i have :)
Best wishes from South Africa ❤ your content
Thank you!
You work very hard.
Cucumber beetles are the bane of my existence in the garden. Even with routine spraying they are always what ends my cucumber and melon season early. They are the only garden pest I know of that when disturbed fly right at you even though they do not bite or sting. If I do t spray my pumpkin vines every week I will never have anything to harvest. I know you limit spraying but maybe I need to spray something stronger earlier in the season to prevent them from getting a foothold.
They seem worse than ever this year. I can spray those little boogers twice a week and they’re still out, starting to wonder if they’re getting resistant to the insecticide I’m using may need to switch it up a little bit with something that has a little residual or systemic action.
Try and get as many hoop houses as you can as the USDA allots them. I think it’s 1 or 2 per county. I haven’t used the program in 3-4 years, but in my experience, good tomato’s require perfect application of water, or they split like those did. Hoop houses provide perfect control.
I had a half acre of hoop houses for 10 years and it was a management nightmare so I sold them. We have much better luck in our 14,000 square-foot space of hydroponic greenhouses.
Great video, Thank For Share
Nice video we was in drought weather then we got 5 and 1/2 in in the past 2 weeks splitting all my tomatoes cantaloupes melons everything 😢
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Again you are blessed with good rains. We have been abnormally dry here in sw Ohio. Some areas going on 4 weeks with no rain.
Wow, that is terrible, we’ve actually had two more massive 3 inch rains since this video. We are very wet. I wish I could send some your way!
@@wishwellfarmsfor many years up until the 2021 season your rain pattern was down here - I was always dealing with too much water. Then the rain train seemed to shift a bit north and left us with this infrequent rain pattern. Mother nature at her best 😊.
Hello, I'm a fairly new subscriber, I just want to say how great it is you have the kids working with you, teaching them so much, not just about farming but the value of earning their own money. What a great sysem you have Jason x
Jason, have you ever looked at the profitability of your greenhouse tomatoes versus field tomatoes; with all cost considered by growing method? Which is more profitable? I know you have mentioned in earlier videos, as the trucks head off to earlier farmers markets, the produce you buy grown further south has limited margin and you also state although the tomatoes are your own, there are higher costs when grown in the greenhouse. Love the videos.
Great question and sorry it took me so long to reply. Yes I have crunched all the numbers many times but it’s been years and years so I stopped doing it but I have a pretty good idea. We make 10 times maybe even 15 times more money on our greenhous tomatoes than we do on our field tomatoes. Greenhouse tomatoes are harvested for as long as you want to keep the plants going, but we choose to do it for 3 to 4 months. Field Tomatoes will last for about three or four weeks and then their shot and then Frost comes shortly after. If we didn’t have our Greenhouse tomatoes to sell along with some of that southern Produce, we obviously would not be going to any markets and losing out on huge amounts of revenue during May and June and the first half of July. With only about 12,000 ft.² of greenhouse space we can gross over $100,000 on those greenhouse tomatoes. So it is so worth it to spend $7000 on Propane for Heating and the other approximately $10,000 on all the other input cost, not including labor. Furthermore, by the time our field tomatoes come on the demand for tomatoes at farmers markets, plummets at least 75% because everyone has Tomatoes being sold, including all the gardeners that no longer come and buy because they have their own. Hope that helps explain it. Thanks for watching all the videos.
Like your videos I wish they were longer lol I know you busey also more of the markets
I will, glad you like the longer format!
Great video 🇳🇿🙏🏼
Thank you!
6:00 I knew i seen a whole child go through that thing! Had to do a rewind, so now i need to know what brand washer that is! Gotta get me one of those 😆
Lol, I didn’t even know about it until someone in the comments mentioned it. It’s just an offbrand made by a small Amish manufacture in Fredericksburg Ohio called hogback manufacturing.
@@wishwellfarms Boss turns his head for one second! 😂 Thanks for that, enjoyed watching your content as my own farm grows slowly.
Great video. I like the way you shared your variety of tomatoes. What variety was the nice looking bell peppers you harvested?
Thanks! Our favorite is actually a number, PS 04651819 I believe, and we also like red fish, paladin, and classic. This year we did not plant paladin and classic just the one with the number and redfish.
Looks like you have a big crew for picking? Wish I had that many kids working for me!
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Really enjoy these video's. It looks like you have your sons and daughters and there friends helping? What is the story behind this? I'm just curious. I think you have a great set up. I've worked for 2 farmers and they were both extremely hard working and you seem right out of that mold. Keep up the good work!
Thanks Charlie. My oldest son still helps until he graduates from nursing school next spring and my youngest daughter will still help during the summers while in college. My middle son who is 21, was the one that I thought would take over but he is now a full time RUclipsr making good money and has no desire to farm. My daughter helped get us about 7 kids from her senior class this summer but the problem with this is that now they are all leaving for college this week and I have no help except for a few home school kids, a nephew and two adults now…it’s going to be rough.
Anyway..you'r super handsome!
We are having the best pepper year ourselves. Are you working on the kitchen video? Would love to see the commercial kitchen.
Yes, it is a great year for peppers, That’s for sure! Don’t worry, I intend to make several videos about our commercial kitchen, but it’s gonna have to be something later this month or early next month when things on farm slow down a little for me.
I wonder if people view these videos 100-1000 yrs from now, what will they be thinking?
Ha, go to 6:01 minute mark. The kid in the gray tank goes through the veggie washer. I thought I saw that and had to slow the time-lapse down. Yep, he went through the washer.
Jason try Red Duce very good field tomatoe. Cheers
@@Appleman1965 I grew it for several years, pretty good tomato
When you pick the tomatoes, can you specify which varieties they are? I might want to try some of your varieties, but I would like to see how they do in your fields before I decide which seeds I am going to buy.
Hi Jason how far apart should I.plant my tomato plants,I'll be growing them up on tomato hooks your catslopes look great
Our hydroponic tomatoes are 16 inches apart with two plants in each bato bucket but out in the field we give them 2 1/2 feet on the raised beds, we used to plant in a high tunnel with raised beds and plastic mulch, and we put them at 2 feet apart, I would not go any closer on determinants But indeterminates in Greenhouse can be much closer
@wishwellfarms ok thanks have a great day
That Corn Rash is going to be painful.😖
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What that equipment that you wash with
What variety are your peppers & watermelon
Watermelon are El Capitan and red garnet and peppers are red fish and PS 09941819
some tomato varieties' names are Elon Musk's children names alike
How do you control the damage of the raccoon?
Lots of trapping in the off-season by my son and neighbor
Are they all your children?
No, I have two sons and a daughter, and none of them are interested in farming unfortunately
Did I see someone go thru the washer 😅😅
I asked my employees if someone went through it and they said they did but somehow I did not catch it. I’ll have to rewatch the time lapse lol
That’s hilarious that you actually saw that!
@@wishwellfarms it's at the 6min mark
@@wishwellfarms good content deserves attention
@@wishwellfarms 6min mark
Do you grow any pumpkins?
We grew them for 24 years but not this year, we’re taking at least a year off from them to do an RV trip for three weeks in New England.
@@wishwellfarms well if you come to NY you r more than welcome to stop for a vist.
@@paullhommedieu2795 where are you located? My wife and I will be going through NY on our way to New England this Oct.
@@paullhommedieu2795 We will be going through NY on our way, where abouts are you located?
@@wishwellfarms I'm in central New york.richfield springs love to meet you guys!
How many y acres do youfarm?
65 acres of vegetables and 1300 acres of corn and soybeans
@@wishwellfarms wow nice! You plant all those corn and soybeans yourself?
Do you pay all of your workers the same rate? Or do you pay some of them more because of the jobs that they do? I think I would want to be riding on the wagon catching the cantaloupes. I get tired and my back hurts just watching your videos.
They all take turns and only first year workers get paid the same rate, everyone else else is paid based on how many years they have been there.
Why do y'all not save your own seeds
Most of his plants are hybrids and seeds from a hybrid plant will not produce the same crop as the original.seed did. The seeds are most often patented as well.
Exactly what Becky just said