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Kansas Garden Guy
Приєднався 17 бер 2020
Just a small Kansas family trying to keep life going and maybe meet some friends on the way! We are far from perfect and hope this channel will help you guys get motivated or even help answer some questions you may have about small scale market gardening in the Midwest. Also follow us on Instagram @kansasgardenguy and FB @ Summerpick Farms.
Bootstrap Farmer high tunnel build #7 — Plastic on end walls, main, and roll up sides
This weeks video is the last in our series of high tunnel build videos. We are installing both end walls , main roof section, and the roll up sides.
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Bootstrap Farmer DIY high tunnel build #6 - Spring channel , hip , and base boards
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This weeks video we will get the hip and base boards in and all channeled up for insect netting. Bootstrap Farmer Affiliate: shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=1020530&u=2946890&m=72437&urllink=&afftrack=
Bootstrap Farmer DIY High Tunnel Kit #5 : installing hoops and outlines
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This week we use a cool tool to install, bolt, and tie in the center purlin to the hoops. Bootstrap Farmer Affiliate: shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=1020530&u=2946890&m=72437&urllink=&afftrack=
Bootstrap Farmer DIY high tunnel kit #4 : Installing hoops to make one hoop for install
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This weeks video I will show you how to take your bent hoops from last weeks video and connect them together to make one hoop for install. Bootstrap Farmer link : shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=1020530&u=2946890&m=72437&urllink=&afftrack=
The seasons are about to change here: Market Farmers thinking
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This weeks video is about the season to come and the thinking behind the move to new crops. Bootstrap Farmer Affiliate: shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=1020530&u=2946890&m=72437&urllink=&afftrack=
Bootstrap Farmer DIY Kit # 3 : Bending poles to make hoops
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This weeks video is all about bending the top rail poles to make your bent sections to make your hoops. The link below is not just a place to order seed starting supplies or high tunnel kits but they also have all the supplies you need to build your own kits as well as instructions and info needed to complete these tasks. Bootstrap Farmer Affiliate: shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=1020530&u=2946890&m=72...
Flipping tunnel to greens for winter
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This week we are pulling the tarps laid weeks ago to get prepped for this seasons salad mix and spinach. Bootstrap Farmer Affiliate: shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=1020530&u=2946890&m=72437&urllink=&afftrack=
Bootstrap Farmer DIY high tunnel kit #2 getting started
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This second video of the series is about what it takes to square and set the ground posts for your new high tunnel. This is the first step in getting a quality structure to begin building off of. Bootstrap Farmer Affiliate: shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=1020530&u=2946890&m=72437&urllink=&afftrack=
Bootstrap Farmer DIY high tunnel build #1 : Dirt work
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Todays video is the first of this series in which we walk thru and construct our DIY high tunnel kit from Bootstrap Farmer. We have to start with a solid clean base for which we can get started so my friend Steve is helping me out fix some issues on our pad to build our tunnel. Bootstrap Farmer Affiliate Link : shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=1020530&u=2946890&m=72437&urllink=&afftrack=
Ripping it out! : Market Farmer frustrated
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This episode we are ripping out the Cherry Tomatoes and resetting for fall. Bootstrap Farmer link: shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=1020530&u=2946890&m=72437&urllink=&afftrack=
Market Farmer trellising cucumbers
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Re-trellising cucumber plants in the tunnels and showing tunnel progress this season. Bootstrap Farmer Affiliate link: shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=1020530&u=2946890&m=72437&urllink=&afftrack=
Got waterlines to the tunnels cleaned up
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Today’s video we do a weekly walk thru and show you progress on the farm. Bootstrap Farmer link : shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=1020530&u=2946890&m=72437&urllink=&afftrack=
DIY Garden Tool Board: Anyone can do this!
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Todays video is just a simple overhead tool outdoor storage site for our market gardens and high tunnels. This brings everything to one center location for any person to use and gives all those loose garden tools a home 🏠 Bootstrap Farmer Affiliate Link: shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=1020530&u=2946890&m=72437&urllink=&afftrack=
My easy weed spray in the tunnels.
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Todays video is a little easy weed spraying in the tunnels and some exciting news to come our way! Bootstrap Farmer affiliate: shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=1020530&u=2946890&m=72437&urllink=&afftrack=
Getting some much needed trellising done today!
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Getting some much needed trellising done today!
Weekly walk around- Market Farm July 7 2024
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Weekly walk around- Market Farm July 7 2024
Why we chose to not do Farmers Markets this year.
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Why we chose to not do Farmers Markets this year.
Flipping out market style beds to cucumbers 🥒
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Flipping out market style beds to cucumbers 🥒
Flipping market beds /// Start to Finish
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Flipping market beds /// Start to Finish
How to install shade cloth to your high tunnels😎
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How to install shade cloth to your high tunnels😎
What is planted in my high tunnels in April
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What is planted in my high tunnels in April
You picked the perfect day to do that. No breeze at all!
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Great video,Tracy very informative.
I learned a crucial part of install from this vid - how to install wiggle wire. I have been wondering how the plastic attaches for years.
@@JesseJames83 Thank you for watching! I looked for years before I started YT for videos like these and nothing. That is why I started doing videos I figured someone was like me looking for answers.
@@KansasGardenGuy I see you have quite the operation. What town are you in? I'm in Manhattan.
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Horizontal is more comfortable in my opinion but need to fix it before use 😅
I'm using this for clothes. Built it and couldn't figure it why my drill was backing the bolt out so thank toy for the end of this
center purlin goes on the outside
@@cindyholder2002 I guess I’m confused why would you do that? That means when you pull the plastic over the top it would catch on the purlin and rip it.
You definitely want it on the inside that is how every company builds their tunnels and kits.
@@KansasGardenGuy you want it on the outside so it gives it just a bit more pitch so the snow will roll off it easier.....and the thicker mil plastic wont rip
@@cindyholder2002 well I guess we can agree to disagree on this one. Thanks for watching
maybe different with container gardening.? companion planting, might add marigolds to the tomatoes.
@@ChristyGolden-z2q yes that does work very well also. In a tunnel when doing the lower and lean method on tomatoes it really doesn’t work to plant below the tomato because it gets in the way. If you were to use up a bed in the tunnel for a plant that doesn’t make you any money it would not make sense to. Now planting stuff outside or in a small container garden yes I would interplant to assist with pest pressure but really no pressure with insects if so a little organic spray kills those out.
Could be a bit louder
Yes I’m sorry. In the past video my lapel mic broke so I’m forced to use the dead cat for my phone until I can get another.
Great job Tracy, looking good.
you are not supposed to put cukes and tomatoes together. not companions
@@ChristyGolden-z2q I’ve seen that somewhere before but not to sure why? Ive done it in tunnels for the last 5 years and don’t notice any issues with it.
If your referring to possible diseases and pests I’m not to sure that is really something. If you plant a tunnel full of tomatoes or cucumbers separate you still get pests and diseases if your soil health is in poor condition. Mine is not so it works for me.
The heat has been unreal. I live in Wichita and we're finally getting a break from it.
Ill sat this again get rid of the shade cloth.
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This is AAAA-AMAZING
We're getting more into growing and selling salad greens for the market, so this was interesting to watch. On Instagram you showed seed starting trays with salanova in them. In the video you're direct sowing a mix of other types of lettuce. Why not just pick one? Are you using them for different purposes? And, do you have any tricks for starting salanova seeds. We have only been getting about 60% germination.
@@danielawilliams4399 I start Salanova ( 800) for my base salad mix. I use the Johnnys Wildfire as a add to the mix. 75/25 mix or blend . Some times I add Asian or spinach as the 25% to the Salanova. I also start Cherokee , Romaine,and or Muir as a head lettuce.
NICE! I appreciate you explaining why you are choosing the length of the tunnel and your beds. Really good thoughts. I am revamping my garden this fall to accommodate those 50' cloth lengths but was going for actually 50'! I'm so glad you mentioned making the beds shorter to be able to tuck the ends! You saved me a bunch of headaches!
@@trishapomeroy9251 your welcome!
I have that same bender. We mounted it to a wall and had a hard time keeping the pipe from twisting. I REALLY appreciate that you mounted it to a post and showed how much easier it is to keep it straight! Thank you !!!
@@trishapomeroy9251 your welcome! After watching a video years ago when someone mounted it on a wall I thought a pole would give more room.
@@KansasGardenGuy yeah! Not just more room, but also a way to pull down really straight! I missed the first two videos in this series. Checking them out now. Thanks again.
I like how you mounted the bender to the vertical pole
Hello, Im a tomato grower from Australia, I never grow tomatoes under shade always in full sun under plastic. Your plants are long and have thin stems, the reason for that is they are looking for sunlight. The more growth the plant puts into its stem the less fruit over its growing season, correct ventilation growing under plastic is vital in summer.
Yeah your tomatoes are etoliated as hell
Great video Tracy, I just wished I would have done what you’re doing with the farm garden. Instead of spending 30 years of driving a truck over the road for last 30 years. Thanks!!!
What type of lettuce are you growing that can withstand the Kansas heat? Sorry if I missed you saying it.
@@RayHChemEng we grow lots of Salanova, Cherokee, Muir and or Tropicana.
Looking good, coming together
What mower is that? Looks like pathway width too. 18"?
@@lexithompson3030 it’s a 21” Honda
Just saw your videos. Do have a video on how and what you use for fertilizing? Do you use organic and do you apply. Thank you
@@caseyarmstrong7064 not particularly as of yet. I use only organic as possible. I use Agrithrive Fish fertilizer thru my drip irrigation. I’m getting ready to do a series on building a DIY tunnel from scratch and it is start to working tunnel. I do have a older video about my drip system but it’s not as nice as they are now.
@@KansasGardenGuy got it. Thank you. I was more curious on how fertilizer, and how often. Do you use water soluble synthetics or water soluble fish emulsion, etc. I find using fish emulsions it plugs up my filter for my drip system. Thinking of going to a water soluble synthetic for my raised beds. I use to do organic, but I find that getting all the correct nutrients is hard to do, and may/can take up to years to establish. Idk.
@@caseyarmstrong7064 it does but I recommend only using 2 cups of fert in your one gallon tank per week. At that rate it gets pretty diluted down . I also clean out my filters once a week as a regiment but a synthetic 20-20-20 works great as long as you watch your dosage and extend your feeding cycle to once a month.
@@KansasGardenGuy thank you for your input. I use a 55 gallon barrel that I want to use like a dosage on system, but there pretty expensive. I just use a submersible pump and plumb it into my drip system. I’m gonna go back to using the master blend stuff. Always had great production with it. I just like talking garden stuff and getting people’s ideas, thank you for your suggestions.
I wish you well brother. I appreciate the content
Tracy I wished I lived closer to your farm, because I would be there every week buying your produce. Great work see you on your next video.
I was thinking the same thing! 😊
This is very informative thank you
Keep at it! You have a good thing going!!
Thanks I appreciate it!
Uhhhhh. If u destroy the canopy like thst on the tomatoes why dont u plant more closer together???? U obviously don't care about quality and only care about money so wtf why not?
My high tunnel cukes got hit by afids, hard, and I had to cut them all down. Was a first for me.
Man so you know what I mean. Yeah this time of year hits hard sometimes I’ve been pretty lucky but you know how that goes.
Looking great!!!
@@rlbgardener6465 Thanks!
Hello from the KCMO area. Did you get the 70 mph winds last night? How did you hold up?
@@culdesacgrocerygarden yes we did 🌬️ No damage what do ever
Yayayay! Congrats, guys!
Thank you Chris! It’s pretty awesome and I’m definitely excited about the possibilities.
The veggie houses are looking great, the lady’s are doing good. Keep up the great work with your videos. Thanks enjoy watching. Oh also I like your covered tool rack you built.
@@rlbgardener6465 Thank You for the kind words as always! I think it finishes it off nicely better than just piling them up somewhere.
I appreciate the detailed video on trellising! I'm always interested in what varieties other market Farmers are growing as we're still trying to figure out what works best for us an our market. You mentioned the cucumber you are growing is Excelsior, but when I look it up on Johnny's that is a pickling cucumber. Is that really the variety? We have grown Diva for a few years now, but I like the look of yours a bit better.
@@danielawilliams4399 Thank you and YES!!!! You made me go back and look at my order from Johnnys…. I bought Excelsior for pickling but the other ones are Katrina and Nokyo. I’m gonna have to correct myself on my next video this weekend. Thank you for keeping me honest. 😄
Congratulations Tracy on your scholarship.
@@rlbgardener6465 Thank You!
Congratulations. Love and greetings from Germany.
@@katipohl2431 Hello and Thank You!
I know what you mean, weeds drive me nuts too. I have a big problem with crabgrass, you pull one clump out and get 50 more clumps pop back up. I hate it!!!!
Congrats!
@@danielawilliams4399 Thank You!
Hi Tracy, everything is looking great, I wished I was 30 years younger I would love to have a farm market here in SWMO. I’ve bent and nearly broke the top out of my tomato plants before, and got some black tape and rapped that part of the stem. Then put a clip above the tape and kept growing no problem.
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@@ntxawmlawj2924 Thank You and Thanks for watching! I hope all is good with you and your family!
Great video, very much enjoyed watching your gardening videos. Thanks!!
Looking great
Thank you brother!
Looking great man! I love all the new stuff going on for you. I am subscribed but haven't seen any of your videos in a while. Lots of hard work and it's looking great!
@@trishapomeroy9251 I’m trying to do 2 a week now. Thursday and Sunday walk tour. I’ve been super busy getting to this stage and I’ve been a bad YTuber
@@KansasGardenGuy that's the reality of being a farmer. Some things need to take priority over making videos.
Sorry if you already said this in the video but how has your rain been so far in kansas
@@housecat5202 well it’s been a mess for us around here. We’ve had flooded tunnels and it seems to be dumping lots of rain on us. As of today we are now in the middle of at least a stretch of heat and no rain for the next 7 days at least. We are lucky to not have the devastation a lot of others are having with the flooding going on .
What kind of soil do you grow in?
@@kennysilver9769 it is base of our KS black dirt and than we build the beds on top of it with 4-6 inches of compost/ black dirt/ sand and than plant into. As we flip the beds I use 5 -5 gallon buckets of pure compost to amend the beds before planting every time after first bed build.
I appreciate you candidly sharing your journey. This is our second year at our local farmers market and the market manager is amazing! They really do make all the difference with the experience of the vendors and those that visit the market. We also started selling to a local farm to table restaurant. The stress of having what they need when they need it is a bit much. How do you handle that? Do you just make sure to over produce or assume they can buy elsewhere if you can't meet a need for a certain week?
I’m so glad your Market experience has been good so far! I believe it’s all about the management on how your market sets it’s pace and or smoothness of its vendors. And yes it’s a bit stressful to sell to a vendor or restaurant setting because it’s a big if when and how much. Yes she has another food warehouse to pick up my slack at our place. She sends me a menu for 6 months and it helps to succession grow but still you may have more or less what they need. She also understands this is the first year for us growing and their farmer experience so we both work together to make it work. They just signed another 6 month contract to grow all winter for them so it seems to be working but make sure you keep them in the loop way ahead of time if you are not able to make the order so they can order from a whole seller or another place .
@@KansasGardenGuyI hope to continue to grow our presence at the restaurant - so much easier and it's nice to have the guaranteed sale. Communication has been key to continuing the relationship. Now we just need to grow more consistently to meet the demand. Right now we're only producing enough for weekend specials and not a seasonal menu. I'm still proud of where we've come in just our second season. I've learned a lot from you over the past several years and am grateful for all of the knowledge you share. Thank you so much!
@@danielawilliams4399 you are very welcome. Don’t thank me though I’m just trying to hand what little bit of knowledge I have to someone that may need a little different perspective on things.
Good on you!
Thank You!