Family Transforms Weedy 1.5 Acre Lot into Fruitful Organic Farm
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- Опубліковано 30 січ 2025
- John from www.growingyour... goes on a field trip to Blue Horizon Farm, a 1.5 acre farm that practices biointensive, organic and veganic growing techniques.
In this episode, you will learn how a family has converted 1.5 acres of grass, weeds and trash into a productive organic farm t hat produces 25% of the food the family eats and is growing to increase that number.
John will take you on a tour of this farm, sharing with you all the major areas of the farm including: Composting Area, Seed Starting Area, Fertilizer Area, Garden Bed Area, Fruit Tree Orchard, and much, much more.
You will discover how this family farm doesn't use plastic to start its seeds to grow baby plant starts, but instead uses homemade wooden crates with a soil blocker.
You will also learn how this family makes it own fertilizer by using a special plant that they grow on site: confrey.
You will learn one of the best leafy green vegetables that should be grown in the hot summer season in South Florida.
You will discover why John is weary of produce that "looks too good" and what to do with your produce when it has bug holes and is imperfect.
Finally, John will sit down with Laura Sutton, one of the farmers and ask her questions about the farm such as:
Why did you decide to start the farm?
Why do you use comfrey tea?
Why did you choose not to grow animals on your farm?
Why are adding fermented foods to your diet important?
and much, much more
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You are so informative! I have a fruit and vegetable garden in Indiana and between you and Jeff Lawton, I am gaining so much experience for my farm. The chickens will clean up and till my garden in the fall. For this year I am using rows raised with non-chemical straw and layered with good organic planting soil on top. I have clay soil and use grass clippings for fertilizer. I have produced several 1 lb. tomatoes the last few seasons. My sweet potatoes went crazy in the wood mulched beds last year and so did the okra! Thank you for your informative videos.
John, I grew comfrey in a container with rock dust, worm castings and organic potting soil to make sure it has the nutrients, I use the comfrey tea with each planting when I'm watering it in, all my veggies and greens especially love it
This prevent comfrey getting invasive right?
Some good techniques and tips for acreage living looks like a bit to go yet though so keep plugging away and you'll get there! I'd recommend some animals (even if you're not going to eat them) because they are very handy on acreage to improve soil, recycle organic waste into fertiliser, etc some ducks and chickens will do wonders for a property like this one. Cheers :)
not at all interested in raising and using animals in any way, since we are vegan and believe animals should just be left alone
Wow that is great to see such abundance in very rocky soil!
very cool! i want to build a tiny house and buy a plot of land and start a small farm myself! I'm in Wisconsin so the weather and types of fruits and veggies would differ but it would be amazing to do some day.
Thanks for your videos John, the free raised bed video really helped me a lot.
Some really good ideas, I like the idea with soil blocks. I'm also trying to use permanent beds 30inch wide in my plot this year and also the bio-intensive spacing which will shade the weeds.
Thanks for the comfrey info, I'll give it a try.
Very nice work John
Would love to see more on aquaponics/hydroponic/aeroponics..... Would be awesome!!!! Thanks!! Love the channel and rock on Shaun!!
John 13:06 there is a lizard sharing the spotlight with you😄 I thought that I also seen a mouse 👀 😺😻there too, it ran across the opposite way the lizard did but I kept searching and I didn't see it anymore🙀.💡📷🎬🐀🐉 again very informative, enlightening and lovable video. Thanks and Keep Inspiring Us 🌱 🌿🍈🍋🌶🍇🍐🍓
You should let them know to put mulch in the pathways. In a year just scrape off the top layer of wood chips and then shovel out rich soil for the raised beds. Then remulch the pathways.
yes, we do that now, in great abundance!!
Great video,love about perspective of living in natural way
Wonderful place!
I believe that fruit tree at the beginning is a jamaican cherry (Muntingia calabura). Very fast growing tree with small but delicious fruit.
yes, you are correct...it is a jamaica cherry tree, also called Muntingia, or strawberry tree...just found out in Sri Lanka they call it the jam tree
wow. that is one sneaky lizard @13:39. he's like a ninja.
Thanks very much for your great videos, I will revisit your wonderful
channel again and I did press the red button on your wonderful channel. Regards!
I have a setup that channels my dish water and washing machine water goes into a sink hole then trickles into my garden with help from Reed plants there is heavy clay in both gardens so I've added tons of wood chip homemade compost but the back is great for water.
Where would I learn more about the fermentation of raw foods? This sounds interesting to me and I want to learn more.
Is so healthy I can't even wowz
Would love to see you head over the Europe or United Kingdom specifically.
great info
Where in Florida is that farm? I love your videos, and enjoy all the information you gave me, thanks
Finally subbed after watching about 30 of your vids :0 lol
John, did she mention to you about having any issues with fire ants and if so, what she does about that? They are a huge problem in Louisiana. I know this is an old video, but I am a new subscriber and I am catching up on your videos. Thanks.
yes we have fire ants...everywhere! they are such a big problem for us...because we don't want to use synthetic toxic chemicals to get rid of the fire ants, since we are organic and regenerative here. But we did try using diatomaceous earth (didn't work), and a product called "come and get it" (which DOES work)
Very informative
Is there a way to clear the land without a tractor or heavy machinery? I have a very similar piece of land and want to do the same.
you could clear land by hand with a machete and chain saw, but it would take MUCH more time than hiring someone with a skidsteer or bulldozer...or hire a whole bunch of people to come and use machetes and chain saws?
Jon please get in touch with me. I live in Las Vegas, and have been trying to reach you. There is a organic contest that I have been following. The woman is giving away her farm. I will send you the links. I think this would be something you would love
Would having chickens help by eating the bugs and then getting eggs as a benefit?
I've heard that does help
can you make a video a dry barren land. .. yellow soil with dry grass into organic farm without using money to buy good soil... thank you in advance..
Yes! That would be great!
Ling Shun Chzeng Wood chips. watch "Back to Eden film" ' Google it and either go to the website or click the link that sends you to vimeo.com
btw, John, I had to like this video all the way through watching it. UA-cam would take my like away after another 5min of watching. Should you fix that with them? All the best!
How to prevent the natural thinning of the hair and/or balding?
Omega 3s reverse it
Good to know, thanks.
I heard that your getting a farm and you don't know where to start it. In my opinion Queensland Australia is one of the best places to create a farm because it is tropical and pretty cheap to live there.
@Carl Jessome . Why use peat moss ? They destroy endangered habitats to harvest it. Use leaf mold and compost instead !!
good idea, but not sure how to make leaf mold work for a soil block making mixture...what do you know about coconut coir?
hiya can you give me some pointers I love my garden I only grow organic it's been 22 years NOTHING TO EAT though. I do have wild cherry, Morrello cherry, and a 20 year old apple tree granny smiths from seed. so I am eager but I live in the UK, so it's just clearing now as I don't have a green house. I will let you know the seeds I have but I have a massive back and front garden.. I really liked the woodchip garden. my front gets dry but my back is east facing. so I have a long south facing wall I have lots of shade too due to fences. do a video for us UK organic wannabes pls pls pls love u stuff watched dessert trees brill the raised bed no tools apple video brill. is duch pro any good x
I've started avocado from seed it's got to about 3ft and I did have a coconut but it dryer out. I have tons of slugs and snails too
Hey John! I love your videos :D, I'm starting my very own permaculture farm in Colombia and oh boy you're vids help me tons, btw I also started making videos (In Spanish) You're very much invited to come! :D
I have a natural beehive doo....all natural, just grows that way
Is it red plaid shirt day? Did I not get the memo? Dangit!
i didn't realize that, until after he left and i watched the video for the first time...but mine was actually orange
Nature is perfect thats why its feeding the Caterpillar :)
did you even notice that lizard on the seedings while you was talking?
time of visit?
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+Danny Fry 13:40
+Max Mac thanks!
yea and then he mentioned Dinosaur lol :D
Hi John, Hows the girlfriend doing? Not seen here in any recent videos. All the best from the UK
How do they control rats and such?
our cat does an amazing job
Lol John you ment her to say she was drinking comfrey tea but she didn't
i should have also talked about the other reason comfrey is such an important crop...for its medicinal benefits!!! if you pound the leaves and make it into a poultice to apply directly to your skin over a bruise or broken bone, it will help heal much more quickly
Lol, pointing a finger at a bucket of "green slime"probably is not a good idea, John. You just don't know what might be lurking in there and decides your finger would be a nice snack! Like that lizard....
he just wanted to let everyone know how stinky the bucket of fermenting comfrey leaves will get, so you're not adraid of that effect when it happens to your comfrey foliar feed tea
12:37 search for the lizard!
Do you just sneak into peoples properties or do they know you are there?
that was a really funny comment...i'm laughing OUT loud right now!
15:37 That has to be the most unhealthy looking banana plant I've ever seen!!
Thought it said Wendy,s in the title lol
There is not a single bee here : (
you couldn't see them in the video but we have plenty of bees on our farm
How do you know what Captain Crunch tastes like? Yuck!
lizards!
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chopping down trees because they produce best fruits...isn't that murder..what the hell are you vegan for??
when you have limited space to grow in, here we have only one and a half acres, you want every tree to be a good producer, to make the fruit you like to eat to make your land as productive as possible, so if you plant something you later find out you don't really like, it's a good idea to chop it down and start over with a better variety
Stop pushing the rockdust John... Listen to science.
Science is wrong about a lot of things common sense works better
+andysilvy23 It's a worthless product, like compost tea and epsom salts.
+Timothy Standaert how do u know it's worthless? And if so what do you use instead?
+andysilvy23 You have a computer. Do some research.
+Timothy Standaert I asked how you knew it was worthless. I'm sure it's not all rocks contain many minerals that we need to be healthy that get into the soil and then absorbed by the plant.