$5.6K a Month: Front Yard Market Farming (1Yr. Update) w/ Jim Kovaleski
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- This nomadic market gardener has created a life of joy & purpose, influencing an entire community of growers throughout the Tampa Bay area, all while making an income to meet his own needs. Jim has been a pivotal role model of ours since 2011, not long after we first began to grow food. We can genuinely say that he was a significant catalyst for change in our lives & we owe the foundation of our success to Jim's influence.
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We have condensed down countless hours of footage to create a 10-hour video course featuring 6 Modules & 68 Lessons:
Grass-Fed Vegetables
Apples, Blueberries, Raspberries & Many More Cold Climate Fruits
The Art of the Scythe: Everything You Need to Know
Annual & Perennial Polycultures
Planting Grids for Esthetics + Intensive Planting
Tangible Planning & Site Analysis
Challenging Permaculture Technique
Land Connections & Observation
Hugelkultur vs. Hugeleski?
Seeds & Starts: Suggested Varieties
Soil Blocks 101: Step-by-Step, Unique Ingredients, Planting Instructions & More Tips
Crop Circle Squash & Other Unique Methods for Growing Potatoes, Melons, Garlic & Onions
Books & Resources
Specialty Equipment & Tools That Work Forever
Harvesting & Market Preparation
Connecting to the Community & The Land
Journal & Record Keeping
Farmers' Market Display Tips & Packaging Concepts
Each year in late spring, Jim travels up to a little town just outside Eastport, Maine, to grow the most delicious, clean & vibrant food you can find. Then in early fall, he packs up & heads down to Florida to repeat the same plan.
Jim does not follow the rules, He creates his own evolving adaptations; a mixture of pure refined classic agriculture (the scythe), techniques passed along by elder growers, elements from books that have proven their worth & the intrinsic download from living with the land & slowing down enough to read it's own suggestions.
He is able to make an honest living doing this very thing he loves so much. His days bring him joy, purpose, connection & peace. The insights & techniques he has collected are invaluable. He plants, harvests, preps & markets in a way that naturally flows & the whole natural farming process is just waiting to be shared with you.
We have been to visit Jim before, but had never been able to come during the best & most productive time of the year for Jim. Everything is growing, blooming, ripening & the scenery around his camp is pure magic.
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When he said he didnt care if people came to take the food my heart completely melted, such a kind soul.
Yeah, but here in SE WI people steal your gardening tools at the same time that they take your veggies!!!
I'm not so kind. just ask... it's not that hard. if you ask me I'll just give it to you.
Yea they should ask, and not take more than they need.
My gosh this guy seems like the nicest guy in the world. Man I wish more people were like him. Seriously.
非常好，我好喜欢💕
you follow too much politics and news media to think everyone is like that, relax dude we are all nice people :)
TheKSProduction . You are like this him. Your heart is kind
Meat eaters tend to be aggressive.
TheKSProduction I know right
Jim is just brimming knowledge and a gentle, kind spirit. I love people like him. I always find gardeners and farmers to just be the best kind of people. Humble, kind and full of a quiet joy at life.
Yes I agree, my favorite groups on FB are backyard gardening and Florida food forest groups. No competition only cooperation.
Quiet joy. A lovely trait.
Jim is my role model, I want to be him when I grow up.
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Actually... I want to "grow up" just like Jim.
I used to have a mobile chicken pen, and once id harvested my vegetables, id leave the leaf and root matter and put the chook pen over the area. The eggs were exceptional and the soil was cleared and fertilised by the chickens.
Great gardens btw.
All that incidental exercise, fresh fruit and veg, fresh air, social support and low stress has made this guy incredibly healthy and youthful.
And good looking, could do modeling with his features.
Jim is such a nice guy. After you featured him last summer I e-mailed him with several questions not honestly expecting an answer. Too my surprise and delight he answered my message with a very informative answer.I enjoyed all the farms featured on Justins tour last year but Jim was hands down my favorite.Then your feature last summer was awesome !! I may make it to Common ground this year and if I do I am looking him up to say hello and thank him for all the inspiration !! As always Pete you feature content that sets the bar !!! Thank you Jim for sharing what you do and love !!
John Childs that's awesome! Jim really is the best. He's been responding to tons of emails from these videos, I think he enjoys it 😉
I wish I knew where he purchased the Snow Apple Turnips.I have been looking but can't find them.
connie frye I would guess Jonny's or fedco.
Thank you
John Childs.
i can watch this all day
Yvette Bienaime awesome! :)
Dang right it’s such an awesome way of life
Other young Gardner's...🖖🏾
This guy is awesome. I especially like the kale thing he growing.
Me too
Congratulations on the baby Jim and for bonding with all of your family. You deserve it!
Flea Beetles.......put a layer of grease on one side of a piece of cardboard, take cardboard grease side down, wave 1-2 inches above the plants with flea beetles. Flea beetles jump up when afraid. They get stuck in the grease, bag it up and throw away. You'll caught them, repeat as needed.
Hey thats a pretty good tip.
No worries man. We love your content, youre doing a great service. 3 vids a week or 3 vids a month..we're glad youre here!
Don Vagabond thank you bro! I appreciate the support
Don Vagabond Hope you had fun in Costa Rica! Welcome back!
Honestly this video has inspired me a lot , I've always grown some stuff but only a very small amount. After seeing this i really wanna increase the amount of stuff i grow until i live off of it. Thanks ans goodluck !
That is awesome!! 🙌
I love your approach Jim..all common sense in working with the soil and climate for ultimate ease and profitability. You're inspiring! I'm making huge changes in my life to live more in tune with the natural world. Minimalism and being self sustaining are the way for me. Thank you!
This guy!!! My goal is to become this guy! I finally have my dream garden: a full acre of rich Iowa soil, that was a barn yard for about 150 years. Got my deer fence up, compost heap and no pesticides! Plus two grandsons who love gardening (and they work cheap!). The sweet life!
I planted sweet potatoes a few years ago in Tampa and they're still producing.
That’s awesome! They really are almost invasive once you get them started.
Those smaller golden potatoes at around 7:15 made my mouth water. I LOVE the smaller golden potatoes like that. Such rich flavor and quick to cook. I'm salivating over here. Lol
Just tuning into these series of videos.All i can say is wow!!
The amount of knowledge attained in just one video is incredible!!!
We are definitely raising kids the wrong way when you watch what they could be learning and thriving from.This is the future of today’s youth since we can see how terrible society overall has become.The culture has become just too toxic for everyone that this is the perfect way out of that cesspool.We send our kids to school who’ll never learn this which is essential to life.The remedy is here and looks like we don’t have any choice anyway.Thank you too all in the making of these videos.
Glad you found the channel! I’m very passionate about teaching and helping kids.
I am from Russia, Saint Petersburg. It is the first time l have seen your material and subscribed your channel immediately!!! It is my big dream to grow my own garden and I am working hard to achieve my goal. I have a small piece of land in the north west part of our region .I have no house , just this piece of land and every weekend go there to take care of my small garden. It is 3 years old,too young still. But I am so happy,that I have it . Really happy . Thank you . Everything is interesting, useful and inspiring !!! Sorry for my English.
I could listen & learn from Jim for days!
Congratulations to Jim. I love his gardens they are so beautiful.
Would love a video of Jim talking specifically on different veggies that do well in Florida and where he purchases his seeds. Thanks for all the epic videos. Sincerely- a mama gardener
We are updating the master class with a video specifically on this subject. We will break down all the Varieties he grows in Florida.
Congratulations on your next child, I am sure you will teach him valuable things that help add to our society. Be well.
How he'll be dead by the time son will go to kindergarten
@@matejmatej3554 not nice
I'm deeply impressed and wish i were younger; I'd emulate this on a similar scale. Keep it up! Wish I had understood all these concepts when I was younger and had fewer injuries!
I couldn't help but think how cool it would be to work with someone like him...it makes me sad that so many missed out on a life like that...there seems to be something about being close to nature or creation...watching this was good for the soul...thanks.
What a great video----- missed seeing you Pete. Congrats to Jim on being brave in his new and exciting endeavors especially with family. Amazing how one person / family ( the Rhodes) has inspired and connected a gardening community😊
Robin Mikenas thank you! I'm going to see the Rhodes this summer.
Jim has been a huge inspiration of mine: has he thought of building the potatoes up? Mollison talks about potato towers. Use chicken wire, small amount of compost and then mulch to the top, continuously adding mulch as it reduces over time. Increases yield by large amounts as tubers emerge from stem. also looks cool and adds 3d shape to the garden.
I just came in from poundin n mulchin dirt, a year under my belt in Florida and more ideas for my food gardens, this is just what I needed to encourage me to learn more, Jim is such an inspiration, I love his enthusiasm...so glad I happened upon your channel, I now have a direction to follow and I'm beyond thrilled...thanks for all you do!!!
Milkweed Dreams awesome! Keep up the good work 👊
Florida is under ground already under sea level , you have to buy soil and bed it well to grow , dig a yard up 2 ft down and run a liner to stop weeds and sand and clay crap from going to soil and the plants roots , and fill it with soil and compost mixed. Don't just do soil by itself. It needs a super mix. And then don't put too much nutrients in the soil in Florida , just feed normally with a gallon mixed water at a time. Don't use hoses and spray , don't use well water , in less your know where the source is . Florida is hot and humid avoid those plants that don't do well In heat. Okay well I'm ranting .. have fun
Heard you say the attraction rather than promotion thing in a different video. And it all clicked. Jim is serene as can be
we drove through yesterday after the loquat festival and it is the most beautiful thing I have EVER seen. yes truly inspiring
Wanda Carlton awesome! Jim’s place is so inviting and beautiful 🙌
I keep coming back to this video. Jim is an icon. So much info in this with all that mellow Kovaleski flavor! Getting my soil right down here in Mississippi and using a lot of his methods. He has really changed my life. Hope to meet this guy one day. :)
Jim really is awesome! I have more videos coming from Jim very soon.
The amount of knowledge this man has about crops amazes me. Imagine if all the food poor communities, had this kind of knowledge.
16:18 "Its exciting a n d frightening." Wishing you well, Jim. Thanx for being honest!
Wow Pete thank you one year ago I saw you with Justin Rose and I started my front yard Garden you have helped me very much along the way I have passion fruits loquats mulberries zucchini string beans radishes tons of flowers you can make a garden look pretty too looking at his garden it's amazing I got to go plant some more stuff right now thank you for your help
Pat Campbell thank you! I really love reading these stories! Keep it up👊
Pete, you guys are doing something truly amazing here. Thank you for sharing this with the world and I hope more people find out about you and Jim.
So good to see Jim again. I wish him luck on his new journey. Will miss seeing him. Thank you Pete for all you do.Haven't missed a video of yours yet. Always, always just wonderful learning content. Take Care God Bless !
connie frye much love! ❤️
Welcome back!! I've been buying Jim's produce at Wright's Nutrition it's fantastic!! Thank you Jim & Pete.
Andrea awesome! Jim has the best produce ever:)
The fact that no one steals 🥺 my faith in humanity is restored.
Great video Pete! Jim is a legend! (Often highest praise in Australia is to call someone a legend!) Such an inspiration!!! Love and best wishes to Jim on his life journey ♥️🙏 Grow on brother! 🌱👊
calendula fields nursery y'all are the best! ❤️👊
God bless you Jim Kovaleski .. I always find pleasure watching your videos .. pls don't stop what you've been doing ...
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Jims stories and teachings are some of the best on youtube.
He's a silver fox! His baby will be gorgeous! I need that brick maker he has for his plants; I don't like using plastic cells or paper. Maybe you could a vlog just about the seeding bricks he makes.
gypsyvanneraddict yes we need to do a soil block video.
Jim is one high energy productive guy, wow. I feel comatose watching him talk about his gardens. ciao.
Thanks from Sydney, Australia. Love your vids and am wowed by Jim's work. Such a great attitude and outlook on gardening.
Hello Sydney! Thanks Jim has inspired me since the day we meet.
15:22 it's so beautiful that he is sharing his story. Thank you! And great for him to take the leap of faith!
Jim is an amazing but mostly Blessed man...keep growing Jim!!
What a wonderful person. Love his garden! So knowledgeable.
Thanks for doing this update. I just love Jim’s wisdom. Nice to hear about the positive impacts Justin’s vlogs have had in Jim’s life.
Frederick City Urban Homestead Jim is the man! Glad you enjoyed
Nice to have you back safe and sound brother. I love that front yard garden.
Apples2Apples Financial thanks! I was back but now I'm in CR again for the 2.0 permaculture tour 😬
Keep up the good work Pete!...one of the best channels on UA-cam...Strange last year I lived a few miles from Jim's garden now I live a few miles from Justin Rhodes farm .....but my heart/soul still resides in Costa Rica where my agriculture life really began... in the year round easy grow exotic volcanic tropical mountains....
Biospheres thank you!!! 🙏
My dream is to find some land in Costa Rica in the next few years.
Thanks for sharing Pete. Can't believe it's been a year since I stumbled across Justin's and subsequently your channel around the time he was visiting with you guys. Awesome follow up with Jim and thanks for all you do.
Per E I know time flies! Thanks for the support 👊
Legit. Wish I could spend a season with that guy. So much knowledge
I have to say the production quality of your vids are fantastic, so clear and crisp. Great to see Jim again with all his plans, inspiring us all. Take care team re: the downtime-needed. We want you here for a long time and yes, evolution of the channel is excellent.
VintageTrish you're the best! ❤️
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Love the videos, music, conversations and all is so chill. I’m working out in my garden while listening, definitely inspiring what you and Jim share. Many thanks and keep it going!
Gosh, the way he (Jim) thinks and plants just makes so much sense. Love watching him. So interesting.
Thanks for offering full screen.
Great video, he is truly living the dream! Absolutely top-notch Garden!
R. Lynch thank you! Jim is so amazing 😉
Hey Jim, generally at its full growth, the potato plants start dying naturally, that's when they are pulled off the ground
Pete thank you for another amazing video. I just found this one. I grew up in South Florida going to school and spending summers, two weeks in spring and two weeks in fall farming in NW Pennsylvania in the microclimate around Lake Erie. I STILL benefit from your content. If I had stayed in Florida to farm I hope I would be one of your video subjects. You are doing great work. And "what's growing on" cracks me up everytime !
Much love man! Thanks 🙏
Oh wow! Congrats to Jim! Take it easy friend.Don't overdo it.Remember to be happy.
I just love this man. He is an inspiration. Cannot wait to get outside and get my little victory garden rolling!
Thank you for this video. I wish Jim and his family all the best. I look forward to more videos with Jim.
Hyun Suk Chang working on a summer trip to Maine.
You go, Jim! Some people should emulate him and stop wasting away whining about lack of opportunities in life. Jim is one amazing guy.
Nancy Wee Jim is my hero!
I love the way he landscaped next to the house, the veggies look ornamental next to the flowers
Thank you, Pete. Jim's gardens are truly inspiring. Keep up the great work.
Thank you for sharing Pete, when you showed Justin was when I first saw Jim. All brothers nurturing the soil. Thank you for returning, I am inspired here in the Tsitsikammas of the fairest Cape.
Congratulations on your family in Maine. Glad to hear things grow so well. I'm 63 and working to make a 40 acre farm into a permaculture collective. Each grows food or makes money doing what they Love, or sell items through the community center or give a class to people wanting to learn. I just found a place with all the right elements. So looking for various different skilled persons who would work well together and be able to develop their own style and income. Thanks for good ideas.
This is just so nice to see and hear. The two of you are so like minded.
Thanks 🙏
Always love Jim's vibe. Such a great way of life.
WOW! You don’t stop. I love it. Thank you for always taking the time to document and share with us all. We all appreciate it.
I really enjoyed this video! Beautiful garden with such healthy plants. He is such a kind and pleasant man.
Congratulations Jim, great news. Looking forward to see how he does, you'll have to keep us posted pete!
ceili for sure! I'm planning a trip to Maine late summer.
Pete Kanaris GreenDreamsFL Would you by any chance be heading out anywhere near Will Bonsall? I would love to see you check out his place!
Jim is a beautiful man! What an incredible source of knowledge and open heartedness. I watch this with my AM tea to pump myself up. Just bought a farm in ME. Thanks so much for making the video! Can you tell me what Jim is talking about when he is talking about Kaiser????
Awesome gardener
Thanks so much😊 from California
This is absolutely epic. And his work must be affecting his neighborhood, if people can see this happening with their eyes it will be much sooner before this happens to everyone's front yards.
Thank you! It really has, Jims part of town is now known as the Garden District. 🙌
Would love to know how he picked that neighborhood and house. Looks like a great idea. Congratulations to him!
I know it's been a while since you made this video, but Jim is looking better, more rested than the last time I saw him.
loved that guy last time! he is still great!
Lupusk9 Entertainment he's the man!
Thank you Pete and Jim for spreading so much beauty and knowledge. Jim your work and attitude are rally inspiring! And Pete I can only imagine all the hard work behind the vlogging, but for us watching is really valuable, you showed us so many interesting people and gardens! And the Costa Rica series was amazing! So when you're stressed out remember that your hard work is really appreciated! Following you both from far away in Italy. Thank you guys!
polyposy what awesome feedback, I really appreciate you taking the time to notice. Thank you so much!
awesome. and I'm glad he knows of and mentions singing frog farm. they're lectures have taught me a lot of interesting ideas and info. thanks for the great interview and video and sharing it.
Great to know about that variety of Kale. I grew Russian kale this last year here in CO & I was gobsmacked by it. You can't kill it. The stuff grows exceptionally fast, and is absolutely gorgeous with a bright purple veins. Very tasty and crispy.
Excellent work! Thank you for fostering such an abundant model of healthy food.
Thanks!
Revisiting..always so good to see what has gone before...always connected to the earth and what come from growing beautiful vegetables...Thanks Jim..🌶
Oh I am so happy to find you, I'm a new You Tube channel, I live in the Mt. zone 6 -7 I have had a garden for years, did cut flowers last year. I sell a bit, but really need to market more. I so look forward to watching you much more.
The timing is something I think I will always be learning. Florida native and every season is so different, it sometimes feels like spinning plates!
Jim is a really inspirational character. Really impressive what he does. Just found your channel. Watched justin rhodes for ages and found your channel from his.
All the best from Scotland man!
I'm excited to go back home and start my front and backyard garden.
Yes Sir! Thank you for growing inspired !!! The birds started singing after the sirens left.
Stephanie Marie thank you for noticing the good! Jim lives right next to the city police station.
You should do a Q/A with jim, the dude is just so knowledgeable, my question would be where the hell he gets all his seed! thanks for the videos they really are great
jon smith that’s a great idea! I’ll actually schedule something in the next two weeks. With daylight savings this is perfect timing now. He mostly uses Jonny’s and Fedco.
Hello from 3 hours/130 miles away in Palm Bay, FL!
I stumbled on Jim's video and am hooked. Thank you Pete.
Thanks awesome! Welcome to the channel
Jim is a really good guy. few guys with this type of character today. keep it up.
So true
Cool! He is promoting real nourishment! That's wonderful! Good luck Jim K
with all the healthy newness! (new growth). 😁👍
I'm amazed you're growing all of that under those big trees!
Front yard crops can be elegant and productive. This guy's work is an example of that.
Jim is my hero! Living the good life!
Wow, this is amazing, things need to change, every house should be growing vege's in every nature strip, its just wasted grass area's that do nothing anyway. So why can't shire's be changed to think this way, each person in a street can grow a certain cpl of veg so the people have all veg to eat..
Great video! Thanks for going back. So much experience and knowledge!
Jason Linkinhoker well overdue, thanks!
This was just an excellent piece here. Thanks Pete. Shared to my, "The Urban Farm Report" page on Facebook.
Rich Firyn thank you and I really appreciate the share bro 👊
I'm starting to take what people are doing to this planet very personally. I wish more people would grow their own food. EVERY SINGLE thing we need is provided for us.......INCLUDING MEDICINE!
Jaemee Gasaway thank you for your deep insight of reality. I totally agree with everything you just said. We are on a mission to help folks grow more of their own food and be sustainable through permaculture and aquaponics
Native Peace-Warrior
I think that is an awesome and amazing way to help people! 😁
Jaemee Gasaway me too! The future is near
So, Jaemee, how much of your own food are *you* farming?
Jaemee Gasaway Amen to that! I think the time has come for us to begin planting our yards for food too. It can save tons of money. Even the organic food and veg in the store is crap and way too expensive. Its also hard and tasteless. Jim shows us how we don’t have to plant the old fashioned way in a garden with straight lines and it can be gorgeous as well. Win win. It also brings us closer to nature and gets conversation going with neighbors. We need to be outside and get out heads out of the electronic devices. Look at the Back To Eden Method. Paul Gautchi is amazing on this topic. We need to think completely different about our food and how to take controls of our health.