How He Turned Desert Sand Into Fertile Farm Land In 3 Months!
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- Опубліковано 31 гру 2023
- John Graham is a specialist in desert farming who has taught hundreds of farmers how to run profitable organic farms. He has 30 years experience creating farms out of arid sand in Mexico's desert region of Baja California, successfully transforming sand into fertile soil to cultivate a large variety of vegetables. He worked for many years as an organic farm inspector and co-founded Baja's organic market that's been running for two decades.
John's home garden is a highly abundant paradise of fruits and vegetables and although he has been in a wheelchair for 25 years after a road accident, he has constructed a system of ramps and paths all around his property so he can access his incredible garden.
John is currently helping a local co-operative of farmers on a new farm producing organic food for the local market, restaurants and a delivery service. @LeafofLifeWorld met up with John to find out about the techniques he uses to transform desert sand into fertile soil, as well the different methods he uses instead of chemical pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers.
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You here buzz word’s like sustainability from every mainstream politician & global warming activist etc. Modern farming using petroleum based chemicals because it’s profitable but it’s not sustainable for long term healthy farming, one of the downsides of capitalism. Capitalism is great in a high trust society but that’s not what we have in this globalist hellhole the “elite” have turned the west into 😔 Thank you very much 🙏🏻
I commend your tireless effort and courage. I am very eager to contribute to greening the desert. Will you give me this opportunity? I want to work with you cordially. Thank you.
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That’s my Dad!💖 Thank you all for the kind comments and to Leaf of Life for sharing his story! 👨🏻🌾✊🏽FARM ON
Thank you 😊 🙏
You must be very proud!
Nice work
Your father is really inspiring. I hope the world can learn from his work.
Is there any youtube or other social media channel to learn the practices you learn and developed, I really wanna to learn.
“We take care of the soil and the soil takes care of the plants”. Outstanding!
He's a perfect example of "playing the hand you are dealt" not only from his land/soil point of view, but also his health. I tip my hat to him, a shining example of a person to respect and look up to.
I remember Alan Chadwick! I read a book from library title “Enchanted Garden”! and went from being a farmers daughter to a city backyard vegetable gardener following his methods! In drought stricken west Texas hard red clay soil! Still follow his methods at 64!
What part of Texas, Judy? I'm an amateur gardener near Houston.
God bless you
As a person with a disability that may eventually shift into the necessity for a wheelchair, I really needed to see this! My husband and I moved to Mexico a year ago, we live in the Chihuahuan desert, and we are growing food, I am applying for programs on herbalism. My family was very concerned when I moved to Mexico, but the culture and people are so much better that the US. Thank you for role modeling how to be self sufficient and in concert with the land!
As a 56 year old US veteran, I'm also disheartened by the way things/culture are headed in the States. I been looking for some land to start a food forest in Florida, but prices have gotten crazy recently. I absolutely LOVE the "simplicity" of living I see in videos like this. Seeing the people that just want to live closer to the land and don't care about having the latest Apple Iphone. I'd love to move someplace like this, but of course am worried about what I don't know, especially crime etc., and my Canadian wife even more so. Are there any videos/resources you can point me to that would put my mind at ease? Thanks.
Yes this is good effort with disability
To improve your health, did you try to grow cannabis and then, when it is ripe, eat it in its raw and fresh state? It's not psychoactive and freezers exist.
You are in luck that I saw your comment. You don’t have to own your land. Lease it for 15 years. There are plenty of orange orchards infested with orange blight in Florida. There problem is Monoculture and you have the antidote a food Forrest. You can put swaths of biodiverse trees in between the least affected area to protect it from the most affected are. Florida and violent crime go together however.
Nobody is disabled when they are called home by the Lord
Thank you, Alan, you stirred up memories from my childhood. My father was one of two brothers that were left the family market garden farm in N. Wales UK. As WWII loomed my father was conscripted into the Welsh Guards and went into France in 1939. Uncle Herbert ran the farm and helped feed the nation through those dark times. My father managed to survive the war and I was the celebration, well part of it.
As a kid I watched dad double dig the veg patch, put a sack of rotted manure in the water tank, the water was piped from the shed & greenhouse roof. He would water the tom and cue plants each other day, water one day and manure water the other. The toms were rich like nothing sold in supermarkets.
School holidays I would be put on a steam train in London and met by Uncle Herbert at Wrexham, then it was joined my nieces and nephews in the chores around the family farm. Uncle Herbert would double dig the greenhouse plots, there was a huge tank with manure. There was compost heaps and a fire pit, the plots veg, and fruit changed yearly, when a farm animal died like a dog or horse it was buried in the orchard and a tree marked the grave. So the animal gave life on life. When alive these animals were treated with respect, Uncle Herbert carried a stick not to hit them but to make his arm longer. After a day's work we would go with the draft horses to the pond, where they would wade in and cool off, take sips of spring water until they had taken their fill. They would decide when to stroll to the paddock or stable where their meal had been set and a fresh straw bed laid.
We lived in London and when I started back at school after the summer hols, we wrote an essay on what we had done. Well, I wrote much of the above and the teacher accused me of lying and kept me after school to write lines. I must not lie Dad was waiting at the gate to take me for a new school uniform, he came looking and approached the school head. I and the teacher met with the master and dad. Father confirmed my essay was true and demanded an apology from the teacher, that she reluctantly gave. The next day I gave her a basket of produce I'd brough from the farm and wished Bon Appetit. She smiled and thanked me.
Alan thank you for taking this 78-year-old back to then, I'm just in from my Vietnamese garden where I grow all the Asian fruits, veg and edible weeds. The compost heap is going great, the fire pit has just burnt down. The water butts are looking sad with no rain, but we had sacks of cow manure, rice and peanut husks. So, you have confirmed I'm doing it right.
Great story, and useful information. Thank you for sharing!
Good to know you are doing so well!
Enjoy!
You should write a childrens book about that! I can see the beautiful watercolor illustrations now!
Incredible. Thank you for sharing.
Peace and Blessings to you and your family 🌻
I hope that he is writing these wonderful lessons down for the future generation. 3 months in a desert land is amazing.
what an incredible man! Just a tip: he could use and plant some grass that grows well in his region, prune this grass and place it next to plants of economic interest. In addition to fertilizing, it helps protect the soil and improves water retention. Agroforestry hugs from Brazil
yeah I do feel there might not be enough vegetation to cover and shade the soil which increases the irrigation needs in an already arrid climate
Muchas gracias !
Too much may increase pest and disease
What an incredible man ! Love it
I also heard about Terra preta 5 years ago. I experimented with a 5 gallon worm bin and let it sit for a year, adding material as it broke down. After one year I had a solid block of dark, rich recycled material that’s definitely boosted my soil. Now, I have 24 x 5 gallon buckets constantly working. The other upside to these bins is it’s packed with seeds that sprout in the spring giving you that poly culture farming. ❤
What they did in the Amazon I create a soil, not compost. You made compost.
You can also do this directly in the soil. Just add organic matter to the top around the plants and let the worms break it down, leaving worm castings in the soil.
I saw that too, my Bell pepper scraps had sprouted!
That is not terra pretta but that’s pretty cool still.
I'd be really interested in how he manages his irrigation. I saw what looked like drip lines but with only 4-6 inches of rain a year, how is he able to get enough water for his crops?
Same here. There didn’t seem to be enough large tanks that captured enough water for drip irrigation
I've watched many of these types of videos and when plenty of mulch is used on top of the soil water needs can be reduced massively. We had no rain for around three months straight this summer and my squash bed with about three inches of mulch didn't need water once. The soil was still damp about two inches down. I'm sure everyone has different situations though.
It’s not just the lack of rain and the use of mulch. With the heat in Florida, I have to water tomato plants daily due to transpiration alone. No amount of mulch will fix that. He’s got be on a well/spring/municipal supply.
That part of Baja is full of dried up river beds, and so the farmers plant in or near the river bed and then drill a small well to access the water.
I honestly they are misleading with the video title too
This is really intriguing, I took an agriculture class in my high-school and recently joined my father on a ranch in the northern part of the baja California peninsula, the dirt is quite different being a clay sand type and my father was curious as plants dont grow as much in the soil, its nice to hear about this as ive been kinda experimenting to improve the fertility and trying to learn everything I can with the class fundamentals. Quite inspirational
Your father has a ranch and he has not thought to use maguey and nopal as fodder. I have seen nopal growing that it’s roots had split a boulder in two. You can grow maguey and nopal for mushroom substrate. Neither plants require much water or fertilizer. Have you thought of putting in biodigester for methane and bio fertilizer? If you can do it in Chihuahua and Durango than you most certainly can do it in Baja.
@@estebancorral5151 any favorite methods for loosening arid soil and impriving soil healthy in a place like Baja? I'm planning a garden, but my land has sat empty for the last 20 years just baking in the sun.
Wow! Alan Chadwick inspired me to become an organic farmer in 1973. Keep up the good work!
Yes we can all be self sufficient. Stop going to stores for food. I've lived it years ago I lived on a 40 acre farm. We didn't go to stores for foods.
Thank you soooooo much. Gardening in west Utah Desert, 4700 elevation, windy, arrid & dry. We use 40% shade block to get produce, some raised garden & the majority in ground. We evolved in our success and we are in year 4.
I live in SLC. I would love to convince cattle farmers to use regenerative grazing. We could probably save the GSL if they would do this.
As a child I grew up in the Rajasthan desert..we would grow oranges at that time
People have now turned the desert to farmland too
I never understood how they managed to do that
So happy I saw your video❤
Even in Punjab state back then we're desert and not much resources to farm
Same as you said, i don't even know how those Sikhs did to Deserts
I did similar thing on my minigarden. (Except flipping the soil once or twice).
It really blows my mind he manages from wheel chair
15 minutes learned so much from you amazing man. All the love to you sir
you are so inspiring john. than you for the education & examples!! i am watching in milwaukee and looking forward to trying some techniques here.
What an amazing story. ❤ I am disabled. 46 yrs old. One of my painful conditions make it impossible to sit down so I am not able to use a wheelchair and can only be on my feet for short periods of time. Anywhere from 10 minutes to an hour. I’d so love any ideas or thoughts. I now have a few very tall raised beds n got enough help to make a food forest last year. But I do miss my large in ground gardens. I had built up the soil there. Doing an experiment this year n covered the dead annual veggies n flowers w woodchips for winter n letting alll the gardens sprout all the volunteers they want! Lol. I’ve given up so much of life bc of disabilities ….I’m doing whatever I can to keep plants around me.
@nikkid1038 do you have an neuro rehabilitation doctors in your country? If you do and you aren't yet seeing them, and can get access - ask for a review. I see people who can have their situation, their pain and function improved. There is a lot out there from nerve blocks to alternate medication and pressure relief. Or an occupational therapist? Sorry if this is out of reach for you due to your countries system. There is a lot of guidance online for physiotherapy & pacing. Little and often can hopefully work for you and your farm/garden. Enjoy what you can in the garden ☘️🌱💚🟢☘️🌱🌱 brilliant you got enough for a food forest. Was that through the World food project? Maybe good to talk to them about how they make and adapt their project to suit people with disabilities - you might help others.
Maybe some hanging plants? You can grow strawberries from hanging plants. The only other thing I can think of is having everything raised
@@shea5542 Aw thanks for the ideas. I made some really tall beds awhile back before I got really bad. I love them so much. But lately I haven’t been able to leave the bed long enough to get there. Jesus is keeping me sane. 🩷🙏
@@nikkid1038 💖
I found this because of the Sandrock game. The fact that this is real is amazing! Finding out that sand farming is real, and the actual process to do so is awe inspiring!!!
You have given me new hope for high desert farming, although water is still a problem. Thank you this was great to see.
This is really inspiring. He's doing amazing things despite being in a wheelchair, and the garden is flourishing! I loved learning about the double digging method and will be trying more of that in my garden.
On the long term, fabricating compost and then laying it on the ground works better than digging.
He's also an inspiration to those who are able-bodied and don't know how to progress.
I knew charcoal was used for filtering water, now I understand why, with all its tiny pores.
Fascinating to see, and interesting to hear about Alan Chadwick, thank you
We made our own terra preta last year after I found a lot of information about it online. we mixed every wheelbarrel of soil with charcoal, hornsavings (long time natural fertilizer) and stone dust (minerals).
worked better than we tought in the first year and we hope it gets even better the following years.
@@udoheinz7845when you say charcoal are you talking about the kind you grill with or what?
@@Laurel-Crowned no its called biochar. I buy it online but you could make it your selve by burning wood in a pit but it is not supposed to smoke.
So the wood turns into charcoal which has a huge surface area for mirco organisims to attach. It actually last for hunders of years
If you search for terra preta you can find a lot of information
@@udoheinz7845 thanks! So what's with the bio he said didn't matter lol
you really should listen better, the bio part comes in, when they compost the charcoal@@Laurel-Crowned
Ps. The difference between charcoal and biochar is actually to do with the way it is burned. Charcoal is burnt with air, whereas biochar is burnt without air .. this totally changes the crystalline structure of the carbon atoms which massively increases the surface area of the biochar compared to the charcoal .. which in turn makes it much much better for microorganisms to colonise, and also for inoculation before adding to the soil. Hope that helps and thanks again for the inspiring work! 💚
Do you have tips on how to make it properly? Thanks!
One of the best ways is using metal barrels with small holes in and making the fire on the outside which sucks all the air out and turns the wood (or anything else you want to put in there) into biochar; and you can scale this down by using tin cans of various sizes…. I’m sure there are lots of videos on UA-cam, but search for biochar and watch the ones using cans or barrels..
I challenge you to make Charcoal, with Air. You will see quickly why your definition is way off
@@syntropyworks .. please explain
GREAT! Old fashion becomes new and finally normal again. In harmony with nature with everything what is available and required nearby. Thank you for the great inspiration. The garden and you as well! 🙏
I lived in northern California and had 2 + acres. I loved farming. I planted lots of fruit trees. I had no knowledge or experience and there was no internet. Slowly I learned . One of the problems was I had no money and was alone. Life is much easier when u have money, trust me. But I loved doing it. I love getting my hands dirty and tasting my own food. There is nothing better then a home grown tomato or home grown fruit. I feel so spoilt.
Hats off to you! Exactly what I want to do.
I don't know how to feel when I see this kind of videos. Happy that is possible to do something like this or sad that it's not done in different other places (and why it's not done)
As long as there's water, anything can be done and of course you gotta have the financial means , great work 👍
Exactly. The climate is clearly perfect but water is the key and he failed to make that the main point. And in this situation planting in sandy soil, bulk water is the only way it will work. Sand doesn’t hold water so the crops need to be drip fed everyday. Most people will miss this key point and think he’s doing something magical, but really it comes down to water.
@@riamriam6758exactly, Baja lacks water big time !
Did I miss the part where he gets the quantity of water needed for such a project?
Cowdung and compost increases the water holding capacity, If you got any cattle ranch nearby, get that dung and make good heap of it on the property, let it dry and once it become powder,use it to fertilise the soil.
What a great story and what a fine example for the rest of us. Thanks 😊
I really enjoyed this! You can tell John has so much wisdom to share
Respect to you. A shining example of the fact that life OWES NOBODY a favour. It is what you make off it.
I love passionate gardener's and teachers like this. The joy in his eyes is so heartwarming. 🌱
Imagine if each millionaire decides to do something IF NOT support something like this (IF not already). It would be amazing to see "desertified" areas support more people and the wildlife.
This whole operation is funded by my Dad! He’s truly a remarkable man and testament to how much you can get done if you give it your all. 💖👨🏻🌾✨
Some millionaires are trapped in a very criminal blackmailing system; the "high" level freemasonry, with a very anti-human mentality; tortured from a very young age by members of their own family so that later, if they survive, they become predators and so on.
@@piper314 is there anything else on UA-cam about your Dad and his farm/house? He is so inspirational and it gives me hope I can live a full life in my wheelchair ❤️
I live in Nevada. This man is exactly why we can make produce wonderful crop in the middle of nowhere with little water.
The genius of our farmers would shock most. I implore you all to speak to a local farmer. Some are beyond calculable levels of intelligence. In fact, the worlds most intelligent man is a farmer and is currently calculating the variables of existence. His intelligence is so off the scale that he simply gave up on those testing him.
Our farmers are why we exist.
What an absolute incredible man! His wealth of knowledge is so important. I would love to work at his garden! I know I could learn so much. I’m awestruck
As someone with major in agriculture, I would like to live in this video 😭✨❤️
I hope this concept is gaining traction. I'm trying to implement these ideals into lawn care. Enough of the quick corporate profits. This is incredibly important for the future of human health and sustainability.
Fantastic stuff. We have 33 acres in a very hot relatively dry area. We have been there just over two years and we are working on similar thinking. It’s a lot of work but worth it. We have found a lot of things didn’t grow first attempt. But slowly we are adding to the things that have been successful. Thanks for your thoughts and I will start using ash as an ant deterrent.
Ash will ruin your soil. Fabricate compost and add a layer of it instead. Then the plants will be strong enough to withstand insects.
Has anyone else found that their local farmers's markets have become mostly prepared food and craft markets? I live in a mild-weather agricultural valley (in metro area) and this past summer I was very disappointed at how few farmer-grown produce stands were there and some of what was there was of poorer quality and higher priced. These are large street markets that have been in existence for decades. It's a shame. I guess that's what people want now.
I really liked this video and the project. What an accomplishment and body of knowledge!
I have noticed this in a number of places, I will find farmers market or organic market on Google maps only to find what you say, no fresh food. Only craft and and prepared food.
We salute and congratulate you from the Philippines...You are a Great Agriculturist Sir, the best model of overcoming obstacles in life, creating livelihood for able people, conserving the environment by producing healthy food with no chemicals leading to possibly 200 years of life longivity in the future❤
Great story and the results speak for themselves... it is ideas and projects like this that will be needed for humans to adapt and live in harmony with the planet, as we need to do...
Farmer: "You don't need chemicals to grow food."
Water:( a pretty important chemical) has left the chat.
Hi John
It is an honor and inspiration to hear your example in facing personal difficulties and embracing the nature way to work with the plants and work together with it.
You inspire us with your example in many levels.
I lived in in the deep country in Brasil until 15 years old, had only those tools that you use, to me it is very emotional to see your work.
After 15 years old I been leaving in the city working in the materials technology, but I still have a little space for flowers and vegetal garden that makes me fill as part of the nature; God bless you
Those tools disturb the soil. Laying some compost on the ground will be more effective in the long run. If you have access to the plant material needed to fabricate the compost.
That broad fork made of machete blades must bring a smile to Wolverine! Does it come in Adamantium?
Wow! What a difference biochar makes!
That's so cool! A lot of stuff he says makes a lot of sense about making the soil healthy so you can raise good food.😊
Thanks for explaining the charcoal thing. My Dad used charcoal but we didn't know why. Will try it again.
When you say charcoal are you talking about the kind you grill with or what?
@@Laurel-Crowned the charcoal the grower added to enrich the soil in the video.
your dad is AWSOME
Organic hand tilled always looks great on a small scale. I used to do it too. But remember, a hundred years ago or more when large numbers still lived on farms, the world faced starvation levels as the population increased. It was the discovery of how to fix atmospheric nitrogen (after guano was not enough) that allowed huge multiplication of crops. OK, I agree, NPK is short-sighted compared to compost and trace minerals...or somehow getting the use of bio-char back...
But...until more people will take up gardening, and want to go live on farms...working 12 hrs daily...can we really grow enough quality food? The urban life leads to more leisure and ppl are drawn to the easy life.
Can we hope to see community gardens everywhere? We could easily grow enough food, but the Powers That Be don't subsidize this is our urban jungles nor suburban communities. Everyone wants the easy quick dollar. I wish we could do large scale organic (is it true that Russia supports this for its own people?) but as long as corporations run government and Joe Average just wants to be rich too, and slumber in ignorance...not likely to happen,
I was going to say exactly this and noticed your post. It’s great to be able to have a community that works together to feed that very community. Trouble is scaling up. How do feed billions of people using these methods? Not possible unless we are all just subsisting. Which of course I suppose could happen for various reasons.
maybe Tesla bots will be good farmers.
FYI tilling was not used or mentioned as a technique in this video , the only time it was mentioned was about large scale agriculture and tiling with machines. Nobody on this video is a subsistence farmer, they are all doing it to make a living. As explained fully in the video
This would be a great way of farming for small rural communities, but not for the whole country.
Have you ever listened to Gabe Brown. Alan Williams, Will Harris? You can grow MORE food more quickly without the use of chemicals or even plowing.
Can you please tell us What part of Baja CA is this exactly? I’ve spent many years in rural Baja and have seen this type of thing but in very isolated areas away from any real population and usually near some type of natural spring. Very nice video thanks for posting
Yes, I was wondering the same thing... and which town is John's organic farmer's market in?
Mercado Orgánico san José del Cabo. Largest farmers market in Mexico
This is a similar layout to what I used to mass produce organic cannabis. The rows are set to the width of a tractor till and we use drip tape instead of pipe+emitters for even more efficiency. It's too labor intensive to do anything but high dollar crops. 5 people working full time on 2.5 acres needs to bring a lot of money to be viable. If you roll out weed block you can automate most of it and just have roll-out and harvest crews. Then one person just runs through with a fogger to apply pesticides(soap, citric acid, etc) infrequently. We typically roll up the weed block and drip tape and till in organic fertilizer 2x/year.
If you can produce compost then lay enough of it on the ground at the end of every autumn and that should be all the care needed. Tractors fully destroy the soil in the long run.
Used to do garden maintenance and rented this house with sandy loam soil So took bags home and laid all the leaves & lawn clippings on the Lawn in rows
then ran the Mower over it all put on all the dry Gardens with some chicken fertiliser 2 weeks L8tr worms by the 100's appeared also Vegie garden boomed
leaves = carbon lawn = nitrates + fert easy work So Dont throw away your garden waste run the mower over it Mulches it all
run pumkin vines up fences use wire mesh they go nuts
This man is so inspiring!!! 💖Where can we learn more from him?
Watch this video again, he's busy. There are many others, getting out to the garden is a good refresher, look up biochar, soil amending, The Ganjier channel😊 and closed system farming and gardening.
At mercado organico san jose del cabo mexico
" Understanding nature in New ways." The most important thing for humans. And at this late date in history we find our ancestors knew more about gardening and nature than we do. How did this happen? I submit that it's due to the few secretly enslaving the many.
The commodification of every aspect of life and competition instead of cooperation.
He is creative...he is very imaginative and turns to reality....He uses his God-given talent....for helping people buy foods from his farm...very nice...I love it...I love gardening too...
He has a wealth of knowledge and experience clearly, with that being said, I noticed He wasn't using any mulch, mulching his garden would benefit so much
This guy is inspiration defined. Much respect!
Wow 🤩, does he have a book on farming in the desert soil?
It is very interesting to hear him talk about double digging his beds every two or three years. Here in England people like Charles Dowding have pioneered the “no dig” method of gardening which has proved to be very successful and which I have practiced for the last ten years. Mr Dowding has an excellent UA-cam Channel and I would also recommend looking at Richard Spencer on UA-cam who has developed “no dig” and regenerative horticultural techniques on a larger scale. It just shows that there are different ways of achieving the same goal of productive, efficient and environmentally friendly fruit and vegetables.
Comment to be pinned above all the other comments I've read. And I've been reading here for half an hour now. It's ok to dig only once, only at the beginning and only when the soil is extremely compact. Then the digging is counter-productive. That is if compost is produced and layed on the ground every year.
You have encouraged me to start my homestead channel. Not doing so well lol 😅 but I will keep posting. You’re such an inspiration to us newbies!!!!
Where can I learn from John Ghram
At the mercado Orgánico de San José del Cabo in Los Cabos
I love Baja I love this garden I am from Imperial Valley it's hot will give these pointers to my family to start a small garden.
Don't let anyone fool you, farming isn't romantic, it's hardcore, backbreaking physical labor.
What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger! I, for one, am not afraid of physical labour! Lots of good being done by this man and many many others to make our world better! Bravo to all!!
The man rightly said. No fertilizers requires to grow any foods plant 🌱. Least soils is fertile enough to grow any kinds of veggies 🥦🥕🌽. 🙏
Whole heart respect a man with so big love for soil and busy strong hands for life. I learnt so much from this video. Thank you.
This video just reminded me that I still have ashes in my fireplace....Awesome!
I'm moving to Mexico from Chicago. Former head of the Green Council of Antioch, I plan to do something similar.big believer in the "English block" starting method for vigorous roots. Gonna open a restaurant or two, then go to Costa Rica or Argentina to retire.
A delight to see this film - the abundance of strong, healthy crops speaks for the growing method, and place. Thank you.
What a great man. I think if like to retire in Mexico where you can grow year round and the weather is beautiful
Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge Sir! I have land that is more clay than sand or black soil. I’m trying to do what you did. I’m sure I’ll achieved it!
This Man has Incredible Wisdom!! Its So True you "DON'T NEED CHEMICALS" to Farm Successfully! His Farm and Many others are Living proof of this! There are So Many Valuable Principles he mentioned. Like more than half the Insects are beneficial. Also No Mono Farming. The Land responds Very Well to a Wide Diversity of Crops.
Verri veri nice.❤ greets from Switzerland.
This is awesome!
we need a teacher like you in the world we living now.
You are the best keep up the good solutions and hard work.
Thanks for everything you do.
Wow! What an incredible life. I know zero about farming in my super hot , “there’s only sand” environment.
*Cheap food is not cheap* it cost the environment and your health. Brilliant.
Thank you,you are a man with a passion for plants,and that my friend is keeping you alive.
Great guy, congratulations for everything you do! Now you're even helping others no just to eat better but the ladies can help their families ❤
I have noticed that people will purchase the prepared food, even if it costs more. It is actually harder to sell the vegetable because they are so cheap and plain looking. This is a great idea to make more money, if anyone likes to cook. If you have fruit make fritters or mini pies.
❤ Now this is my brother enough respect to this man Can I visit
Thank you for helping to feed people as well as the earth.
Inspiring!!
Kudos to your work Sir. Your projects on organic farming is excellent for the community to thrive and have a sustainable business. Keep it up and God bless.❤
That broad fork made from machete blades is the most manly garden tool I’ve ever seen.
Amazing Farming
So proud of my cousin John !
Very nice to see happening.
Our desert farm ground in Western Colorado near the Utah border is more alkaline and less sandy requiring different techniques. It requires working with the earth but that is a good thing to get in touch with. We are also putting in 5 beehives on our 10 acre small farm...and we barter a lot when possible.
Very inspiring! Thank you so much for valuable info! Great team work! We do grow veggies naturally in NC (in an acre) and it tastes so good & so fresh! You are right - We do not need any chemicals at all!
❤ we need a teacher like you in the world we living now.
You are the best keep up the good solutions and hard work.
Thanks for everything you do.
Great story 👏
Thank You for blessing the earth and the people. The ripples will keep growing.
This guy is an inspiration.
Nice to see you doing so well John and inspiring everyone Saludos from farmer J
It's amazing his energy
Keep going boss, I love what you're going! keep inspiring others. I have learnt so much about soil. Thank you.
Thanks for sharing I feel so proud of you., looking forward to meet you one day. You are a hero for the mother earth,
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Thanks very much for your organic farm information.
You're doing a great work. God bless you immensely.
Where does the water come from. All very wonderful to have the complete drip system, but it has to have water from somewhere.
Great attitude this man has! 👏👏👏
Farmers are the real superheroes am a learning farmer myself I am trying new things and learning from local farmers😊