Great video, as always. Appreciate your honesty about how this business really works, even tho the context can change many things. Keep it up mate, love from Italy 💪🏼
Well done 👍 👏! Way to get educated on everything and then pass on this knowledge to the rest of us! One of the most professional and high end gardening operations I’ve seen! 💪👨🏻🌾🥦🥬🍅🥒🫑🌽🥕
👍👍Awesome video Chef Mikey!!! I'm just a home gardener with 14 beds on about 3000 sq.ft. BUT I've had the passion for over 50 of my 70 years. I was a cook in local area restaurants in 'a past life' but the low pay drove me to factory work where I worked for over 35 years. So the restaurant work and the garden passion draws me to you and your channel. Keep up the good work in both the gardens and the channel! 😊
When my hubs retired from the military after 28 years and 23 moves, we finally bought and moved to a home where I could put in a garden. When Covid lockdowns happened, it gave me a lot of time to really get serious about figuring out what to do. I am just now buttoning up everything for the winter. We have mulched the last of our tree leaves and I am optimistically looking forward to the spring. I really understand the anguish of losing your carefully crafted soil. That would be a hard pill to swallow. Good luck thru the winter and dreaming of the next season!
Hi Mikey from Chef's Harvest Farm, Heavy intro music is bangin, background music during narration is spot on. One book and lots of helpful name drops, bed measurements plus cover crop and tarping techniques are all very helpful. LLC, business course on M.G., as well as the importance of social media presence. Four bay sink, wash station, and reefers, 80/20 rule are all mind blowing. Glad you made it through the groundhogs, flood, tree, and fence damage; your right in assuming most would shut down ; especially after the loss of soil. IMO It took balls to sign that five year lease agreement; that is the hustler / entrepreneur in you. You have mentioned the good peeps that harvested root veggies in Helene for your farm in past videos; I also know this is your story, Bravo Chef, you inspire me to try to grow better. It had been a while since your last video; now I know why. This is a very special video; production value is high, the story and narration is amazing; keep hustling.
Thanks Steve! I appreciate you 👊 just been busy wrapping up the season and making sure I’m maximizing my profits so I don’t need to get a job during the winter! (Financial goals achieved 👊). And yes this video was more time consuming than some of the past. Soon I can focus on making high quality gardening content for the next few months 🙌 thanks for following along 🙏
I just built my first small greenhouse for raised beds (8x8) with a 1' walkway down the middle. I've already topped my garden with leaves for the year and the dirt is looking pretty good underneath. I'm watching this video just hours after wrapping my greenhouse in plastic and it's exactly what I needed. I was inspired, but I am even more so now. Thank you!
If anyone is considering an electric fence to keep ground hogs, rabbits, deer and squirrels out, consider getting a dachshund or 2. They were bred to protect gardens and will naturally do it. They are very good at chasing away most wildlife , even underground pests.
Taking care of a dog is a huge commitment of both time and money… setting up an electric fence takes half a day and you never need to do anything again… dogs require daily care… that would be a poor recommendation for most people in my opinion…
@chefsharvestfarm To each their own, I guess I just like dogs, and it's a historically proven method. If you don't want to worry about pets and like messing around with more modern solutions, then yeah, definitely. Especially if you want to be able to leave for a couple weeks at a time. I'm mostly speaking to the normal homesteader who tend to have chickens and other livestock that require far more attention than a dog or 2 that most people get anyway for companionship.
@ sure by all means, if you want all the responsibility that comes with dogs. And a solution that’s only effective when the dogs are present. I’m all about efficiency, maximizing profitability, and minimizing labor. Your suggestion doesn’t check any of those boxes for me in my context.
@chefsharvestfarm you literally have a dog....Also you aren't a homesteader so you don't understand. Also these things called kids exist, i get you dont have them, but objectively the majority of farmers/homesteaders do. Like I said I'm not saying this for you. I grew up on family farms in North Carolina and after I left the military I worked on several in Texas. I have never in my life meet a farmer that doesn't have a dog. My point is get a dog that works for you if you are going to get one, not the other way around. That's being efficient.
Thanks pal 🙏 yeah, I don’t watch much Curtis content these days. But definitely would not be where I’m at without his content. He really taught me how to make a decent living on a small piece of property. And then I created my own hybrid growing methods using his crops plans basically! Thanks for following along 🙏
@ yep! People change and evolve every day! But his earlier content is still as relevant as it ever was 👊 I highly doubt I’ll be doing the same things I’m doing now in 10 years also 🙌
If you ever need a video idea could you please talk through what you did for the fence in more detail? I tried looking up how to staple it in the ground but the results weren't applicable or I am not understanding them. The groudhogs seem like they came out of nowhere this year and devasted my garden over the summer and my fall starts. This would be awesome for me to get to in the new year. Thank you for telling your story and providing inspiration.
Yes for sure! I have a lot to say about the topic for sure! And it’s definitely challenging to find any real life information by googling! Thanks for the feedback! And thanks for following along and dropping comments 🙏
Amazing vid. I grow too in a small backyard. I'm Canadian and I did not know that you could grow that much cannabis in Tennessee! I'm only allowed 4 but I guerilla grow too. I also didn't know that you guys got snow! Learn something new every day. Since I only grow veggies for myself and I dehydrate I concentrate on things. One year more kohlrabi turnips onions etc. Next year more garlic carrots and potatoes. Cherry tomatoes, cukes, beans and peas every year. Thanks for your info can continued success. I nearly cried when you showed the flood.
@@NordeggSonya thank you 🙏 I didn’t know it snowed in Tennessee either! 🤣🤣🤣 I moved here from Vermont. It’s hit or miss in Tennessee. The past 2 winters have been harsh. But sometimes it’s super mild and doesn’t really go below 20 Fahrenheit. But there’s definitely winters but they only last 2 months! Our March is probably more like your May. Thanks for chiming in 🙏
Outstanding video. So much great advice! And a pleasure to watch. You have not only mastered gardening but UA-cam too! I know it took a lot of *work* to make this video and I also know there are a lot of people who appreciate it also!Thank you!
Thank you ! I appreciate it! This one was certainly a challenge to make. And then I couldn’t get it to export in HD or 4k. I almost started over 🤦🏻♂️ but I decided I’ll just need to do better on the next one. Thanks for following along 🙏
U did a great job on this video. Thank u for sharing your food growing journey.I am a contractor have my own business.I have been growing food about 20yr now in my backyard. Now i also manage the community garden at my church. I too am a hustler,baby...but this year,i left the full weight of overwelment. But through prayer an digging deep i pushed through it. Pests? Man,geese have wiped out almost 80heads of cabbage this fall at the church.Half of those were for the food bank.Sad. I netted them,but maybe I should invest in an electric fence. Take care brotha
Thanks man! I appreciate your positive feedback 🙏 that’s crazy geese went through the net! I would think that would at least deter them! Maybe you need to build a chicken wire tunnel 🤣 but I know your frustration! Thanks for following along and dropping comments I appreciate it 👊
Hell yeah. You are just an absolute champion. I just set up some fence around a 15x30 area in my yard as a second garden area, can't wait to give that some prep time this winter. I feel your transformation in my soul.
Oh my goodness Chef I want to be just like you when I grow up😂I’m 72 years young guess I better grow up soon! Wow your story is one of the Most Inspirational farm stories I’ve heard so far. God knew I needed to hear this today. Thank YOU so much for sharing your story Chef. Now I’m really going to dig a little deeper in what God has for me to do in my food Ministry. I’m looking forward to moving next year. I’m praying hard for God to Bless me and Sophie with our Forever Urban Homestead. I know the hustle is real and I’m so ready for it. Be Blessed, Have a Wonderful Holiday Season and a Very Prosperous New Year💸🥂🍾 Ms J and Sophie
Thanks pal 👊I’m just getting started! No end in sight 🙌 but I am looking forward to a little time off this winter! Haven’t taken a day off in a decade 🤣
what a great insight into your story! Why does every farmer on youtube have access to mushroom farms!? I don't think there's anything near Seattle like that. LOL
Such an inspiring man. I pray to have my own garden. I've learnt do much from this....start weed free. I've never heard that before and I can see the results. Thanks!
Solid. Great overview. Been on the same path for a while. Finally ready to graduate from backyards to my own space so this was a helpful summary. Keep it up brother. o/
Great video and information! I am just about to start my market garden in Europe next spring, very different climate and market for crops where I live but there is potential in it, I believe. I also watched Josh Sattin, Curtis Stone, Farmer Jessie, Charles Dowding and other's videos. I'm a truck driver and I enjoy most of it but my true dream is to grow vegetables and work for myself. As you do. The lifestyle is the main reason, money comes after. A friend of mine keeps cattle and makes enough money to have plenty of freetime. Freedome is the real wealth, to be free as much as possible and not a modern slave (of the government, society or your own greediness) Thank you for the information and looking forward to see what you do next. New tunnel, leased land etc.
@@captainfecc2526 thanks so much 🙏 2 things I wish I did sooner! 1) hire some help rather than do it all by myself at first. 2) buy a tractor with a loader. Wishing you the best! Thanks for following along 👊
@chefsharvestfarm thank you very much! I have help from my youngest brother and the tractor is in the plan too. We start small, grow our food and some for sale and try to grow more slowly to develop a market garden business.
Hello from Ireland. Just came across your video, very enjoyable indeed and will be watching loads more!! I live in rural Ireland and have a garden but expanding it for next year. I would love to do what you do but due to a car accident over 20 years ago its debilitating, bending is an absolutely killer and some days i cant near walk. I'm trying to get to no dig (till) next year and hopefully will have way more success than this year (back problems from the accident really hindered me for weeks at a time). I got a 40ft polycarbonate tunnel (hoophouse) but it grew mostly weeds this year 😂, still have tomatoes in it though. I also have peat soil which is very challenging to work with, trying to keep the moisture in! But hope to get a load of well rotted manure off my cousin which will help greatly 😊
That’s awesome! Wishing you the best 🙏 I just pay people to do all the bending over work. And generally speaking I find if I can get 2 people plus myself to do tasks like harvest carrots it’s not so hard on anyone. We harvest about $2000 worth of carrots in 4 hours and I paid 2 people $15/hr. So for $120 in labor all the carrots got harvested and I mostly just stood there with a hose and washed them. If you can manage people well it doesn’t have to be so physically demanding. I also find people willing to work in exchange for veggies!
I was wondering where my fav channel was doing now that the weather is chilling. Glad you are still kicking! No-Till Growers has a daily podcast to keep revenue and interest while the season ends. Maybe you could do that? just a thought.
Steveo! Definitely planning to crank out some content over the winter! I don’t know about daily though 🤣🤣 definitely gonna try and get back to once a week! It’s been a struggle just to get a vid a month lately 🤦🏻♂️ thanks for sticking with me though 👊
I love this! I am not thinking about a matket garden but i am thinking about doing a produce stand to sell to my neighborhood and passers by. My road has tons of traffic even though I live jn the countryside. I planted 700 garlic plants this year and hope to add my garlic to the stand along with all the oher types of produce i grow regularly. We qill aee how it goes!
@@kelleyfarm right! I’d love a bcs some day. But I move so much compost and woodchips that I bought a sub compact tractor instead. Would love to be able to flail mow crops someday!
@chefsharvestfarm i have a 739 its amazing honestly amazing but only thing i think is work it is flail mower and power harrow, but honestly its not NEEDED a cooler trailer is more valuable
amazing story. im wanting to follow your foot steps. ive got bermuda grass i think. it survives me tarping after a month. ive got to try your method with the cover crop. do you have a recommended minimum time frame for each process when it comes to your order of tarping, cover crop, crimp & re-tarp, then lay compost to make the beds at the end? im going to find some heat tolerant lettuces & see if i can grow them successfully, long term. then ill be more confident to start selling it.
I use the Protek (I think they only sell one brand) it’s the 15 mil with 6” drip emitters and .25 gallons per hour. And I rarely throw any out. It lasts for years for sure 👍
Generally speaking I do not use any amendments. I just use compost and cover crops. But the compost I buy is very well balanced and manure based. But sometimes if I’m not applying fresh compost I will use the neversink blend dry amendments which I purchase from seven springs farm supply out of Virginia.
Ha! Nope! I probably won’t grow it anymore. It was a real good farmers market crop for me because people would buy it for juicing and I could charge $4/head. But now I’m mostly selling to restaurants and they don’t really care about fancy celery because they’re just using it for soups and stocks.
One of the best channels on UA-cam. 👊🏻
Thanks man 🙏
Hey Chef. Glad you’re back.
Thanks pal 🙏 hoping to get back on track posting videos!
Been waiting on a video
Thanks pal 👊 hoping to get back to pumping out some videos! Just been busy wrapping up the season!
YOU GOTTA BE A HUSTLER BABY! The only advice an aspiring farmer needs.
That’s it! 🤣🤣
Great video, as always. Appreciate your honesty about how this business really works, even tho the context can change many things. Keep it up mate, love from Italy 💪🏼
Thank you 🙏
Finally! A gardener that owns two sticks and a string :) Subscribed.
Haha 😂 thanks pal 👊
"I'm from the bottom i'm a hustler baby"😂 salute homie
Only way to go is up when you from the bottom 👊
Well done 👍 👏! Way to get educated on everything and then pass on this knowledge to the rest of us! One of the most professional and high end gardening operations I’ve seen! 💪👨🏻🌾🥦🥬🍅🥒🫑🌽🥕
Thanks Dave 🙏
Let’s get this man over 10k!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Woohoo! Just hit 10k! Thanks man 👊
👍👍Awesome video Chef Mikey!!! I'm just a home gardener with 14 beds on about 3000 sq.ft. BUT I've had the passion for over 50 of my 70 years. I was a cook in local area restaurants in 'a past life' but the low pay drove me to factory work where I worked for over 35 years. So the restaurant work and the garden passion draws me to you and your channel.
Keep up the good work in both the gardens and the channel! 😊
@@MikeV607 thanks Mike! I appreciate you following along!
When my hubs retired from the military after 28 years and 23 moves, we finally bought and moved to a home where I could put in a garden. When Covid lockdowns happened, it gave me a lot of time to really get serious about figuring out what to do. I am just now buttoning up everything for the winter. We have mulched the last of our tree leaves and I am optimistically looking forward to the spring. I really understand the anguish of losing your carefully crafted soil. That would be a hard pill to swallow. Good luck thru the winter and dreaming of the next season!
Thanks pal! I’m bout to take the next few months off too and just make UA-cam videos for the rest of winter
25:21 Ooo-wee! That's some profitable arugula. 👏
It’s the sticky kind 🤣
I really enjoyed the way you told your story!
@@paulaturner6147 thank you 🙏
Hi Mikey from Chef's Harvest Farm,
Heavy intro music is bangin, background music during narration is spot on. One book and lots of helpful name drops, bed measurements plus cover crop and tarping techniques are all very helpful. LLC, business course on M.G., as well as the importance of social media presence. Four bay sink, wash station, and reefers, 80/20 rule are all mind blowing. Glad you made it through the groundhogs, flood, tree, and fence damage; your right in assuming most would shut down ; especially after the loss of soil.
IMO It took balls to sign that five year lease agreement; that is the hustler / entrepreneur in you.
You have mentioned the good peeps that harvested root veggies in Helene for your farm in past videos; I also know this is your story, Bravo Chef, you inspire me to try to grow better.
It had been a while since your last video; now I know why.
This is a very special video; production value is high, the story and narration is amazing; keep hustling.
Thanks Steve! I appreciate you 👊 just been busy wrapping up the season and making sure I’m maximizing my profits so I don’t need to get a job during the winter! (Financial goals achieved 👊). And yes this video was more time consuming than some of the past. Soon I can focus on making high quality gardening content for the next few months 🙌 thanks for following along 🙏
I just built my first small greenhouse for raised beds (8x8) with a 1' walkway down the middle. I've already topped my garden with leaves for the year and the dirt is looking pretty good underneath. I'm watching this video just hours after wrapping my greenhouse in plastic and it's exactly what I needed. I was inspired, but I am even more so now. Thank you!
@@lessalonelouann that’s amazing! I’m glad you’re here!
Watching for a couple minutes now. Youre impressive in your growth, knowledge and drive. Excited to see you succeed. Keep it moving....
Thanks Greg! I appreciate the encouragement 🙏
Bro thank you for this video you have no idea how much this has helped me
Sweet! Thanks man 👊
not gonna lie, best grow tips ever bro. thank a million. god bless.
Glad it’s helpful 🙌
Never seen your videos before & I love this dudes voice. Brah your living my dream life!
Thank you 🙏 anything is possible 👊
If anyone is considering an electric fence to keep ground hogs, rabbits, deer and squirrels out, consider getting a dachshund or 2. They were bred to protect gardens and will naturally do it. They are very good at chasing away most wildlife , even underground pests.
Taking care of a dog is a huge commitment of both time and money… setting up an electric fence takes half a day and you never need to do anything again… dogs require daily care… that would be a poor recommendation for most people in my opinion…
@chefsharvestfarm To each their own, I guess I just like dogs, and it's a historically proven method. If you don't want to worry about pets and like messing around with more modern solutions, then yeah, definitely. Especially if you want to be able to leave for a couple weeks at a time. I'm mostly speaking to the normal homesteader who tend to have chickens and other livestock that require far more attention than a dog or 2 that most people get anyway for companionship.
@ sure by all means, if you want all the responsibility that comes with dogs. And a solution that’s only effective when the dogs are present. I’m all about efficiency, maximizing profitability, and minimizing labor. Your suggestion doesn’t check any of those boxes for me in my context.
@chefsharvestfarm you literally have a dog....Also you aren't a homesteader so you don't understand. Also these things called kids exist, i get you dont have them, but objectively the majority of farmers/homesteaders do. Like I said I'm not saying this for you. I grew up on family farms in North Carolina and after I left the military I worked on several in Texas. I have never in my life meet a farmer that doesn't have a dog. My point is get a dog that works for you if you are going to get one, not the other way around. That's being efficient.
@ well, glad it works for ya! 👊
I used to watch Curtis Stone all the time, but he got a little wacky for me. I think I just found my new favorite urban farmer. Excellent video!
Thanks pal 🙏 yeah, I don’t watch much Curtis content these days. But definitely would not be where I’m at without his content. He really taught me how to make a decent living on a small piece of property. And then I created my own hybrid growing methods using his crops plans basically! Thanks for following along 🙏
Curtis stone stopped being a farmer and went into prepping mode, which is not as interesting if you are just interested in farming.
@ yep! People change and evolve every day! But his earlier content is still as relevant as it ever was 👊 I highly doubt I’ll be doing the same things I’m doing now in 10 years also 🙌
Loved hearing your story, you definitely a hustler :-)
Thank you 🙏
Very inspiring. Fantastic work and tenacity.
Hey! Thanks brother 👊 I been following you for years 🙌 you’re the man dude! People like you and many others inspired me! Thanks for all you do 👊
@@chefsharvestfarm that is great to hear. I'm happy I could help inspire you in some way. Keep doing what you're doing!
@TheMillennialGardener thanks man 🙏 likewise 👊
If you ever need a video idea could you please talk through what you did for the fence in more detail? I tried looking up how to staple it in the ground but the results weren't applicable or I am not understanding them. The groudhogs seem like they came out of nowhere this year and devasted my garden over the summer and my fall starts. This would be awesome for me to get to in the new year. Thank you for telling your story and providing inspiration.
Yes for sure! I have a lot to say about the topic for sure! And it’s definitely challenging to find any real life information by googling! Thanks for the feedback! And thanks for following along and dropping comments 🙏
Just the positive boost I needed after some doubts this week, thanks a bunch for your vid Chef Mikey!!
Glad it could help! Keep your head up 👊
Amazing vid. I grow too in a small backyard. I'm Canadian and I did not know that you could grow that much cannabis in Tennessee! I'm only allowed 4 but I guerilla grow too. I also didn't know that you guys got snow! Learn something new every day. Since I only grow veggies for myself and I dehydrate I concentrate on things. One year more kohlrabi turnips onions etc. Next year more garlic carrots and potatoes. Cherry tomatoes, cukes, beans and peas every year. Thanks for your info can continued success. I nearly cried when you showed the flood.
@@NordeggSonya thank you 🙏 I didn’t know it snowed in Tennessee either! 🤣🤣🤣 I moved here from Vermont. It’s hit or miss in Tennessee. The past 2 winters have been harsh. But sometimes it’s super mild and doesn’t really go below 20 Fahrenheit. But there’s definitely winters but they only last 2 months! Our March is probably more like your May. Thanks for chiming in 🙏
Outstanding video. So much great advice! And a pleasure to watch. You have not only mastered gardening but UA-cam too! I know it took a lot of *work* to make this video and I also know there are a lot of people who appreciate it also!Thank you!
Thank you ! I appreciate it! This one was certainly a challenge to make. And then I couldn’t get it to export in HD or 4k. I almost started over 🤦🏻♂️ but I decided I’ll just need to do better on the next one. Thanks for following along 🙏
U did a great job on this video. Thank u for sharing your food growing journey.I am a contractor have my own business.I have been growing food about 20yr now in my backyard. Now i also manage the community garden at my church. I too am a hustler,baby...but this year,i left the full weight of overwelment. But through prayer an digging deep i pushed through it. Pests? Man,geese have wiped out almost 80heads of cabbage this fall at the church.Half of those were for the food bank.Sad. I netted them,but maybe I should invest in an electric fence. Take care brotha
Thanks man! I appreciate your positive feedback 🙏 that’s crazy geese went through the net! I would think that would at least deter them! Maybe you need to build a chicken wire tunnel 🤣 but I know your frustration! Thanks for following along and dropping comments I appreciate it 👊
This was very informative and fun to watch. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for this video. It was so detailed and real.
@@Afroyogacollective heck yeah 👍 thanks for watching and dropping a comment! I really appreciate it 🙏
Absolutely love finding these little gems on you tube .
@@gmorgan894 thank you 🙏
Hell yeah. You are just an absolute champion. I just set up some fence around a 15x30 area in my yard as a second garden area, can't wait to give that some prep time this winter. I feel your transformation in my soul.
Thanks Brad 👊 wishing you all the best 🙌
Oh my goodness Chef I want to be just like you when I grow up😂I’m 72 years young guess I better grow up soon! Wow your story is one of the Most Inspirational farm stories I’ve heard so far. God knew I needed to hear this today. Thank YOU so much for sharing your story Chef. Now I’m really going to dig a little deeper in what God has for me to do in my food Ministry. I’m looking forward to moving next year. I’m praying hard for God to Bless me and Sophie with our Forever Urban Homestead. I know the hustle is real and I’m so ready for it.
Be Blessed, Have a Wonderful Holiday Season and a Very Prosperous New Year💸🥂🍾 Ms J and Sophie
Thanks Ms. J 🙏 I always love hearing from you! Happy Holidays friend 💕
Keep up the great work, and keep hustlin baby! :))
Thank you 🙏
bro you are so wise. this video and it´s advices are gold!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you 🙏
You sir are doing what many wish they could do. My compliments!
Thank you 🙏
You are great. Congratulations on your success. Please tell me how to follow your plan. I am in Brooklyn, NY
Thank you 🙏 hopefully I’ll do a crop planning video soon!
Thank you for sharing your journey with us. Good advice in having an emergency fund if the business doesn’t get any profit.
Thank you 🙏
Love to hear someone has made a living selling off of the farm...
Thank you 🙏
I truly enjoy this video. I least some land but goat have destroyed all I planted. I feel so discouraged. I will restart soon.
@@Cynthia-sg3yc thanks Ms. Cynthia 🙏 an investment in electric fencing should help keep the goat out.
Such a realistic, practical and inspirational video!
Thank you 🙏
Dude this video is awesome!
Appreciate it! 👍
You have done well. You should be proud of yourself.
Thanks pal 👊I’m just getting started! No end in sight 🙌 but I am looking forward to a little time off this winter! Haven’t taken a day off in a decade 🤣
I just discovered you and of course subscribe. Your living my dream. You I definitely have my attention
Awesome! Thanks Matt 🙏
what a great insight into your story! Why does every farmer on youtube have access to mushroom farms!? I don't think there's anything near Seattle like that. LOL
Thank you 🙏 yeah I don’t know what I’d do if I didn’t have access to all that compost! More cover crops I guess.
@chefsharvestfarm I assume you still have to pay for it?
@@heatherjolly8389 yeah it’s pretty cheap! I pay $500 for 20 yards delivered.
Shining Brilliantly! Awesome!
Thank you 🙏
All Love & Respect fam
Thanks pal 🙏
"the groundhogs would give my marigolds the finger, walk right past my Garlic, and eat my carrots." DEAD 🤣🤣🤣
It’s the TRUTH 🤣🤣🤣 thanks pal 🙏
This was a great vid man !
Loved it love the progression.
Thanks man 🙏
This one was extra special and so enjoyable. Great work ethic and quite admirable. I can't wait until the next video!
Thanks pal 🙏
Truly an inspiration. Thank you! On a rural acre here in Central Florida. Gardening & Homesteading is the plan.
Awesome! Thanks for watching 🙏
Hello Buddy, was looking for you. As always, worth the wait. I paused and popped some corn to continue watching your vid.
Haha! Thanks man! Good to hear from ya 👊
@@chefsharvestfarm 👊
What a great job👍and well done 👏You’ve found a cosy way to live on🌹
Thank you 🙏
bro composted a deer. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 best compost ever man.
Thank you 👊
i was baffled 🤣 came down to the comments to see if anybody noticed
Such an inspiring man. I pray to have my own garden. I've learnt do much from this....start weed free. I've never heard that before and I can see the results. Thanks!
Heck yeah 👊thank you 🙏
You're a machine. I've watched all of your videos. I lack motivation and appreciate the inspiration.
Thanks pal 👊 once you quit your job it’s not hard to find the motivation 🤣🤣🤣
Keep hustling. Your hard work is inspiring. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you 🙏
Bud you’re right here in town !! I just stumbled on your videos … I’m gonna shop with you love your in -sight baby
Thanks pal 👊
top notch video Mikey 🙏🏻 very inspiring
Thank you 🙏
This is awesome brother. Great video. It’s great to see your journey and how it’s all come to be. Great video
Thanks brother 👊
You are an ambitious and smart young man!
Thanks pal 👊
Very inspiring, thank you!!! 😁
Thank you 🙏
Great info bro.
Thank you 🙏
Great video, Mike 👏🏻
Thank you 🙏 Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video. Love what you’re doing.
Thank you for sharing!
Thank you 🙏 I appreciate it!
I really really enjoyed your video it was done so well. Your garden looks fantastic
Appreciate it 🙏 It's a lot of work but definitely rewarding!
Amazing video and info and so well made and soothing in a way! What a beautiful garden! Bless you dude! 🙏🏼
Thank you 🙏
you the man Mikey
Thanks pal 👊
Solid. Great overview. Been on the same path for a while. Finally ready to graduate from backyards to my own space so this was a helpful summary. Keep it up brother. o/
Appreciate it man! Glad to hear you're on the same path! 👊
Yeah buddy
Thanks Cliff 👊
Loved this Mikey. Best one yet!
Thanks pal! I appreciate you following along and dropping comments 🙏
i appreciate the hustle.
It’s the only way I know 👊
Beautiful farm, brother. Loving the content & soaking up the inspiration. Looking to follow in your footsteps
Thanks for following along 🙏wishing you the best 👊
this is an amazing story, I loved watching it
Thanks Luis 👊
Hello from Greeneville, TN! Just found your channel, new subscriber here!
Hey neighbor! Thanks for tagging along 🙏
I feel like Arlo Guthrie got into gardening after Alice's Restaurant. Good stuff!😂
Thanks pal 👊
really inspiring. thanks for sharing. GOD bless you bro
Thank you 🙏
Great video and information! I am just about to start my market garden in Europe next spring, very different climate and market for crops where I live but there is potential in it, I believe. I also watched Josh Sattin, Curtis Stone, Farmer Jessie, Charles Dowding and other's videos. I'm a truck driver and I enjoy most of it but my true dream is to grow vegetables and work for myself. As you do. The lifestyle is the main reason, money comes after. A friend of mine keeps cattle and makes enough money to have plenty of freetime. Freedome is the real wealth, to be free as much as possible and not a modern slave (of the government, society or your own greediness)
Thank you for the information and looking forward to see what you do next. New tunnel, leased land etc.
@@captainfecc2526 thanks so much 🙏 2 things I wish I did sooner!
1) hire some help rather than do it all by myself at first.
2) buy a tractor with a loader.
Wishing you the best! Thanks for following along 👊
@chefsharvestfarm thank you very much! I have help from my youngest brother and the tractor is in the plan too. We start small, grow our food and some for sale and try to grow more slowly to develop a market garden business.
@ heck yeah 👍 that’s the way to do it!
Great video thanks for sharing. Your amazing attitude made me sub immediately. 😊❤
@@CalypsoBeebee thank you 🙏 I won’t let you down!
Hello from Ireland. Just came across your video, very enjoyable indeed and will be watching loads more!! I live in rural Ireland and have a garden but expanding it for next year. I would love to do what you do but due to a car accident over 20 years ago its debilitating, bending is an absolutely killer and some days i cant near walk. I'm trying to get to no dig (till) next year and hopefully will have way more success than this year (back problems from the accident really hindered me for weeks at a time). I got a 40ft polycarbonate tunnel (hoophouse) but it grew mostly weeds this year 😂, still have tomatoes in it though. I also have peat soil which is very challenging to work with, trying to keep the moisture in! But hope to get a load of well rotted manure off my cousin which will help greatly 😊
That’s awesome! Wishing you the best 🙏 I just pay people to do all the bending over work. And generally speaking I find if I can get 2 people plus myself to do tasks like harvest carrots it’s not so hard on anyone. We harvest about $2000 worth of carrots in 4 hours and I paid 2 people $15/hr. So for $120 in labor all the carrots got harvested and I mostly just stood there with a hose and washed them. If you can manage people well it doesn’t have to be so physically demanding. I also find people willing to work in exchange for veggies!
I was wondering where my fav channel was doing now that the weather is chilling. Glad you are still kicking! No-Till Growers has a daily podcast to keep revenue and interest while the season ends. Maybe you could do that? just a thought.
Steveo! Definitely planning to crank out some content over the winter! I don’t know about daily though 🤣🤣 definitely gonna try and get back to once a week! It’s been a struggle just to get a vid a month lately 🤦🏻♂️ thanks for sticking with me though 👊
😂😂 Good golly man, you kicked tail, looks incredible. High 5 .
Thanks pal 👊
great video ,I am sharing with friends , thank you .
Thank you 🙏 I appreciate it 👊
Another great video!!!
@@nateboer thanks Nate 👊
I love this! I am not thinking about a matket garden but i am thinking about doing a produce stand to sell to my neighborhood and passers by. My road has tons of traffic even though I live jn the countryside. I planted 700 garlic plants this year and hope to add my garlic to the stand along with all the oher types of produce i grow regularly. We qill aee how it goes!
Thank you 🙏 that sounds like a fantastic plan! Wishing you the best!
My top 5 things needed to start farming has changed amazing it use to have a bcs on it now i would say thats a luxury.
@@kelleyfarm right! I’d love a bcs some day. But I move so much compost and woodchips that I bought a sub compact tractor instead. Would love to be able to flail mow crops someday!
@chefsharvestfarm i have a 739 its amazing honestly amazing but only thing i think is work it is flail mower and power harrow, but honestly its not NEEDED a cooler trailer is more valuable
@ my thoughts exactly!
Looks awesome bro
Appreciate it!👊
Awesome Great Job!! 🤩
Thank you! 😁
amazing story. im wanting to follow your foot steps. ive got bermuda grass i think. it survives me tarping after a month. ive got to try your method with the cover crop. do you have a recommended minimum time frame for each process when it comes to your order of tarping, cover crop, crimp & re-tarp, then lay compost to make the beds at the end? im going to find some heat tolerant lettuces & see if i can grow them successfully, long term. then ill be more confident to start selling it.
Thank you 🙏 check out this video. I think it has the info you’re looking for ua-cam.com/video/QL7uFaYtrWo/v-deo.htmlsi=yNl0bBNUJLEWd4xb
Hey Chef! Just wondering what dripline you are using from dripdepot - is it driptape with prepunched holes? Ty in advanced!
I use the Protek (I think they only sell one brand) it’s the 15 mil with 6” drip emitters and .25 gallons per hour. And I rarely throw any out. It lasts for years for sure 👍
I love it! 😀
Thank you 🙏
Thank you 🙏
Excellent, educational video. Thank you for sharing. What and how do you grow in the winter?
Thank you 🙏 mostly just lettuce arugula and spinach in the winter.
Great video!
Thank you 🙏
I love it
Thanks pal 🙏
One day this will be me🙏
Thanks for sharing
Yeah it will! 👊
Thanks for dropping comments 🙏
Hustle! Quite impressive.
@@kevinlj182 thank you 🙏
What amendments do you use in your no till compost beds
Generally speaking I do not use any amendments. I just use compost and cover crops. But the compost I buy is very well balanced and manure based. But sometimes if I’m not applying fresh compost I will use the neversink blend dry amendments which I purchase from seven springs farm supply out of Virginia.
@ awesome my man! Thanks for the info 🙏 you’re killing it!
@ heck yeah! Thanks Chef 🙏
Hi ok great video
Thank you 🙏 Hi 👋 thanks for dropping a comment! I appreciate it 🙏
Mikey, I saw that your celery plug source closed, do you have another source you can recommend?
Ha! Nope! I probably won’t grow it anymore. It was a real good farmers market crop for me because people would buy it for juicing and I could charge $4/head. But now I’m mostly selling to restaurants and they don’t really care about fancy celery because they’re just using it for soups and stocks.
Mary Jane at end of video, creme da la creme!!!
@@QuiChiYang2 yeah buddy 🙌