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@@johnpollard744Such as Mennonites origins are from the Netherlands/Friese, their founder died in Germany though. They name after "Menno Simons" who was an orthodox believer persecuted by Catholicism in the 1500s at the time of European Reformation (Hugenottes, Hussites, Walloons and many others). There's still a basswood tree growing in the place "Mennokate" where he fled and planted it (Wüstenfelde/ Bad Oldesloe).
Hi Jeremy, THANK YOU for this video, VERY interesting! 👍👍Let me tell you that in case of immune system issues, God has provided with natural means by medicinal mushrooms (mykotherapy) you should have a look into this too. You can avoid mold with them too. Grow them together with your plants on dead wood. Greetings from Germany, MARANATHA Jesus is coming! 🙏❤️
@NaturesAlwaysRight Steven, for the Japanese Beetles, I take a quart jar of soapy water and hand pick, as well as using Beneficial Nematodes which are little “soldiers” that March through the soil eating the larvae of Japanese Beetles, fleas, ticks and June Bugs, etc. that overwinter in the soil. The results (no bugs) lasts at least a year. Good stuff! Thank you for your inspiring videos!
Here in Thailand there are so many bugs to deal with compared to more temperate climates. In my first year of growing here, where I tilled the soil and added some 5-5-5 fertiliser, most of what I planted got eaten or sucked dry. The following year I grew with the no dig method (which I was first introduced to by Charles Dowding), and although I still had pest issues, things got much better. I'm now in my 6th year of no dig and I barely have any major issues with pests, where I need to use Neem/peppermint oil. I've have attracted so many beneficial insects and pollinators in my garden. As I keep telling my wife "nature has been doing it's thing for way longer than humans, so follow nature's way". Great video, love it.
Really!!! I am sooo interested!!! But the pest pressure is so OVERWHELMING here in Trinidad that I gave up….. but your comment has re ignited something in me to try again but to be more patient as it took you 6 years.
Chris Trump has made IMPO Indigenous Micro Predatory Organisms for a natural way to fight pest. It’s microbes most likely Trichoderma that you collectin the IMO process from KNF Korean Natural Farming.
living in a small Missouri town, and have amish farms touching me all around me, i love my life and their life and the way we are trying to care for our little section of the earth,,,,,,,,,they are growing ancient grains, and everything they need for every creature on their land. Lots of bartering and helping each other, great video, tks for sharing, that is one giant farm,,,,gorgeous
Steven, this has got to be one of your best videos yet. We are so amazed by your hard work, sensitivity to people and God’s creation and just how you steward all the gifts Gods has given you. Your generosity in making these videos for us to learn from and your wisdom and knowledge of how to do it all is just wild! God’s abundant blessings be yours. And thank you! Homesteading family in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦
My husband and I live in rural southwest Ohio and are devoted organic gardeners. Our neighbors who live on the farm directly behind us are also Old Order Mennonites. They have recently started using regenerative farming techniques as well. Less tilling, less pests and disease, higher yield. We have a great relationship with this family, swapping produce from our land and enjoy seeing what they grow each year. Most of their produce is sold regionally or at local produce auctions. They have a lot of kids and the entire family pitches in from planting to harvest. My husband also installed a martin house pole in our garden last year, though we haven’t had any takers yet. Wonderful, informative video, Steven!
I recently went to a Mennonite greenhouse in middle tn near where I live to buy pepper starts. I asked the Mennonite woman what she recommended to get a good yield, and she replied that she just feeds hers miracle grow. This is when I realized we pay a premium for the beautiful Mennonite produce at their stands, thinking they are organically grown. Sadly their produce is fed with miracle grow and sprinkled with sevin dust and sprayed with chemicals. More incentive to grow for myself. I'm glad to see this family is showing their community a healthier way, hopefully it will spread in the Mennonite communities elsewhere
Since I come from immigrants and lived abroad among indigenous and tribal system cultures who also emigrated around the world, immigrants are just as equally able to show how to live a sustainable life. I'm now a new homesteader and have to do it alone because most of my large, extended family has passed on. I'm deeply grateful for the many immigrants, Amish AND Mennonites who are sharing their ways. We need to build community and appreciate the many people who can teach us; since in like my family we lost all our farming and trades skills in one & a half generations. Just gone and we knew so much.
I’m a Mennonite farmers wife & Pennsylvania Dutch. I loved this video. I have my own channel on cooking and growing my own food to preserve. We don’t use chemicals in our garden.
Great vid! I'm in Flint Michigan, I have a small orchard and vineyard over 3 city lots. All no till, got 3 trucks of wood chips 4 years ago, still learning, but my stone fruits are growing ridiculously well. Learned air layer propagation and, so far, 50% success. Also 17 varieties of berries. No till is awesome!🥰
All I can say is that regenerative and organic healthy farming practices clearly can be done at scale, and easily feed our entire country. Forget feed the world. We can feed our country the healthiest food possible if WE decide to.
I was shocked to learn that they were even using chemicals to begin with. I know many people believe Amish or Mennonite grown food is all organic, that they don’t believe in using chemicals, so I was surprised to hear this. Also, the use of plastics. I wish more farmers would move away from that, and it really makes you think more about modern day food consumption and distribution. If everyone would grow their own food, and support more local small farms, perhaps there wouldn’t even be a need to do it on the larger scale that these farms do in order to earn a profit. So much is centered around profit, and the dollar.
My thought is we should grow more hemp it was the most sustainable rope made to last in the sea. Maybe make a hemp tarp to lay down for weed barrier?? This plastic every where doesn’t need to happen other solutions can be used
This is fascinating! This is the first of your videos that I have seen. This farm is beautiful, thank you and thanks to the farmer for allowing you to bring it to us.
When I lived in Belize, I looked forward to the days when the Mennonites brought food to the village for sale... Very reasonable prices, I recall for $5 getting a huge tray of eggs, Tomatoes, Cabbage, Carrots, onions, Garlic and so much more The best, most delicious food EVER!!! Chemical free of course, nobody was using anything packaged in those days and in that area.
I'm in mid Michigan and have amish all around me and they all use 7 dust, I use liquid 7 on my fruit trees because no matter what you say nothing organic really works like I would like it to. Great video and fun to watch. Remember the chemical make up of NPK in organic and synthetic is 100% the same. I use trifecta fertilizer which is organic and works for me.
At 13.20, you get a good lay of the land. They might want to consider crossing swales to harvest the rainwater that falls on their land. Another infrastructure change to reduce the need for irrigation.❤️
I live in Arkansas and we are the largest grower of rice in the country. It’s not that rice has to be flooded. It’s just that it grows in flooded areas well, so why not grow it there when other things won’t grow.
I would love to live in Tennessee and look at those real clouds with no lines in the sky. Amazing I wish and I pray every day that engineering will come to an end. Thank God a few states in America have done so.
FYI, Tennessee skies are still being sprayed like crazy with their poison's on a daily basis. The evil behind the Chemtrails spraying are fined $10,000 dollars a day for doing so. They don't care because it comes off the hard earned back of the tax payers dollar! It's a drop in the bucket to these baster!!!! I'm a Tennessean and I am a witness to the none stop spraying that hasn't stopped and to this day is still going on.
Good video and knowledge cover. When you are talking about plastics or tarps. There is a better product to use and for the life of me can't believe the organic community hasn't figured this out. The product is called 610 Terra Tex Woven Wool fabric. It is completely permeable. When the crop is done just remove the plant and you can reuse the fabric. Just fold it up like a blanket. The only draw back is if someone uses it in rows longer than 100 ft.
18:35 I keep seeing the gourd birdhouse thing all around Ohio and I never knew what it was until I saw this! I thought they were lights or something from afar LOL. I saw tons of this over by Plain City, Oh.
This video was amazing. These farmers' techniques, the productivity, ingenuity, and the beauty of this farm was just so wonderful to see. Ive dreamed of a farm like this! So peaceful. Thank you and the generous farmers who allowed you to film there. Looking forward to more.
Something you might want to ponder and talk about is the fact the plants grown to eat from are not found in nature. The ancient plants were, but they have been changed over time and now cannot exist without human management. They don't tolerate the natural world conditions without human efforts, so what you are trying to do is find a compromise with nature so your food plants will thrive. Of course you know there are all sorts of ways that compromise can be defeated. There are weather issues, bug problems, soil health, planting density, and wild, or tamed critter issues to deal with. If any of these issues, or problems are not managed properly, you will have very little, or nothing to eat from your garden, or farm.
As a gardener for many years..timeline to convert to Organic is two to three years. A little research on compatibility and hard work. Its easy. Year one you get a few bugs but I have to say if you have healthy soil not an issue. I seen first hand how natural ways are absolutely devine. Thank you for this video
My Great, Great Grandfather was an ordained minister for the United Brethren Mennonite and he started churches for them in many different states including Nebraska and he farmed also. My Great Grandfather joined the Friends church and was a farmer.
First time I have watched the channel. Very informative and I appreciate the level of detail. These techniques can be replicated according to the climate regime. I’m definitely going to try some of this. I’m based in Portugal, a continent away, but I see so many similarities.
Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful place. I enjoyed watching this so much! It looks like a fairy tale. And many thanks to the farmers for sharing their farm and knowledge. I wish all farms would work like this. The most I loved seeing the calves with their morhers, it is so heartbreaking to see them separated and in the end how much does a calf drink and can´t that be calculated into the costs of the milk? Happy to see it is possible.❤
His eyebrows are epic. Guy sensei. And there have been breakthroughs with plant-based, biodegradable, plastics that could someday, hopefully soon, be mass produced in an environmentally, economically, effective way.
Something few use is natural Jute, or other natural fiber to make a soil cover/blanket instead of a plastic covering. Part of the reasons are cost and weight. Plastic coverings are lightweight and take up less storage space between seasons. As long as plastic sheets are cheap and easy to buy, until tree resin products can compete, other types of coverings won't be used by farmers and gardeners wanting to save money and cover the soil to make it difficult for grasses and weeds to grow.
This is fascinating! I've been gradually working into permaculture in my 2 acre woodland property in Northern Michigan. We have several small communities Amish and Mennonite folks in the surrounding areas. They market their harvests, baked and canned goods...it's truly been a wonderful experience getting to know them at our county Farmers Market. Also, your eyebrows are awesome!
great information and tour. I believe Pennsylvania Dutch is Pennsylvania Deutsch which is German/German derivative. There are many similarities to Dutch.
Eastern Tennessee is far from the big city but....growing and selling ORGANIC at a farmer's market or via CSA is always going to be better for the farmer and the consumer.
I like and respect the Mennonites but I see a lot of negative talk about them because of beliefs.I think these people who talk negative about them should mind their own business.
Can you please link or share the actual name of the book that you mentioned toward the beginning? I think you said that the dad of the Mennonite family read it.
Long time subscriber here. I started when you were back in San Diego. Have you ever tried seed soaking? I saw this on another video. SOAK SEEDS in Mn, Co, Cu and Zinc and Boron. Soak for 24 hours in clean water. Mn is needed for the first step in photosynthesis, which is to split water into H and OH. Co makes longer stems and healthier plants. Boron is needed for strong roots and in the cell wall protects the plant from pests and disease. Boron is needed later in the season for pollination.
@@Ang.0910 I have 3 years of AG notes, mostly from KNF and from the Advancing Eco Ag channel on YT. I know it was one of the latter videos. They have a website where you can order their minerals and other products. Calling them won't work unless you are a big farmer-customer.
A happy plant is a healthy plant. I feed mine LOTS of organic manure. I find they spend a little longer growing foliage but then go hard on the growing out of the vegetables.
I started wood chip gardening in 2013. Every year my garden gets better and better. This year has been my best year yet. It’s amazing how much my garden produces. It’s also gets easier and easier to grow my crops and to de-weed my garden. I have a 80’ by 80’ garden and it takes me around 1 hour to de-weed my garden by hand. I use no chemicals and I do use chicken manure to fertilize and I’ve started using a cover crop at all times even in the summer. My summer cover crop is cut up during growing season to use as a mulch. I also never till my garden
that's great to hear, I did the same starting in 2017 and I'm experiencing the same increasing returns. I live close to Paul Gautschi and visited his "Back to Eden" farm and saw his results first-hand and was thinking "I HAVE to do this!" Fortunately we have tree services galore, so I've received probably 30,000 yards of woodchips the last 6 years, and I apply them almost everywhere, including my hay field for the horses and man, the field gets better and bigger grass every year.
Great video. The Mennonite farmers, closer to creation, closer to the creator… i’ve been experimenting with a technique that accelerates and improves the use of hard clay soil. Might be a great opportunity for your next video. Groundbreaking technology, no pun intended. Please let me know.
@@paulponder7515 Great, the method is organic and has improved my lawn and garden. It is a no dig method. I’m thinking it may lead to a product line or a small online business. Does your background afford any opportunity in this direction?
@@paulponder7515 are you there? Homesteads need, cash flow. Are you interested in the potential for an online business that would help people like you. I’m older, but I thought I would share my idea with someone who needed to generate a stay at home income and I Would simply receive a 7% royalty on all revenue received by your business. This could have the potential for a great opportunity for you and your family. Please share your email address.
I found this to be highly informative and super interesting. Thank you so very much for managing to get this footage and information. It is really inspiring as this is very much what I am trying to achieve on my piece of land 🙏
Fantastic information!!! Anne of all Trades on UA-cam is a wonderful resource; no till. Lazy gardening; fantastic ❤ New subscriber!!! Grateful you came into my feed 🙏🙏🙏
I tilled one small strip of my new garden last year trying to break up the very hard packed red soil some to plant Southern Purple Hull & Blackeyed Peas. It`s still recovering. It killed the soil there. My lot is a bulldozed hill and the deepest "topsoil" is 3 inches before the hard red dirt level. Can`t even dig a hole here without a pick axe because the hard red dirt contains brown rocks and quartz pebbles. I make holes for trellis poles made from mimosa limbs with a straight hoze nozzle and use very strong jute twine to weave a trellis. In the rest of my garden I started by putting down cardboard, covering with green grass clippings, crumbled rotting log pieces, leaf mold and chopped weeds then I dumped sandy/silty soil from a wash and leaf mold over this and immediately planted peas and green beans. I cover some areas with small tarps to kill weeds and seeds and sometimes use folded tarps around the edges of the garden as a barrier to creeping grasses and weeds. You just have to be creative. To reclaim an even worse area where gravel and crushed rocks were put down I fill brown cardboard boxes with 7 inches of soil on top of a thick layer of green grass clippings, chopped weeds, rotting branches and leaf mold and add a handful of living compost to the center. I make aprox 3 ft wide rows of these boxes in a line there to turn the area to garden space and immediately plant various things. My fig tree mounds are used for Red Ripper Peas that make long vines over the ground in summer and fall/winter/early spring greens and tubers. I add all my green grass clippings, mowed over chopped leaves, forest debris and dry crumbly leaf mold in mid summer from the forest as mulch. I leave plant roots in the soil and compost all the garden stems in narrow piles covered with green grass clippings, leaf mold, chopped leaves etc and sprinkle more of the sandy soil from the wash over this. I do the same around my fig trees and create mounds beneath their canopy. Larger decomposing pieces of branches and small logs are great for adding to fig tree mounds. It keeps armadillos from digging very much and disturbing their shallow roots. I use 5 or 6 wireless driveway alarms to alert me if bunnies, deer, armadillos and raccoons enter my garden.
One key to keeping the microorganisms thriving is to keep a good supply of organic matter for the to feed on. I have good results having compost that is around 50% done about a foot deep in my raised beds with the top foot of it being fully compost dirt. It keeps the microorganisms very active the entire growth cycle and that's the key to having healthy plants.
They can use trackers and machine things when come to there business. But not for them selfs ! We have them on our country roads and we friend with them!
Can you please do a video about how to save your fruit trees, flowers, and veggies from these hideous grasshoppers? They are destroying three years worth of hard work leaving twigs behind and it’s horrifying. Thank you.
Ive started to do no till and have noticed a significant positive change as well. I learned this method on back to eden gardening channel. I highly recommend that you watch! Ty for sharing! We can use all the knowledge in self sufficiency . God bless!
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Pennsylvania Dutch is German not Dutch.
@@johnpollard744Such as Mennonites origins are from the Netherlands/Friese, their founder died in Germany though. They name after "Menno Simons" who was an orthodox believer persecuted by Catholicism in the 1500s at the time of European Reformation (Hugenottes, Hussites, Walloons and many others). There's still a basswood tree growing in the place "Mennokate" where he fled and planted it (Wüstenfelde/ Bad Oldesloe).
Hi Jeremy, THANK YOU for this video, VERY interesting! 👍👍Let me tell you that in case of immune system issues, God has provided with natural means by medicinal mushrooms (mykotherapy) you should have a look into this too. You can avoid mold with them too. Grow them together with your plants on dead wood. Greetings from Germany, MARANATHA Jesus is coming! 🙏❤️
@@Corinna_Schuett_GER Wow! Very nice explanation.
@NaturesAlwaysRight Steven, for the Japanese Beetles, I take a quart jar of soapy water and hand pick, as well as using Beneficial Nematodes which are little “soldiers” that March through the soil eating the larvae of Japanese Beetles, fleas, ticks and June Bugs, etc. that overwinter in the soil. The results (no bugs) lasts at least a year. Good stuff!
Thank you for your inspiring videos!
Here in Thailand there are so many bugs to deal with compared to more temperate climates. In my first year of growing here, where I tilled the soil and added some 5-5-5 fertiliser, most of what I planted got eaten or sucked dry. The following year I grew with the no dig method (which I was first introduced to by Charles Dowding), and although I still had pest issues, things got much better. I'm now in my 6th year of no dig and I barely have any major issues with pests, where I need to use Neem/peppermint oil. I've have attracted so many beneficial insects and pollinators in my garden. As I keep telling my wife "nature has been doing it's thing for way longer than humans, so follow nature's way". Great video, love it.
That's an amazing success story! Keep it up!
Really!!! I am sooo interested!!! But the pest pressure is so OVERWHELMING here in Trinidad that I gave up….. but your comment has re ignited something in me to try again but to be more patient as it took you 6 years.
Chris Trump has made IMPO Indigenous Micro Predatory Organisms for a natural way to fight pest. It’s microbes most likely Trichoderma that you collectin the IMO process from KNF Korean Natural Farming.
If you haven't read it, the book One Straw Revolution sounds right up your alley. Highly recommend it.
Woow great! Pest pressure is something in Cameroon! I use neem oil.
I don't understand, do you still use neem oil ?
living in a small Missouri town, and have amish farms touching me all around me, i love my life and their life and the way we are trying to care for our little section of the earth,,,,,,,,,they are growing ancient grains, and everything they need for every creature on their land. Lots of bartering and helping each other, great video, tks for sharing, that is one giant farm,,,,gorgeous
Ya, I’m in the Ozarks in a Mennonite built cabin on 7 acres. Good people for the most part.
Steven, this has got to be one of your best videos yet. We are so amazed by your hard work, sensitivity to people and God’s creation and just how you steward all the gifts Gods has given you.
Your generosity in making these videos for us to learn from and your wisdom and knowledge of how to do it all is just wild!
God’s abundant blessings be yours. And thank you!
Homesteading family in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦
Thank you for the words of encouragement! God bless you too.
My husband and I live in rural southwest Ohio and are devoted organic gardeners. Our neighbors who live on the farm directly behind us are also Old Order Mennonites. They have recently started using regenerative farming techniques as well. Less tilling, less pests and disease, higher yield. We have a great relationship with this family, swapping produce from our land and enjoy seeing what they grow each year. Most of their produce is sold regionally or at local produce auctions. They have a lot of kids and the entire family pitches in from planting to harvest. My husband also installed a martin house pole in our garden last year, though we haven’t had any takers yet. Wonderful, informative video, Steven!
Add a food and water source it worked for me, but I already had them in my area.
I live in rural Southern Ohio too...I live close to the Amish, Mennonites ❤❤
I would love to purchase food from a farm like this. Just the best quality.
This is how ALL OUR FOOD SHOULD BE PRODUCED.
If it was, 5 billion people would starve.
@@ricbroc1860No they would not. People would just have to work more and use the land properly instead of wasting nearly all land.
I recently went to a Mennonite greenhouse in middle tn near where I live to buy pepper starts. I asked the Mennonite woman what she recommended to get a good yield, and she replied that she just feeds hers miracle grow. This is when I realized we pay a premium for the beautiful Mennonite produce at their stands, thinking they are organically grown. Sadly their produce is fed with miracle grow and sprinkled with sevin dust and sprayed with chemicals. More incentive to grow for myself. I'm glad to see this family is showing their community a healthier way, hopefully it will spread in the Mennonite communities elsewhere
Since I come from immigrants and lived abroad among indigenous and tribal system cultures who also emigrated around the world, immigrants are just as equally able to show how to live a sustainable life. I'm now a new homesteader and have to do it alone because most of my large, extended family has passed on. I'm deeply grateful for the many immigrants, Amish AND Mennonites who are sharing their ways. We need to build community and appreciate the many people who can teach us; since in like my family we lost all our farming and trades skills in one & a half generations. Just gone and we knew so much.
I’m a Mennonite farmers wife & Pennsylvania Dutch. I loved this video. I have my own channel on cooking and growing my own food to preserve. We don’t use chemicals in our garden.
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Is your channel called if I want to go see it and get ideas. Thanks
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This was THE most informative, educational vid we have watched in a year. Thank you So much! Please thank the farmer too.
Great vid! I'm in Flint Michigan, I have a small orchard and vineyard over 3 city lots. All no till, got 3 trucks of wood chips 4 years ago, still learning, but my stone fruits are growing ridiculously well. Learned air layer propagation and, so far, 50% success. Also 17 varieties of berries. No till is awesome!🥰
All I can say is that regenerative and organic healthy farming practices clearly can be done at scale, and easily feed our entire country. Forget feed the world. We can feed our country the healthiest food possible if WE decide to.
Great video!! Even old school traditionalists are learning from nature...the most wise teacher ever.
Fabulous video. Thank you for sharing about this super cool Mennonite Farm. Your knowledge bank sure is growing! Well done!
I was shocked to learn that they were even using chemicals to begin with. I know many people believe Amish or Mennonite grown food is all organic, that they don’t believe in using chemicals, so I was surprised to hear this. Also, the use of plastics. I wish more farmers would move away from that, and it really makes you think more about modern day food consumption and distribution. If everyone would grow their own food, and support more local small farms, perhaps there wouldn’t even be a need to do it on the larger scale that these farms do in order to earn a profit. So much is centered around profit, and the dollar.
I have a farm in Ohio and I won't allow any chemicals of any kind near my property. I think we're all being poisoned
Not all orders are the same, don’t push them all together under the same umbrella.
My thought is we should grow more hemp it was the most sustainable rope made to last in the sea. Maybe make a hemp tarp to lay down for weed barrier?? This plastic every where doesn’t need to happen other solutions can be used
Weedguard is a commercial mulch paper you can buy online
Absolutely one of your most informative videos! Keep up the great work!!!
I have been trying to understand no til for a long time. You explained it so well for me. Thank you. I didnt understand HOW.
This is fascinating! This is the first of your videos that I have seen. This farm is beautiful, thank you and thanks to the farmer for allowing you to bring it to us.
Great presentation! Growing our own food is the way to go!
Truly the best place to live! Your videos tell us so much. So positive! Happy animals, beautiful nature, great new ideas❤❤❤
When I lived in Belize, I looked forward to the days when the Mennonites brought food to the village for sale... Very reasonable prices, I recall for $5 getting a huge tray of eggs, Tomatoes, Cabbage, Carrots, onions, Garlic and so much more The best, most delicious food EVER!!! Chemical free of course, nobody was using anything packaged in those days and in that area.
I'm in mid Michigan and have amish all around me and they all use 7 dust, I use liquid 7 on my fruit trees because no matter what you say nothing organic really works like I would like it to. Great video and fun to watch. Remember the chemical make up of NPK in organic and synthetic is 100% the same. I use trifecta fertilizer which is organic and works for me.
I am amazed thank you for showing
I have a small homestead this video gives me a good idea of what I can grow in the south.
At 13.20, you get a good lay of the land. They might want to consider crossing swales to harvest the rainwater that falls on their land. Another infrastructure change to reduce the need for irrigation.❤️
I liked this video. I like this story. Good for them - this family adopting better growing and farming practice.
I live in Arkansas and we are the largest grower of rice in the country. It’s not that rice has to be flooded. It’s just that it grows in flooded areas well, so why not grow it there when other things won’t grow.
Where do you get rice seeds or whatever it is called lol
Seed catalog
@@sally79il try Great Lakes Staple Seeds for upland rice and all sorts of other grains
Try Great Lakes Staple Seeds for upland rice and all sorts of other grains and seeds
I would love to live in Tennessee and look at those real clouds with no lines in the sky. Amazing I wish and I pray every day that engineering will come to an end. Thank God a few states in America have done so.
There are lines in the sky here too.
Sorry but some days in east TN our skies look like someone playing tic tac toe- its being done everywhere
FYI, Tennessee skies are still being sprayed like crazy with their poison's on a daily basis. The evil behind the Chemtrails spraying are fined $10,000 dollars a day for doing so. They don't care because it comes off the hard earned back of the tax payers dollar! It's a drop in the bucket to these baster!!!! I'm a Tennessean and I am a witness to the none stop spraying that hasn't stopped and to this day is still going on.
Why would you think there is a special state that does not get chemtrails ??
Because TN passed legislation on this. The question is, who will enforce it?
Good video and knowledge cover. When you are talking about plastics or tarps. There is a better product to use and for the life of me can't believe the organic community hasn't figured this out. The product is called 610 Terra Tex Woven Wool fabric. It is completely permeable. When the crop is done just remove the plant and you can reuse the fabric. Just fold it up like a blanket. The only draw back is if someone uses it in rows longer than 100 ft.
Great information Steven! Thank you
18:35 I keep seeing the gourd birdhouse thing all around Ohio and I never knew what it was until I saw this! I thought they were lights or something from afar LOL. I saw tons of this over by Plain City, Oh.
This video was amazing. These farmers' techniques, the productivity, ingenuity, and the beauty of this farm was just so wonderful to see. Ive dreamed of a farm like this! So peaceful. Thank you and the generous farmers who allowed you to film there. Looking forward to more.
I wish we had farms like this near us. Such a wonderful resource for any community.
Something you might want to ponder and talk about is the fact the plants grown to eat from are not found in nature. The ancient plants were, but they have been changed over time and now cannot exist without human management. They don't tolerate the natural world conditions without human efforts, so what you are trying to do is find a compromise with nature so your food plants will thrive. Of course you know there are all sorts of ways that compromise can be defeated. There are weather issues, bug problems, soil health, planting density, and wild, or tamed critter issues to deal with. If any of these issues, or problems are not managed properly, you will have very little, or nothing to eat from your garden, or farm.
As a gardener for many years..timeline to convert to Organic is two to three years. A little research on compatibility and hard work. Its easy. Year one you get a few bugs but I have to say if you have healthy soil not an issue. I seen first hand how natural ways are absolutely devine. Thank you for this video
My Great, Great Grandfather was an ordained minister for the United Brethren Mennonite and he started churches for them in many different states including Nebraska and he farmed also. My Great Grandfather joined the Friends church and was a farmer.
First time I have watched the channel. Very informative and I appreciate the level of detail.
These techniques can be replicated according to the climate regime. I’m definitely going to try some of this.
I’m based in Portugal, a continent away, but I see so many similarities.
Fewer pests. If it's a countable thing, it's correct to say fewer. If it's not countable life milk or water it is correct to say less. FYI ✨
Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful place. I enjoyed watching this so much! It looks like a fairy tale. And many thanks to the farmers for sharing their farm and knowledge. I wish all farms would work like this. The most I loved seeing the calves with their morhers, it is so heartbreaking to see them separated and in the end how much does a calf drink and can´t that be calculated into the costs of the milk? Happy to see it is possible.❤
His eyebrows are epic. Guy sensei. And there have been breakthroughs with plant-based, biodegradable, plastics that could someday, hopefully soon, be mass produced in an environmentally, economically, effective way.
The eyebrows had me from the get go. They are as impressive as the cabbage.
Something few use is natural Jute, or other natural fiber to make a soil cover/blanket instead of a plastic covering. Part of the reasons are cost and weight. Plastic coverings are lightweight and take up less storage space between seasons. As long as plastic sheets are cheap and easy to buy, until tree resin products can compete, other types of coverings won't be used by farmers and gardeners wanting to save money and cover the soil to make it difficult for grasses and weeds to grow.
Well done once again mate
OH MY GOSH! open vase for trees! I understand that! I can do that!
Thanku really enjoy your down to earth nature in the way you share information 😊
"Fantastic video! Thanks for sharing the inside look at this amazing Mennonite farm. Your knowledge just keeps expanding-great job!
What a fascinating video, great job and thank you.
excellent video!!! I was quite surprised to see that they calf share!!
Great content and inspirational Thx!
I'm greatful for this video.
This is fascinating! I've been gradually working into permaculture in my 2 acre woodland property in Northern Michigan. We have several small communities Amish and Mennonite folks in the surrounding areas. They market their harvests, baked and canned goods...it's truly been a wonderful experience getting to know them at our county Farmers Market.
Also, your eyebrows are awesome!
great information and tour. I believe Pennsylvania Dutch is Pennsylvania Deutsch which is German/German derivative. There are many similarities to Dutch.
JADAM fertilizer changed my gardening forever. 15/10 recommended!
Love this video, information. Thanks to all
Oh, my goodness! I am so glad I found you. Fabulous information. Thank you so much.
Use heavy cutting canvas for tarps or overlapping sheets of cardboard.
Eastern Tennessee is far from the big city but....growing and selling ORGANIC at a farmer's market or via CSA is always going to be better for the farmer and the consumer.
Thank you for all the information 😊
I like and respect the Mennonites but I see a lot of negative talk about them because of beliefs.I think these people who talk negative about them should mind their own business.
Congratulations!! I cried...it was beautiful! ❤🎉👶👨🍼👩🍼🍼👼
Can you please link or share the actual name of the book that you mentioned toward the beginning? I think you said that the dad of the Mennonite family read it.
Thank you for the great video :) Do you know how they make the compost tea?
Wow just what I thought 💭 Ty for sharing this video 😮💝🙏😇
Excellent informative video. Thank you
The Veggie Boy's you tube channel shows they use biodegradable organic mulch that comes in rolls.
Very good video. Very informative
Long time subscriber here. I started when you were back in San Diego.
Have you ever tried seed soaking? I saw this on another video.
SOAK SEEDS in Mn, Co, Cu and Zinc and Boron. Soak for 24 hours in clean water.
Mn is needed for the first step in photosynthesis, which is to split water into H and OH.
Co makes longer stems and healthier plants.
Boron is needed for strong roots and in the cell wall protects the plant from pests and disease. Boron is needed later in the season for pollination.
Can u link the video please?
Sure KNF seed soaks. I only do it for transplants. Can't do it if using a seeder.
@@Ang.0910 I have 3 years of AG notes, mostly from KNF and from the Advancing Eco Ag channel on YT. I know it was one of the latter videos. They have a website where you can order their minerals and other products. Calling them won't work unless you are a big farmer-customer.
Wow.... I'm impressed. Those are the biggest cabbages I've seen-outside of Alaska. Those rows look like they are about 200 yards long
Remarkably well done, very informative 👍
Thank you.
Thanks for this. I once worshipped in Mennonite Church in Nigeria.
Awesome. Thanks for the vid
There should be more people trying to grow more mold free foods. After all, most COPD is mold in the lungs from the tobacco having mold on it.
Mennonite makes some awesome pies from when I was a kid.
This was interesting. Mennonites where I live more modern .
Yes, we range from old order to very modern
Great video! Thank you for sharing. Have they experimented with electroculture?
Loved this!
Great video, thank you. Only at 12:45 it's not a rhubarb, but a burdock.
A happy plant is a healthy plant. I feed mine LOTS of organic manure. I find they spend a little longer growing foliage but then go hard on the growing out of the vegetables.
Brilliant video, very inspiring, thanks for your hard work.
I started wood chip gardening in 2013. Every year my garden gets better and better. This year has been my best year yet. It’s amazing how much my garden produces. It’s also gets easier and easier to grow my crops and to de-weed my garden. I have a 80’ by 80’ garden and it takes me around 1 hour to de-weed my garden by hand. I use no chemicals and I do use chicken manure to fertilize and I’ve started using a cover crop at all times even in the summer. My summer cover crop is cut up during growing season to use as a mulch. I also never till my garden
that's great to hear, I did the same starting in 2017 and I'm experiencing the same increasing returns. I live close to Paul Gautschi and visited his "Back to Eden" farm and saw his results first-hand and was thinking "I HAVE to do this!" Fortunately we have tree services galore, so I've received probably 30,000 yards of woodchips the last 6 years, and I apply them almost everywhere, including my hay field for the horses and man, the field gets better and bigger grass every year.
You can get thick paper rolls at Lowe’s store which many painters and contractors lay down on floors to protect from getting damaged during projects.
Definitely an awesome video. What camera and mic were used to capture all these great shots?
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Great video. The Mennonite farmers, closer to creation, closer to the creator… i’ve been experimenting with a technique that accelerates and improves the use of hard clay soil. Might be a great opportunity for your next video. Groundbreaking technology, no pun intended. Please let me know.
I would like to know more about your technique. I have a homestead in middle Tn. and deal with a lot of hard clay soil.
@@paulponder7515 Great, the method is organic and has improved my lawn and garden. It is a no dig method. I’m thinking it may lead to a product line or a small online business. Does your background afford any opportunity in this direction?
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Thank you for this video, As a new small farmer this was very helpful
I found this to be highly informative and super interesting. Thank you so very much for managing to get this footage and information. It is really inspiring as this is very much what I am trying to achieve on my piece of land 🙏
Fantastic information!!!
Anne of all Trades on UA-cam is a wonderful resource; no till. Lazy gardening; fantastic ❤
New subscriber!!! Grateful you came into my feed 🙏🙏🙏
New Subscriber here! 🤗 Thank you so much for all this wonderful info! I’ll be binge watching all your other videos for the next few days! 😆
Good job man! Absolutely right on topic!
Thank you for the tour!
Brilliant!
Pennsylvania Dutch is actually a form of German. Dutch is an Americanized version of Deutch which means German.
That's interesting. I though PawPaw is an understory tree, and they've got it planted in full sun. Will it do better in full sun?
I tilled one small strip of my new garden last year trying to break up the very hard packed red soil some to plant Southern Purple Hull & Blackeyed Peas. It`s still recovering. It killed the soil there. My lot is a bulldozed hill and the deepest "topsoil" is 3 inches before the hard red dirt level. Can`t even dig a hole here without a pick axe because the hard red dirt contains brown rocks and quartz pebbles. I make holes for trellis poles made from mimosa limbs with a straight hoze nozzle and use very strong jute twine to weave a trellis.
In the rest of my garden I started by putting down cardboard, covering with green grass clippings, crumbled rotting log pieces, leaf mold and chopped weeds then I dumped sandy/silty soil from a wash and leaf mold over this and immediately planted peas and green beans. I cover some areas with small tarps to kill weeds and seeds and sometimes use folded tarps around the edges of the garden as a barrier to creeping grasses and weeds. You just have to be creative.
To reclaim an even worse area where gravel and crushed rocks were put down I fill brown cardboard boxes with 7 inches of soil on top of a thick layer of green grass clippings, chopped weeds, rotting branches and leaf mold and add a handful of living compost to the center. I make aprox 3 ft wide rows of these boxes in a line there to turn the area to garden space and immediately plant various things. My fig tree mounds are used for Red Ripper Peas that make long vines over the ground in summer and fall/winter/early spring greens and tubers.
I add all my green grass clippings, mowed over chopped leaves, forest debris and dry crumbly leaf mold in mid summer from the forest as mulch. I leave plant roots in the soil and compost all the garden stems in narrow piles covered with green grass clippings, leaf mold, chopped leaves etc and sprinkle more of the sandy soil from the wash over this. I do the same around my fig trees and create mounds beneath their canopy. Larger decomposing pieces of branches and small logs are great for adding to fig tree mounds. It keeps armadillos from digging very much and disturbing their shallow roots. I use 5 or 6 wireless driveway alarms to alert me if bunnies, deer, armadillos and raccoons enter my garden.
This is a very good video. You'll learn a lot regardless of how experienced you are.
One key to keeping the microorganisms thriving is to keep a good supply of organic matter for the to feed on. I have good results having compost that is around 50% done about a foot deep in my raised beds with the top foot of it being fully compost dirt. It keeps the microorganisms very active the entire growth cycle and that's the key to having healthy plants.
Thank you very educational
Wow, that was a lot of information. Great video!
They can use trackers and machine things when come to there business. But not for them selfs ! We have them on our country roads and we friend with them!
Can you please do a video about how to save your fruit trees, flowers, and veggies from these hideous grasshoppers? They are destroying three years worth of hard work leaving twigs behind and it’s horrifying. Thank you.
Grat info! Do you think in florida the sunrays would reflect heat &burn the plants. ?
Ive started to do no till and have noticed a significant positive change as well. I learned this method on back to eden gardening channel. I highly recommend that you watch! Ty for sharing! We can use all the knowledge in self sufficiency . God bless!