Quitting Your Job to Start a Seed Farm: 3 Year Update
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- Опубліковано 30 тра 2024
- My friend Brijette runs San Diego Seed Company, the only organic-certified urban seed company in the USA. I toured her farm a few years back and loved it, so wanted to give you the three-year update on her progress at the farm. You'll learn about seed production, seed starting, growing tips, trellising, soil improvement, and some old classic seed cleaning machines she uses to grow and process high-quality seeds for your garden.
0:00 - Intro
1:33 - Seed Farm Overview
2:35 - Warm Climate Seeds
3:57 - Eggplant Patch
5:48 - Greenhouse
6:52 - Seed Starting Process
10:26 - Improving Soil With Mulch
13:05 - Trellising Systems
14:37 - Compost, Chickens, Melon Patch
17:11 - Seed Cleaning Machines
20:30 - Seed Vault
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First to guess the name of her cat gets a 5 pack of sandiegoseedcompany.com/ seeds! 🐱
Salem? Haha
Napali :-) Rodent chaser!
@@HydroHavenGrow YOU WON!
@@HydroHavenGrow Email kevin@epicgardening.com
@@epicgardening YES!!!! NICE!!! Thanks! All those years as an analyst finally paid off, lol.
“I’m going to do this cheesy thing where I say cultivate the like button” ... these are my people 😂🥰🌿
You're the best!
I had no idea what he was talking about. So funny!
I laughed so hard and yes I had to go back to watch that 1 part again.
Good one dear!!
😂😂 that was the best!
Love their ultra chill back and forth conversation. Makes me feel like I'm among friends
You are my friend!
@@epicgardening cheers buddy🍻
That's great to know. I guess I can call Kevin my friend :)
Ikr..like how she has too many chickens for that small cage and he outed her by asking how many 😆. I’d rather not say .........
@@wildsouth2471 Our chickens have a huge space to roam with a run, large coop and 1 acre to play on. We did not mention our number of chickens as our city has a limit. We are an urban farm.
Honestly this would be an absolute dream
You took the words right out of my mouth! I'm working towards this goal!👍🌱😊
@@cpnotill9264 that’s awesome!
Love supporting SDSC not only because they're a local small business but for me also being in SD I know the seeds will work great for my growing zone.
Her enthusiasm for gardening is so great to watch!
I like how you warned her about the like button haha
This is funny, I just came across your company, watching this show about 10 minutes ago. Great site San Diego Seed Company, and Epic Gardening has been inspiring for me since I have seen your show on you tube. We live down here in Ft Lauderdale Florida, and today, actually one hour ago I have planted my first seed -- Everglades Tomatoes, and have 9 more buckets that I have prepped to plant lettuces, beets, herbs -- very energetic in looking forward to growing vegetables, being a native New Yorker this is really a unique experience.
Growing your own food is a great experience
"Straight Outta Compost!"
That shirt's dope
LOVE IT!
I like it too
Absolutely! Anyone knows where to get this?
Cat's name is Black Beauty, named after the Eggplant. Also, I tried San Diego Seeds for the first time this year (inland northern california with hot summers) and everything from here thrived. Right now, the radishes I got from there (golden and watermelon) are doing better with our swinging weather (from high 80s to now low 30s at night) than any of the other radish seeds I planted. Thanks Epic Gardening for tlling us about this company and to San Diego Seed Company for the awesome seeds for us southern gardeners!
So glad to hear this!
Yeah, my mulch doesn’t really work over there in such hot climates. I use moss. Moss doesn’t like heat and sun. But this year I found out that having moss as mulch kinda creates a symbiotic relationship with the other plants. The moss keeps the soil dry and cool, making it better suitable for the plants, the plants cast shadow over the moss, making the moss healthier. Moss grows way faster when planted with other plants, instead of how I originally grew it. (In open trays)
I have placed 5-6 orders from them this year and love everything I've planted. Just placed another today. My basil plants from their seeds are HUGE and beautiful, still in mid November! So cool to see the tour! Thanks for sharing!
I’ve been watching your channels for a while and have only recently discovered that where I live in Australia translates to US zones 9 & 10. So much of what you do in San Diego can be transplanted to my gardening here. Knowing what seeds and plant types work for you has been really helpful for me.. thank you
Oh, that's awesome to hear!
Thank you! We send tons of seeds to Australia. We just sent several of our Zones 9 and 10 calendars too. sandiegoseedcompany.com/shop/2021-urban-farming-calendar/
@@SanDiegoSeedCompany I’ve just had a look at the calendar. You can be expecting and order from me within a few days.
It's the same for me when I watch gardening videos from the UK! I'm in US zone 8 in a wet climate and it's funny how similar the environment and gardening are between two places so far away from each other.
Good seed starting tip about sieving soil and not putting tiny seeds in holes
Seriously, that is the biggest tip. It will really help your seed starting. Promise!
@@SanDiegoSeedCompany thank you Brijette! Will be doing that this weekend when I sow some seeds to grow microgreens
I've been watching a couple of hours of gardening videos every night for years. This tip was a big one that I had never heard of before. I can't wait to try it out on my mustard green seeds this weekend.
@@mjk9388 Let us know how it works!
This lady is my spirit animal.
I'm soooooooooooooooooooooo pumped to hear them doing work with brassicas here in San Diego. We've given up on trying to grow broccoli or cauliflower and since we already buy 99% of our seed from SD Seed Company, I'm excited to hear we'll be able to give them another try at some point in the future.
I had as well!!!
Not only you guys have great energy, I would like to compliment you by the fact that I don’t get motion sick when watching your videos! Thanks for the filming quality, usually I can’t even see two minutes of “go pro style” videos. Congrats! Also your book just arrived and I’m SO FREAKING happy here at home, reading it like crazy 😜
I've been buying their seeds because I wanted seeds in my area; I'm in Escondido. Thank you!
Great idea, in Temecula will do the same!
So hard living in vegas and finding the right way to grow and what to grow throughout the year, I wish more people gardened in vegas and sold seeds 😭
Hers work well there!
Hi J MC try this sight on u tube learn organic gardening at growing your greens. His name is John he lives in Las Vegas.
Our seeds work great in your area. You also should check out our educational resources about the growing seasons and how you can combat all that heat. Shade cloth is going to be your best friend! We use it a lot in So. Cal. We sell it if you need some for spring/summer.
I live in Vegas too! I’ve had the most luck with winter/very early spring gardening... Once those 115 degree days hit even the shade cloth doesn’t help!
Hydroponic gardening indoors can be a fun project too!
@@gretcheneisenman4760 Yes, when it gets that hot nothing is really happy.
"It's November and it's 96 today. "
*Runs to Google to see what's that in Celsius* 😂😂. Sorry I live in Australia and I love your chanel =)
Hahah. We need to learn Celsius.
same here, i watch on tablet, and look up Celcius on phone 🤣. 35 Celsius that is summer here in Switzerland
Nice company. Loving her personality and her sense of humor. The entire flow of this video was just very nice and Balmy Cali. Thank you for helpful info.
Shes so cool, I love her channel. I hope them lots of success.
NOTHING more important than protecting our seeds - thank you!! 😍💕💕
I love the passion in this video!
That blue van takes me back to the 80s
So enjoyed this!
Ordered my seeds today!!! So excited!!
Great video thanks for showing.
What an encouraging success story!
What a brave, lovely soul 🥰
Liked the flow and calmness of the video
Great video! Thanks for sharing and inspiring others!
Loving the sunflower seeds
This is so cool. Also, very useful. Even if I don't start a seed farm, or smaller seed farming business, this is good info for harvesting seeds.
What a really nice video. Brijette is so nice and has a great homestead. Ty for sharing. I love her cats 😺😺
We do too. They bring us so many "treats" (Mice, rats, squirrels)
Great behind the scenes look!
Wow I didn't know that I could love a garden so much!! What a dream job!
Super cool and inspiring! Recently got into gardening this year w a hydro planter w 10 spots and LED light. But I learned a lot here. The soil sifting method for starting seeds makes a lot of sense! Esp my buttercrunch has been struggling to pop up in some areas.
Yeah I've appreciate all the devices and farming for seeds totally blew my mind wow great job.
Great interview, very laid back. Thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it!
That’s awesome man!!
I follow these videos. This is so inspiring for someone like me who wants to have a seed farm/company someday in my home country
This year for the first time I tried the "gold washing" technique to save some seeds! So excited to plant them next year!
love this update!! I wish I could buy your seeds from Australia!
Awesome seed packaging machine!
It's always so nice to see where a lot of my seeds come from! Thank you for going back to her farm, I didn't realize she had her own channel and I'm definitely hopping over there to subscribe when I'm done with this video.
No worries!
Thank you so much! We try and put out as much content as we can. Why is there not 72 hours in a day?
Good video and tips. Many thanks
We love bottom watering on our farm and use XL metal baking trays to water. Ours are 18" x 26", you can fit a ton of seedings, the trays are super strong and can take the weight, and easy to move around as you need. We also use them in our Bonsai garden, along with a layer of small pebbles, to retain ambient moisture. The trays are also awesome if you are growing moss.
Love the update!
Glad you enjoy it!
Just got my San Diego Seeds yesterday! So happy to support such a greatvplace, thanks Epic Gardening for all the best tips!
Have fun!
That's fantastic. Hope they arrived quickly. We try and ship as fast as we can.
@@SanDiegoSeedCompany arrived quickly and in perfect condition! Im so excited to winterize my hardneck garlic (I listened to epic gardening podcast on that!) I'm so excited to see your see your farm someday after covid! Cheers to growing that good 🥰❤🌻
I have been seed saving for forty three years. this is the real deal here. glad to see your video. have you ever resurrected 87 year old tomato seeds ? 😉
This is a really useful video. Thanks 🙏
Re seed trays..... when contacting a producer of the trays ask about HDPE and LDPE, injection molded trays. These two approaches hold up better to handling, hot, cold and moisture exposure and will ultimately cost less. AND...... AND.....AND.. are an easily utilized, notice the #2 inside the recycling triangle, for use in up-cycling efforts in the recycling world!
Great update!
Glad you think so!
Love it. Nothing like going back to nature and the way our food was meant to be grown.no chemicals
Love this girl! This is awesome. It's amazing what's possible. Love.
It really is!
Ahhh Shucks. Thanks!
Re: seed trays. I found and bought a bunch of (natural latex) rubber seed trays and they work great! They were more expensive than plastic ones, but they should last me a whole lifetime. They're super easy to clean, and I find popping out the seedlings is easy as well. Found them on Prairie Road Organic Seed!
I will definitely buy seeds From here. I'm sending seeds to my family in the Caribbean
The mulch from chip drop is wood chips, shredded bark, and shredded leaves.
I watched the other video. It gives hope there's another beneficial path for my remote garden. One doesn't need miles of separation distance to produce seeds.
Hoss tools sells amazingly strong cell trays too! Super rugged.
Kevin thank you, I was very glad to see the update. Hello Brigitte! Happy you're company is doing so well. Hope Kevin will update us again.
I hope so too!
Thank you! It's Brijette -fyi. (Brie-Jhett) It is ok, Kevin still get's it wrong.
I’m going with Ella! Love San Diego seed company and would love some of that Great Lakes lettuce for here in St Pete Florida 😍
Great update!
I'm looking forward to placing my SDSeed co order!
Awesome!
Can't wait to fill it. Put in the notes that you heard about us here. We will toss in a goodie for you!
San Diego Seed Company wow, cool! Thank you
I love SD, I lived there for 25 years.
It means a lot to me to support SD locals💕
Very insightful and interesting!
Glad you enjoyed it
chip drop ftw!! Just got a delivery yesterday.
Love Josh Sattin's video A TRELLIS TO MAKE YOU JEALOUS! I switched to his technique for my 2020 garden, which included 14 rows of indeterminate tomato plants. What a game changer! Excellent production. Best wishes from Kate in Olympia, WA -- 11/10/2020.
That is awesome!
Right? It was a game changer for us too. So much less disease since we could prune regularly. It really was amazing. Plus it looks so neat and orderly which is a nice change on our farm!
#epicgardening dude this video was…well epic. I mean just awesome with information. Totally getting some seeds from her as well. Good job
Hosstools has a great seed starting tray that can’t be beat IMO.
finding good cell trays has been a big challenge for me in the uk! But i have finally found some almost indestructible ones!
Very interesting never seen a seed company 👍👍👍
Definitely checking them out today, looking for some heat tolerant varieties for the Vegas heat.
Hope you enjoy!
17:34 sponge gourd maybe
Its her..yayy
Just got a bunch of seed packets from San Diego seed company and I’ve used there seeds before definitely recommend 10/10 support you local seed companies best seeds in the game
Appreciate you supporting Brijette!
Thank you so much for these kind words of support! Let's all get growing!
Ordered an unusual variety of online organic seeds for next year's garden, nice to see where some of them came from.
Wonderful!
Very cool!!! 🤩
Hearing you admitting that saying "cultivate that like button" is cheesy is what earned my like
Oh, I KNOW it is but I can't stop!
@@epicgardening i honestly expect now, so keep saying and keep bringing the awesome content.
Love her t-shirt & yes I cultivated the Like button. 👍🏼😊
Thanks so much
Love to see the success and growth but tbh my favorite part was the soil sifting tip! I'm doing no dig and my compost is not the best so I've had some struggles with baby seedlings not so happy in the chunks. I had to pause the video to go buy a sifter as soon as I saw that tip!
She's got a ton of tips like that!
Super interesting video!!!! Thanks :)
Thanks for the visit!~
Awesome seed starting info Brijette, I can easily see now where I think I have been going wrong.. :)
:)
Yes! That makes me so happy! Hope we can get you starting like an expert soon.
Chip drop is amazing.
Thank god for them! They are part of our farms success.
I do not recognize the seed in the hopper... looks like a black pumpkin seed, but I have no idea. What is it? Very cool interview/story. Thank you for the seeds! I really appreciate it, I look forward to growing them. Without a doubt, Napali is my favorite cat. Thumb up icon cultivated, transformed to the happy blue color.
Luffa seed!
I love San Diego seed co! I live in San Diego county and I'm a new gardener so I need all the help I can get😁. I had a 99% germination rate w/ the spring/& fall seeds and I just placed an order for different seeds
That is awesome!
"Its november and its 96 today."
Me in CA: Its november and I feel like a god damn popsicle
😂
Epic Gardening Wow you replied, I have a question. So i have spring onion plants that i am growing from cuttings that we got from a grocery store. When do you think it should start flowering so i can collect seeds. Reply plz. THX!
Same in the Netherlands 😂
Lol. We had 16 degrees Celsius today. I was glad that a few of my tomatoes are still doing great, and my eggplants.
It is now a lot colder here. 58 this morning. Burrr!
Amazing
I love her
I buy all my seeds from them!
Kevin and Brijette a tip re the trays: I hated buying and wasting so much plastic so this year I actually bought a soil block maker and it's an absolute game changer!! You simply take soil and press it into blocks so you don't have to buy trays, you don't have to transplant the seedlings and possibly hurt their roots because you just pick up the soil block and put it in its new home and the process of making the blocks is super easy and satisfying. Can only recommend it!
Soil blocking is great!
FromNow2Infinity sounds such a good idea - but how do you prevent the soil block breaking apart when sprinkling water on it?
@@vickyfarquhar3476 It never really was an issue. You press the blocks with wet soil so when you first plant your seeds, you don't need to water them for a bit. I put all the blocks next to each other in a case and they kind of supported each other. They are only meant to be used until your seeds have germinated so they didn't really break apart during that time. On the contrary, after transplanting them into their new homes, I could even see the original soil block after months of the plant being in new soil.
FromNow2Infinity Thank you ! I'm planting spinach seeds today so shall definitely try it. (I have seen it done on a Chanel of traditional Chinese growing, called Liziqi, and assumed that there was something special in their soil that one could keep the blocks intact)
Great!
I just bought some of her seeds at Walter Andersen!
6:52 Grodan Gro-Smart Tray Insert
I came because I saw the "straight outta compost" t-shirt.
Pretty cool, might buys some seeds if you ship to Australia...???
Wondering if there's a Mr. "straight outta compost" T-shirt??... ;)
Love love the cat.
Just leaving some notes that she uses SunGro and the G&B Blue Ribbon for seed starting mix.
Glad you are taking notes! It makes a big difference!
Were those luffa seeds at 18:12?
Good eye!
Thank you Angie. I was looking for the comments just to find out. :-)
This is so awesome to see inside the operation 🌱😃. I’m in Hawaii and am growing several varieties of SDSC kale and sunflowers. Shop small!
cool!
Love her! Favorite cabbage soup recipe!!!?
All of them! We grew up eating a lot of cabbage soup. We cook it in the slow cooker for days until it becomes velvet. So good!
Just curious, how much you invested and whats the approximate annual profit. I do am thinking of moving in the same direction. Please let me know.
Has Brijette trialed soil blocks for her seed starting? I know there are a billion recipes for soil blocking mix, but wouldn't that be a good alternative to plastic?