Farming in 3, 200 Milk Crates For a High-End Restaurant in Manhattan
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Date: 2022-07-18
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marianwhit
I would commit suicide if I had to live in a place with that much noise. Insane. No wonder there is so much crime in the city. I wanted to see what you are doing but turned it off. And SO much plastic. given the number of machines, I wonder what the fallout from the air pollution is, and research is showing that dust created from tire wear is really toxic. ew. Glad I live in the country, but glad to see you trying. Soil? Except it looks like (by the presence of perlite and colour of the medium) that you are using soil-less potting mix, lol. which will be exhausted pretty quickly. there is no ecology here. That function is served by soil organisms. animals that live there. This is the fallacy of the whole plant based diet will save the world fallacy. ecologies will save the world. plants and animals evolved together for a reason. Good try. but how is it doing in 2023?
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I would commit suicide if I had to live in a place with that much noise. Insane. No wonder there is so much crime in the city. I wanted to see what you are doing but turned it off. And SO much plastic. given the number of machines, I wonder what the fallout from the air pollution is, and research is showing that dust created from tire wear is really toxic. ew. Glad I live in the country, but glad to see you trying. Soil? Except it looks like (by the presence of perlite and colour of the medium) that you are using soil-less potting mix, lol. which will be exhausted pretty quickly. there is no ecology here. That function is served by soil organisms. animals that live there. This is the fallacy of the whole plant based diet will save the world fallacy. ecologies will save the world. plants and animals evolved together for a reason. Good try. but how is it doing in 2023?
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SeamusHarper1234
In this very specialized use case I'd seriously consider planting in hydroponics. You have do do so much work to keep you potting mix going strong, it would be so much easier with bato buckets / dutch buckets for long standing crops or NFT-lines for leafy greens, which are nearly as modular. Since american tap water is not that good, you might need an osmosis filter, but other than that it should be a lot less effort, especially for leafy greens in NFT-lines.
This is especially true since you are using micro drip irrigation, which is 50% of the work for bato buckets already done.
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In this very specialized use case I'd seriously consider planting in hydroponics. You have do do so much work to keep you potting mix going strong, it would be so much easier with bato buckets / dutch buckets for long standing crops or NFT-lines for leafy greens, which are nearly as modular. Since american tap water is not that good, you might need an osmosis filter, but other than that it should be a lot less effort, especially for leafy greens in NFT-lines.
This is especially true since you are using micro drip irrigation, which is 50% of the work for bato buckets already done.
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Simone
i also use mushroomsoil and worms in my crates for enriching the soil and keep it fluffy. if worms leave you know the soil needs better watering and better soil. Does he use the scraps from the kitchen as compost? Great that indigo, and you can use it for colouring your handmade plates (clay in combo with egg or grinded seashells; ) you can put in an horizontal roller (like at the airfield or sportsclubs) and put the crates on it and rorate the band. like in a asian restaurant. so you can automate the amount of sun daily.
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i also use mushroomsoil and worms in my crates for enriching the soil and keep it fluffy. if worms leave you know the soil needs better watering and better soil. Does he use the scraps from the kitchen as compost? Great that indigo, and you can use it for colouring your handmade plates (clay in combo with egg or grinded seashells; ) you can put in an horizontal roller (like at the airfield or sportsclubs) and put the crates on it and rorate the band. like in a asian restaurant. so you can automate the amount of sun daily.
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FlipTheSwitch
This is amazing! Talk about the ultimate square foot gardening! lol I love that he is cover cropping. I am in Florida, so I use cowpeas that even grow broad leaves in the sand. I did that after one year of wood chips dumped from the un-sprayed roadside timmers and ran chickens over it 10 days in each section. They ate all the termites, ticks, and insects that I wouldn't want migrating to the house. I cedar chipped all the way around the foundation as well. Works like a champ.
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This is amazing! Talk about the ultimate square foot gardening! lol I love that he is cover cropping. I am in Florida, so I use cowpeas that even grow broad leaves in the sand. I did that after one year of wood chips dumped from the un-sprayed roadside timmers and ran chickens over it 10 days in each section. They ate all the termites, ticks, and insects that I wouldn't want migrating to the house. I cedar chipped all the way around the foundation as well. Works like a champ.
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Epic
0: 00 - Intro
1: 04 - Greenhouse
3: 10 - Surrounding Area and Growing Challenges
4: 03 - Growing Fresh Lima Beans
6: 43 - Why Grow In Milk Crates?
8: 59 - Cover Cropping Milk Crates
11: 51 - Irrigating Milk Crates
15: 11 - Growing Okra and Sorghum
17: 15 - Walking Tour of Beds
23: 46 - Growing Indigo to Dye Cloth
26: 05 - Sun Challenges and Crate Rotation
33: 22 - Outro and Taste Test of Different Produce
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0: 00 - Intro
1: 04 - Greenhouse
3: 10 - Surrounding Area and Growing Challenges
4: 03 - Growing Fresh Lima Beans
6: 43 - Why Grow In Milk Crates?
8: 59 - Cover Cropping Milk Crates
11: 51 - Irrigating Milk Crates
15: 11 - Growing Okra and Sorghum
17: 15 - Walking Tour of Beds
23: 46 - Growing Indigo to Dye Cloth
26: 05 - Sun Challenges and Crate Rotation
33: 22 - Outro and Taste Test of Different Produce
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Roslyn
Hell yeah, another great episode from the produce to the plate & everything in-between, keep it up, not that I don't like watching your garden as well, but this is a great eye opener into the world of other plants that are not widely grown on any other Utube shows.
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Hell yeah, another great episode from the produce to the plate & everything in-between, keep it up, not that I don't like watching your garden as well, but this is a great eye opener into the world of other plants that are not widely grown on any other Utube shows.
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EM
Great show. I think you should go to the farm in Costa Rico that is totally self-sufficient. A man there is so interesting and his farm is on a hill that had nothing until he transformed it. He built his house and the whole farm, and both are so fabulous.
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Great show. I think you should go to the farm in Costa Rico that is totally self-sufficient. A man there is so interesting and his farm is on a hill that had nothing until he transformed it. He built his house and the whole farm, and both are so fabulous.
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reidweaver
Oh my gosh I love lima beans and they are so expensive to buy fresh, so they are going in our garden this year. My favorite recipe is cooked in my Instant Pot flavored with a demi glace and pancetta or prosciutto and butter. It is heavenly.
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Oh my gosh I love lima beans and they are so expensive to buy fresh, so they are going in our garden this year. My favorite recipe is cooked in my Instant Pot flavored with a demi glace and pancetta or prosciutto and butter. It is heavenly.
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edwardsdeacon
he could use Azomite, goat/ rabbit manure and put a filtration system on the water source. He should be pretty good with that. He could also use clover as a cover crop which would cut cost and serve the same purpose.
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he could use Azomite, goat/ rabbit manure and put a filtration system on the water source. He should be pretty good with that. He could also use clover as a cover crop which would cut cost and serve the same purpose.
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Scrap
using beans will bring back the soil, in the past it was used in the one year field rotation mustard for re feed of the good stuff. three sister planting also helps and plant herbs to increase the good bugs like lady birds
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using beans will bring back the soil, in the past it was used in the one year field rotation mustard for re feed of the good stuff. three sister planting also helps and plant herbs to increase the good bugs like lady birds
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Julie
If I were in a restaurant and someone ordered lamb I'd pull up a video of an innocent lamb being slaughtered for their enjoyment! He mentioned lamb chops around 6 min in. Then I'd show it to the heartless chef.
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If I were in a restaurant and someone ordered lamb I'd pull up a video of an innocent lamb being slaughtered for their enjoyment! He mentioned lamb chops around 6 min in. Then I'd show it to the heartless chef.
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Sylvia
So amazing to grow in crates and so many types of vegetables. It is hard work for me as I just starting out and try to grow some herbs and green onions. It took me 2 years to know how to grow them.
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So amazing to grow in crates and so many types of vegetables. It is hard work for me as I just starting out and try to grow some herbs and green onions. It took me 2 years to know how to grow them.
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Janina
That was super interesting and inspiring. Thank you for taking the time to make an in depth exploration with such a challenging project successfully meeting the demands of commercial production.
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That was super interesting and inspiring. Thank you for taking the time to make an in depth exploration with such a challenging project successfully meeting the demands of commercial production.
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Lucy
What do these Egg Crates look like? Lots of holes in them? Wish we could have got close up of what you are referring to. Oh I see he lined them with something that seems to just fit them.
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What do these Egg Crates look like? Lots of holes in them? Wish we could have got close up of what you are referring to. Oh I see he lined them with something that seems to just fit them.
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Garth
Nice video of the urban garden, Have you ever considered or checked out the renaissance of Native American indigenous gardens? That too might make for a great complement to your series.
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Nice video of the urban garden, Have you ever considered or checked out the renaissance of Native American indigenous gardens? That too might make for a great complement to your series.
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