High Tunnels - Early Spring Tour

In informal wander through three of our cattle panel high tunnel spaces on our half acre site. This time of year these structures are incredible as they help seedlings and starts and rich nutrient dense greens handle some pretty wild spring weather.

Edible Acres is a full service permaculture nursery located in the Finger Lakes area of NY state. We grow all layers of perennial food forest systems and provide super hardy, edible, useful, medicinal, easy to propagate, perennial plants for sale locally or for shipping around the country…
Happy growing!

[Crina-LudmilaCristeaAuthor]

I'm super convinced your garden is so beautiful and productive because you speak with the plants and the other beings.🤗💛🤗

[smallscalesustainable]

Greetings! You asked for video ideas! We would like to see a video about sea kale germination and growing. Also, we would like to see more food preparation videos with Sasha--we found the black currant soda and other fermentation videos to be very informative.

[carolsharp]

I've just began watching and I really enjoy your channel. One idea I'd like to share is using crock pots during the freezing weather for watering my chickens. You can buy used ones for just a few dollars compared to heated dishes at the feed store which run upwards of $35.

[chelseahartweg]

This is awesome! I love your walking tours and never think they're too long! Listening to your musings teaches me so much. Thank you for your work and all you share. Looking forward to seeing your adventures continue to evolve. Y'all are truly making waves in the permaculture farming world!

[debhosaflook]

Your work is amazing and so happy I stumbled upon you and Sasha via Flock Finger Lakes. I have been watching many of your older videos and would LOVE to see more of Sasha's cooking, preserving, etc. videos. The work you both do and your humble approach to it all is so inspiring and refreshing. Thank you for wanting to share it all with us.

[angelad.]

Since the Angelica is already planted, I would suggest blocks of ice. Ice cubes would melt too fast. I am thinking it might just cool that soil down enough to mimic the right conditions. Since it is conveniently on the end, you can keep the plastic off of it to localize the cooling affect. Worth a shot.

[onlyintime]

I appreciate you pointing out the names of all the seedlings with close up shots, including the ragweed. I am trying to learn how to do this as I feel it is an important gardening skill to learn that is not discussed much. I am hoping you can continue to point out the names of different plants for us as they grow and change shape.

[danielcochran]

Erie, PA here. Got my plants and they will be going in soon. Thanks Sean and Sasha for all you do!

[mlte]

Angelica goes into dormancy if not sown immediately. I believe they also have pretty short shelf-life, perhaps only two years or so. Always a pleasure following your garden and nursery.

[OtisPeppercorn]

Hey I've been watching your videos for a couple of years now, and I just wanted to thank you for all of these. They're informative, but they're also just... really comforting. I was a "frontline worker" throughout this pandemic, and I was pretty exposed. It was sort of hard to process at the time. After I'd get home from a full shift and do a thorough sterilization of my body (we didn't know how it spread at that point) I remember I'd find myself watching your videos, and just zoning out for hours while you spoke about your high tunnels, hugel mounds, your various composting experiments, the chicken yard and all of your strategies to help them live happy lives. Your videos felt safe, and they seemed like they existed outside of this chaos we all just went through.

I'm wondering if this life is for me. I feel a real pull to be doing the things you've shown on your channel. Right now I'm training to be a mental health therapist, and I'm wondering if there's a realistic way to combine that career with doing some farming in this manner, or homesteading a little bit. Or just going to live in the woods. Some serious Walden Pond shit.

I don't know. I just wanted to thank you and let you know I love your stuff.

[PatientFarmer]

I loved your interview with Five Finger Lakes! 👍

[viliamstojka]

Great one! How about an update on the greenhouse that is connected to your house. It has been a while.

[bryanjohnson]

I am looking forward to your Good King Henry video. I've been trying to GKH from seed with very minimal germination. I would love to see your system.

[jameskniskern]

My wife is cold stratifying Angelica seed, planted in a little yogurt cup, in the fridge. A friend said 30 days of fridge, and it should germinate when put back on the plant shelves. Good luck!

[nevernevereverland]

It's always a shock to me to see a mainly dormant garden. In Australia for the most part it doesn't get cold enough and our growing season is all year round except maybe in the heat of summer where little can handel the heat.

[BrilliantQuiet]

I found your channel through Flock Finger Lakes as well. Such an inspiring and calming energy. What is the inspiration for all of yours and your partner's knowledge? Overwhelmed with amazement. Reminiscent of a documentary I saw a few years back called the 'the biggest little farm'. A gentle reminder about how much we can accomplish when we work in harmony instead of against nature and one another.

[Estm]

I’ve got Angelica archangelica that is semi naturalized in my garden (it is sowing itself but not prolifically so I am caring for the young plants when I notice them to help them out)
I didn’t have much success with keeping and sowing the seeds, and I heard that they lose their germination power fast after ripening.
If they do enter dormancy and are still actually able to germinate, it would be great I news! if I find some old seeds I think I’ll try it. It’s such an amazing plant, beautiful, aromatic and medicinal.
I never tried propagating them from root or crown division.

[ScarletKnightmare]

Absolutely love your work, thank you for sharing brother

[candaceplatt]

Last year I winter sowed Angelica (in milk jugs outside) - worked really well and was very little work (I think I sowed in March).

[MrEddiecu]

Thank you again for sharing your knowledge and experience. I have a request, can you remember to demonstrate how you transplant GKH. I would like to try this technique next year.