What I learned the first year Farming

The hard lessons learned that first year, many years ago.

Conor Crickmore is a well known educator in small scale market farming and has been very successful at earning a good living growing vegetables on a small plot. He farms without a tractor. He also designs tools and hosts online courses in farming and gardening.

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[MrMikeyPayne]

VERY rare to see a successful person sharing the little details and "if I had known" lessons. Thank you VERY MUCH!

[ristonalaimo]

Just that moment when you feel like you can't repay someone for the generosity of their knowledge.... Thank you.

[thetruckpatch]

It is so nice to hear you talking about the real struggles of vegetable farming. If someone asks me right now what I do for a living I tell them I’m a professional weeder!

[liveonthesun]

Can you please do a video on all the important things that you learnt from your mistakes for new farmers such as yourself. All this information is much appreciated

[phattdaddy]

I can imagine a lot of sleepless nights, but I am on board with you Conor, this is my new retirement life. I grew up on a farm in VA. and I have been back yard farming for so long that I just cant keep fighting the call to market farm in a community where local families can get great food. Thanks.

[michellecheyannelake]

So true, basics are shared with missing pieces....thank you for the information that saves or could cost thiusands

[FrenchyKappaSig]

I am a Peach grower in Southern France who to College in the States. We have 25 hectares of mainly peach trees but PPV is forcing us to diversify . We're therefore decided to build tunnels as we speak to start a cucumber production. which will be sold through our coop. Anyway I just wanted to thank you immensly for your advice and your videos . The advice and wisdow you share will help any grower ...whatever they grow!

[sunnyseacat]

Excellent pointers: 1) keep it small, keep it simple, 2) grow what people actually like/eat/buy, 3) pick tomatoes when blushing, not when completely ripe, 4) put lots of lettuce in a pile to prevent rot, 5) pick lettuce leaf by leaf, not ripping out the entire head.... Wow! So helpful and well explained in lay language. Now, to get a greenhouse going .... Cheers from Massachusetts!

[Warwck]

Thank you even in a small domestic garden that makes sense thank you

[williammcduff]

I'm impressed with the thought you put into maximizing efficiency and production.
Well done.

[Camboge]

Thank you for sharing your hard learned lessons, your videos are great and full of information

[cassityart]

You have a great attitude when it comes to learning what is best for business. I grow specific veg and fruit for Hippocrates Soup and juicing. That requires well organized space. I have learned a lot of valuable information from your videos. Thanks.

[tizianogarulli]

Thank You so much Conor to share your experience. Your knowledge and honest advice is such a big gift to all new and aspiring farmers. Thank you

[peterstevens]

G00D Morning from Auckland, New Zealand it’s Wednesday, January 29, 2020.

[chrismcewan]

I'm really enjoying and appreciating your videos. I'm just getting started in my first year and they are proving very useful. I'll hopefully find the time to just watch them all from start to finish. Keep up the great work and thanks for sharing your passion with us.

[barclaysmyly]

Thank you for being so transparent with your growing experience Conor!

[feliciawinslett]

Thank you, I would help in my granny’s garden when she was alive she would plant an acre for themselves and the family. I was lucky to learn about the tomatoes early. We would pick when they were pinkish put on table till they ripened then can them. She lived till she was 90. Faith, love of her family, farming and gardening I contribute to her longevity.

[VortalexTheDruid]

The rate you’ve been pumping out these short videos and the quality is surprisingly good for someone who spends all day on a farm. Did you hire out a planner and editor to manage your channel, or are you somehow managing your time well enough to do all this yourself?

[ptrain]

Could you do a video or a series of videos where you talk about and show how you harvest, clean, store these various crops as you briefly mentioned in this video. You have so much knowledge to share and I would be grateful for that kind of information. I too am beginning in growing for profit and need lots of do's and don'ts that others just assume people know.

[jimmybead]

Just found you. Thank you so much for these video's they're fantastic. Appreciate it. Much respect. Very insightful.