Ask The Urban Farmer: How to Kickstart Your Own Backyard Farm Adventure!

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Ready to turn your backyard into a thriving urban farm? Join Curtis Stone for an insightful episode of "Ask The Urban Farmer" as he discusses the essentials of starting up your own backyard urban farm. From site selection to soil preparation, seed sourcing, and more, discover the step-by-step guide to transform your backyard into a productive oasis!

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About Curtis Stone:

Curtis is one of the world’s most highly sought-after small farming educators. His book, The Urban Farmer, offers a new way to think about farming𑁋 one where quality of life and profitability coexist. Today, Curtis spends most of his time building his 40-acre off-grid homestead in British Columbia. He leverages his relationships with other experts to bring diverse content into the homes of gardeners and aspiring small farmers from around the world. Learn more at FromTheField.TV.

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Music and Footage commonly used on this channel:

[MightyMicrobes-]

these are helping me. been growing vegetables for years. Trying to get into micro greens and get clients. Fucking hard! pardon my French. If it was easy everyone would do it tho!

[farmoremystyle]

Thanks for all the information. I stumbled across your series after moving to a house that had an overgrown garden with it all mapped out. Winter crop bedded, grape vines pruned, fruit trees pruned and fertilised. I lit a candle for the Italian man who worked the soil for 50+ years and undid the neglect it has had for past two. The farmers market might be a great idea after I streamline my learn as I go technique. Kudos for taking it where you have, each bead of sweat rolls off with a smile!

[lajwantishahani]

Thanks for this video Curtis! I've been growing in my backyard for almost four years now and so far I've been sharing any abundant food with family and friends. Now I feel confident about market farming in a larger space and I've actually been considering buying just over a quarter acre land which would also include my house and other smaller buildings. Been working on my spreadsheets to try and cover my bases before I take the leap. Your tips in this video are a huge help.

[championclubmicrogreens]

thank you Curtis! I asked this question yesterday and that pretty much sums it up! still would love to see the process. luckily I'm in Oregon so I'll be making a very real effort to make it up to Kelowna this year for a workshop. Happy Holidays. Thanks Again.

[AshleyKing]

Greetings from New Zealand and the Philippines, great video, simple advice which needs to be followed

[lummley]

Hey Curtis, why not bulk selling to PRODUCE / FRUIT AND VEGGIE corner stores? Wouldn't this be more efficient than doing the middle man work? It's all about being efficiency and your time. If you can sell all of your produce to those FRUIT and VEGGIE PRODUCE markets... and save 1/2 your time (the time you would have spent MARKETING VEGGIE BASKETS and FARMERS MARKETS), then it's okay if you sell your PRODUCE for 1/2 of its market value. What are your thoughts on this?

[jodrodgar]

Awesome advice Curtis thanks for your time. I'm in France and the markets here are overflowing with veg. hard to see where there is a niche for new veg. But I guess looking for some kind of unusual salads may be the key and encouraging restaurants to buy locally?

[cspaugh]

Gardening with, The Meters, I dig your style. ;)

[reenageene]

Great bike/cart set up. I so want one. Someone should make these and cost effective, so ones can buy. Wish we still had wagon/bike/horse lanes on the streets, vendors, small home business. America would be so much better. Any leads on where to buy some good, cheap land, and the factors to look into to make sure one has a good, safe piece of property? Love your vids and your drive!!!

[cernugaming]

Subscribed. I am moving with my fiance to a new property at then end of October and there is a piece of land maybe about a 1/4 acre big. We live in North West province in South Africa. This is the climate ... Temperatures range from 17° to 31 °C (62° to 88 °F) in the summer and from 3° to 21 °C (37° to 70 °F) in the winter. Annual rainfall totals about 360 mm (about 14 in), with almost all of it falling during the summer months, between October and April. Can you maybe tell me what types of vegetable I can plant for this climate. Also what is your books name as I want to purchase it? Thank you Curtis.

[nutanuket]

tht song is called the Sissy Strut lol my jam

[brieschmid]

Hi Curtis!  I live close to you (in Vernon) and am looking to start a microgreen business.  Our local farmers market has microgreens classified as "high risk" so we can not sell them as microgreens.  Any suggestions?  I was hoping to get some feedback from the market customers before approaching restaurants.  Thank you for your help!  I love your videos!

[CaptOz]

really want to start my own & looking into this, but I only currently have access to about 1.5 of your catapillar greenhouse in land. I look at it as a good starting point for myself, but not too sure if I would get a good yeald in greens, any tips?

[NikLyons]

Anyone want to go in on some property? I'm looking for some land to work and start a new life near Bradenton Florida.. I take care of my mom and and going broke  paying for healthy food.. I could grow moringa and dry and ship.. I have a grass fed cow manure source. I want to create a food forest and wildlife haven for all walks of life and me and my girlfriend. Myakka Florida has cheap land.. I run a moving company and require a high level of health to sustain my life and my mom.. Any advise would be greatly appreciated...

[alyibird]

Hey Curtis, where is the best place to grab your book online?

[TheFilipinaWhisperer]

I own one acre of land, and since I am new to farming, I only plan to start by planting on a quarter of an acre. My question is: since I own the land and the soil seems to be not very fertile underneath the grass and weeds that I am tilling I consider using raised beds?

[KatariaGujjar]

I have a small experimental operation going on that I can scale up easily as per demand, but.. I don't know how to sell. Most of the distributors I contacted don't respond, even though it's the hottest selling herb (sweet basil) that I grow in the winter when market supply is low. What to do?

[LinkLova]

What do you do to "turn the beds over"? Is that changing the fruits or vegetables to something different? Sorry I know nothing about it but I really really want to start doing this!!!!

[JonathanSeagullUtube]

Hey Curtis (or anyone!) Where I can get specific trays for Micro Greens ?!?
(like the aprox. 1.5" depth I see Curtis using) ? Preferably from a company in BC, definitely from a company in Canada...

I ordered thru "West coast Seeds" and got trays too deep AND you have to "drill your own holes" WTF!?!
Then I ordered micro green seeds from DAMSEEDS. Damseeds web site is awkward to navigate. Their ( Damseeds ) email says "We do not sell micro-green specific trays at this point but it is something we will research this summer." WTF !?!

Where I can get Micro Green specific trays ?!?

[travisrhaley]

Here is his video that he mentioned on how to approach restaurants to sell your produce.