Starting a (no-till) Market Garden: The Bare Essentials

Everyone’s bare essentials will be different but I feel as though these cover the vast majortiy of what one would need to start a no-till market garden from scratch.

Two glaring omissions? Education and the stirrup hoe. Invest in those, too. Anyway, CLICK ALL THE LINKS!

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[notillgrowers]

Apologies for the outfit I wear that you must endure to watch this video—I couldn’t find my jacket and it was 14 degrees. Also, there some glaring omissions! One, a stirrup hoe. You need a freaking stirrup hoe, ya’ll. Also education. That could be an entire section on its own. In fact, I may just do that video later. What else did I miss?

[vallrikstone]

For a young bloke like me who has no idea how to start, you really helped. Thanks for linking the books too! Liked and Subbed ♥

[mathgasm]

I am doing honey production on my bee farm to finance the market garden. I also want to do lavender production for the oil to make lavender soap or sell the oil.

[albertoflores]

I love just starting one video and just letting them all play. You are actually quite funny. Good sense of humor.

[paxtianodirtfrog]

Just stumbled on your channel, actually this video. I'm subscribing, I'm preparing to do a no till market garden and found this straight to the point. Thanks Man! Paxton

[emeraldgroveperm]

super informative video helps me piece things together before even doing my first season apprenticeship! cannot wait to get my hands in the dirt next spring but for now lets hit the slopes!!!!

[FinanciallyLitFathersMovement]

Great video.I'm about to start an urban food farm in my old neighborhood.This was really helpful

[dlextown]

Yes! Thank you! I was looking for a good place to get my starts. Banner looks great.

[alexbeaudet]

Thanks so much for doing these videos, I've found them tremendously helpful. I was wondering if you could talk a bit more about the packaging aspect of your marketing – bags/containers, scales, labels, where you source, etc. A deeper dive into the wash/pack station would be great to see as well. Thanks again!

[monicacruz]

I’d just like to point people in the direction of Jim Kovaleski, if 10-18k startup is not a possibility. You can start small 😉 He doesn’t do YouTube, but a friend at Green Dreams films him and the videos are full of tips. He even cycles some of his produce to local shops because I imagine that even a truck or van might be out of reach for some. Jesse, you’re international now, not all will have access to grants for hi tunnels etc, and some folks will even have tricky access to water and power. I think it’s great when you can scale up and feed lots more people locally and make a good living, but not everyone has the seed capital, that said, if you don’t love it, don’t do it, it’s a tough business, get a job working for someone else. Great video as always, watching from Spain 🙏🌱🌱🌱

[fourdayhomestead]

Great video. Broad fork, yes. Packaging from Uline is good. They have a scale that's nice too.

[elielmo]

Blunt approach at the end and loving it! Creators need to stop the romanticism of gardening and farming.
Its a lot of work folks and it doesn't look anything like a Pinterest farming. 😂

[browntownorganics]

I'd like to see your walk in cooler. I don't think I've seen it yet. Very helpful video.

[derrickpitter]

Great stuff. Quick, practical, and information dense compared to other more well known people covering this stuff.

[timothylovegrove]

This was helpful for me. Although I'm not starting from scratch I am stepping up this year and doing a market for the first time. Kind of nerve racking not knowing how much to plant, and definately need to step up my wash, packing and storage. Would be great to see a video on market essentials.

[GraceFilledHomestead]

I just want to say thank you 💞 your videos have been so helpful. If you could only have 1 book in market gardening what would it be??

[swingophil]

Great content. You are trustworthy with a more scientific approach and very little bulls***. Have you recently upgraded your way of starting a garden bed or does it remain the same (mowing, tarping, compost…)? Thanks

[articmars]

The problem with cool bots is that people put the fan on max on the ac unit not accounting for the heat index. Put the fan on med and it will get the cooler down to around 36° with an 8000btus.

[svetlanikolova]

I have a no dig garden . My main investment will be in compost mulch and organic heirloom seeds.

[rbeneytod]

What about a root cellar? Would that work to keep your veggies fresh?