How One Man Quit Job to Start a 1/12 Acre Farm in his Backyard

John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ visits Nature's Always Right Farm in San Diego, California to share with you how one man quit his job to farm 1/12 of an acre of vegetables and makes a living doing it.

In this episode, John will give you a tour around Nature's Always right farm. You will learn how the started farming just a year ago on 1/12 of an acre of land to build fertility and grow many kinds of vegetables including $10 a pound baby salad greens for the local community.

You will learn step-by-step some of the fertility practices that are used on the farm to increase fertility on the land, while spending very little on fertilizers and other inputs that are sourced off the farm.

You will get a tour of many areas of the farm, and learn about why specific crops are grow that will maximize revenue and use the small space most effectively.

You will discover some of the secrets to growing healthier plants that are more resistant to pests and diesase.

Finally, John will interview Steven, the farmer to learn more about why he quit his job to farm in his backyard and why making big money is not as important that many people would lead you to believe.

Jump to the Following Part of this Episode:
02:10 Farm Tour Starts
02:56 Buy an Organic GYG Tee Shirt
03:25 Most of the backyard is not being used
04:20 What property looked like before he started farming
06:42 Main Crop Growing Area
08:40 Growing the Best Produce?
10:25 How to Create Fertility on side
10:35 Creating Compost on Site
13:15 More important than Compost: Vermicomposting
15:50 Finished Worm Castings - What does it smell like?
16:34 Worms Alive in Compost Tea?
18:11 Black Soldier Fly Bin
20:32 Making Your Own Fertilizer with Comfrey and Yarrow
21:44 Fermenting Food with Bokashi Bucket
22:10 How to Kick up the temperature in Your Compost Pile
22:50 Making Compost Tea to increase Microbes on the Farm
24:09 Organic Fertilizers that are Used on the Farm
26:00 Using a Microscope to Check the Soil Microlife
27:59 Harvest Station - to Process Produce
29:39 Interview with Steven from Nature's Always Right Farm
29:50 Why did you quit your job to farm?
31:00 Is living on $20k year just scraping by worth it?
33:40 What are your future plans for farming?
36:00 Should people quit their job to start farming today?
38:33 Why is Your Farm Called Nature's Always Right?
40:40 Why do you not like the term organic?
44:30 Any words of Wisdom you would like to share?
46:18 How can someone find you?

After watching this episode, you will learn how one man successfully quit his job to farm 1/12 of an acre in his backyard full time to make a living and support his family.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh3749rxFCw

How to Grow Microgreens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO9Q2bnQvLo

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