The DIY Tools That Save This Small Farm Hours
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This week we're outside Knoxville at Chef's Harvest Farm with Chef Mikey, who farms a small property, sells everything to restaurants, and solves problems with whatever works and costs the least.
He walks us through three things worth stealing: a root washer he built from a cement mixer and scrub brushes, a pool cover roller that lets him throw frost blankets over a whole tunnel in minutes, and a bed of turmeric he's growing as a perennial in the one spot on the farm too shady for anything else.
In this video:
0:00 — Visiting Chef's Harvest Farm
0:46 — Five tunnels with automated irrigation
1:24 — Why he stopped bunching root crops
3:42 — Building a root washer from a cement mixer
5:31 — Drain holes and the wasted-water question
7:06 — Pool cover roller for frost blankets
9:33 — Covering a whole tunnel in minutes
11:37 — What he'd change about the roller
12:44 — Growing turmeric in a shady bed
14:06 — Why turmeric needs a second year
16:00 — Is turmeric worth it commercially?
18:40 — Where to follow Chef's Harvest Farm
Gear from this video
Frost and Insect Row Cover → https://www.farmersfriend.com/p/frost...
Caterpillar Tunnels → https://www.farmersfriend.com/c/cater...
Sand Bags → https://www.farmersfriend.com/p/sand-...
Resources mentioned
Ben Hartman, The Lean Micro Farm → https://store.growingformarket.com/pr...
Follow Chef's Harvest Farm
Instagram → Instagram: chefsharvestfarm
Chef's Harvest Mastermind (Skool community) → https://www.skool.com/the-profitable-...
What's the best DIY tool on your farm? Drop it in the comments. We're always curious what other farmers are building.
Shop innovative tools for your farm at Farmers Friend: https://www.farmersfriend.com
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Facebook: Facebook: farmersfriend
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The DIY Tools That Save This Small Farm Hours
Farmers Friend
2,669 views
This week we're outside Knoxville at Chef's Harvest Farm with Chef Mikey, who farms a small property, sells everything to restaurants, and solves problems with whatever works and costs the least.
He walks us through three things worth stealing: a root washer he built from a cement mixer and scrub brushes, a pool cover roller that lets him throw frost blankets over a whole tunnel in minutes, and a bed of turmeric he's growing as a perennial in the one spot on the farm too shady for anything else.
In this video:
0:00 — Visiting Chef's Harvest Farm
0:46 — Five tunnels with automated irrigation
1:24 — Why he stopped bunching root crops
3:42 — Building a root washer from a cement mixer
5:31 — Drain holes and the wasted-water question
7:06 — Pool cover roller for frost blankets
9:33 — Covering a whole tunnel in minutes
11:37 — What he'd change about the roller
12:44 — Growing turmeric in a shady bed
14:06 — Why turmeric needs a second year
16:00 — Is turmeric worth it commercially?
18:40 — Where to follow Chef's Harvest Farm
Gear from this video
Frost and Insect Row Cover → https://www.farmersfriend.com/p/frost...
Caterpillar Tunnels → https://www.farmersfriend.com/c/cater...
Sand Bags → https://www.farmersfriend.com/p/sand-...
Resources mentioned
Ben Hartman, The Lean Micro Farm → https://store.growingformarket.com/pr...
Follow Chef's Harvest Farm
Instagram → Instagram: chefsharvestfarm
Chef's Harvest Mastermind (Skool community) → https://www.skool.com/the-profitable-...
What's the best DIY tool on your farm? Drop it in the comments. We're always curious what other farmers are building.
Shop innovative tools for your farm at Farmers Friend: https://www.farmersfriend.com
Instagram: Instagram: farmersfriendllc
Facebook: Facebook: farmersfriend
Newsletter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscr...
#marketgardening #smallfarm #diyfarm
MB01KQHNSVOLEDI