Profitable Vegetable Farming For A Beginner SMALL Farmer- Least Effort
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What crops would you grow if you were new to farming and you wanted to be able to make a living? Here are three crops that don't take a lot of money to begin and can bring in an income with less labor than many others.
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I would like to know as much as possible about growing the strawberries. I got a little over an acre to work with. Tell me what you would have me do to be successful in growing the strawberries?
Strawberries, Asparagus and Garlic
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@@galeparker1067 but without watching you don't know the why..
Funny, that’s exactly what I planted on my 4K m2.
@@RocketPipeTV Good choices! Asparagus beds need little management, strawberries will have babies to sell or do a Guerrilla-gardening thing (turn them loose! 🤣🥰), Garlic, don't know much about its ability to look after itself but, very medicanal....🥰
@@galeparker1067 I've herd that strawberries are natural companions to asparagus too, so maybe you could grow them together and save space? Not sure how well that would work commercially
Floridian here... We grow weeds, mosquitoes, and alligators...
Which is the BIGGEST?
My top 3: Sativa, Indica & Hemp.
Cartel?
They sell well here.
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Well this is really assuring, started growing garlic myself as a hobby income with only 40 plants to start and this year I planted roughly 14,000. I was diagnosed with Meniere's disease 3.5 years ago now and have switched mindset to make farming my full income, between garlic and chickens as my main production I should make around $30k in sales this year and hopefully in 2 years be able to pay myself enough to make a living again. Currently we are living off solely my wife's income so expanding is very slow and difficult, as well as pretty much every dollar the business makes goes right back into the business.
god bless you meniere's disease is no joke
If you can propogate successfully plant orchards... It raises the value of your farm (should something ever occur) it has very little input costs aswell. Bananas are fast growers and yield really fast (very easy crop) as are coconut trees planted in a diamond formation. If you in a colder climate nut trees are an awesome pension plan... You can always plant row crops in between your orchards ( which is what I do) and have mushrooms as intacrops which is a fantastic way of reducing fertilizer and weeding, it incorporates worms homogeneously and if you rotate crops you'll have virtually a very lucrative business. I've started incorporating flowers (marygolds,agapanthas ect) and am looking at bee hives in the near future to complete the ecosystem. This may sound market gardenish but I use a small cab tractor to plant and seed and it's really very little input labour wise as you end up mostly packaging and harvesting which is what one intends to do! If you do plant orchards in this manner, stay away from all dwarf varieties and wait the extra few years as diseases will cripple your mixed crops and regardless what you told a natural non dwarf tree is far healthier with far more yields over a longer life cycle. I propagated all my trees and after 2 years they don't even need water! I pray you recover and God bless
Yes garlic is easy to grow and not too much looking after planting ....
Who do you sell to? Local grocers? Farmers markets? I’d like to grow but don’t know what types of outfits to contact and sell to. Thanks in advance.
Awesome. I attended a chi kung healing course and someone there had Meniere's disease , after the second day they had no more vertigo and by the end they said it was gone.
Garlic is by far my favorite crop to grow for this exact reason! It's also a very easy sell to people since they know exactly what to do with it. Highly recommend.
If I were to start planting garlic, where would I find buyers? Thanks in advance!
yup!
@@HouseOfJabezfarmers markets, however don't shy away from contacting local restaurants and asking if they're wanting to source local.
@@HouseOfJabez I realize this is super late so I apologize but I generally just sell to individuals I know! I know a lot of people who will gladly buy 10+ bulbs per season from me every year. One friend of mine comes from a German family and she bought 40 bulbs last year and came back a few months later for another 10. Restaurants can be really great if you have a significant volume, but otherwise the most money will really be from value-added products (think garlic sauces, garlic powders, fermented honey garlic, meat rubs etc) they require more work but it extends the shelf life and is easier for people to know what to do with them right away so you can get a higher profit margin.
In my country,for this spring it would be green onions,cilantro and amaranth for quick money; then potatoes,onions,garlic,ginger and okra.
While i definitely agrre with strawberries, I would argue that fast growing greens are the best profit. Baby salad greens, baby lettuce, arugula, spinach, etc. You're looking at 21-30 days to harvest. I get about 1lb per foot on a 48" wide bed. You can also harvest maybe every 7-10 days. $12-16/lb sale price. So on a 4' wide by 100' long bed, you're producing 100lbs per week or $1,200-$1,600 per week in gross profit. That translates to over $100,000 per acre for a crop that takes 3-4 weeks from seed to harvest. Of course, it's more specialized work, you need to be cultivating by hand, know how to harvest, wash, pack, and the most important part and most difficult part...sell it. Green onions (scallions) are another high profit crop.
its funny because another farming channel in australia went over lettuce as a cash crop. they had such a shortage of lettuce that hamburger fast food places switched to cabbage, and lettuce heads were selling for 12 dollars each. the shortage was due to flooding. but its an interesting point. lettuce CAN be quite profitable and its good to keep it in mind.
We have a farm that specializes in micro greens. Have no idea what they are, but they always seem to sell out whenever they have a crop in
Have you considered worm farming? They are selling for $55lb! I raise millions of worms to sell/fertilize my garden, and to show others how to care for them :) no acreage needed!
Since you mentioned these products...a farmer would be better served by not growing leafy greens , annual herbs, and strawberries in the outdoors in soil but rather grown indoors aeroponically. No pests, no bolting & consistent year round continuous harvests.
Salad greens are fast and require little capital investment, but more difficult to grow and market than strawberries or garlic. I don't know about asparagus.
Been growing strawberries for 40 years their more work than most people will want to do.
I think leafy greens are the easiest crops for the time poor and beginners. Most people don't have the spine to pick strawberries.
I hate to say it, but any farming is more work than most people will want to do now days. Just a random thought though, if space is an issue, can use tower-like raised beds to stuff in more strawberry plants per foot and make it easier to tend to them compared to getting on the ground.
@@MCRnursery That's a given. Westerners are severely de-conditioned, and generally unfit for physical labor. I manage a 400 square meter vegetable garden on my own, and grow 75% from seed. This garden is in the retirement village I live in. I conceived, arranged approval, started, and maintain the garden on my own. I sell produce on Saturday mornings to residents. No one else wants to help me, not even to water twice a week. I do it because it relaxes me and I sleep better. But if I had helpers we could increase production by expanding the garden. I started the garden as a way to get more people eating healthier and active. I've failed at the second goal. This has changed my view on humans. I used to think I should try and help everyone equally. I now think I should only help those who are willing to help themselves.......just like God!!!
@@helicart Well, you have to keep in mind the kind of society people grow up in now. Even at the basic level of schooling, they aren't trained in dealing with the sometimes difficult work that comes with life. There is little to no physical training anymore (concerning hard work). Parents aren't allowed to put their kids to work in the vegetable garden anymore, many parents wouldn't have one anyway as they say they have no time or energy. Busy busy busy doing this and doing that to have a life full of stuff and fluff and always hoping that one new thing or that one new event will make them happy. Happiness is what you make it, and sometimes it's a lot of work, but usually satisfying work. I think more people would love to garden and have a vegetable patch if only they knew how to simplify their lives and learn to be happy regardless of what they have or have not. I grew up with gardens and vegetable patches. My grandparents always had a vegetable patch. The year he stopped is the year I knew he wasn't far from leaving us himself. I grew up in the society of consumerism but I did manage to hold onto some of my roots. I wish they were stronger, but better than what I see with many people.
@@MCRnursery Much truth in what you say. Nevertheless, one should not blindly and apathetically take their values from 'society', especially when social constructs are being replaced by all sorts of subversive and destructive intents. This is why America values individual freedoms, so that we may all seek values that lead to greater happiness. It is poor parenting to allow children to be patsys of popular culture.
In Estonia with Scotland type weather Raspberry because easy to multiply for free Strawberry can work too but only if you cover to catch early season high prices Garlic work well too just need lot of straw Asparagus if bio is overpriced and under produced. Need sandy soil dont care for salt If patient go for tree crops: Walnuts Chestnut Seaberry Plum Apple Pear You can do pasture chicken or duck or geese while the orchards grows in agro forestry style
Lettuce is a steady income producer and sells well.
Thanks, Chad! I appreciate all the info you share in your videos. Hope you're having a wonderful summer!
Love to hear advice from people who actually do it.
Thank you! May you have a Blessed New Year!
From my experience, if late summer and early autum is fairly free, i would suggest autum raspberries. They start to give berries in mid/late or late summer and finish at first frost nights. Labor intensive to collect them all, but close to zero work to maintain them
I picked strawberries at a local orchard when I was a teenager and it is back breaking work.
Much better than sitting in office for a minimum wage
@@user-zn9pw6ox3m I made much less than minimum wage at that time and think that if you will but unless you have done both, which I have, you can't understand the reality of the situation.
Me too. Hardest work I ever did
Wow. This was so amazing. I don’t even know how I came across this video but I am grateful that I did. This really just got me thinking….. Thank you.
I'd argue if you just starting best is to grow stuff that can be either preserved or refined into something long lasting before you manage to get your produce on market. Garlic is definitely good choice because it can be store for long , also can be grounded into powder that can yield more profit sold as that. Good choice would be spicy peppers like chilis , you can dry them on sun without too much investment and grind as well with decent enough blender , same goes for something like boldog pepper etc. Pretty much spice herbs can be good starters cuz if you have issues with placement on market they can always be processed more and preserved for longer. Berry bushes like chokeberry , aronia berry can yield a lot once they start producing and can always be refined into juice or jam from home kitchen without too much investment to start with.
Great input.
Thanks Chad!!! Another great video. God bless you!
I am always looking at what works for others. This was a good one.
So practical with the financials too! Excellent
I can't thank you enough for this - God bless
Thanks for doing this interview! I live in Colorado and want to start a small farm soon in a few years.
So many variables... Great video, this will surely stir up lots comments and some hidden knowledge.. I'm a farmer on the east coast of Australia, my choice for top three (certified organic) crops: 1. Turmeric 2. Garlic 3. Lemon myrtle
Hadn’t thought about asparagus thanks for that tip
I really appreciate the breakdown. It's not for sustainability or prepping, but for integrating with the local food system. While I won't be doing this on a commercial scale, it's a good heads up for wannabe gardeners.
Nice easy explanation and style of presentation. Thank you sir.
Hey Chad great to see you . All of us in Northern Maine miss you . Say hi to Fadia.
I LOVE you for this video, changed my life!
Great video all around, your questions were spot on I’m sold I’m signing up! Keep it going I appreciate what you’re doing for us all wannabe farmers. Keep on planting 😊
This is great information. Lots of good specific details.
Thanks! plenty garlic, now focusing on the strawberry, and asparagus.🌻🥰🌻🙏
I worked on a veggie farm for years. Garlic is easy as to grow. It’s very hardy and not that susceptible to insects or disease. It can be a bit of a pain to weed over winter and spring but it’s worth it. If you can’t afford the garlic harvesting and processing machines, you can actually run a blade underneath raised beds to make them easier to pull. Pairing these with a consistent cash crop like brassicas (also easy as to grow, some problems with insects though) if you have the water keeps the cash flowing. My experience of field grown tomatoes is they are worth alot but are both difficult and extremely time consuming. They’re also an expensive crop to get in the ground. Tl;dr grow garlic. If you get your hands on some cool varieties can bring in the dollars. P.s. a nice chipping tater is a good crop as well.
Some interesting insights. I wouldn’t have guessed those 3 crops, but it makes a lot of sense.
This was a great video! Love the explanation.
Thanks for all the good information and good luck with the farming. :)
Great info and presentation.
I will always cheer for you in Korea I'm looking forward to a great video. Have a nice day.
Very impressive young man! incredible accomplishments in agriculture
Strawberries... Literally the first crop that you REALLY need to find out if you can grow them in your region with success. The CSA local to me stopped growing them because the effort to profit ratio was impossibly negative.
Best idea you share to us. Thanks a lot.
I grow passionfruit in New Zealand and you can also grow foliage or flowers for florists as a 2nd crop.
Sound reasoning. Great job
Thanks for the great information.
Wonderful, thank you!
Thank you for this great video!
great video. gave me some good answers and idea's. thanks people
Wow! Great info! Thanks
This is really lovely
This is my new favorite channel
I would do winter squash, garlic/onion, cabbage/sauerkraut, peppers.
Awesome video, thanks for this 👍
South Texas here. We grow cactus, Mesquite trees and gophers
Great video!
Hi, I'm starting my 2nd year on my 2 acre market garden and still really have no idea what I'm doing. I appreciate your video to help narrow down what to grow as I have been trying to grow everything... and it's been mind boggling as it's just me.. :/ Thanks again!!
What state are you growing in?
@@reah5785 I'm in the foothills of Northern, CA.. Shasta County
I’m in my sixth year market gardening in Oklahoma. In my area salad greens, okra and tomatoes amount to 90 percent of my sales. Anything else is table filler.
@@WiLNorCaL Waving Hi from Eastern Shasta County
excellent suggestions! thank you for producing this!
You are welcome. Blessings.
Thank you this was very helpful!!
Wuau THANKS. this is so helpful we are moving to our farm house in September and we are starting to plan for the farm so this video was extremely helpful. 👍🏼
Hope your move goes well. Blessings.
Rabbits love strawberries. Asparagus does well in central GA. Garlic grows well here.
I think in GA, I would grow pecans, with annual crops like garlic or shallots to provide a return while waiting for the trees. Once the trees are mature, forage and cattle can be raised when the nuts aren't falling. Pecans can be machine harvested. Much lower labor cost than vegetables and strawberries.
Great info! Thanks!
I was a market farmer and I’d replace the asparagus for salad greens. Also, if you have a finite amount of land, garlic may not work out so well as it needs a five year rotation cycle. Unless you have more annual crops you’ll run into problems pretty quickly. Also gotta say, I did very well with beets.
I was thinking colored chard will practically do all year round even in early winter in my country but it’s not that populair I guess despite the fact it looks great when displayed
what do you mean a 5 year rotation cycle? thanks!
@@hoidoei941 yeah, it’s gimmicky and while it looks good on the table, not the best veggie. I grow only a dark green, white stemmed variety with heavily crumpled leaves. It’s meaty, tender, tasty and vigorous.
@@gabrielness4306 garlic and other alliums suffer from fungal diseases, white rot and basal rot are notorious. Good to have a 3-4 year rotation and 5 years is best. That means if you want to grow an acre of garlic, you need to have at least three acres of land so you can stagger your rotation. Rotation is where you only plant a crop in one spot every few years, it’s helps the soil recover nutrient needs specific to each crop and prevent the buildup of disease and pests.
@@anthonymatthews3698 thanks a bunch. very informative
I found from selling at the farmers markets. All vegetables sell slow. Anything sweet sells. We live in a world of sugar. I personally eat very little sugar. Melons, peaches, apples, berries always sell out at my price. Eggs, cabbage, lettuce, tomatoes and other vegetables I sell some but take it home.
Me and my wife were just trying to figure out the crops that will make us an income when we leave for our homestead next year .This is definitely a blessing and great information thank you.
You are welcome. I appreciate my friend Adner’s input on these crops.
Think about a pond to grow protein, fish, cardas. Save water when tanks are not available
just mix up your crops, best life insurance there is. Check out syntropic agriculture.
No it's not a blessing at all. He's a moron and is setting you up for failure. Asparagus takes years to produce, unless you pay a ton of money for established plants. Strawberries have tons of issues without chemicals and fertilizer inputs. Garlic has to be overwintered to produce good bulbs so you're dependent on the right season. Grow salad greens, carrots, zucchini/squash and any other easy fast producing vegetable that's commonly eaten.
Remember to add minerals to your soil. You only gotta do that shit about every ten years and makes the food you consume more nutrient dense.
Planting garlic this fall, can’t wait till spring to add more strawberries and asparagus
Awesome video!
The video features a conversation with the head farmer at the Eden Valley Institute of Wellness who provides insights on the top three crops that could bring in profits for a family farming on two acres of land. The three crops are strawberries, garlic, and asparagus. Strawberries are easy to grow and sell well, while garlic and asparagus require less maintenance and offer longer harvesting periods. Tomatoes are not recommended for beginners due to the complexity of growing them in a greenhouse. The video provides valuable insights for families looking to start their own farm and make a living off it.
Perfect ad placement 😂. Love the video
Awesome video 👍👍👍 Thanks for sharing it. Great lessons on strawberries, garlic and asparagus. We definitely need more of these videos on starting up a farm for financial sustenance. I always love watching your videos. You have such a calm nature of sharing words of wisdom. Much blessings on you and your family 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Asparagus takes three years to produce. In my experience 6-7 years to produce fully, so no. Garlic is a 300 day crop, so no. I’m not sure of your motivation but you are definitely wrong.
Keep in mind the crops are going to depend on what the locals want. Here in the south you offer someone lettuce and they are going to laugh at you. So pay attention to your local taste.
The south is full of Yankees now
I really enjoyed this video more of these type of videos would be awesome
Hopefully many more will be coming on subjects like this. Blessings.
Thank you so much for the video
I definitely agree with the video although it depends on your area. Here in Canada I grow raspberries not strawberries as they are cheap from California. In fact kale is huge here.
You are absolutely right. You have to do things regionally. Make sure what you are going to do works well in your area and has a market. Blessings.
Great info. Thank you sir.
For sure.
Good video!! Super nice guy..
Excellent!
The other thing not mentioned is rotation. Strawberries will last 2-3 years, then you follow with 2 crops of garlic. After the garlic you can put in a winter crop of kale, cauli, broccoli or cabbage any kind of into-winter or over winter crop. The next year you can do roots (not advised to do roots after garlic). Then follow with another into winter/overwinter crop and you can plant strawberries again without much of the root fungus that affects strawberries
I love your channel. Godly man talking about homesteading and living self sufficiently. Awesome content. Any plans in getting a freeze dryer?
I have considered it and would love it. I am a big fan of freeze drying. I believe it is the best method of preserving food.
Great video, thanks!
You are welcome. Blessings.
I agree with strawberries, but it's a work on your hands and knees or in the asian squat. But the math doesn’t add up in this context: 150 pints a week, at an inflated $7/pint and even giving a generous season of 8 weeks does not add up to $40k, its under 10, and most likely 6, take away infrastructure, and it’s a hobby, not an income.
In England a lot of Pick Your Own farms are now producing strawberries on raised tables. Yes its more expensive than just in the ground but customers are more likely to want to pick in this way so increasing the likliehood of sales 😊
The challenge is finding customers and the market. Sure, some local supermarkets have the autonomy to purchase local, but usually at a deeply discounted - below market price. Farmers markets are good, but these are most successful in population centers. With most small farms in rural areas, forming a coop to centralize shipping and marketing to farmers markets in those population centers would be advantageous.
I looked into this over sixty years ago and passionfruit came out on top. Strawberries are good bird food
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This is a fantastic video. Your choice of people to interview was the best. He really knows his business. Knowing the possible return on investment was very helpful. Thank you for sharing.
Very informative. Thank you. New subscriber.
Fantastic !
Informative and helpful! Thank you ☺️
Very interesting. Also explains why there are so many small strawberry farms near me
Cool this was informative
Thank you.💞👍
Thank you for this info! Love ideas for making money on a homestead. Need to give my husband some vision for moving to the country! 😀
Lol,were there is a will there is a way.thid video may be your answer.stsrt packing. Lol
I recommend a cash crop for each month. Early season could be field greens aka baby lettuce. These 3 crops in this vid are excellent suggestions. If you have a shady damp corner on your land, set up a mushroom operation.
My brother-in-law was just telling me about doing this exact thing.
haha I experimented with edible mushrooms on a garage that was empty for a few months before being rented out, it grew nicely, but I wouldn't know how it qualified in terms of taste since it was grown out of used coffee grounds mixed with cardboard... do you have experience with mushrooms? is their nutritional value still good even if they feed off stuff like that? I hear coffee make them taste bitter
but in terms of growing in itself, yeah it grew without issues or little care 🤣
Very helpful chad
Rutabaga, turnip and artichoke. Great at bean suppers - masks the smell.
God bless you bro and have a fantastic day new subscriber here
Thank you
Adner? Abner? I couldn't catch your name but I'd like to thank you. That was clear , logical, and very helpful.
Good examples of small homestead crops, but remember to keep an open mind for possibilities - you are better off finding a niche market that no one else is filling then trying to beat the competition with the same product. Garlic really IS a great homestead starter, as it is infinitely scalable, and can be started for a very low investment. White softneck varieties sell at market for as much as $3/bulb, though the grower won't get that much - this kind of garlic is sold for $1-1.50/bulb all year long as seed garlic, and you can bet $1.25/bulb will move sometime between harvest and planting time. That is about $4/square foot of garden space, and a market that is hard to saturate. Get some rare heirloom varieties, and you can command much higher prices for your garlic - or any other plant you can think of. I am fortunate to live in a place where no one else is growing corn for miles .. an otherwise sheltered valley, where I can grow a rare heirloom variety of corn. Sold as fresh corn, it wouldn't amount to much. As a decoration or novelty, the ears can sell quite well, and as seed, they are quite valuable. Finding things with cultural value helps in establishing a place in a profitable niche. If it is unique and has a compelling story, you can sell it.
Wow, great advice. I live in Mexico, at north Sinaloa. I’ll try it.
The only area I have been in Mexico is Boquillas. Beautiful little town. Been there twice I believe. I loved it. Blessings to you.
Great video! Could you do one on marketing these crops? Growing is one thing, selling is another… Thanks again!
Check Eden Valley institute, they about to start an agriculture program soon that’s one of the class they will be teaching, is marketing !
@@3xplore777 just checked it out. They are a religious outfit. Absolute deal breaker.
@@y0nd3r Oh ok, I know they have a good agriculture program! Hopefully you can find another place, if I find some other place I’ll post it here for you.
@@y0nd3r LMFAO!
@@y0nd3r Eden in the name might have tipped you off 😉
I would fit in some herbs in there also. I did oregano, rosemary, basil