I Quit my job as an Executive Chef to start a farm in my suburban backyard!
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- čas přidán 5. 08. 2023
- About 1 year ago I went to my first farmers market ever and sold $750 worth of veggies grown in my backyard. The following week I called out of work, and made $850 at the farmers market. The next week I quit my job and now I produce well over $2000 every single week growing vegetables in my suburban backyard. In this video I give a brief introduction to the myself and the channel. Then I show you how I harvest arugula and radishes for sale to restaurants and farmers market. Please subscribe to follow along on the journey!
This is the dream man. I work as a school cook, and what they consider proper nutrition is a absolute joke! Look forward to following a long with you.
Thanks Tim! I appreciate it 🙏
Squeaky clean garden 👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks 🙏
Yup! Get multiple yields from your efforts where possible. Your time is valuable. Harvest "weeds" when you harvest the crop. (My sister and I did this on our truck garden and we made amazing compost for side dressing!) Thank you!
Awesome! Thanks for watching and commenting! I appreciate it 🙏
Bro this is my favorite channel now. You're a huge inspiration.
Thank you 🙏
same just found it like 2 days ago the hemp makes it even cooler lol
You are such a great content deliverer! thank you for all your tips! I am not throwing things on a large scale, but still can apply what you teach to make my life easier. Thank you so much. Have a great day!
Thanks for all the love 🙏 I appreciate it 🙌
Dude, I love it! I'm so proud of you! This is definitely better than our resort job!
Thanks pal! And yes! Working those types of jobs inspired me to not ever have a job again!
Its been quite impressive to say the least. I met you almost 3 years ago and you were pretty green at this. Fast forward 3 years and man what an impressive operation you have built. That celery from yesterday had to have the highest sugar content of any celery Ive eaten. It was like eating the inner baby stalks of a conventional head of celery. So sweet and tender. The carrots also were delicious and worked and they ate them with no hesitation.
Thanks brother! I appreciate all your support over the years! I’m just getting started 💪💪💪. Maybe we’ll get all the kiddos eating veggies soon 🤪
Dude, you’re amazing! Honestly I’ve learned more in 20 minutes from you with no extra bull crap, than all the other channels. Thank you!
Thanks for the positive feedback. I appreciate it 🙏
You are such an inspiration.... I too want to get into growing... I am no Chef but good food to me is so important and I do not like where the world is going and how disconnected everyone is from food. I really am inspired and motivated by people who do this on small acreage. Keep posting and good luck.
Thank you 🙏
Boom 💥 knowledge
Thank you 🙏
Very fuckin nice man. Absolutely look like a person who has figured it out and has a pretty solid purpose in a hectic crazy world. Its crazy to see how much work you get done and im sure you still feel like life has slowed down from running kitchens. Nice fuckin work brotha
@@nicholasmullins9708 thanks Nicholas! I appreciate it 🙏 thanks for watching and dropping a comment 🙌
Thanks so much for this! I don’t have a market garden yet but I am doing lots of research and will hopefully soon (right now just a backyard gardener in Canada). I can’t tell you how helpful it is to sort of see “A Day in the Life” videos like this one - learned a ton and appreciate your commentary as you work, plus your knowledge and advice! Beautiful garden, keep it up, super inspiring.
Thanks Alison! I really appreciate the positive feedback. I’m working on putting together some more videos! It all started with one little raised bed because I wanted to grow tomatoes. And 5 years later I quit my job to work in my backyard. Thanks for following along.
Love the channel and how you handled the negative comment, lol
Im building a small farm from scratch by working my butt off. The second job is called the field fund!
Started my garden April past. At some point plan to get a poly tunnel installed too. Its soo rewarding to post on youtube ive had soo much positive feed back it motivates ya. Keep up the good work im away to watch another video or three!!!
Thank you 🙏 I appreciate the positive feedback. This video was my first one! It makes me cringe 😬 I didn’t even know which way to hold the camera. But I was starting my CZcams channel that day no matter what! Thanks for the love 🙏
@chefsharvestfarm it wasn't my first watch I was recommended by youtube to your last upload where you went to market. Really cool. If your interesting people will watch. The no dig method is what I'm doing too. Did you check out Charles Dowding. UK based he's the first to push no dig. Doing it 30+ years. Liked the cover crop trampling method just walking it in lol I love the laid back approach 👍
Awesome video, thanks for bringing us along
Heck yeah 🙌 I hope to keep it coming. Thanks for the support 🙏
Yooooo broooo! This is awesome and so glad to see you starting up a youtube channel for all the amazing work you do! It's been very inspiring to see all the progress over the last year and all your wicked smart inventions/solutions to daily farm work. I'm going to get up there for a visit this fall and check it out in person. Also, I think you're almost officially a southerner with that sometimes southern drawl ;)
Thanks Johnny! I appreciate the encouragement brother 🙏😊
It is my first time on your channel and I have just subscribed. Thank you so much for sharing. Keep up the good work. All the best on this journey.
Thanks so much! I’m happy you subscribed! I won’t let you down 🙏
You rock man!
Thank you 🙏
Amazing 🤩 love 💕 this content!
Thanks Rebecca!
Hey Chef Mikey! I'm just a home vegetable gardener (2500 sq.ft.) with a passion for growing food. I was a cook in a past life (local restaurants for about 5 years) so I think we're a bit 'kindred'. I enrich my garden soil with a LOT of organic material, but cheat a little with some water soluble fertilizer. I'm on the cusp of no till, but still shallow till (1-2") for bed prep.
Anyway, I just found your channel. like your 'style', and I'll come along for the ride. 👍😊
Thanks Mike! I appreciate the support! That’s how it all started for me! I wanted to grow my own tomatoes. Then my hobby got a little out of hand 🤣
@@chefsharvestfarm I'm sure your produce is great, but yer too far away (from central New York). Besides, nothing beats fresh, home grown food. I have no idea why everyone isn't doing it - lol
@@MikeV607 right! I moved to Tennessee from Vermont! Not too far from ya!
Arugula is a cut and come again plant. Why are you not letting it come back? Eta: I love how efficient you are in your garden. It's an absolutely beautiful garden and your very inspiring.
Thank you 🙏 I appreciate your kind words. I don’t go for second cuts on arugula because the quality goes down too much on the second cut and it only takes 20-30 days from seed to harvest. Plus I’m charging $13/lb to restaurants and $14/lb at the market. So I charge top dollar and my clients expect top shelf produce for what I charge. For those reasons arugula is a one cut crop for me.
@@chefsharvestfarm I was thinking that's probably why. I really enjoyed watching you go through your garden and your day at the market. 💜 happy growing 💜
Awesome setup, thanks for sharing. I hope to make farming my income in the next few years
Heck yeah 🙌 hopefully you’ll follow along. I hope to share all my successes and failures to help others. Thanks for commenting 🙏
Great video Mike! Very informative and educational. Easy to follow along. Well done!
Thanks pal! I appreciate it 🙏
Love the video!! I can’t wait for more!!
Thanks sis
Loving ur channel. Am a new sub.
Thank you 🙏 I appreciate it 🙌
This is so cool. Doing what you want. Im trying that now and its scary but im no good working for others / big business
Definitely don’t get a paycheck just for sowing up 😂
Subscribed! That’s cool! I’ve thought about doing it myself. I love gardening but would need more land than I have at my current residence.
Thanks for the sub! My garden is currently about a quarter of an acre. And it is a lot to handle. I think the smaller the better when starting out.
Damn! I learned so much and I consider myself experienced. This channel is my newest resource.
Thank you. I’m going to try and release new content regularly. Thanks for the positive feedback 🙏
myself as well! Love how this young man delivers his info
Side question that relates to this video- what model of Dewalt drill are you using for your quick cut greens harvester?
It just says 20v brushless on it 🤷🏻♂️ I have 2 of them. They seem to last about 2 years using weekly with the greens harvester and tilther.
What brand and weight (oz) of landscape fabric do you (re)use? It looks very durable.
Dewit 3.2 oz. I typically just get whichever Johnnys or farmers friend is selling. Sometimes they carry different brands I think.
Earning that amount of money is impossible unless you have a very wealthy customer base.
I’m actually pushing $3k a week at this point. But I work my tail off buddy. You just need to work harder, be more efficient, and have a better crop selection. Efficiency will make you way more money than the actual size of the farm. But keep pushing buddy! Maybe you’ll get there someday, however very unlikely with that type of attitude 🤷🏻♂️ good luck though!
@@chefsharvestfarm All I’m saying is that in my experience the US is a bit different than most other places in the world. Where I’m located those numbers are not achievable due to short growing season and not enough people willing to pay what quality food costs. $10k per season, per 1/4 acre is the numbers people are operating with here. Nevertheless very efficient system you have going over there. Crank on buddy!
I learned my crop selection from “Curtis Stone, the urban farmer” all of his market garden videos are over 10 years old at this point. He’s in Canada. And back then he was pulling 100k on a quarter acre. Adjusted for inflation that’s probably more like $150k in today’s money. I highly suggest his content if you’re interested in making that kind of money on small acreage. But honestly over 50% of my revenue comes from salad greens.