Homegrown Passion is about growing our own food and enjoying life in the country at Bradwood Farm. We have a commercial hydroponic greenhouse, and do traditional farming, gardening, and we raise beef cattle. We try to keep the videos positive, fun and interesting and include many growing tips to help viewers grow their own food too. We have been doing hydroponics for 7 years and cattle farming since 1984. Check out some videos and leave me a comment. Thanks for checking out our channel!
I grow my microgreens for my family in aerogardens. I would love to find your supplier of the bio polymer grow roll that you demonstrated with in the video. Also I think you solved my algae issue . thanks so much Kim
I have bought from a number of sources but lately CropKing has had the best prices I am not sure on shipping because I pick up my orders directly from their facility so hope this helps. cropking.com/catalog/products/fodder-microgreens
Good morning. Another engaging , inspiring video hope you enjoy making them as much as I enjoy watching them. My growing is going to be better as well, bonus😀
The black shade-cloth over the cross members inside the greenhouse will re-radiate infrared so the air above it gets hot which kind of defeats the purpose of installing it. It would be better to put it on the outside as you did in the other greenhouses. We find it better to use 70% shade cloth but that depends on your local climate.
So, all of the commercial greenhouses I have visited have shade cloth installed inside the structure. Yes, they can be opened and closed depending on sunlight conditions but in those cases, it would be impossible to install shade cloth on the outside of the structure. I looked at my situation in the same way. Since my environmental systems can suck out that heat in the area above the shade cloth, I looked at my installation as a way to reduce solar heating on the areas below the shade cloth which includes the plants, NFT channels and most importantly the rocks under the channels. In the next day or so I will be installing white ground cover over the rock floor under my channels which I hope will reduce the heat even further. I have already noticed a significant reduction in heat in the greenhouse even with just the small amount of shade cloth installed. I am in zone 6a so 30% is what the huge commercial greenhouse in my areas use.
Your plants are always amazing. Your attention to detail is fantastic. Your channel makes me want a greenhouse so much! But I can see it's a lot of work. Really enjoy watching you work though!
It is a lot of work but if you enjoy it, it is very rewarding. Happiness from my farm market customers. good produce for my family and friends and pure joy growing, I love it! You should get a small greenhouse and give it a try. Most people feel the way I do. I think you would too!
Were in 9A with greenhouses and heat is our big struggle down here. in one of our greenhouses, we pulled out all the stops. Its angled SE to minimize solar gain. We have 50% shade cloth. Wetwall and active geothermal lines buried in the floor. One big lesson we learned the hard way is that you never put black shade cloth inside the poly. It will soak up UV radiation and release it into the grow environment as heat. If youre trying to cool things off without pulling shade cloth over the top of the house, use white or silver colored cloth.
So, all of the commercial greenhouses I have visited have shade cloth installed inside the structure. Yes, they can be opened and closed depending on sunlight conditions but in those cases, it would be impossible to install shade cloth on the outside of the structure. I looked at my situation in the same way. Since my environmental systems can suck out that heat in the area above the shade cloth, I looked at my installation as a way to reduce solar heating on the areas below the shade cloth which includes the plants, NFT channels and most importantly the rocks under the channels. In the next day or so I will be installing white ground cover over the rock floor under my channels which I hope will reduce the heat even further. I have already noticed a significant reduction in heat in the greenhouse even with just the small amount of shade cloth installed. I am in zone 6a so 30% is what the huge commercial greenhouse in my areas use inside the greenhouse.
Wow! 4 outfit changes in one video is definitely a new record. Also, love seeing you working so hard in these videos, I really have a lot of fun while watching you. 7:57 CT 8:07 8:09 8:19 8:49 13:08 13:25
Very good video. I enjoyed all the segments. Did you happen to take any before/after temperature reading with the shade cloth area? Curious how much it helped.
Very interesting to see your experience with shade cloth and the different places you incorporated it. Although we use it on the inside of one greenhouse, the use of a wet wall on the other works quite well. We only use rainwater for the wet wall and have no mineral build-up as a result. Thank you for sharing, cute calf.
your poor cows with those flies.......Have you tried diesel wipe, like Pete at "Just a few acres farm" uses.....he had a fly problem too but seems to have fixed that now with a diesel wipe for his cows. Also he covers the manure pile with plastic so flies can't easily breed. He has dropped the fly population dramatically.
Yes so, the cows were moved down to our bottom field by the river, which is bad for fly's because it's always wet, but the grass grows well. I didn't think the little bull cafe would be born for another month, so they were not moved up to the hill pasture. Anyway, I do have a rub for them, and they use it up by the waterer. The calf spends its day hiding in the grass by the river so today we are going to push everyone up to the top pasture's and get everyone rubbed down.
Hey Doug and Katy I don’t reuse those clips if you have to unclip them. The clips will be weak if you do. The little barbs are pretty delicate and won’t stay clasped once they are pulled back out. I had an entire shade cloth that blew off when they failed ( because I had removed them the previous year and reused them.) royal pain in the butt. I love the clips and still use them but I just leave them on the cloth. Take care my friends Chuck
Hi guys!! Ok good to know. This is our first go with outside shade cloth. Ill set them once and leave them on. We did buy a few extra so I will watch and make sure the clips don't breakdown. Thank you for the suggestion!! How is your greenhouse expansion going?
@@HomegrownPassion going well. It is taking some time since it was all woods before we started. I know Doug probably developed a lot of land in his previous life as a contractor. I’m pretty new at it. lol I’ll text you som pics of where we are
supply chain foods is why food actually cost money. if everyone had a garden at home producing food people would only spend maybe 15 minutes a day on their own crops and have unlimited food. the problem with supply chains is oversupply and artificial inflation of cost is from export and exchange of suppliers distributing. Free food creates cost when you don't grow it yourself. I grow my own hydroponic foods and some outdoor foods and plants. Indoor grown hydroponic plants can be on a cycle growing year around. Preservation of foods is so easy when you have too much growing. waste nothing and reuse everything. I don't know why there are people starving in this world because its so easy. people who farm for money only makes cost of living go up.
You've made some excellent points about the benefits of home gardening and sustainable practices. It's fantastic to see more people recognizing the importance of growing their own food. Let's keep spreading the word about self-sufficiency!
You don't have to prune Fortex Beans. I never have, I just let them go but I do harvest from them every day to make sure they keep producing as long as possible
I love growing microgreens. I tried using my aquaponics water for a while but did not notice any difference as I don't think there was time enough for the biological process to take effect due to the short growing time of the microgreens. And yes, this video can be watched over and over, yummy... microgreens.
Yes. I had my water analyzed so I knew exactly what was in my source water and then built a nutrient recipe on that analysis. That allowed me to mix up my own nutrients from bulk which saves a ton of money and gives you better control of your solution
Hi I have been watching your Chanel a few weeks and really enjoying. The information and tips are great as we struggle sometimes with our greenhouse, your produce looks fantastic, the only problem I sometimes have is who looks more delicious 😊. Regards from NZ
Hey, thanks for watching my channel and enjoying the content! Your feedback really motivates me to keep creating more videos. Cheers from across the globe!
Not sure about height. Tyria and Poniente grow really tall, and I just let them go up to the wire and back down to the floor keeping them supported with the trellis system. Seems to work fine. I just try and keep the bottom couple of feet clear of leaves when they get bigger to increase air flow around the base of the plants
I used to use a seed sprouted for my home micro greens but often I get white fluffy mould. How can this be prevented? Btw the moisture is stagnant in the sprouted.
I used to put a fan just to keep air flow and that seem to help. Now with the nutrient solution always running over the substrate I don't have that problem.
Thanks, but I was getting threatened, harassed, leaving reviews on my business pages and people were calling my phone and leaving very disturbing messages. Reddit is terrible!
Micro greens are awesome! I learned about jute way back in 1968 when I was very young. The Beatles had that big hit, Hay Jute. I know, bad dad joke. Thanks for the great video!
I have a 1200-gallon nutrient tank. When I do a nutrient change, I run the pump in recirculate for hours until the chorine dissipates. Right now, I am only changing nutrient water every 1.5 -2 months.
@@HomegrownPassion Thanks for the reply. My biggest challenge right now is water quality and storage. Inch by inch though, I'll get there. I'm definitely trying microgreens this winter indoors, it's pretty evident that you can get great food value from microgreens, with pretty low inputs. Thanks again for the great content!
There are so many ways to do water nutrient storage and filtration for hydroponics. You just have to search ideas and find one that works best for you. Micro greens are easy, and you can get a pretty big return on time and space needed to grow them. Just watch your costs on jute and seeds. If you commit to growing them buy larger quantities of seeds to lower cost. Other than that, you are all set. If you need help finding any materials or what I use just drop me a line.
@@HomegrownPassion Thanks! So far I've found reasonably priced rolls of jute at True Leaf. I'm not sure yet, if they are the best price just yet. I normally purchase seed from Johnny's, which I did notice you're using. Thanks again!
Johnny's seems to have the best prices. I did get a roll of this last time I was at CropKing. I thought it was a pretty good deal but that's your call. Just another source to consider I am not promoting CropKing here. cropking.com/catalog/growing-media-jute/micro-seed-jute-roll
We garden as a hobby, so it is not dollars and cents to us, but seed cost (number of seeds needed per yield) seems like it would be high compared to other gardening methods. Is that correct? Thanks!
It is. The only way to have it make sense is to buy bigger quantity of seeds reducing the price. I will say when I sell microgreens, I do get top dollar for them so you can make money. We look at it as the health benefits, taste and quick turnaround make it worthwhile.
@HomegrownPassion i,ve learned alot from you lady's and i,ve always enjoyed the videos. And it seems great to see women dressed nice and not covered in tattoos. As you known I enjoy that too. 😉
