This is the Rutgers Cooperative Extension Ultra-Niche Crop Series RU-vid Channel. Ultra-Niche means exceptionally high-value crops that can be grown on ten acres or less. The project goal is to teach new and beginning farmers about the cultivation, marketing, and business management of 10 "ultra-niche" crops. Learn more at: njaes.rutgers.edu/ultra-niche-crops/
One of my fondest memories is my mother making delicious beach plum jelly on West Point Island, NJ. We would sail on our sneak box to collect the berries from beach plum shrubs on Barnegat Bay shores.
On the ends of my tunnels i roll the end fabric over then under three black salt water filled 55 gallon barrels. The weight of the water barrels anchor the plastic and also store heat in the black barrels that emits a little heat at night to help buffer the plants from cold. I used black barrels and 6 inch pipe to heat my greenhouses in Northern Maine for 12 years up until Dec. '21, I moved to central Virginia where the winters here are much milder but can still spike low temps. on occasion. The trick here is not so much managing the cold, it's literally fighting the heat of summer which can be brutal if the inside air isn't exchanging quickly.
I live on Long Island where there are beach plums around and I always loved the jelly. Now I want to try to grow them. I really enjoyed this video and learning so much about them. ❤️
This is by far the best video I have watched for learning the art of winter gardening under a high tunnel. Thank you for putting the time and effort into this video and supplying so much accurate knowledge.
For organically grown food you could never spend too much. That is your health. Let they food be thy medicine! Instead of spending your dollars on crappy cheaply made clothing or invisible digital purchases you don't actually own or can hold! And more importantly you're putting money towards your potential future health problems and diseases from lack of nutrition you will later pay thousands for in allopathic waste of time, hope, and money.
You have lady bugs. They eat aphids. Wtf. No offense. Beneficial insects are something your family should have covered. I'm sorry but as a flow horticulture/gardener and a landscaper this is common knowledge
in a complete ecosystem (outside the tunnel) this is true. once you put down a tunnel you're working with an incomplete ecosystem and it's easy to set up situations that exclude beneficial insects. cleanliness is key to any greenhouse (or winter high tunnel) for this reason
will seed be available for growing trials? Is flowering daylenghth dependant or could Roselle be started early or in greenhouse conditions and/or planted out in some season extension or hoophouse, etc? thx
The bulk of the farm is in peonies but the zinnias were what was in bloom at the time of filming. The curved rows of peony plants are visible mostly in the opening shots.
I farm 16 square feet of asparagus and I get a lovely harvest every 2 days! This is a very interesting video. I wouldn't be without my little asparagus patch.
They mulch- it must be applied thick enough that no light can penetrate to the soil surface. Also, this is a perennial crop which means that the soil does not get tilled as much which would bring new weed seeds to the surface annually.