Growing tropical fruit in the freezing mountains of Colorado without heating

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Step into the magical world of the 4 season Greenhouse in Colorado. Witness the stunning variety of tropical fruits and plants that Justy has been growing for over 20 years. From bananas to figs, avocados to coffee, this greenhouse is a true paradise. Discover the secrets of how to grow your own food and heat your home with this incredible greenhouse. Don't forget to hit that subscribe button for more inspiring videos!
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@StefanoCreatini 2 месяца назад

Check out my latest video: Passive Greenhouse Feeds Family of 11 in Utah. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dPOvAJbchY0.html

@barahng 2 месяца назад

This man is living the life. Wishing him many more long years.

@keithtauber4153 2 месяца назад

This guy is living the dream. Awesome. He looks great for his age too.

@theurbanthirdhomestead 3 месяца назад

Just bought 40 acres in Colorado's high desert! Can't wait to make it look like this!

@StefanoCreatini 3 месяца назад

Nice where at?

@justinsane7128 3 месяца назад

@@StefanoCreatinilet me guess, the San Luis valley 😊

@PeonyLaneWine 3 месяца назад

Paonia!@@justinsane7128

@aninhabitantofpaintedcliff3066 2 месяца назад

love the gun owners out there@@justinsane7128

@Jay__EL 2 месяца назад

@@justinsane7128 That place is a dead zone, lol

@simplyann2710 3 месяца назад

It’s beautiful down by the river. This area has changed so much and has become unaffordable for many, sadly. Enjoyed the video.

@StefanoCreatini 3 месяца назад

Thanks, that is sadly true. Its hard to buy in Paonia now.

@cheesecakefan4880 2 месяца назад

I lived in Crawford for a few years but moved to an area closer to Telluride I feel blessed to live in one of the most beautiful areas in the lower 48s.

@deb1807 2 месяца назад

Lived there when I was younger,Picked fruit every year ,paid for our own school clothes and supplies. Loved it there!

@XxBlindoutxX 2 месяца назад

Pretty much all of north America has become unaffordable for the middle class or poor.

@Lwah0812 2 месяца назад

My cousins grew up in Panina, my uncle was a teacher. I remember when I was very young my uncle would bring loads of produce to sell at farmers markets every summer. I miss those days!

@WouterLockefeer 2 месяца назад

Absolutely awe-inspiring. The world could use many more people like this.

@topazfire974 3 месяца назад

This is one of the most beautiful gardens I ever seen in a greenhouse .❤

@christcg1 3 месяца назад

Love the seating area in the greenhouse! I'd spend my mornings there drinking a coffee and enjoying the view ☕🌄

@StefanoCreatini 3 месяца назад

Me too!!

@stellaluuk2713 2 месяца назад

Nice set up, tropical fruit trees and year round tomatoes , I'd enjoy that!

@Ian-hx7tl 3 месяца назад

Awesome build. Unfortunately he spent $5,000 on polycarbonate sheets... by my math those are ~ $15k - $20k in todays dollars. Still envious though

@StefanoCreatini 3 месяца назад

Yeah, that’s true, probably more realistic number there.

@robertjustman-dj8ec 3 месяца назад

they do last for a long time

@maxmotors9497 Месяц назад

The way house prices are, a small used car worth of polycarbonate sheets ain’t that scary

@kschleic9053 Месяц назад

I counted 24 4-foot panels on the roof. He said it was "quadruple wall polycarbonate" which I assume means twinwall panels on the inside and outside of the stud walls. 12'x4' twinwall is under 60$/sheet when bought by the pallet, so 72 panels assuming a 12' rafter and 6' front window. 5000$ worth of polycarbonate seems right. Inflation has impacted a lot of things, but engineering plastics is one thing that has benefited greatly from process automation over the last 20 years.

@jillofalltradesmasterofnon2778 Месяц назад

He did it 20 years ago

@JXZ-JAM 3 месяца назад

I can say from a place of knowledge, he designed and built this place exceptionally well. I a 3rd gen Coloradoan all too familiar with the high desert and have dreams of mine own simliar place, but more of an ecovillage/transitional town.

@PeonyLaneWine 3 месяца назад

you got this!

@kaceykelly7222 3 месяца назад

It would be awesome if the U.S. could establish hundreds of these set-ups so we would be truly self-sustaining year-round, no matter what happens!

@rybug 3 месяца назад

Our government would never make money, and sadly, that's the only thing the US government wants.

@DevinHeida 3 месяца назад

Not even that, just any country that can't grow year round

@MartRichard-hm6hv 2 месяца назад

The government does not want to help you, hello

@rpdx3 2 месяца назад

@@MartRichard-hm6hv…except for social security, highways, defense, medicare, medical research, hospitals, stabilizing the banking system, managing public lands, paying for large parts of the education system, etc, etc. So yeah, no help at all. /s

@thefranfranify 2 месяца назад

you are a fool if you think any government and especially this one is actually showing up for us in any of those sectors you mentioned- they poison us and then charge us to pay for our medicine with money we earned breaking our backs just so that corporations that own the gov can keep exploiting us and using us as pawns .. idk dawg shits iffy and you sound indoctrinated or blissfully ignorant.. not sure which @@rpdx3

@jennie7 16 дней назад

Stunning! Wow what a green house. I think I’ll definitely be building one at my next house when I move. Fascinating

@waylonk2453 23 дня назад

What a dream! This video inspires me to try my green thumb and maybe put up a greenhouse.

@cameronfiorenza4685 3 месяца назад

I am in CO as well! This is such a dream of mine -- having a mountain greenhouse, farm, and be completely self-sustainable as much as possible. Thank you for sharing the magic.

@StefanoCreatini 3 месяца назад

It all starts with a dream. I just bought my farm after being broke 3 year ago. Releasing video on that soon

@PraxisPrepper 3 месяца назад

Nice place you built. I came SO close to putting a south greenhouse on my place like you did when I was building my place, but elected to not do it because I couldn't figure a way of keeping the snow falling off the roof from smashing the greenhouse windows below. As I see, you came up with a super simple solution to that - just have the first few feet of the lower roof be metal roofing. Simple - elegant - and you got your greenhouse! Really nice place you made!

@albongo3949 3 месяца назад

True American hero

@cindycampbell807 3 месяца назад

This guy is a genius it’s cool he worked to make his dream come true what a beautiful place

@PeonyLaneWine 3 месяца назад

Bad ass Dad

@EBOVyut 3 месяца назад

A genius grows what works in their climate. If someone in Hawaii put cold tolerant fruit trees in a refrigerator, in order to get them to work… it would be a silly waste of resources. Just like this lol Half his crops were doing nothing

@barahng 2 месяца назад

@@EBOVyut Well like he said he's not doing it for profit, just to experiment and have fun. I agree some of those plants looked a bit neglected though. I think the problem is more that than his climate, I've seen plenty of people on youtube grow tropical plants way out of their climate and they looked better than that. I've done it myself even, but on a much smaller scale with PVC hoophouses. I wouldn't go as far as genius but I applaud the man for living his dream. Also running a fridge is a LOT more power consumption than using using passive solar energy to make your plants viable so that's not really a fair comparison.

@Peaceful-resistance1 Месяц назад

If you have more money than common sense you play and have fun but are unproductive. This guy would have a hard time surviving off of what fruit he produces. Just another example of how we americans live in a dream world and think we are living "the dream." O well have fun playing while you still can. As for me I'm using similar techniques to produce real food for myself and others. (Not for money) Just to live well.

@barahng Месяц назад

He's retired, sounds like he has plenty of money from his previous career. What's wrong with a guy fucking around enjoying his retirement? I don't think he's trying to live off the land either. Making a hobby into a job is a good way to suck all the fun out of it.

@RizeTB1 3 месяца назад

Dude is living my dream😮

@StefanoCreatini 3 месяца назад

Same!

@Mercedes65 3 месяца назад

Don’t give up on your dream❤

@RizeTB1 3 месяца назад

@@Mercedes65 I’m still young 😊

@1234GOPRO 3 месяца назад

If I would’ve known what it could be like, I would’ve done it 10yrs ago instead of 2020 (50yo). 100% with it. Don’t know what you don’t know until you know you didn’t know it.

@hawkfarm 3 месяца назад

Try to make your dreams come true in 20 years

@leehwhiz 3 месяца назад

Not that I have the home now, but I had a home located in northern New York with a 12 x 15 sunroom with 28 tons of river rock under the concrete floor that PVC pipework as duct in it. We pretty much could heat the house with that. But I bought Washington Dwarf Orange tree that produced about 30-50 oranges a year with me doing manual pollination. Also grew pineapples that frankly were much better tasting than what you buy in the store. I didn't pick them until they turned yellow so they were supper juicy. Pineapples will actually send out shuts from the bottom after the pineapple is picked and I just broke them off and stuck them in the ground for the next harvest.

@billymeyer99 3 месяца назад

What a cool place.

@4kpliter791 3 месяца назад

Now this is incredible

@sgrvtl7183 3 месяца назад

This is wonderful! Very happy for this man and his wife. I always loved Colorado and lived near Durango decades ago. Thank You for sharing!

@StefanoCreatini 3 месяца назад

Glad you enjoyed it

@mandyspacek1087 2 месяца назад

In Australia here, this is brilliant and something I desperately want to do in the very near future. X

@swoodc 2 месяца назад

1:30 "I have a hard time taking something out once I put it in" me too my friend lmfao

@Mercedes65 3 месяца назад

Wow! This was amazing! Thank you, for what you do❤

@belieftransformation 2 месяца назад

He’s done a great job developing that house, greenhouse & land. Thanks for sharing!

@mollytheda9273 2 месяца назад

Yay! Love this. We micro farm on 2/3 acre in New Castle with 21 fruit trees, table grapes, huge garden, and 18 laying hens.

@robertjustman-dj8ec 2 месяца назад

good for you guys

@qflower4982 3 месяца назад

Seems like that gentleman can teach us alot.

@Justus11167 3 месяца назад

Our olives produced the second year. Very little but I believe they need to be cross pollinated. Our neighbors have one too.

@kirsten8693 3 месяца назад

This guy is incredibly wise, on all accounts.

@PeonyLaneWine 3 месяца назад

That's my dad!

@resolutionarybeing1885 3 месяца назад

Thank you so much for sharing.

@rolandbruegger4482 2 месяца назад

Thank you for sharing and also to Justy. Thats how we should all live. The world would be a better place.

@StefanoCreatini 2 месяца назад

Couldn't agree more!

@MicahBratt Месяц назад

The 12 years old swiss chard is crazy! I didn't know they would live that long

@teri8991 2 месяца назад

What a beautiful farm & home you created. The fruit & veggies look amazing. That river is beautiful & a great resource. Love the way you designed your home too. ❤

@DouglasRobinson-ud2fw 3 месяца назад

I adore the seating arrangement in the greenhouse! I also love the idea of having battery as a power storage for the farm too. Thank so much for the video.

@robertjustman-dj8ec 3 месяца назад

The only problem with the seating in the greenhouse is that you only have about an hour between too cool and too hot.

@chadsproduce 2 месяца назад

Awesome inspiring video and a great teacher to boot. Beautiful setup!

@tanyamewherter-covington1873 3 месяца назад

😊❤loved it great video and lots of great info

@StefanoCreatini 3 месяца назад

Thanks so much!

@P0iju 3 месяца назад

Great video! Really enjoyed the tour, Justy's place is awesome.

@StefanoCreatini 3 месяца назад

thanks, Justy was happy to share

@matthodel946 3 месяца назад

What a dream house in a dream location!

@ericschmitzer 3 месяца назад

Great video as always, keep 'em coming!

@StefanoCreatini 3 месяца назад

Thanks! Always appreciate your feedback

@fishnntacos2227 11 дней назад

When you design and build homes for a living you know exactly what you want. This dudes house is probably better build than 99% of the homes today.

@MrBmkuhn Месяц назад

Great video! Thank you for the tour, Justy!

@susanschmid2271 3 месяца назад

Super.

@camronbitzer3159 2 месяца назад

I wanna be like this man when I grow up.

@IslandGirl40 3 месяца назад

Wow!! You can feel his passion & commitment in every word. So cool he's doing something like this. Never thought it was possible. Learning a lot. Thanks for sharing this story! ❤👏😃

@PeonyLaneWine 3 месяца назад

Its incredibly practical to do!

@IslandGirl40 3 месяца назад

Absolutely! 👍

@maxloewe9162 2 месяца назад

Totally agree on the pesto question!

@suziesunshine313 Месяц назад

I love everything about this video❣️

@FloridaGirl- 3 месяца назад

Beautiful set up!

@theadventuresofzoomandbettie 2 месяца назад

This was great to see! Love all the passive stuff!

@CharlesNewkirk-lb6uh 3 месяца назад

What a dream!

@tammyburke9453 Месяц назад

loved everything about this! thank you

@jamesalanstephensmith7930 3 месяца назад

Great stuff!

@kelleymcbride4633 3 месяца назад

Beautiful homestead and very creative design well done sir!

@tylersmith6762 3 месяца назад

Happy growing from Wisconsin just started my banana plants year ago and few pineapple plants

@sylmarie6494 2 месяца назад

This was awesome! Thank you.

@bossmanlastking5740 3 месяца назад

Freedom is what I see!!! Love the hard yards ✌️❤️

@TheSpecialJ11 2 месяца назад

This is a recurring daydream of mine. So cool to see someone actually do it.

@citymamaontheback40 2 месяца назад

Your videos are gold❤

@yesitsthattime 3 месяца назад

This was very inspiring! Im in my mid 40s about to embark on a new venture. So cool to see someone that started over in his 50s and what he has created over 20 years.

@michellemullally9217 3 месяца назад

Some have a dream for life. This is the closest I have seen in video to mine. For me it’s about the work put into it having a greater purpose and all of it being balanced and symbiotic.

@sunnysweetspot6499 Месяц назад

Totally awesome!

@aspendewco70 2 месяца назад

Impressive operation! He's a smart guy!

@StarkeyatRingo 2 месяца назад

this one super impresses me - great job!

@LukaStomp 3 месяца назад

This is amazing! Remarkable

@user-ke8ht2lu9i 3 месяца назад

I Love this😊

@hawkfarm 3 месяца назад

So great! Wish I could come here

@emills1417 Месяц назад

The follow-up tour was amazing. He's ahead of me on a few projects and this was very useful to see. I'm considering a remodel on our home's southside for a passive solar tropical fruit room, I grow bananas, citrus, avocados, surinam cherry, etc. here in Oregon. I thought sweet potatoes were not an option due to cold but this gives me courage to try again.

@naturaltropicalhealth777 Месяц назад

Grafted sweet sweet kumquats are amazing

@rmar127 2 месяца назад

Where i live, the sun is in the north. However you want to shade those windows as much as possible. Summer temperatures are 35-45°C. So you want to keep as much heat out of the house as possible. Deep winter really only lasts a month or so and rarely gets below zero

@MicahJohns 3 месяца назад

Very cool

@Jimmy.Sharpe.35 3 месяца назад

Awesome 👍🏼😎

@alisoncarey9546 2 месяца назад

What an incredible man

@mattstuart-white450 3 месяца назад

Ben's dad is a legend 💛

@PeonyLaneWine 3 месяца назад

LFG

@1234GOPRO 3 месяца назад

I’m a little southeast of and have a slightly younger story line than Justy. This is inspiring and I couldn’t have made a better decision being here. It’s not for everyone all the time, but then again neither am I. 👍🏼

@Stoner_Bun 2 месяца назад

aww man this is cool as hell, he did a kick ass job!

@nextari 2 месяца назад

how does he keep it warm in the winter? it's going to freeze 1 hr after sundown.

@sharonh2991 28 дней назад

Red delish happen to be my favorite apples.

@growlifesociety 2 месяца назад

excellent video... very informative

@marencruickshank 3 месяца назад

Wow

@SorannYT Месяц назад

Wow not garden but a big farm amazing green farm

@theboredblueberry 3 месяца назад

Sweet set up 🌱💯💚👊🏻💨💨💨

@NightwatchN8 Месяц назад

Man that would be awesome to have that much space to work with! I've been doing a series I call "Doomsday Garden" up here in the high Colorado Rockies, it's definitely a science up here with the short grow season, not to mention a long character growing experience 😎

@jamesulan1 21 день назад

love the goji berry comments from you both. lol

@Agrofind6161 3 месяца назад

Tropical plants are difficult to grow in cold weather! you guys did it and I feel great about it! Congratulations! However, if you prune it a little more neatly, I think the tree will grow better!

@tygautier4169 Месяц назад

This is awesome! I own a coffee shop in Denver and would love to buy those coffee beans! Colorado grown coffee, something I never thought I would taste in my life!

@trishcyman8538 Месяц назад

Which shop?

@TaxEvasion777 25 дней назад

Chicory coffee might work but probably won’t sell much lol

@apreptileses8305 17 дней назад

Olive trees can produce way earlier, the thing is they're not tropical but Mediterranean. They need cold, even freezing temps sometimes to cycle and produce the flowers. It's just stupid to keep them inside imo

@LoganShelton-rh3lp 2 месяца назад

Maybe my new favorite channel. Awesome

@StefanoCreatini 2 месяца назад

Appreciate it Logan! We got more videos like this coming out. Have you seen the other greenhouse video growing oranges with no heaters as well?

@sandroheidrich40 3 месяца назад

this guy is awesome

@MercifulFamilyFarms 2 месяца назад

That dude is sharp! Inspiring!!

@philipireland23 3 месяца назад

This was one of the most inspirational videos I’ve seen all year.

@Okanoggin 3 месяца назад

I wish he had explained more about how the green room is getting so hot and keeping the heat. Is it purely greenhouse effect and insulating?

@StefanoCreatini 3 месяца назад

Yes, greenhouse traps heat from sun

@chancefluke7833 2 месяца назад

Doesn't make sense that it can keep the heat in overnight though. Especially doesn't make sense it could heat the house overnight

@chefevilee9377 3 месяца назад

I am so confused. So where does the solar come in to play for the greenhouse if he’s not heating with it? And he does heat it with wood like every five days correct? Because the Kirsten Dunst woman on RU-vid did a video of a man in South Dakota? Not really sure the state but way up there that he’s doing a greenhouse truly with no heating. But anyhow chickens love, Goji berries that’s why I’ve kept mine around.

@StefanoCreatini 3 месяца назад

Greenhouse is unheated, excess heat’s goes to heat his main house. He uses wood stove for his main house

@robertjustman-dj8ec 3 месяца назад

we don't heat the greenhouse at all. just the house when it is cloudy

@chefmanwhipit970 Месяц назад

Nice place.

@realityhittingme 2 месяца назад

awesome

@ramonbril 3 месяца назад

Simple and effective thinking makes this man a genius. (Rarely do people know how to do both) From how I see it I would provide a bit of shade (ideally with trees) for the plants outside. Seems a bit overexposed to me. Non-tree plants often grow better and faster not receiving full daylight and wind.

@MarlenevT 2 месяца назад

I'm down in Pagosa. We have 3 Community Grow Domes, They have bananas and pineapples growing in one. I would love to have one and grow all those summer fruits.

@therealmountainmanmike 2 месяца назад

Nice to see someone else growing coffee in CO. I'm growing it at 7400 ft. in elevation but still waiting for them to flower and eventually produce some coffee cherries.

@StefanoCreatini 2 месяца назад

Nice, What kind of set up you got?

@therealmountainmanmike 2 месяца назад

@@StefanoCreatini It's a pretty simple setup. Just three dwarf plants in three pots near windows in my house that get good sunlight. They probably get a little too much sunlight at this elevation. They also aren't a huge fan of the cold that comes thru the windows in the winter time. Despite those stressors, they're still toughing it out, though.

@StefanoCreatini 2 месяца назад

Interesting, hard to know if it’s worth growing coffee

@therealmountainmanmike 2 месяца назад

@@StefanoCreatini I'm in it for the challenge.

@maureenbrophy7852 3 месяца назад

I’m thinking you would need to prune the olive for olives next year. In Spain they prune every second year & bears more fruit. Good luck

@StefanoCreatini 3 месяца назад

Ill let Justy know, thanks

@robertjustman-dj8ec 3 месяца назад

I have to prune them every year because they get to big. There are 4 varia ties but they haven't made flowere to pollinate. Thanks so much for the help.

@stefan3225 2 месяца назад

Temps going from 120 degrees during day to 40 degrees at night sounds like a recipe for mold and mildew for some species. Impressive he is able to avoid this issue!

@StefanoCreatini 2 месяца назад

You would be surprised!