Wow. I am from Philippines where we use to think that farming is poor. This video makes me realize and give me more motivation to start back my own. I love farming and it makes sense for me to go back there with no doubt. Bye modern wold and hello to nature. Thanks for sharing.
No kababayan, farming is never poor! As an agriculturist, I will tell you that it isn't. It's a hardwork, I must say, but not really poor. It's a matter of change in perspective! You see, there's business in feeding the people. It is not just the money you produce will make you rich. Richness is way beyond mere having enough or too much money! It is not as simple but nor is it complicated than that!
In my case, I live in the modern world with nature with & beside me! We can't escape from modernity, but we can shield ourselves from the many negative consequences that is brought by it. One must not isolate himself from the world. But sure, one can insulate himself from the world! The keyword here is RESILIENCY! And we Filipinos have lots of it! That's why we can survive despite the many calamities that we have. But we must be smarter! And more adaptive to the times! And having a garden in the backyard is one adaptive mechanism that we can do to survive the times! I have my own garden here in my apartment. It's a small one. But I have enough so that I don't buy too much from the palengke as prices now are high due to the COVID19 epidemic.
if you have wisdom, you can make smart choices ! Agriculture is about smart choices, the problem with Industrial agriculture of Old is that it evolves around monocultures, and of old since its origens came from Ancient Sumeria ! they serve cities, not the human being, has humans we need to eat diversity of Nutrients ! there are ways for sustainability, Permaculture , and AgroForestry ...
Why? What is he doing for the world? I find it interesting and something I'd like to do but I don't see how this changes the world. We would run out of space if everyone did the same as he did
Ischa Abraham it’s all over the news - there’s a shortage of fresh fruit and vegetables caused by not being able to get all the needed workers in from other countries to skilfully pick the produce. Aluminum is also in short supply, now affecting products sold in cans as well - signs are up at my local store about this. Shelves are not being restocked as quickly with essentials as they once were. Overall, production has been negatively affected by covid
@@marcib6767 Sheesh... That sounds horrible. Where I live, practically nothing is in short supply - the country is very densely populated but we still have more than enough food production. I'm generally a fan of migration and cross-country co-operation, but I guess this shows the advantages of more localized and national activity, as well as programs for integrating foreigners. Relying on people who live across the border is a laughable idea no matter what. I guess it also doesn't help if a country's leadership will jump on any legitimate-sounding excuse to keep people out. A similar argument, of self-reliance, doesn't just apply to countries, but also to communities and people of course. Nested decentralized structures are the way! Thanks for the information :) P.S. I'm on a 'things I'm glad about high' and feel the need to advertise just a lil' bit: Install Linux for that nested, decentralized life! Use your computer and know you're contributing to humanity as you do. Using Linux you rely less on 'the system', and more on yourself and the community.
I know I am late commenting on the video, but I really think schools should be doing exactly this to feed the students. Offer a class to teach them and then grow and provide fresh food not frozen pizza and canned corn. Great video.
They should but they wont. Cuz making deals with canned or snack food corporations to feed students literal garbage while charging their parents an arm and leg, just bring in too much money.
Agreed!! I’ve always thought this... it’s a dying skill and one that is lucrative and would benefit the school and it’s students.. it almost seems weird that schools don’t do this.
Society is a consensual hallucination! You can break free too. Either you have to do is have Morpheus track you down and give you a pill ....or copy this pioneer!
I like how he treats food as medicine. There is an old saying: "If you don't care enough and treat food as your medicine, you'll have to treat medicine as your food"
I mean that's great if you're able to eat healthy and get everything you need from a garden. Many people aren't that privileged. Many people will need medications regardless of how healthy they eat. And few people will have the time or energy to have a garden of this scale.
It would not work. Yeah long term living like this would prevent a lot of disease but at the same time you could very easily develop something that cannot be prevented. Then what would the person would basically be fucked. I would be pretty surprised if a life style like this wouldn't lead to skin cancer. Don't get me wrong though. Eating really healthy prevents a lot of issues. Just you need modern medicine as a parachute just incase you have a problem. The whole idea that all disease would be gone just from a full and varied diet is bullshit. I agree with the saying but your food cannot replace medicine. It's basically a preventive measure but just because you eat amazing food and no crap doesn't mean you cannot become sick anyways.
As an Asian having rice for almost every meal, growing 100% of my food is very much unattainable because rice cannot be grown in any backyards and it takes a lot of time to harvest. Watching you makes me realize that this is one of my goals in life: having a garden to grow my own fruits and vegetables. Especially that I am a Vietnamese living in Europe, it would be awesome if I can grow exotic Vietnamese veggie and herbs from my own garden.
Hey there, fellow Asian here! You might want to check about people growing rice with hydroponic system. Some farmer here in Indonesia do that. I think it's possible to grow them in your backyard and they say you can harvest them 4 times a year. I'm still trying to find out about it myself. Just think you might want to know. Stay safe! 😊
Well, you can try to eliminate rice from your diet instead of using the Asian card. I did. It's hard at first but eating meat is way better than eating carb.
@@hanlosingit "Asian card", "Eating meat is way better than eating carb". Don't you think this comment is offensive and problematic? 1. By "carb", what do you include? 2. From which perspectives that eating meat is better than eating "carb"? Environmental footprint? Health and nutrition? Economics? And 3. are you sure it is better? Are you research-based and knowledge backed?
@AlexTheHomieG 2.0 go to a harbor and watch the ships in the distance offshore with binoculars. They disappear behind the horizon from the bottom up. This is because the curvature of the earth occludes them :)
Then some guy with a gun comes in and takes his stuff. Not to be too negative, but if you aren't also prepared to defend your stuff, then you won't survive.
@Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication The smart highly trained guys with guns, will make deals with farmers to defend, and provide labor in-exchange for part of the harvest, and raid you if you don't agree. They will use the surplus food to recruit more people and train them, till they eventually have a small empire that keeps expanding and will go after farmers who don't join willingly. Ultimately you are going to face people in much larger numbers with much more training, and more guns. They can just burn down your field, and house, and good luck surviving. This works in their favor, because it teaches people what happens to farmers who don't submit to the small empire. This has happened in all of human history, and will happen again. "On the other hand, a guy who can shoot and takes Krav Maga classes or some bullshit like that who has no idea how to grow his own food is not going to survive 'cause he needs to be constantly looting other peoples' stuff and eventually get shot by a farmer" There are plenty of highly trained people who know how to farm, or live off the land, it's not hard.
@Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication Yeah, if you are willing to submit to a feudalistic society of some kind, then don't worry about it. Don't be surprised when he drafts you and your children in the military, and gives you no rights. Warlords tend to be decent people, right? Just ask the Angolans.
Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication damn, what kind of communities do you have, where you can’t even trust each other like that or help each other out? (Tho the villages here are rather small, so that might be a factor.) Still Sounds sad tbh
Absolutely. This is one of the strange things about what's going on now in many parts of the West, particularly in relatively wealthy middle-class communities. A lot of people are keen to go back to simpler living.
Woah what a power punch statement, if pest attacked 4-5 crops, it didn't matter he had 95 other crops to get food from. An overload of respecting nature and common sense. Game changer. Quite frankly I have never seen so much fresh food in one video before.
@@cristianabraham384 Oh, sweet! That I didn't know... I'm guessing the honey you buy in stores is treated then? I just started making my first batch of mead the other day with my gf (who's made a few herself), and in all the concern about cleaning the equipment to not allow foreign yeast or bacteria, it never mentioned the honey.
This hits a lot differently in 2022. With Bidinflation only going to get worse, it is becoming imperative that we start growing our own food, making our own drinks, and being self-sufficient
I feel so happy a person like you exists. I know this comment is just going to be a block of text for most people, but I want to share that I am genuinely inspired by your actions. Watching you move through this world the way you have been, directly calls to the part of me that wants to live in a more aware and loving way. Today, I feel so scared to step away from the systems that I have relied on for my entire life (I am 23) particularly supermarkets and the systems that make them possible. The bottom line is that I want to feel safe and secure in terms of my body's health. It's really inspiring to see you share that it is possible to have both. I'm realizing that I want to act courageously before I die, and that some risks are worth more than living a long but blind life.
Brother Spencer, I am here with you my friend from afar. We are doing this together, Love, Robin PS. I am going to walk the Pacific Coast Highway this summer from Canada to Los Angeles. I welcome to walk with me to learn the ways. I will post plans on my website soon and you are welcome to join at any time!
He’s from Southern California, American newscasters usually have what’s considered the “cleanest” American English and they learn to speak with a Midwestern accent.
I’m moving to Portugal and buying a house with an acre of land. I am really looking forward to starting my own garden!!! Thank you for making this video Rob!
Hi, this might be a somewhat insensitive question, but if you don't mind I was wondering how much approximately you're paying for such a property, and how long it took to get the means for it? Where I'm from, getting a property like that feels like a huge dream, so that's why I'm wondering I guess.
@@samplebriefmint4204 Hey. Prices may vary, but a good/regular apartment in a city with 60k population can cost 100.000-160.000€ (depends on the rooms, extras and city). But a house like Rob's maybe it can go from 200.000€ up to 250.000/400.000€ (maybe?). It will always depend on many things. But this is definitely a good country to live in, not gonna lie. I'm not saying it just because I am portuguese, it I didn't enjoyed living here I would tell u lol
Never forget that knowledge. We in the West are suffering without it and will be looking to the so-called “third world” for this kind of precious wisdom.
@@himalayanroots Nah we'd just check books. The information is never lost when it's written down and archived, it's just forgotten by the everyday man.
@@jonnynice8366 uh.. I'm sure a lot of it will and even more will just be lost and never found again, but it's not gonna be in its entirety. You can print wikipedia pages for example. And the cultural impacts the internet has had on people will probably continue to influence the way cultures think and organize themselves for thousands of years after
Yup check out indian Tamil siddha and sanskrit ayurveda they have dealt with every disease and root cause of every disease.Follow tamil siddha mantra "two times bowel moments a day,two times oil bath with seasme oil a week,two times sex or wastage of life force energy in a month,two times colon cleansing a year".Study Indian tamil siddha medicine to understand about 4428 diseases that exist and how to have a life without diseases
Pay for some seeds or small plants? A lot of plants can be propagated and thus getting new plants for free, not to mention foraging wild crops, getting them from plant swaps etc, cost works out long run, and ofc this isn’t for everyone and not something you can just start up out of nowhere. Many plentiful things come from hard work, the more you put in the more you get out.
More important than money by it self is land and weather. you need place the sun and the time. BUT it is always good to be land nature connected. I am growing my own green onions and basil peppermint parsley here in germany in my own garden. but with the shitty weather here 60% cloudy rainy in the year i cann ot grow everything on my 50 qm land. you can not live forever from veggie you need meat and oil.
@Chucka369 Sure, always the exceptions that have to announce it isn't possible for them. It's possible for the majority of people. Also you don't have to eat only plants, i didn't say that, but you'd get very far with just plants, nuts and fruits. Add egg, and your done. Occasional fish, but those fats are also in nuts. No meat needed. I don't eat like that at all, we eat meat about four times a week i think. But we can be honest about the scientific reality.
I totally agree with you on "Your food is your medicine" Lots of people just forget that the foods you eat have tremendous effect to your health. Great to see your successful journey!
Yup check out indian Tamil siddha and sanskrit ayurveda they have dealt with every disease and root cause of every disease.Follow tamil siddha mantra "two times bowel moments a day,two times oil bath with seasme oil a week,two times sex or wastage of life force energy in a month,two times colon cleansing a year".Study Indian tamil siddha medicine to understand about 4428 diseases that exist and how to have a life without diseases
Wow !! I am from North East of India. This is amazing !! Nothing like pure organic .....Thanks for this video ...I have learn a lot. God bless you !!👌👌👌
Going back to growing food on small scale and locally, and having a more local economy will foster the sense of community. You will collaborate and trade more with your neighbours, and everything you do is feeding and providing services for the community. Nowadays so many of us are doing jobs where it's no longer obvious if what we do even matters.
That is true, I feel the need to break free from the never ending cycle it is. A community and the kindness of others is all what needs to replace a job that will only favor that one person
🙋🏾♀️“Good morning neighbor.” “I was wondering do you have any extra fruits and vegetables?” “Thanks, also can you teach me how to start my own garden?”
I love how everyone is suggesting to grow your own coffee plant, but they forget that coffee is really hard to grow because of its specific needs like, it can only grow on gentle slopes, and mostly just above sea level in a moist and humid area, YOU CANT GROW COFFEE EVERYWHERE.
Add in a small chicken coop to harvest their eggs, and there is your daily protein. They also give good compost for soil if you feed them your garden waste and food waste. And in terms of isolation and being unable to eat with friends and family, I feel this is where our communities need building, like inviting friends and family for dinner and them having their own food forests/gardens too.
I can help you. First off, you have five acres, are they a contiguous 5 acres. If so, you can qualify for farmland and get a huge tax break. 5 acres is all you need. You can find me on Instagram or Facebook at jpersondirect, so you know I’m not some sort of cook. I’ve been a grower for three years and just started the food process. I wish I had 5 acres. It’ll be a nice day I have lots of ideas for you.
You must have prepared for such a long time for this. I had my own garden for 2 years and went foraging for berries. It takes a lot of work to grow food. However, we could never eat it all. We always had to give lots away
Serene Mountain thanks for the info. As like so many others in the wake of this pandemic, I’ve started utilizing my 1.9 acres with my first “victory garden”. Feels so good to be grounded in nature.
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Great video thanks. I've just completed a Horticulture course and it is the best thing I've done in my entire life. Growing food to share is the greatest way to be. 😊
You're a HUGE inspiration to me!! I live up in the north, Finland, and I've been searching for plants that are able to survive here! We have very small growing seasons and very cold winters!
I'm from northern Norway, so very similar climate. Potato (obviously), kale, strawberries, cabbage, carrot's, are all doing very well here. What have you found?
@@churchether Oh, thank you!! I need to try strawberries! I've been growing potatoes, carrots, kale, brussel sprouts, lettuce, cucumber, (pickle version, rough skin, handles cold) courgette is doing really well, and tomatoes in a small greenhouse! I've also practised foraging, we have a LOT of plants that are good for you in our forests, highly recommend!
I'm a vegan and when I heard the fish I was like okay what ever but when I heard he ate dead deer on the side of the road I had to rewind the video to make sure I heard him right
In order to pass the final test at medical school, the Buddha's doctor; Jivaka, was told by his master to find a holy plant that doesnt have medical benefit in the lusty forest of Himalaya. He had ten-year journey into the jungle in searching for the plant.... but then came out with nothing. He confessed to his master that he must have failed the test. Surprisingly, replied his master: "Jivaka, you have completed the test.There is no such tree exists. You now become a master"
It’s amazing how you did this. ... please tell me how you did this. .. I’m started to do salad from seed..each year I try to do 1 or two things new. Living in apt not so easy. .. so I venture out in a wilderness to find an area to grow.. I am inspired from your story.. 1 year without buying groceries.. super job!!!
i woulda came back with a cannabis plant.. it truly is the holy medicine. he could have also brought back huachuma or even some psilocybin.. there are many holy medicinal plants out there, one must simply open there mind & heart ~namaste
@@Dewey_Boondye420 The point, I believe, was that he should find a plant that does not have medicinal benefits. He couldn't find one, which was the whole lesson and fits with your answer.
I imagine if people lived in small communities on a shared property and grew half their food, and supplemented with local stores, we would see a lot of local nature, permaculture and supplemental stores supporting a more integrated, balanced and aligned lifestyle. The biggest tragedy I see as a result of going extremely large scale beyond Dunbar's number, is the deep loss of communities Ave relationships. A blob of strangers wavering WalMart is a zombie, not a community. Very impressive, thanks for tackling this crazy experiment 🙏💪💪💪
Excellent video this. I used plants to heal over a period of 6 years when I found I was very, very sick in Jan 2014. Its been quite the journey. This year, when lock down started in early April where I live, I suddenly found I had made enough healing to dig a trench in the yard everyday for a month - about 12 metres. I will make it longer over time. Then I collected all the grasses I had allowed to grow during the raining season and am putting it into the trench. Right now I am preparing to make a backyard garden for the first time in over 20 years. I am excited. Cant wait to forage, juice, blend and cook produce from my garden in the near future. I want to start with leafy greens, grasses, root vegetables, herbs and some fruit trees. Next year I hope to start eating fruits from my yard. Oh, I got an incubator 2 years ago and started incubating eggs late last year. The chickens from that batch are now laying eggs. I am adding more fowls to the mix next - ducks, guinea fowls etc. Last year, I planted garlic, ginger, potatoes and sweet potatoes in containers from kitchen rejects and they did well. Unfortunately, some weeks I was too sick to get up and water them so they died. But, that encouraged me to start home gardening once I healed. I had a home garden when I was in high school, and we didn't buy some vegetables at home then. I want more of that from now onwards. I have easy access to lots of chicken, dog, cow and goat droppings. Let the gardening commence.............
Congratulations! You have been inspiring me for the last year and given me just a little hope that I can be brave enough to break out of this food (and other cycles) I feel trapped in. I have the power to make a change. Thank you x
When you get tired of the lifestyle and don't think you can handle it anymore follow his example and take a vacation for 3 months! Then come back and tell everybody you've been sick.
Ezmeralda Du Dortoka that’s kinda harsh comment! I think he did a awesome job. It’s hard work growing and forging 100% of your food. If you can do better film it for year I’ll watch.. 🤗
@@ReapWhatYouSeauxLeJeune I've been doing 10 times better than him for well over a year but I don't need to make a narcissistic fucking channel to prove it. He's lying to you. If you're okay with that more power to you. Nothing that he's claiming can be taken serious though. And I think it's actually negatively detrimental for people like yourself that actually believe what he's doing because that just spreads false information about what it's actually like to not partake in capitalism. That's way more harsh than the words I have to say.
@@ReapWhatYouSeauxLeJeune Never mind, I didn't realize I was engaging with a murderer... Hopefully your generation will perish before any irreparable damage is actually done. You couldn't develop diabetes fast enough.
Ugh everytime I see videos of people living in these year round grow zones, I get so jelly. I live in Canada, and I hate winter. I hate it with a passion, I want to have a hothouse year round but it seems expensive.
Look into microgreens you can grow indoors with water and a lamp, I converted a closet into a grow room with a few shop lights, some trays, and water, also check out indoor hydroponics you can grow all kinds of food indoors with little space with vertical gardening, there is always a way just have to find it.
@@IlluminatingLamp unfortunately, that's scientifically incorrect. Global warming is a politicized construct; power play by the 1%. Look into the REAL reason for all of the crazy climate changes we've been experiencing: the sun. The sun is beginning a cycle called the grand solar minimum (started around 2019). Research your history. Every time there was a GSM in the past, crops didn't grow as well, people starved, and governments toppled. Human caused Global warming is a farce and a distraction.
@@PhoenixAurelius-138 The real reason is chemtrails aka geoengineering. Which ironically is what they will suggest as the solution to global warming in the future.
@@Pumpped I totally agree that geo-engineering plays a big role in localized weather manipulation. The GSM has more of a global impact, less localized. Unlike what sad man says above, global temp averages are going down, and glacial growth is on the rise (remember a few years ago when they promised us the glaciers in New Zealand would be completely melted by now? Yawn). And yeah, they will suggest more geo engineering measures to "fix it" and will of course, only make it worse, on top of everything else the earth has had to endure thus far.
Congratulations on completing your dream! I'm new to your channel but I've gained so much inspiration and wisdom from you. I'm from your home state and about to close on a property with 35 acres. It's always been my dream to have my own no till garden. I can't wait to dive more into your videos to learn about how you did it. Many blessings to you in your new adventures
The important points I got from this is: -Healthier food -Less dependence on agricultural companies Of course, the people who can benefit most are those living in the country. Those in the city wouldn't the area to grow as much. A good video to get the mind thinking about this.
This is so inspiring. I've started growing some of my own food in the past year but I live in Canada so winter is super long. This is amazing work that you're doing!
Wow!! You are an amazing inspiration! I hope one day anyone can go to their gardens (or balconies) and just grab their lunch meals, if this concept is implemented in the begging stage of design of any building or construction the world could be a better place for everyone not just a few.
Rob, you really met people at their level, with real inclusion, with your incremental suggestions at the end of your video. Thank you for your inspiration and vision!
Thank you so much for the experiment. Although I live a city where is most household without a garden can possibly grow food, I still can see I got a chance to walk out a rat race society. I truly thankful for the inspiration you brought to me.
I was looking at how to grow veggies inside my apartment since it's small. And found his video, I must agree with Rob. Been living here for four months and every time I walk pass by the weeds. Then just a few days ago when it started raining, I went outside and it smelled really nice; followed the scent, and behind the weeds mint leaves! Brought half the plant inside (with soil), planted it, and now every day I get to make mint leaves tea! I will be creating a veggies/ herbs home-grown goodies! So glad I found this vlog, new subscriber! ^_^
grow microgreens with a small lamp. I do that since a couple of months, simple 15 $ lamp, 3 rotating trays, constant supply of healthy microgreens. Very cost and space efficient.
