Justin Rhodes Vlogs: Recent Episodes
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We have tomato starts early this year (for reasons). We are experiencing cold weather so we make adjustments to the greenhouse to keep the seedlings alive. If this works, we will have a tomato harvest in June!
I'm in pain on this very cold morning. Our electricity is out and we're running low on diesel for the Cummins generator. As fuel prices continue to rise, it becomes even more important for us to push forward with prepping the garden beds and growing our own food.
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Our fruit trees have arrived and it's time to plant them in the pasture to create a silvoculture system of 70% pasture, 30% trees.
We do a photo shoot with Ben Roberts in the morning. In the afternoon, I prune our persimmon trees just before they come out of dormancy.
As spring is quickly approaching, we all work together to establish our crop garden next to our greenhouse. We use our broadfork to reduce compaction and aerate the soil.
Our gilt is getting ready to transition into becoming a sow. She is about to farrow her first litter of pigs and we have to prepare in order to give her the best birthing experience.
We visit Jason and Lorraine from @Sow the Land to see their new 14 homestead.
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We visit @The Hollar Homestead and do chores with Ben & Meg. We tour their homestead and see the progress they've made over the last three years.
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@The Fit Farmer - Mike Dickson and I discuss the reasons why someone might be procrastinating from buying The Rooted Life book and miss out on all the bonuses.
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@Roots and Refuge Farm , @Gold Shaw Farm , and @The Fit Farmer - Mike Dickson review my new book, The Rooted Life. We also got our first review on Amazon!
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The thought of starting your first garden can be daunting and give you a sense that a real harvest is unattainable. The key to overcoming that feeling is just starting and I'm here to help you with where to start.
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We add mulch from the chicken run to the raised bed and plant our broccoli starts to mark the beginning of our winter 2022 garden! Afterward, we visit the folks who started everything for us... the folks who gave us our first chickens.
One year ago today, Henry Rhodes was born in a Suburban parked at a gas station in Fletcher, NC. It was a sensational birth story but it was just the beginning of the real journey.
After doing some garden prep, a permaculturist arrives to help me figure out our water problem on our homestead.
Poly - our heifer - was unintentionally bred last summer when my health declined. She show signs of going into labor in the morning and by evening we have a new calf on the farm. Free
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It was windy and cold last night and the plant starts in the greenhouse experienced frost. There are a couple more cold nights ahead in the forecast so I need to come up with a solution to save the plants. Order The Rooted Life book: https://bit.ly/TheRootedLifePreOrder
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