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Six years ago today, I was harvesting spinach from…
Wrapping up New Zealand and preparing for workshops in Victoria, BC and Boston, MA
Just a couple more days of relaxing, then we're heading back…
February 15, 2017/by 09daisygirl5-Day Profitable Market Gardening
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Here is a rough outline of the workshop and…
December 1, 2016/by 09daisygirlHere is a rough outline of the workshop and…
4-day Profitable Market Gardening workshop in New Zealand
Join Curtis Stone (author of The Urban Farmer) for his most…
November 5, 2016/by 09daisygirlVLOG – 11 – A Most Peculiar Situation
July 9, 2016/by 09daisygirlVLOG – 10 – Making Good With What You’ve Got
July 9, 2016/by 09daisygirlVLOG – 09 – Summer tarps & Fixing tools
July 9, 2016/by 09daisygirlVLOG – 08 – Burning in the Rain
July 9, 2016/by 09daisygirlVLOG – 07 – Turning, Planting, and Breaking Tools
July 9, 2016/by 09daisygirlFarm Flow (drone + action footage)
July 9, 2016/by 09daisygirlFARMER TO FARMER – What The Fungus – PART 2
July 9, 2016/by 09daisygirlFARMER TO FARMER – What The Fungus – PART 1
July 9, 2016/by 09daisygirlVLOG – 06 – A Day at the Farmers Market
July 9, 2016/by 09daisygirlVLOG – 05
July 9, 2016/by 09daisygirlVLOG – 04
July 1, 2016/by 09daisygirlVLOG – 03 – Diego Footer shows up
July 1, 2016/by 09daisygirlVLOG – 02
June 29, 2016/by 09daisygirlVLOG – 01
June 29, 2016/by 09daisygirlCROP FOCUS: Basil
June 29, 2016/by 09daisygirlWEEKLY UPDATES – EP15 – JUNE 20-26
June 29, 2016/by 09daisygirlCROP FOCUS: Patty Pan Squash
June 23, 2016/by 09daisygirlIN PRACTICE: Giving your greens a haircut
June 23, 2016/by 09daisygirlHOW TO: Manage Intensive Tomatoes
June 23, 2016/by 09daisygirlWEEKLY UPDATES – EP14 – JUNE 13-18
June 23, 2016/by 09daisygirlIN PRACTICE Tracking Waste/Spoilage
June 23, 2016/by 09daisygirlCROP FOCUS: Beet Greens
June 23, 2016/by 09daisygirlIN PRACTICE: Sacrificial Harvesting
June 23, 2016/by 09daisygirlWEEKLY UPDATES – EP13 – JUN 06-11
June 23, 2016/by 09daisygirlHOW TO: Make Walkway fabrics
June 23, 2016/by 09daisygirlWEEKLY UPDATES – EP12 – MAY 30-JUNE 03
June 23, 2016/by 09daisygirlHOW TO: Harvest Salanova Lettuce
June 23, 2016/by 09daisygirlWEEKLY UPDATES – EP11 – May 23 – 28
June 23, 2016/by 09daisygirlIN PRACTICE: Why you shouldn’t thin
June 23, 2016/by 09daisygirlIN FOCUS: Washing Table
June 23, 2016/by 09daisygirlWEEKLY UPDATES – EP10 – MAY16 – 21
June 23, 2016/by 09daisygirlIN FOCUS: Quick Cut Greens Harvester Review
Check it out here.
June 23, 2016/by 09daisygirlHOW TO: Farm Land You Don’t Own
June 23, 2016/by 09daisygirlIN FOCUS: Hand Knife vs Quick Cut Greens Harvester
June 23, 2016/by 09daisygirlIN PRACTICE: Double Beds
June 23, 2016/by 09daisygirlWEEKLY UPDATES – EP09 – MAY 09 – 14
June 23, 2016/by 09daisygirlAsk The Urban Farmer — CSA?
June 23, 2016/by 09daisygirlIN PRACTICE: Working in and around the weather
June 23, 2016/by 09daisygirlIN PRACTICE: Keeping Stock
June 23, 2016/by 09daisygirlFARMER TO FARMER: Salsa kitchen & Farm
June 23, 2016/by 09daisygirlIN PRACTICE: When to Crop Out
June 23, 2016/by 09daisygirlIN FOCUS: Insect Netting
To learn more or purchase this insect netting, go here:
June 23, 2016/by 09daisygirlAsk The Urban Farmer: Hydroponics
June 23, 2016/by 09daisygirlIN PRACTICE: Field Heat
June 23, 2016/by 09daisygirlIN FOCUS: My Favourite Hand Watering Tool
June 23, 2016/by 09daisygirlCROP FOCUS: Salad Mix
June 23, 2016/by 09daisygirlWEEKLY UPDATES – EP07 – APR 25 – 30, 2016
June 23, 2016/by 09daisygirlIN FOCUS: Passive Solar Greenhouse
June 23, 2016/by 09daisygirlIN FOCUS: Flame Weeding
June 23, 2016/by 09daisygirlCROP FOCUS: Radish
June 23, 2016/by 09daisygirlCRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: Walk-in Coolers
June 23, 2016/by 09daisygirlWEEKLY UPDATES – EP06 – Apr 18 – 23
June 23, 2016/by 09daisygirlHOW TO: Structure the week
June 23, 2016/by 09daisygirlTool Review: Row bags
Check them out here:
http://goo.gl/eI1CLp
June 23, 2016/by 09daisygirlhttp://goo.gl/eI1CLp
IN PRACTICE: To till or not to till
June 23, 2016/by 09daisygirlHOW TO: Harvest in Succession
June 23, 2016/by 09daisygirlWEEKLY UPDATES – EP05 – Apr 11 – 16
https://youtu.be/5oPjsVxEcB4?list=PL0-eENDJNcJDcDkGXOBcsHN90…
April 16, 2016/by 09daisygirlAsk The Urban Farmer — How we harvest interplanted crops
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMdxDuzH6e4
April 15, 2016/by 09daisygirlScaling Up The Market Garden – A Visit to the Farm of the Future – The Urban Farmer – Season 2 – Week 2
http://www.permaculturevoices.com/scaling-up-the-market-garden-a-visit-to-the-farm-of-the-future-the-urban-farmer-season-2-week-2/
April 13, 2016/by 09daisygirlTomatoes and Google connect a Canadian farmer to new Syrian neighbour (CBC interview)
Written article here.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/tomatoes-google-kelowna-curtis-stone-1.3532564
April 13, 2016/by 09daisygirlhttp://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/tomatoes-google-kelowna-curtis-stone-1.3532564
HOW TO: Interplant Tomatoes
https://youtu.be/BWERM05g1M0
April 11, 2016/by 09daisygirlWEEKLY UPDATES – EP04 – APR 04 – APR 09
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBR6AE3S5IY
April 8, 2016/by 09daisygirlCROP FOCUS — Overwintered Beets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb9seI8-VJw
April 7, 2016/by 09daisygirlTaking Advantage of Time with the Passive Techniques of Over-Wintered Crops and Stale Seed-bedding – The Urban Farmer – Season 2 – Week 1
http://www.permaculturevoices.com/taking-advantage-of-time-with-the-passive-techniques-of-over-wintered-crops-and-stale-seed-bedding-the-urban-farmer-season-2-week-1/
April 6, 2016/by 09daisygirlHOW TO: Know when to terminate a crop
https://youtu.be/aI_w2EQ4otI
April 4, 2016/by 09daisygirlWEEKLY UPDATES – EP03 – MAR 28 – APR 02
https://youtu.be/5feKPs_IK9E
April 2, 2016/by 09daisygirlAsk The Urban Farmer — $300K on an acre. To scale or not to scale?
https://youtu.be/axMbB-HmeSY
April 1, 2016/by 09daisygirlIN FOCUS: Greens Drying Screen
https://youtu.be/q0-zB8nrt5I
March 31, 2016/by 09daisygirlFrench Canadian CBC interview about my book
Listen here.
March 28, 2016/by 09daisygirlHOW TO: Make straight beds by eye
https://youtu.be/MugV8p2dHWg
March 28, 2016/by 09daisygirl$1 MILLION on 10 acres — Scaling up the small farm with JM Fortier
March 26, 2016/by 09daisygirlHOW TO: No-Till Spring Bed Prep
March 21, 2016/by 09daisygirlWEEKLY UPDATES – EP02 – MAR 18, 2016
March 18, 2016/by 09daisygirlAsk The Urban Farmer — What happens when we leave a plot?
March 18, 2016/by 09daisygirlFarmer to Farmer podcast with Chris Blanchard
http://www.farmertofarmerpodcast.com/episodes/stone
March 17, 2016/by 09daisygirlEarly season planting strategies. Techniques to plant more crop successions with less work.
March 17, 2016/by 09daisygirlFarming in the City – The Presentation – The Urban Farmer – Encore Episode 4
http://www.permaculturevoices.com/farming-in-the-city-the-presentation-the-urban-farmer-encore-episode-4/
March 16, 2016/by 09daisygirlTARPS – How and why we use them.
March 15, 2016/by 09daisygirlWEEKLY UPDATES – EP01 – MAR 10, 2016
March 11, 2016/by 09daisygirlFARMER TO FARMER: Bio-Intensive tools and soil w/ Jodi Roebuck
February 25, 2016/by 09daisygirlHOW TO deal with pests.
February 25, 2016/by 09daisygirlHUGE POTENTIAL FOR SMALL FARMING IN NEW ZEALAND – JM FORTIER & CURTIS
February 19, 2016/by 09daisygirlHow to set your prices
February 18, 2016/by 09daisygirlRaising pasture animals on other peoples land! – Interview with Jodi Roebuck
February 16, 2016/by 09daisygirl4th Annual Massachusetts Urban Farming Conference
I'm happy to announce that I will be presenting 4 lectures at…
February 10, 2016/by 09daisygirlThe 10 Essentials for Profitable Urban Farming
http://www.permaculturevoices.com/10-essentials-for-profitable-urban-farming-presented-by-curtis-stone-pvp114/
February 9, 2016/by 09daisygirlHOW TO: Turn your lawn into an urban farm
February 9, 2016/by 09daisygirlWeed-free beds using landscape fabric
February 1, 2016/by 09daisygirlAsk The Urban Farmer — Certified Organic?
January 29, 2016/by 09daisygirlHOW TO: Harvest microgreens
January 28, 2016/by 09daisygirlAsk the Urban Farmer — Bylaws and Ordinances
January 22, 2016/by 09daisygirlSinging Frogs Farm – Renenative Ag Model Farm
Diego and I had the privilege of visiting Elizabeth and Paul…
January 18, 2016/by 09daisygirlBook review from Milkwood. Australia here I come!
I will be in Melbourne Feb 27 & Sydney Feb 28.
https:…
January 18, 2016/by 09daisygirlhttps:…
Is this the next evolution of farming?
https://www.facebook.com/HuffingtonPost/videos/10153593374106130/
Is…
January 9, 2016/by 09daisygirlIs…
New developments in the greenhouse.
January 8, 2016/by 09daisygirlAsk The Urban Farmer — Theft and Vandalism
January 8, 2016/by 09daisygirlCROP FOCUS: Winter Carrots
How would you like to pull fresh carrots from the ground…
January 6, 2016/by 09daisygirlCalifornia Book Tour – January 11th – 24th – San Francisco to San Diego
January 11th - 24th
California from San Francisco to San…
January 2, 2016/by 09daisygirlCalifornia from San Francisco to San…
CROP FOCUS: Winter Spinach
December 31, 2015/by 09daisygirlThe Urban Farmer – Week 40
End of Season Reflection – Thinking about How Things Went This…
December 30, 2015/by 09daisygirlCROP FOCUS: Winter Kale
December 28, 2015/by 09daisygirlHOW TO: Harvest bunched herbs
This is how we harvest bunched herbs such as parsley, cilantro,…
December 24, 2015/by 09daisygirlThe Urban Farmer – Week 39
The Urban Farmer Season Wrap Up and Looking Ahead – Thanks…
December 23, 2015/by 09daisygirlWe built a passive solar greenhouse. Here’s a time-lapse of most of the process.
December 21, 2015/by 09daisygirlThe Urban Farmer – Week 37
17,500lbs of Vegetables Produced on One Third of An Acre –…
December 18, 2015/by 09daisygirlThe Urban Farmer – Week 38
It’s Not All About the Money – Keeping What Works and Getting…
December 18, 2015/by 09daisygirlCROP FOCUS: videos about crops
December 18, 2015/by 09daisygirlIN FOCUS: infrastructure and equipment
December 18, 2015/by 09daisygirlWe are now shipping The Urban Farmer within CAN & USA
You can now purchase The Urban Farmer right from my website!
We…
December 18, 2015/by 09daisygirlWe…
New Zealand workshop and lecture tour
I'm so excited to finally visit New Zealand, but what's even…
December 18, 2015/by 09daisygirlAustralia workshops Melbourne Feb 27 & Sydney Feb 28
JM Fortier and I will be tag teaming Melbourne and Sydney and…
December 18, 2015/by 09daisygirlAsk The Urban Farmer Q&A Series on Youtube
I'm back with the Ask The Urban Farmer series. From Jan 8, I'll…
December 18, 2015/by 09daisygirl