AMAZING 2024 Vegetable Farming Journey From Seed to Plate!

[@wishwellfarms]

Happy New Year! I want to thank all of you for supporting the farm channel through watching, commenting and sharing in 2024. It has been quite the journey and the channel has grown a bit faster than I had expected. I'm really looking forward to kicking off the 2025 farming season in just a few weeks with the starting of our first greenhouse tomato seeding, so consider subscribing if you haven't already so you don't miss any of our farm fresh content this year! I'll probably only be releasing one video per week for the next few weeks but once we get our greenhouses up and running again in February and March I'll do my best to put out three per week to keep you all up to date on everything happening on our farm. I still have several special video projects that I'm currently working on and can't wait to share them! Thanks again for helping make this channel a success and looking forward to the 2025 season!

[@FarmGearInnovators]

Love seeing the entire 2024 growing season in one video! Your attention to detail, especially with hydroponics and field crops, is inspiring. Great job, Wishwell Farms! 🚜🍅

[@kathleenlewis3480]

Happy New Year!! Looking forward to the beginning of your growing season!!! ❤🤗

[@wishwellfarms]

Thank you, it feels like it’s coming quickly!

[@kathleenlewis3480]

Happy Belated Birthday!! I hope that you enjoyed your day!!

[@wishwellfarms]

Thank you so much…I had a great day!

[@DDL2728]

This was so interesting!! It'll be great to watch your growing season again. Happy Blessed New Year to you, your family & your employees!! ♥️🙏♥️👍

[@wishwellfarms]

thank you for watching, Happy New Year!

[@danlowery3235]

Thanx Jason!!!! I want some fresh produce!

[@wishwellfarms]

you bet! me too!

[@steveddavis]

Happy New Year, here is to a great 2025!

[@wishwellfarms]

Thanks Steve, Happy New Year!

[@wild_insomnia]

man,it's such a nostalgy to see warm weather and green trees and plants right in the middle of winter doldrums. And late May greenhouse #2 looking absolutely fabulous,so lush and fresh,and disease-free ! Simply outstanding.

[@wishwellfarms]

Totally agree! It was so fun putting this one together and seeing all the crops growing…it’s almost hard to believe it looked that way just several months ago now that there’s snow everywhere.

[@oby-1607]

Jason, you are a growing machine. Took me a couple of days to watch this as I had to squeeze it in between being called away a few times. Really appreciate the sharing of your processes of your annual journey. The bean harvester was interesting and the washing as well. Please keep sharing and educating us through your efforts. 2025 will be better than ever.

[@wishwellfarms]

Thank you so much I appreciate that!

[@Redmapleleaf113]

Well, that was a fun and interesting hour. Good video and I will continue to watch what you're doing on the farm. Again, seeing that corn made me drool!

[@wishwellfarms]

thanks, definitely missing corn on the cob right now!

[@HoatNguyen-v9s]

totally awesome

[@wishwellfarms]

Thank you!

[@rosemarymurphy5767]

We lay out tomato plant almost flat and uses stakes to keep the top part off the ground . Sometimes lay straw under the plant that is leaning not close to root bound plant .

[@allotmentjoy]

Hi Jason. Your drone footage is great. It puts into perspective how much you cultivate. You have most likely got more space to grow. I really liked the coloured cauliflowers but what am I saying, all your crops were great. What an operaton. Heres looking forward to 2025. Elaine 🇬🇧

[@wishwellfarms]

Thank you Elaine!

[@paulamottshaw5104]

What a good overview of the year! Do you make your own compost using what’s left over in the field (what’s left from the vegetable plants, leaves, stems, etc.)? Do you preserve (can, freeze dry) the not-so-great looking vegetables for your own home?

[@wishwellfarms]

Thanks I appreciate you watching and commenting, hopefully 2025 is as good or better! We don’t save anything leftover in the field. It is all plowed in, if there happens to be any diseased leaf tissue, we don’t want that to be hanging around. My wife does freeze and can a little bit, but not much anymore. We have a commercial kitchen on our farm And we make a couple thousand jars of pepper relish each year and 500 gallons of maple syrup and thousands of containers of salsa all sold through our markets.

[@Dwade689]

Totally awesome season, can i ask how many acres of corn you planted and how many acres overall to you plant for your produce?

[@wishwellfarms]

Thanks! We planted 25 acres of sweet corn this year and total veggie acres was about 60.

[@Dwade689]

@@wishwellfarms Wow, all that from 60 acres, just incredible. Best of luck for next season.

[@paulhoffman542]

Appreciate the recap. Always forget how much manual labor it takes. Any benefit to expand upon the hydroponic greenhouses? Pros/Cons? Happy New Year!

[@wishwellfarms]

No desire or need to expand our hydroponics...the labor, fuel, plastic and management is out of this world high compared to growing field crops...14,000 sq/ft and 3,000 tomato plants is plenty for me. Thanks!

[@Forsgren530]

When do you transplant out in the field for some fall cauliflower and broccoli?

[@wishwellfarms]

We shoot for the first week of July for cauliflower and first week of August for broccoli

[@UnitedHobbyAdventures]

I’m curious on what 4th generation farmers think about the food in America now days. Debunk fake foods or confirm our bulk food supply has been compromised. Love your videos. Bummed I didn’t know you were in Marquette in sept 2024. I live near there that was around my birthday too. Would have dropped some lures off we make them left so we didn’t bug you 😂

[@wishwellfarms]

Thanks for the comment and hope you had a great birthday!

[@UnitedHobbyAdventures]

@@wishwellfarms it was pretty good. Feel it in the knees tho lol

[@satrohanlall2864]

Hey what variety tomato are you harvesting in the video?

[@wishwellfarms]

Summerpick, Skyway 687, Rambler, Roadster, STM2255. This year trying some Red Snaper and a new one called Windup. Also trying some Red Deuce in the greenhouse again for the first time in 10 years.

[@satrohanlall2864]

@ I never plant tomatoes before but I’m thinking the try some red deuce in an open field with a hot climate. Do you think that’s a good pick ?

[@wishwellfarms]

@@satrohanlall2864 yes, we are planting some too. I like Roadster, Rambler, Summerpick, and STM 2255 the most. Trying some Red Snapper, Maverick and Windup this year.

[@srbrod]

Great recap. For your food bank donation, do you take a tax deduction by on it. If so, is on the retail or wholesale value? We are also donating excess but haven’t taking deduction. Thinking about it. Thanks

[@wishwellfarms]

We receive a payment for the bean delivery, it's just a reduced payment though so it's still reported as income on our schedule F, profit and loss from farming...no deduction.

[@srbrod]

@@wishwellfarms Thank you for the response. Makes sense. Folks I know donating to the local outfit in Sandusky area are retired farmers or have hobby farms.

[@appylord008]

did you say 1300 acres of grains?

[@wishwellfarms]

Yes, 400 corn and 900 soybean

[@appylord008]

@wishwellfarms wow that's wonderful... For the last few years I have been thinking about buying farm land and doing something with it. But life keeps happening and i am never in a situation to do it. But i am really happy for you. I am tired of working in corporate

[@mikewalter8547]

Great video. How important is isolation on different sweetcorn ( kickoff signaturexr xanadu)

[@wishwellfarms]

Very important, they have to be isolated from SE and Triple Sweet/Synergistics or you will get tough starchy kernels...at least 500 feet away but I personally would make it twice that. Thanks Mike!

[@mikewalter8547]

@@wishwellfarms all of the above are sh2 do I need to isolate them from each other???

[@wishwellfarms]

@@mikewalter8547 no, all sh2's can be planted together.

[@mikewalter8547]

@@wishwellfarms Thanks for all your help.