Ever Wondered What It's Like Farming in the South? Watch This!

[@Theweeze100]

Ray is a phenomenal young man. He and his family have a work ethic that was probably more common 100 years ago. He, his wife and his kids are All In. He has been generous to a fault, and it's good to see one of the good guys win. I would just like to echo his sentiments concerning sharing knowledge and not attempting to keep what some might deem "proprietary information" concerning successful methods of growing a crop here in The South. It warms my heart to see and experience such a success story. Awful dang proud of you Pa!!!

[@stepuponbroadway]

What a great video Curtis! This guy was going nuts he was so excited. Totally inspiring !

[@HalfQuickFarmer]

Curtis just noding his head in agreement. Love it!!! True OG

[@mindischwab]

Omg.... we are so crippled with having no experience but buttloads of acreage..... we have big mortgage payments but watch everyday all the vlogs and keep trying to make this farm profitable..... this episode made me feel like reaching out..... most southern new non experienced farmers need you..... we will have to do more with what you have to offer.... thanks for coming to southern US!!!!!

[@tkomla]

Melinda Schwab wondering if you are/have connected with any npo that provide guidance and technical support to new farmers. [e-mail] if you'd like some names. Lotta luck to you 😊

[@cavemanjoe7972]

Melinda Schwab Contacting John Suscovich at Farm Marketing Solutions would be a good step for you. He's good at showing people they need to shift their focus when they're stuck. Curtis does consulting, too, so there's that route, as well. Best of luck to you.

[@lraffucci]

Ray Tyler needs his own youtube channel. his energy is fantastic.

[@HeliosWorksAV]

Really enjoying these interviews and tours of other people's farms. Thank you for taking the time and effort to share them.

[@jojo9912]

Curtis, Wow! It is soooo good to see a Southern small farmer excited about farming again! Small farmers in the Southern US have been economically beaten down, and destroyed by antiquated farming practices, US regulations, adverse weather conditions, and many including my father have given up. Much of the land has been sold to developers and will never return to agriculture use which puts the small farmer at an even greater rick of losing their farms to imminent domain. Thank you for sharing a productive modern system that makes practicing farming possible and profitable on a smaller homestead. You Rock!

[@morningsareforcoffee1211]

What a coincidence! I grow a few things at home, not much, just watching videos at home, love my local Farmer’s market in Franklin, TN and saw this farmer and recognized him! Sells there every Saturday. His booth always has people lining up for produce. I have been buying produce from him all summer! His booth always looks so clean, neat , and organized. Rose Creek Farms one of the few with awesome lettuce in Tennessee in August. Hard to find local lettuce it is so hot now. Ate his lettuce in salad last night. Wonderful!

[@McGoofbalProductions]

The event was awesome, the things I learned will definitely help my farm in Louisiana Thanks to Ray, Curtis, Adam, Johnathan and Michael for sharing their knowledge and holding this event. Definitely will go again next year

[@richfiryn]

Of all the videos you have posted this is the one i needed to watch the most. To hear from one of the families that deliberately followed your example to a tee and made it work for them. My wife and i are in South Eastern Virginia and this will work for us. So Thank You !!

[@meganmatheny3276]

Rich Firyn we are is South East VA too! Surry county

[@christophersmith8014]

I love the video! It was good to spend a couple of days with you guys this week. It really is necessary to build the local farm community up, and getting to meet and sit with everyone in person. I'll connect with Ray some more and see if we can get the local guys to meet together more frequently. Thanks for coming down and encouraging all of us Curtis. I really do appreciate you being who you are.

[@offgridcurtisstone]

+Christopher Smith thank you Chris. Great meeting you and thanks for the keen questions and comments!

[@machiavellisprince5986]

Curtis you seem to get around to other people's farms and you're helping so many people. Are you still running your own farm as well?

[@tumba3182]

this was a huge gust of wind in my sails. thanks a lot man. so excited to crank it out

[@One_Call_System]

Great interview. I love hearing this guy's story how he turned it around. Inspiring!

[@devingoulding3200]

I went to college with the Curlins! So cool. Wanting to visit their farm as my wife and I plan ours. Might try and stop by and visit you too, Ray. Thanks again for a great video Curis.

[@jameshead6954]

I love his passion for self improvement awesome keep it up and keep spreading the knowledge it comes back in return

[@OldesouthFarm]

AMEN Ray! We need to spread the word and get folks a growing!

[@marksandrew3048]

I love interviews with other farms. Its nice to see your expertise applied to these farms. Thanks for the video.

[@StaarveyFarm]

I was thinking that this video would not be for me - but Ray was amazing, as you are too Curtis. His farm look great. thanks

[@fourdayhomestead2839]

StaarveyFarm : I scrolled past many times, but know Curtis' topics can always be applied anywhere .. Great to see farms working together.

[@comfychic]

I live in Georgia and wasn't able to make it to this event this year, but I will be there in 2017. I also hate that I missed your workshop in Memphis. Thanks for all of the great content!!!

[@admiralmurat2777]

I'm in Georgia too

[@hansonr22]

That's great to see, there is a lot of opportunity in the south to grow vegetables, you don't have to grow in the summer either. Our winters are very good for greens etc. Welcome to TN Curtis!!

[@rachelfagansinger6205]

I don't hear much about Rose Creek Farms so this is cool to have some insight.

[@willieclark2256]

Thanks for the inspiration. Starting a farm in northern Alabama and this is exactly what I need to hear

[@shellygraham2194]

We are in the process of buying a home in town that has 5 acres- 1 acre in the back and near the house that would be perfect for this. Now to research the market and get a walk in cooler.... Rosecreek Farms is relatively close to us (NW Alabama) sounds like a visit is in order. Thank you for all you do Curtis!

[@theriverschool822]

I love your videos Curtis. I'm in Tennessee too, but had our family vacation planned during your event in Memphis. Hopefully, my wife and I will make it next year. We just built our first test poly-tunnel 2 days after watching your video. I was worried about how it would hold up to the winds, (it gets really windy in our yard) but it's doing great so far. I am looking to add a little value to our raw goat dairy with some greens production. (Don't tell me to sell my goats though.)

[@davidulrich7112]

:)

[@spencerblack8098]

Awesome turn-around!

[@tomrobertson3236]

SOP (standard operating system) is a military way to get things done. friends have turned failing restaurants. and a hardware store around by making SOP's. Curtis has been doing it from the start. now Ray is. good to hear.

[@thepeepingsprout2944]

Curtis and Ray are fabulous....I really enjoyed this interview. It's so difficult to not give into the temptation of growing many, many different crops, trying to stay focused definitely helps! I"m not having a lot of luck with Salanova though, the seed is so expensive and it's not been growing as well for me as I expected. The 90 degree weather we are now getting here in Virginia is not helping of course. Anyone else having trouble with Salanova?

[@abideenturky]

Thanks again for new episode, after full watching, I let you know my impression.

[@jessedavid4271]

As of Jan 7/Sat, 14/Sat, Jan 21/Sat 2023, at Cooper Young Farmers Market I found Rose Creek Farms produce. The veggie stand presentation is simply attractive and well presented. The arranged and packaged veggies got my attention. As I looked-over the veggies the micro-sunflower spouts (and other micro-sprouts) caught my eye. I read the placard about Rose Creek Farms describing their beginnings and I love their motto: "Love, gratitude, and contentment is true wealth!" My recent Rose Creek Farm thrice purchases attest to the natural rich flavor-savory greens I love and thoroughly enjoy eating ... especially just chomping on the micro-sprouts as a go-to-snack anytime (watching tv, lol). In the future (hope in 2023) I will make an excursion to visit Rose Creek Farms (possible take a tour) (See if I can attend their CSA member "Fest In The Field") ... Shout out to Judah (vendor), whom I've met thrice ... Just a awesome creation-human-person-this 3rd rock from the sun ...

[@pjclarkartstudio]

This video was so much fun!!! And inspiring!

[@Endur0xX1]

awesome content Curtis!

[@katiatomsk]

I am looking at a cleared acre of land I could farm and I have 5 more acres I could use for meat, if the fences were repaired. Thanks for the video. I keep thinking, instead of me looking for a job, I need to be working my land.

[@mascatrails661]

awesome! can't wait to be there for the next event!

[@farroffroad]

Thanks for the video Curtis and Ray. Curtis it's good to see a video for farming in the south. We live in North GA and have some land that we are thinking about farming. It has a slope to it and we wondered if we really need to fill it and level it out because that would be quite a job, or if it's OK if we leave it the way it is? Thanks again, we really enjoy and appreciate your videos.

[@HladniSjeverniVjetar]

Depending on the angle, but you can always build swales.

[@christophersmith8014]

I have some sloped property too. I leveled out a spot big enough for a 30x100 greenhouse, but the rest can stay as is. The entire slope is facing the South which is arguably beneficial since it mildly increases solar exposure. Mostly it just depends on the intensity of the slope, but if you're working with smaller scale tools then you can farm pretty much any spot just the way it is.

[@kirstenwixson7577]

Roy Farr check out the berta rotary plow, i think it would be good for forming terraced beds.

[@impseeder5756]

SOP--standard operating procedure. Directions for each step, even the simple stuff. Written by the most knowledgeable person. This gets attached to a routing. The routing is the work center, ie: planting or harvesting or tilling. Each step is outlined for that work center. This can get long and boring. Paperwork can bury you, good record keeping is a balance.

[@kevinleader2736]

after watching this video I might just have to go check this out myself next year.

[@kevinmp33]

Well........ love the vids. When I saw South heck i thought South! I am in Houston, blast furnace central. Huge population and market........ huge. Gotta grow in the blast furnace. I'm all ears.

[@terranesha5784]

Kevin Eger yes. mississippi only 2 months of winter the rest of the year humid n hot!

[@huligan389]

thanks guys, it's inspired video. unfortunately I can't visit to your events because I live across the Atlantic Ocean -:)

[@tjinnes]

Inspiring video. Thanks guys.

[@denisek5208]

Love the passion

[@LGroh]

Very cool, It's nice to see I am not the only one who struggles with FOCUS! I am in the deep south, really hate that old farmer not sharing knowledge thing, don't they see not one is following in their footsteps? It is almost impossible to move forward without profits.

[@greenfish13]

Couldn't chi kens still be used to fertilize and till the soil, while providing a source of commercial egg laying and stew chickens every 2 years?

[@jeffersontbraga]

Fail Fast in Action! :) I love it. Great job guys! Good luck.

[@pdub2762]

Super Fantastic! I'm more than impressed by the channel, and especially this testimonial. I would like to share JADAM korean natural farming with you wonderful warriors.

[@kirstenwixson7577]

I am curious about his use of the tractor, did he switch to a walking tractor from a big one?

[@jodrodgar7194]

This is a great video. Thanks for sharing. Wondering what Salanova is known as in Europe/UK?

[@rondianderson4402]

It's a lettuce series from Johnny's Select seed. Think it needs to be bought directly from them.

[@CarbonConscious]

So how does this work in summer, is there any shadecloth involved? Is he using drip or overhead? What is the soil like?

[@ajaxvarble]

He didn't talk about his marketing! I would really like to see some more in depth on how you or your interviewee's market your products. I'm one who has a grasp on the whole growing part but no selling skills as most people.

[@allenmorgan4309]

Do you have any videos on how to sell your product?

[@bojames3677]

great stuff, I do think farmers are selling and spreading themselves short by focusing on too much, just pick a few things and stick with it.. you want to raise chickens, stick with chickens.. or pigs, cows, or vegetables.. I see more than not people struggling when they try to juggle it all at once.

[@portwolf2293]

He's a stones throw down the road from me, small world. Any update on how he is doing now?

[@davidyoungg]

So what changes did you make? I know the issue was with sales an not supplying products! So who did you change who you was selling to?

[@mindischwab]

Leesville Aquaponics Homestead-Who is was his customer base, right?

[@christophersmith8014]

The issue was with production. Too many different crops, harvesting times, weed pressure, pest pressure. Producing a consistent and attractive crop that people are willing to buy isn't a small thing to accomplish. Neither is proper time management on prepping, seeding, weeding, harvesting, and post production such as: washing, drying, packing, storing, weighing, measuring, recording.

[@jameshead6954]

awesome

[@netosrx]

No livestock ? What about the soil? I just watched Allan Savory and now I want some animals.

[@greenfish13]

I'e heard this a few times, but I want to work with animals not plants as much. Ideally I'd like to profit on both plants and animals. Is that a farfetched idea?

[@jeevessoaps4538]

Ray doesn't live too far from me

[@HiddenMeadowFarm]

Is anyone doing this type of farming in Central Mississippi

[@seanf2]

@2:00 Fly Check

[@valencia81750]

Why don't you show the farm and what you are selling?

[@PawnFischer]

"radical, man!"

[@machiavellisprince5986]

Is this $100,000 net or gross?

[@offgridcurtisstone]

+Machiavelli's Prince nobody shares net dude

[@machiavellisprince5986]

They do in corporate America. In detail. I should have said, what's the normal return on investment in percentages. It's kind of meaningless information if it cost them $99,000 to make $100,000. It's probably super valuable to those who already know what normal expenses look like. I love your videos by the way. In some ways I'd leave corporate America to do what you do if I just broke even. But if you say someone was only making $50,000 (with expenses of $45,000) but now they're making $100,000 (with expenses of $99,000). They were doing better financially when they were only making $50,000.

[@offgridcurtisstone]

+Machiavelli's Prince right. You may of not noticed, but we're farmers, not corporate America.

[@machiavellisprince5986]

Business is business. In one of your videos you said that one of the mistakes that farmers make is that they don't run their farm as a business. Word of advice - when talking to people who support your videos - maybe you shouldn't use phrases like "nobody shares net dude" or "you may of not noticed." I'm asking questions that any smart person should ask when entering into any venture. Are you teaching or expecting people to already know?

[@Ringele5574]

Dude needs to get cable tv.

[@tpsu129]

He certainly had the time to have kids.

[@abideenturky]

I listen to this dialogue, don't understand, why small / family farmers can not form unions to lobby the Congress.

[@Bigcedartrader]

The last thing you want is to have them get into Unions and get involved in government. It gets to point that they will want to control what you do. Think Monsanto!!!

[@ronmoak329]

Tennessee is more mountains than south dude

[@davidulrich7112]

It's...FUN--a...SMILE to think about, anyway--just to...consider how, POSSIBLY, ones among my own "sixties" generation were, perhaps, a little bit of..."compost" towards some things MORE SO going on...presently? Urban...city "growers"--actual, URBAN, or, rural SMALL FARMS growers--from...where, within the "hippie movement", and, SOME "back to the land" ideas from THOSE YEARS (plowed...under, oftentimes, naturally), MAYBE, THAT created parts of those things happening, "nowadays", again? (Just "a thought"--from where a...NEWER "rebellion", if you like, as is NO LONGER as much...so "communes", etc., EMERGES--within...that there's SOMETHING OF a small bit of a cultural...heritage FROM THERE as well?) Hey...people OF ALL...SORTS--during every..."time" throughout HUMAN HISTORY have had roots, and, ties to...the land, of course. But...? Publications "yesteryear" SOMEWHAT--alike...Mother Earth News, Organic Gardening Magazine: The Whole Earth Catalog, Alternative Sources of Energy--and, some PEOPLE "out there", growers...publishers, TEACHERS (it slips my...mind, the woman writing her...book in "installments"--advertised in Mother Earth News--causing everyone's...WAITING FOR the next...chapter)? Caring, and...SHARING--and, working...TOGETHER? Yeah...any 'ol time, hey?

[@cavemanjoe7972]

David Ulrich Meth is a helluva drug.😂