Growing tropical fruit in the freezing mountains of Colorado without heating

[@StefanoCreatini]

Check out my latest video: Passive Greenhouse Feeds Family of 11 in Utah. kzbin.info/www/bejne/moGyp3SAl8ibj5I

[@zirzmokealot4600]

Not adding up.......they never do.

[@barahng]

This man is living the life. Wishing him many more long years.

[@keithtauber4153]

This guy is living the dream. Awesome. He looks great for his age too.

[@99glen]

When you design and build homes for a living you know exactly what you want. This dudes house is probably better build than 99% of the homes today.

[@theurbanthirdhomestead]

Just bought 40 acres in Colorado's high desert! Can't wait to make it look like this!

[@StefanoCreatini]

Nice where at?

[@justinsane7128]

​@@StefanoCreatinilet me guess, the San Luis valley 😊

[@PeonyLaneWine]

Paonia!@@justinsane7128

[@aninhabitantofpaintedcliff3066]

love the gun owners out there@@justinsane7128

[@Jay__EL]

@@justinsane7128 That place is a dead zone, lol

[@pennguino9137]

Inspirational setup. Living his best life. He seems happy.

[@cameronfiorenza4685]

I am in CO as well! This is such a dream of mine -- having a mountain greenhouse, farm, and be completely self-sustainable as much as possible. Thank you for sharing the magic.

[@StefanoCreatini]

It all starts with a dream. I just bought my farm after being broke 3 year ago. Releasing video on that soon

[@Inventor22x]

Dude looks great for 75! Amazing what movement, good clean food, sunlight, and a positive outlook can do over the decades.

[@StefanoCreatini]

Couldn't agree more!

[@lionessliving9862]

My grandfather is 95... he gardened until he was 91...

[@christcg1]

Love the seating area in the greenhouse! I'd spend my mornings there drinking a coffee and enjoying the view ☕🌄

[@StefanoCreatini]

Me too!!

[@delynndehardt1859]

I wonder if he could adjust the microclimate to get better quality coffee beans. Are they really a lot of work to get to the green coffee bean stage (right before roasting?). I buy mine green & roast them here.

[@mollytheda9273]

Yay! Love this. We micro farm on 2/3 acre in New Castle with 21 fruit trees, table grapes, huge garden, and 18 laying hens.

[@robertjustman-dj8ec]

good for you guys

[@stellaluuk2713]

Nice set up, tropical fruit trees and year round tomatoes , I'd enjoy that!

[@spirofarmaku6772]

People like him are whom i respect the most,i had a neighbor like him who passed from covid ,he had some space around and had planted all kinda of trees and grapes,and he had installed water system through pipes and had a huge pond near his house it was beautiful, sadly after he passed all the trees he had planted died because lack of water,nowadays his property is covered by thorns ,water he had on this property was taken why the neighbors ,its amazing what a working man can do

[@simplyann2710]

It’s beautiful down by the river. This area has changed so much and has become unaffordable for many, sadly. Enjoyed the video.

[@StefanoCreatini]

Thanks, that is sadly true. Its hard to buy in Paonia now.

[@cheesecakefan4880]

I lived in Crawford for a few years but moved to an area closer to Telluride I feel blessed to live in one of the most beautiful areas in the lower 48s.

[@deb1807]

Lived there when I was younger,Picked fruit every year ,paid for our own school clothes and supplies. Loved it there!

[@XxBlindoutxX]

Pretty much all of north America has become unaffordable for the middle class or poor.

[@Lwah0812]

My cousins grew up in Panina, my uncle was a teacher. I remember when I was very young my uncle would bring loads of produce to sell at farmers markets every summer. I miss those days!

[@WouterLockefeer]

Absolutely awe-inspiring. The world could use many more people like this.

[@topazfire974]

This is one of the most beautiful gardens I ever seen in a greenhouse .❤

[@sleer9407]

Very inspirational! Love seeing all the hard work he put into it, and he looks great for his age!

[@JXZ-JAM]

I can say from a place of knowledge, he designed and built this place exceptionally well. I a 3rd gen Coloradoan all too familiar with the high desert and have dreams of mine own simliar place, but more of an ecovillage/transitional town.

[@PeonyLaneWine]

you got this!

[@jasonweiss2773]

We are not "coloradoan" we are Coloradan.

[@belieftransformation]

He’s done a great job developing that house, greenhouse & land. Thanks for sharing!

[@kaceykelly7222]

It would be awesome if the U.S. could establish hundreds of these set-ups so we would be truly self-sustaining year-round, no matter what happens!

[@rybug]

Our government would never make money, and sadly, that's the only thing the US government wants.

[@DevinHeida]

Not even that, just any country that can't grow year round

[@MartRichard-hm6hv]

The government does not want to help you, hello

[@rpdx3]

@@MartRichard-hm6hv…except for social security, highways, defense, medicare, medical research, hospitals, stabilizing the banking system, managing public lands, paying for large parts of the education system, etc, etc. So yeah, no help at all. /s

[@thefranfranify]

you are a fool if you think any government and especially this one is actually showing up for us in any of those sectors you mentioned- they poison us and then charge us to pay for our medicine with money we earned breaking our backs just so that corporations that own the gov can keep exploiting us and using us as pawns .. idk dawg shits iffy and you sound indoctrinated or blissfully ignorant.. not sure which @@rpdx3

[@PraxisPrepper]

Nice place you built. I came SO close to putting a south greenhouse on my place like you did when I was building my place, but elected to not do it because I couldn't figure a way of keeping the snow falling off the roof from smashing the greenhouse windows below. As I see, you came up with a super simple solution to that - just have the first few feet of the lower roof be metal roofing. Simple - elegant - and you got your greenhouse! Really nice place you made!

[@MicahBratt]

The 12 years old swiss chard is crazy! I didn't know they would live that long

[@ABlueDahlia]

Fascinating man, would listen to him talk about anything.

[@StefanoCreatini]

same!

[@mandyspacek1087]

In Australia here, this is brilliant and something I desperately want to do in the very near future. X

[@mapuanakupuna3471]

Jess, ur place is amazing! The world is a better place with people like u 2 in it & we can all learn so much from you! TY! Love the farm tour!

[@cindycampbell807]

This guy is a genius it’s cool he worked to make his dream come true what a beautiful place

[@PeonyLaneWine]

Bad ass Dad

[@KayaStar1]

A genius grows what works in their climate. If someone in Hawaii put cold tolerant fruit trees in a refrigerator, in order to get them to work… it would be a silly waste of resources. Just like this lol Half his crops were doing nothing

[@barahng]

​@@KayaStar1 Well like he said he's not doing it for profit, just to experiment and have fun. I agree some of those plants looked a bit neglected though. I think the problem is more that than his climate, I've seen plenty of people on youtube grow tropical plants way out of their climate and they looked better than that. I've done it myself even, but on a much smaller scale with PVC hoophouses. I wouldn't go as far as genius but I applaud the man for living his dream. Also running a fridge is a LOT more power consumption than using using passive solar energy to make your plants viable so that's not really a fair comparison.

[@Peaceful-resistance1]

If you have more money than common sense you play and have fun but are unproductive. This guy would have a hard time surviving off of what fruit he produces. Just another example of how we americans live in a dream world and think we are living "the dream." O well have fun playing while you still can. As for me I'm using similar techniques to produce real food for myself and others. (Not for money) Just to live well.

[@barahng]

He's retired, sounds like he has plenty of money from his previous career. What's wrong with a guy fucking around enjoying his retirement? I don't think he's trying to live off the land either. Making a hobby into a job is a good way to suck all the fun out of it.

[@sgrvtl7183]

This is wonderful! Very happy for this man and his wife. I always loved Colorado and lived near Durango decades ago. Thank You for sharing!

[@StefanoCreatini]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@leehwhiz]

Not that I have the home now, but I had a home located in northern New York with a 12 x 15 sunroom with 28 tons of river rock under the concrete floor that PVC pipework as duct in it. We pretty much could heat the house with that. But I bought Washington Dwarf Orange tree that produced about 30-50 oranges a year with me doing manual pollination. Also grew pineapples that frankly were much better tasting than what you buy in the store. I didn't pick them until they turned yellow so they were supper juicy. Pineapples will actually send out shuts from the bottom after the pineapple is picked and I just broke them off and stuck them in the ground for the next harvest.

[@usagi10100]

I am so glad you kept the passion alive. Around the 8min mark hit me in the heart.

[@The_Gallowglass]

I lived out there for 8 months from spring to fall and I'll tell you I've never felt healthier. Clean air, good water, good food, lots of exercise. I'd walk down the mesa and hill to Paonia and Hotchkiss 4 miles.

[@StefanoCreatini]

Its paradise out here. As we say, close the door on the way in =)

[@The_Gallowglass]

@@StefanoCreatini Friends old man was on the canal board. We got fresh mountain water unfiltered. Best water I ever drank. The taste and minerals

[@StefanoCreatini]

@@The_Gallowglass can’t beat it, I got a few springs on my farm and our water tap is from a spring up Lamborn. I bring water with me anytime I go to visit big cities

[@The_Gallowglass]

@@StefanoCreatini I woke up every morning and had my coffee while sitting in an outhouse looking at Mount lamborn from across the valley. Stucker mesa

[@megblackwolf5470]

This guy is so inspiring! My husband and I live at 9K feet in central Colorado and have a big greenhouse/garden but this guy has really got it figured out. I'd love to keep some year round things like this. Well done and thank you for video!

[@StefanoCreatini]

Your welcome! I got a few other greenhouse videos that use passive designs as well

[@jobethrico]

This guy is a genius. Now i can dig my potatoes 🥔 found the slip growing on the sidewalk on my street in Southern fl

[@4kpliter791]

Now this is incredible

[@teri8991]

What a beautiful farm & home you created. The fruit & veggies look amazing. That river is beautiful & a great resource. Love the way you designed your home too. ❤

[@kirsten8693]

This guy is incredibly wise, on all accounts.

[@PeonyLaneWine]

That's my dad!

[@RizeTB1]

Dude is living my dream😮

[@StefanoCreatini]

Same!

[@Mercedes65]

Don’t give up on your dream❤

[@RizeTB1]

@@Mercedes65 I’m still young 😊

[@1234GOPRO]

If I would’ve known what it could be like, I would’ve done it 10yrs ago instead of 2020 (50yo). 100% with it. Don’t know what you don’t know until you know you didn’t know it.

[@lovofarm]

Try to make your dreams come true in 20 years

[@albongo3949]

True American hero

[@rolandbruegger4482]

Thank you for sharing and also to Justy. Thats how we should all live. The world would be a better place.

[@StefanoCreatini]

Couldn't agree more!

[@giovannifoulmouth7205]

We can't all live like this BC there's not enough land on earth unfortunately.

[@DouglasRobinson-ud2fw]

I adore the seating arrangement in the greenhouse! I also love the idea of having battery as a power storage for the farm too. Thank so much for the video.

[@robertjustman-dj8ec]

The only problem with the seating in the greenhouse is that you only have about an hour between too cool and too hot.

[@IslandGirl40]

Wow!! You can feel his passion & commitment in every word. So cool he's doing something like this. Never thought it was possible. Learning a lot. Thanks for sharing this story! ❤👏😃

[@PeonyLaneWine]

Its incredibly practical to do!

[@IslandGirl40]

Absolutely! 👍

[@gimmetheacoountplix]

Great one, what I like is that you always learn something new with videos like these. There is always something new, like the coolbot thingy.

[@yesitsthattime]

This was very inspiring! Im in my mid 40s about to embark on a new venture. So cool to see someone that started over in his 50s and what he has created over 20 years.

[@sooktravel]

I adore the seating arrangement in the greenhouse! I also love the idea of having battery as a power storage for the farm too. Thank so much for the video.

[@StefanoCreatini]

Thanks for watching and commenting

[@resolutionarybeing1885]

Thank you so much for sharing.

[@billymeyer99]

What a cool place.

[@craigharkins4669]

quite warm actually

[@TonyMarselle]

That refrigerator he built is the most impressive part.

[@waylonk2453]

What a dream! This video inspires me to try my green thumb and maybe put up a greenhouse.

[@qflower4982]

Seems like that gentleman can teach us alot.

[@tracelee7332]

Amazing. You can create your own microclimate wherever you are. There is NO need to ship produce across the ocean.. polluting the oceans.

[@chadsproduce]

Awesome inspiring video and a great teacher to boot. Beautiful setup!

[@michellemullally9217]

Some have a dream for life. This is the closest I have seen in video to mine. For me it’s about the work put into it having a greater purpose and all of it being balanced and symbiotic.

[@chadleatherby3309]

I live in CO near brighton area. I would love to learn how to grow things year round

[@speku87]

Thats some real Patrick Pacard Stuff (Old German TV Series with a scientist growing pineapples on a glacier in norway)

[@NicholasAlt]

This is awesome 👏 🎉🎉

[@TheSpecialJ11]

This is a recurring daydream of mine. So cool to see someone actually do it.

[@P0iju]

Great video! Really enjoyed the tour, Justy's place is awesome.

[@StefanoCreatini]

thanks, Justy was happy to share

[@camronbitzer3159]

I wanna be like this man when I grow up.

[@stefan3225]

Temps going from 120 degrees during day to 40 degrees at night sounds like a recipe for mold and mildew for some species. Impressive he is able to avoid this issue!

[@StefanoCreatini]

You would be surprised!

[@Justus11167]

Our olives produced the second year. Very little but I believe they need to be cross pollinated. Our neighbors have one too.

[@tevaalcindor]

1:34 As a father of 9, I carry this same sentiment. Stay strong, soldier. ✊️

[@emills1417]

The follow-up tour was amazing. He's ahead of me on a few projects and this was very useful to see. I'm considering a remodel on our home's southside for a passive solar tropical fruit room, I grow bananas, citrus, avocados, surinam cherry, etc. here in Oregon. I thought sweet potatoes were not an option due to cold but this gives me courage to try again.

[@Mark-vf8op]

This is a beautiful dream!

[@tanyamewherter-covington1873]

😊❤loved it great video and lots of great info

[@StefanoCreatini]

Thanks so much!

[@MrsPowerpoole]

WOW. this is beyond awesome. 😊

[@kelleymcbride4633]

Beautiful homestead and very creative design well done sir!

[@1234GOPRO]

I’m a little southeast of and have a slightly younger story line than Justy. This is inspiring and I couldn’t have made a better decision being here. It’s not for everyone all the time, but then again neither am I. 👍🏼

[@ericschmitzer]

Great video as always, keep 'em coming!

[@StefanoCreatini]

Thanks! Always appreciate your feedback

[@rmar127]

Where i live, the sun is in the north. However you want to shade those windows as much as possible. Summer temperatures are 35-45°C. So you want to keep as much heat out of the house as possible. Deep winter really only lasts a month or so and rarely gets below zero

[@therealmountainmanmike]

Nice to see someone else growing coffee in CO. I'm growing it at 7400 ft. in elevation but still waiting for them to flower and eventually produce some coffee cherries.

[@StefanoCreatini]

Nice, What kind of set up you got?

[@therealmountainmanmike]

@@StefanoCreatini It's a pretty simple setup. Just three dwarf plants in three pots near windows in my house that get good sunlight. They probably get a little too much sunlight at this elevation. They also aren't a huge fan of the cold that comes thru the windows in the winter time. Despite those stressors, they're still toughing it out, though.

[@StefanoCreatini]

Interesting, hard to know if it’s worth growing coffee

[@therealmountainmanmike]

@@StefanoCreatini I'm in it for the challenge.

[@andrewvarcoe4741]

You should get him to do a plan or something, map out the basic design and see if you can remake or do more elsewhere? Many people might like to do the same, but do not have access to the design plans or understand how to build like this man or others. The only thing most may have issues with, the upkeep, pruning and paying attention to the whole setup would be a necessity unless you could design an automated system.

[@StefanoCreatini]

Everything he used to make this greenhouse is from a book 1970s called the Passive Solar Energy Book, You can find on amazon , amzn.to/3Vp4BiK

[@andrewvarcoe4741]

@@StefanoCreatini cool.

[@susanschmid2271]

Super.

[@NightwatchN8]

Man that would be awesome to have that much space to work with! I've been doing a series I call "Doomsday Garden" up here in the high Colorado Rockies, it's definitely a science up here with the short grow season, not to mention a long character growing experience 😎

[@lovofarm]

So great! Wish I could come here

[@dailybreadministrytrust]

You have to trim the olive tree in order to get fruit. The energy of the plant is still making branches, trim on the waxing moon.

[@matthodel946]

What a dream house in a dream location!

[@bossmanlastking5740]

Freedom is what I see!!! Love the hard yards ✌️❤️

[@aspendewco70]

Impressive operation! He's a smart guy!

[@tygautier4169]

This is awesome! I own a coffee shop in Denver and would love to buy those coffee beans! Colorado grown coffee, something I never thought I would taste in my life!

[@trishcyman8538]

Which shop?

[@TaxEvasion777]

Chicory coffee might work but probably won’t sell much lol

[@MarlenevT]

I'm down in Pagosa. We have 3 Community Grow Domes, They have bananas and pineapples growing in one. I would love to have one and grow all those summer fruits.

[@maxloewe9162]

Totally agree on the pesto question!

[@MrBmkuhn]

Great video! Thank you for the tour, Justy!

[@evangeloslemonis2337]

Olive trees in Greece and Italy start producing some olive already from 4-5 year, if they havent produced any so far please check if is a wild type that will never produce. If that is the case you can graft the tree.

[@philipireland23]

This was one of the most inspirational videos I’ve seen all year.

[@naturaltropicalhealth777]

Grafted sweet sweet kumquats are amazing

[@hera7884]

Those purple morning glories grow like weeds in my yard! I’d love to have those pink ones too

[@CharlesNewkirk-lb6uh]

What a dream!

[@WHEREtheFUNK]

just bought 15 acres in central michigan. This is part of my plan.

[@swoodc]

1:30 "I have a hard time taking something out once I put it in" me too my friend lmfao

[@RayGalactic]

Awesome!

[@suziesunshine313]

I love everything about this video❣️

[@charleslee1862]

These should be apart of every home, honestly they used to be they used to call them sun rooms I believe

[@StefanoCreatini]

1000%

[@ramonbril]

Simple and effective thinking makes this man a genius. (Rarely do people know how to do both) From how I see it I would provide a bit of shade (ideally with trees) for the plants outside. Seems a bit overexposed to me. Non-tree plants often grow better and faster not receiving full daylight and wind.

[@Okanoggin]

I wish he had explained more about how the green room is getting so hot and keeping the heat. Is it purely greenhouse effect and insulating?

[@StefanoCreatini]

Yes, greenhouse traps heat from sun

[@chancefluke7833]

Doesn't make sense that it can keep the heat in overnight though. Especially doesn't make sense it could heat the house overnight

[@mariagillinson8527]

Great vlog thanks

[@sharonh2991]

Red delish happen to be my favorite apples.

[@wyattchiordi5132]

The Swiss chard blew my mind!!!!

[@StefanoCreatini]

Might as well be a tree!

[@chefevilee9377]

I am so confused. So where does the solar come in to play for the greenhouse if he’s not heating with it? And he does heat it with wood like every five days correct? Because the Kirsten Dunst woman on KZbin did a video of a man in South Dakota? Not really sure the state but way up there that he’s doing a greenhouse truly with no heating. But anyhow chickens love, Goji berries that’s why I’ve kept mine around.

[@StefanoCreatini]

Greenhouse is unheated, excess heat’s goes to heat his main house. He uses wood stove for his main house

[@robertjustman-dj8ec]

we don't heat the greenhouse at all. just the house when it is cloudy

[@dvfreelancer]

This is a great setup for winter but we have just the opposite problem here. Last summer was dry and a 100+ for over a month. It exhausted my rainwater storage and, literally, baked my plants to death.

[@robertjustman-dj8ec]

It doesn't work in the South. You need wrap around porches

[@Mr.Anderson-y2j]

Great video.

[@Sorannareach]

Wow not garden but a big farm amazing green farm

[@canderousmorningstar3121]

I live here in Colorado. I need that house. And I'd modernize the hell out of it. 🤩