How to Harvest, Wash, and Dry Your Greens Quickly
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ก.พ. 2018
- We're back with my good friend Steven Cornett, the owner of Nature's Always Right farms. I came back to the farm to see how it was growing and ended up filming a lot of videos with Steven about different aspects of his farm.
Today's video is all about how he harvests, washes, spins, and dries his greens as efficiently as possible. If you're a market gardener, this is a SUPER important part of the process. Time is money in market gardening and the more effective you are with your time, the better you'll be able to make a living.
Even if you're a home gardener, this type of drying process can be replicated on a smaller scale. Use grass clippers to harvest your greens, a big tote to wash them, and a heavy-duty salad spinner to process a few pounds at a time. That's what I do with my beds of greens and it's almost as quick as Steven's setup!
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He definitely has a great set up. Love your channel and his 😊
Dude I totally worked my way on over to your site from John, and to top it off you show me another great backyard farmer from San Diego. I love this city!
Welcome my friend! Glad to hear you're discoverin' farmers and gardeners!
Pretty cool set up.
Thanks Mark, couldn't agree more!
Awesome tool. I saw it first at Urban Farmer’s YT page. Hey, awesome video dudes. Keep it up!
Appreciate it my friend! Shot you a subscription!
Thanks man, will do! Ya I first saw it on Curtis' channel too!
Nature's Always Right, I’m honestly real happy I found you guys. Y’all are great. Very knowledgeable, and entertaining.
Thanks it's nice to hear people are enjoying what we are doing! I just subbed to yours, nice job putting out some great healthy cooking!
Awesome video and farm
Appreciate it!
Thanks my friend!
This was awesome love the inventions very innovative
Awesome ! 🥰
Steve sua ideia é muito boa , mais seu você adapta-se um trilho no canteiro ficaria melhor, mais sua idéias também são boas!
I've been toying with the idea of selling at the farmer's market. you really make me want to take the plunge! lol
Hehe never hurts to try. Will be a good experience at the very least ;)
Give it a try Rafa!
That's badass
Really cool setup huh!
Are you sure Steven's last name isn't MacGyver? Did he come up with that set-up? It's so clever! I chuckled at the washing machine haha
That a great tool if you're young with a strong back! I don't think my back could take cutting those greens that way. I wish there was a better tool that don't require so much bending to harvest.
how do you clean whole lettuce heads? I find compost hard to get out of the core area
So i mean why don't you just put in the ground near the plant? you don't have to dump it on top if remember right you could literally dig a whole near a crop if you wanted to and dump it all in and any plant around that area will leech the nutrients form it as long as its close. Personally i would just burry it near the plants if not at the plant in a tiny whole where id dump however much.
I live in a hot climate like you. Are you able to grow the baby salad greens all year? I can grow head or cut and come again lettuce through the beginning of June but have never thought of reseeding around then to keep that harvest going since heads taste so bitter by then. Any advice to keep salad harvest going through the heat? Particularly outside. I grow some inside but just for personal use because with the electricity it ends up being a pricy salad. Thanks for your help. I would love to see more videos of harvest day and market day prep. I have a big home garden and would like to scale up over time so this year I have a few friends “subscribing” for veggie shares. I was amazed at how long it took me to get two shares all collected, cleaned and dried this Sunday! And in a few weeks I’’ll have three more! I think an outdoor washing station would be a big help. I was also washing some dirt off a very savoy variety of spinach and I wonder if learning how to grow a less reliable but smoother type would be worth the saved time in cleaning. Thanks for the video!
I saw your videos with the washing machine spinner. Can i just put a bucket in a washing machine or i ha e to take the whole thing apart and build it like you did. Thanks
Do you know what tool could replace your in door nonfriendly solution drying on mesh under the fan? I've been searching for a while and found only Food Dyer exist. have you tried those ?
Do you know if this cutting tool is available in South Africa?
Those brows are hot idk what y'all are talking about 🐛 Also that's an amazing harvester
😂
Genius
Awesome! Any idea for plans for that harvester? Or where I could purchase one?
Interested as well.
Mamamamamameggga Brows..
Where do u sell?
Would that setup meet food safety regulations? I am just starting and setting up my post harvest station. I thought everything greens come in contact with needs to be food grade, including drying screen. Do I worry to much?
I'll let Steven answer as I'm not a market gardener :)
There are no food safety regulations until you create a product out of it. I bag this and sell it direct to customer. Everything is food grade plastic ldpe or hdpe. There's nothing unsafe about the way I'm prepping these veggies. Now spreading raw manure into a field, using workers that don't wash their hands like big farms do, they have issues with sanitation. Safety regulations are all about destroying competition more so than actual safety, just name the industry. Two adults should be able to transact business however they want if they both voluntarily agree.
I so agree with your last line. Thanks for sharing your videos, it's great to see what you can achieve with a very low tech setup.
Hell ya, glad to hear you believe in true freedom :) We need a lot more people to understand natural rights. Your'e welcome I love sharing and telling others what is possible. Cheers!