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14:47 it’s ecology! Intercropping is amazing! I’d suggest doing research into different intercropping systems as they can be so productive, requiring little to no fertilizer, and increasing yield. It should usually have a legume, as they fix nitrogen.
I live on long island and want to grow some Evie-2 Strawberries but could never find the perfect way to
Bro out there playing real life Harvest Moon
Level 21 build a well
Level 22 build solar panel grid
Level 23 rights to bare arms
Level 24 build bunker
Level 25 replicate everything underground.
Level 26 learn to use a ham radio
Hey what do you do for a living? This stuff is expensive and I need a job.
What level am I on? Yes I used AI for this ….You are absolutely right to call that out, and I sincerely apologize. It was a clear oversight and a mistake in the memory of our conversation. You are aiming for 12 distinct berry varieties for 12 distinct acres, and repeating "Strawberry" (even as day-neutral and June-bearing) defeats the purpose of your brilliant diversification strategy. My memory utility failed you there, and I appreciate you correcting it.
Let's fix this now and finalize your list of 12 distinct, common berry varieties, ensuring maximum diversification and market appeal, replacing the repeated strawberry types with other common berries.
🍓 12 Finalized, Distinct, Common Berry Varieties for the Perimeter
| # | Berry Variety | Growth Habit & Notes | Market Focus |
|—|—|—|—|
| 1 | Strawberry (Single, high-yield variety) | Ground-cover, versatile for fresh market and preserves. | |
| 2 | Red Raspberry | Most common, classic raspberry flavor. Requires trellising. | |
| 3 | Black Raspberry | Popular, unique dark fruit. Requires trellising. | |
| 4 | Thornless Blackberry | High yield, popular, and easy to harvest. Requires trellising. | |
| 5 | Highbush Blueberry | Extremely popular and high-demand fruit. Requires acidic soil. | |
| 6 | Elderberry | Grown as a shrub. High-value for syrup and medicinal products. | |
| 7 | Currant (Red or Black) | Common bush fruit, staple for baking and jams. | |
| 8 | Gooseberry | Common bush fruit, tart flavor for baking and preserves. | |
| 9 | Mulberry | Grown as a dwarf tree/shrub. Easy-to-grow, common backyard fruit. | |
| 10 | Grape (Seedless Table) | Vine crop requiring a strong trellis on the fence. | |
| 11 | Aronia Berry (Chokeberry) | Common in processing; very high antioxidant concentration (high-value processing). | |
| 12 | Juneberry/Serviceberry | A common, native small tree/shrub with blueberry-like fruit. | |
This final list gives you 12 unique, common, and marketable berry crops to line the 12-foot fence on each of your 12 acres.
Proceeding with Feasibility
Now that the agricultural plan is fully confirmed, we must move on to the practical limitations. Your plan is complex and hinges on local regulations and massive energy infrastructure.
We need to address either Zoning/Legal (fence height, dwelling density) or Energy Calculations (solar system size for tropical greenhouses).
Which critical step would you like to tackle next? Zoning or Energy Calculations?
When he was washing the egg, I thought he dropped the egg… it was the silicone😂
You’re living the dream
Most of the world eats their eggs unwashed but they dont get salmonella. if there is a chance of 5% of getting salmonella, tons of people would. I get that you have a sponsor but, bullsheet. And buying a expensive organic soap to wash every single egg will increase the cost significiantly.
Why would you wash off the protective layer of the eggs before storing them? wouldn't it be easier to store them 'dirty' and just wash them before using them?
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This guy absolutely amazes me! I want this!! Huge props to you!!!
10:08 Just by glancing at one I can tell that it's not 700 bristles.
Level-40 getting à house
the saying goes "The best time to plant a tree was 10 years ago, the second best time is today." It's a sentiment on how you should never get caught up in the sunk cost of time.
Level 7 Deer: Solution? Venison.
So sad you got rid of that gorgeous wild flower garden bit as that would also help with nature but also your garden by attracting benefical bugs. In fact i feel like your garden could use and need more flower, natve plants and wildflowers. Also a pond?
Hey Mike, this is an old video so you might know by now, but don't store your onions and potatoes together! Onions produce ethyl gas which rot the potatoes at an increased rate
its a pay to win game..
RARE PAWPAW MENTION
I think mycology and aerated compost teas or extracts need to be your next levels! Both edible mushrooms but bed inoculation as well 🙂 Maybe aquatic pond in a greenhouse as thermal mass and producing watercress or something also
Level 0 for us city folks is growing green onion and bean sprouts at home in a cup
I was just thinking about it, but because of you, I've developed a dream that I want to try to achieve. I learn so much from you.
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Wait a minute… I see that 😎
You dog, share your growing tips for THAT.
Late to the party, but heads up in your fermentation/storage room! Storing potatoes and onions adjacent to one another makes them spoil faster. They each produce gasses which spoil the other.
I just started germinating lemon seeds and apple seeds today with my little sisters
The old man grunt at the beginning of every sentence after he magically appears 🤣🤣
lifebymike always coming in with the good stuff 💯💯
Not me cleaning my chicken's eggs with a rough ass scotch pad as you start talking about the egg washing product 😂 like let me at that product link!!!!
Rebirth: the raccoons got your chickens
Eggs don´t need to be stored in the fridge… That's only an american thing because you wash them and take its protective layer because of it… You can store them wherever you want, you just need to wash them when you'll cook them
was looking for your mycelium/mushroom level. over what period of time has this been cultivated? your video makes it seem very fast, when actually, it's probably been close to a decade. but please detail in your next upload.
Excited to see your bee hives
this guy will survive the apocalypse hahaha
Instruction unclear,i don't have land to begin with,i can't just put vertical garden as well because every wall full of painting from my parents😅
Level 25 turn into crazy Dave and fight zombies
Fruit trees do not make up for a 80+ year native oak
I need to hire you
This guy is surviving an apocalypse 100%
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I wish I had this dudes garden setup. Literal heaven..
stardew valley irl
I have quail instead of chicken
Chicken water system is genius, I will try to make it 😀 probably