You say near the end of the video that Ugo is one of the most humble people you've ever met. You know the word humility (same root in Spanish) comes from a Latin word for earth (humus!). So someone who is humble is close to the earth! Excellent and important video. I love learning about these quiet heroes! Thank you for making this.

@mvmoringa

6 жыл бұрын

Don Hugo is for sure connected to the mother land!

Damn, you made me cry John. Haha. But seriously this video truly touched my heart, Hugo is one hell of an humble/insipring guy and everyone should aspire to be more like Hugo! 💚

wonderful video today john

I lived there on Pico Blanco Escazu 40 years ago when it was paradise. Then the amount of pesticide and herbicide dumped on that mountain caused an inordinate amount of birth defects and cancer. And there it remains to this day. Sadly. Yet brings back fond memories the fruits and flowers and friendliest and happiest people on Earth

One of the most beautiful things about this episode, is your emotion...it's like you have found home, and the inspiration for you, and Laurens future. So awesome! Thanks for keeping it real, and sharing to keep us all inspired :)

@johncraftenworth7847

6 жыл бұрын

Can you please give this cornball gushing emotionality a rest please? John's videos are great but the comment sections are a minefield of cringe-worthy comments

@mikkeljylland9153

3 жыл бұрын

A glass house of emotions.. Sometimes we are in it. Not always knowing why. But good for John letting us see it.

@teenaidoo8569

3 жыл бұрын

Love from South Africa.

@lindashankle9645

2 жыл бұрын

Wow Wow Wow! This is what we had in America before the industrial revolution. Well, not exactly, but with all that greenery, this place does remind me of what Eden could have been like. Love the tour. Thanks!

@3DLife11

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, he is on the edge of tears when he talks about the planet and how we are destroying it.

This video easily makes it into my top five favorite growingyourgreens episodes of all time. 👍🏽

@christycoalson36

6 жыл бұрын

El Toro it's one of my favorite episodes also. I have watched it 3 times now lol

Wow, I'm so touched by the depth of heart expressed in this episode. One of my all time favorite episodes you've made so far. Thank you so much for your tireless efforts to bring us quality content to inspire our own creations back in the states. I'm really interested in the possibilities permaculture offers us as farmers with heart.

1st! !! ;-) I gotta say, you are one of a kind my soul twin...I somehow knew what you were about to say right before you said it .... Iʻm in tears right now as I write this, tears of JOY for you! I LIVE through you, YOU are living your DREAM and I feel your JoY, truly! From one plant lover to another......Keep on Keepinʻ On! Growerʻs Love from the EverGreeN state in the PNW!

Lol.. you're a passion fruit 😊

John what your doing is amazing..... God bless you.... I was very sick 2-incurable cancers...may 2011 I was diagnosed "highly treatable but incurable " was what doctors told me..... Jesus healed me 3 years ago...I am cancer free now ....I was FORCED to learn to eat right..... I'm now healthy.. Not 250 pounds anymore.... My only problem is I'm allergic to everything now...lol. Bone marrow transplant ...I thank God for my allergies now.... I know right away if something is toxic.... "If it don't mold.....don't eat!" Very refreshing to see you get emotional....

Man, your emotion in the beginning hit me. I really needed this video now, been so discouraged with my lack of progress. The journey starts with a single step. Thanks!

San Diego’s public water system used plants to clean the water until the influx of people grew so fast and large the system could no longer handle the job in the area allotted so it was sold to another city. Seems like you need a hug, we appreciate you and the hope and ideas you bring.

John if everyone was as passionate about what they do, as you are about gardening this world would be a better place! 💖

One of your best videos yet. I too am bothered by how sanitation is handled in US - to flush drinking water and dispose of nutrients that could quite easily water and nourish our plants, and to go through the expense of replacing an aging infrastructure with more of the same is just a shame. Just like composing in place, the world would benefit from sanitation in place if handled properly. I do what I can, and wish I knew how to help make a difference on a larger scale.

@skeeterburke

5 жыл бұрын

have you ever heard of the Bokashi cycle? it uses an anaerobic bacteria to ferment your waste, developed in Japan

Love ur videos as u cry I also cry,my God! This video values gold to me and my project on 5 acres land in North Florida. One day will be as grown and pretty to show it to the world.

this guy is very passionate 100%

No you’re talking! This deserves a full movie! Thank. you!

John, you and Hugo are both great inspirational men.

Well said, we share this planet and are supposed to be caretakers.

Jump to the following parts of this episode: 0:09 :30 Slope without Retaining Wall by using the best practices 0:11 :45 Edible Flowers 0:17 :20 Solar Panels Creating 100% of Power 0:21 :00 Stove Powered by Gas Created on Site 0:21 :30 Benefits of Cooking on Cast Iron Pots 0:23 :45 Squatting on Toilet to Make Bio-Gas 0:27 :20 Septic System that produces Gas, Fertilizer and Clean Water 0:33 :51 Water Lilys and Water Lettuce Cleans Black Water 0:38 :00 Conventional and Organic Lettuce and How that can degrade soil 0:40 :44 Azola Cleans Water Further 0:44 :16 Growing Taro and Other Crops with clean water 0:37 :00 Final water Cleaning Stage with Duckweed 0:49 :00 Living off the Grid By Making Your own Power and Resources 0:53 :00 Catching Rain Water without gutters 0:57 :00 Always have failsafe systems 0:57 :55 Water Storage Tank underground 1:02 :14 Eating CoffeeBerry 1:03 :18 Growing Orchids training plants 1:04 :41 Non Erosion on Terraced Slope by organic matter and plant roots 1:06 :42 Irrigation Sprinklers 1:07 :00 Air Pruning without a Smart Pot 1:08 :48 Watering terraces with gravity flow system 1:11 :18 The Ultimate Producer instead of Consumer 1:12 :00 Natural Insect Traps 1:13 :17 Interview with Farmer Hugo A. Zuñiga Molina 1:14 :55 Why did you decide to start this project? 1:17 :00 Why is increasing the soil organic matter so important? 1:19 :04 What does your family think of what you are doing? 1:24 :19 Why is it important to teach your kids and future generations? 1:25 :49 What are your opinions about growing monoculture lettuce? 1:32 :20 What words of wisdom would you like to share with my viewers? 1:34 :42 Visit and Stay on the Farm.

@olgahuffstickler9273

4 жыл бұрын

One of the best videos!! Just watching in 2020.

I would absolutely love to visit this place. John you nailed it as usual. Thanks for all the information and ideas. But it's sad 😢 that what he's doing is illegal here in the USA. Living like this could turn around most of the bad we have done to this planet. I wish this could become a normal practice here. Thanks again for this video. 😊

wow, i am thrilled to learn i can visit this place. my husband better get ready, cause we're going, even if i have to drag him there :)

I had a feeling the tears were coming since the beginning of the video. John's a real 0erson with real feelings. And loves what he does.

1h7m58s in.. both of you man, i can't begin to say how much i look up to this and these words need to be herd. truest things that have passed through my ears in a long time and i just hope you know how amazing and inspirational this and what hugo is doing. #respect

¡ Gracias, Sr. Hugo Zúñiga y John Kohler por darle al mundo una receta para la vida! (Thank you, Mr. Hugo Zuniga and John Kohler for giving the world a recipe for life!)

@mvmoringa

6 жыл бұрын

Don Hugo is a great man! The best urban permaculture project in CR :)

Wow, this place is cool! It proves we have no excuse to garden.

What John saw seemed to blow his mind, and touch him deeply to his soul. His emotion was evident in his face and voice throughout the visit. Beautiful vision, beautiful project and beautiful family. Outstanding

Wow! Powerful video. The world is a better place because of Pico Blanco Farm.

I absolutely LOVE how emotionally passionate you get about growing and sustainability and people, and helping people. I am the same way. I live , breath, and eat growing plants; striving for health, striving to be more and more Loving to myself, others, and the earth and environment every day. I recently was in Cuba, and instead of staying at the resort, whining about the food and service like the rest of my family, my partner were out in the communities, meeting and helping the people and learning about their growing conditions. You are one of the best that I follow for growing tips on the net. Forever your fan and your supporter. Thank you for everything throughout the years.

Would love to see you go back now with different eyes and see the changes. This is such an amazing place to visit. We all should thrive to be much more like him.

So inspirational love what you are doing John and love what Hugo is doing, hope you guys become friends so you can show more of his work on your channel👏🏽

I love your passion John. You started me down the path of learning to grow my own food and that has inspired my friends and neighbors to do the same. Thank you for the knowledge and for putting yourself out there. You are making a big difference even if you cannot see it. God bless!

BEST vid, ever! Tons. Of Thanks.👌❤️💕💕❤️👍

I didn't know that you could eat the flesh of coffee berries. The ground gutters are a cool idea too. This whole video is amazing, filled with so many brilliant ideas.

A huge thumb up.... this is what a man should on earth come and out the earth without harming it but helping it.. excellent !!!

I finally bought 2 veg trugs and some large containers for our court yard...I have been trying to garden for the last 3 yrs, and have been watching and learning from your videos and others. Keep up the good work!!!

The work of someone who loves the Earth. Beautiful!

I live in the high desert of NM on 10 ac of pinons, junipers and lava rock from a very nearby extinct (i hope) volcano - and there's so much great info in your video from a tropical area that I can hardly wait to watch it again. There's just SO MUCH useable knowledge! Thank you, thank you...

Hugo está viviendo la “pura vida” mil gracias a compartir su huerta y granja en Costa Rica.

My grandma had that gardenia perfume too. I can see how that scent would bring back good memories.

John you’re a true hero for this planet and that passion to spread incredibly valuable knowledge is your gift to the world. Thank you so much for another very inspiring and exciting way to learn about what I believe is my purpose here too, keep up the amazing work my friend.

Passion.. if you do something, do it with love & passion... Lets change the world John one step at time brother! ✌🏽🦋 This house should be the blue print for how we all should be living!

Thanks John. This video is on another level in terms of quality. Thank you for going to the mountain top and bringing us back this wisdom.

Composting poop is always a great idea and the right thing to do for the environment, but using it for making gas for your cooking needs is simply GENIUS! ¡Pura vida, mi hermano, PURA VIDA!

This family is amazing and this land is a reflection of its keepers.

I'm pretty sure one day kids will look at theses videos thinking what the phoque was this flower taste... you are a kind of god of plants to me. Plants must be loving you.

Watching this amazing video 2nd time (1st time was over a year ago). Amazing smart couple doing to the earth and family what we all suppose to do. Thank you John for making and sharing the video!

Like the garden of Eden. Deserved effort, authenticity and pleasure. Reassuring home feelings. Great !

Well done John!!!!!!!!!!What an incredible home and acreage! Great descriptive documentary of this. Thanks for all you do.

You are a good person John, keep on spreading the news, which is actually no news but nature´s law since our beginning. I am spending many hours looking at your videos, I am starting a new "bio-finca" at the Canary Islands (Spain) and I have a lot of notes written down while watching your videos. I love your enthousiasm and pasion, and I think you´re living in the future, this is where we will go because it is the only way to survive as a species. Fortunately you made a lot of videos because I'm hooked :) Two big thumbs up!

I believe this video had been shown before, but loved watching it again. One of my favorite videos, I could listen to it over and over. I would love to stay with Hugo y su familia. Will definetly stay with them when I visit Costa Rica.

@mvmoringa

6 жыл бұрын

Am on the video and am seeing various people saying they had already watched it... but I cant find it anywhere :O

Thank you Hugo and your very kind wife for sharing your very beautiful land. I've learned many things that I can use.

Coolest episode you’ve ever done. The magic there is insane... I could feel it!

@mvmoringa

6 жыл бұрын

Don Hugo's place is definitely magical.

I"ve asked the same question, "Does the American Farmer feed his family and animals, then let his family eat those animals, that his farm produces?" Even now that many state and federal lawsuits have been filed reguarding Round-up, they have to know they have polluted their land sometimes owned for generations. Grandpa rolling in his grave.

This episode was great!

What an amazing collaboration!!!! Thank you so much!!!!!

Costa Rica! Love ya! Looking at property!

THIS IS TRULY AMAZING. wow God bless this man and his family. truly inspiring. I hope the right people see this video and begin plans to change the world for the better. ------------------------------------ LOVE

Sharing this. John you are in paradise. No wonder you're emotional . Imigine staying in that place with no gutters during a heavy rain there would be a waterfall view with each downpour. Much love

Wow...i have no words for how much I appreciate this video. :') your all doing such amazing work, so much love and appreciation for life! Thank you very much for this. So so much thanks. 🌈🌞🌲🌻😊

You never disappoint my man! Thank you

Love you John! Please don't ever stop being you:) Another fantastic video!

Big hugs sir Glade you care about are fresh food and healthy then store bought

Beautiful demonstration of how one can choose sustainability at every possible opportunity. Thank you for sharing with us.

I just adore watching your videos. And it really warms my heart when I see how emotional you get. I garden organically in containers here in France where I live and follow the lunar calander too!. And use my well to water. Again thanks for all your work and efforts, Gail

The best video I have watched from you John.. The Good news, the holy scriptures .. And all and everything this modern world must hear. Thank u.. Keep on doing ur thing .. Much love ❤️❤️❤️❤️

I like John's passion about gardening!

Thank you all for all of the efforts! love you ! muchos gracias!:)

Holy cow, this is the most amazing thing I've seen, this man is an absolute genius!!! We could all learn so much from him, it's hard to even soak it all in. I would love to have the land, and have that much knowledge!

Dude created the garden of Eden. This was so beautiful and well thought out. I learned so much, thank you 🙏

Nearly speechless..... absolutely beautiful!

One of your best videos yet John... fantastic content

Thank you John! We felt the impact that this amazing place had on you and us through you. We learned a lot!

I loved this episode. It's so rich in wisdom and passion. Thank you for sharing.

I missed the first few minutes and thought you had so many tears of passion but i think it was just the rain :) However, that farm is absolutly breath taking. Loved watching this video!

Excellent brilliant and real character of john.

John, I am John too, and I wanted to thank you for your video work. Man this is your thing for sure. I haven't been able to pull away it's 1:34 a.m. in Ohio. Man you really nailed this video, and it is top shelf work. I hope I can introduce myself someday. Your awesome and have inspired so many new levels of consideration and thoughts in my mind. Thank you, man. Wow, great work... You care a lot and it matters so much. People like you are changing the 🌎. Great work John. Sincerely John G.

@chromabu

2 жыл бұрын

It especially hit me when your cameras were getting wet how much you care, John. Your badass man, we can do better! You are making it happen. Wow!!!

By far the best episode you have made !As for the family to see what they have accomplished all I can say is respect !!!

We have this passionfruit in Florida, the round leaf and square stem... it's called "Giant Granadilla", Passiflora quadrangularis (from quadrant stem I guess :)

Prime example of sustainability and only on 1 acre! I would love to see a site map showing the topography, how the systems connect and how water moves throughout the property!

@ 25:50 , not to mention the NOISE POLLUTION generated by those septic tank truck pumps used to suck out the water that we hear all summer long! And let's not forget about lawnmowers etc. etc. etc..

Hi John, this video inspired us so much that it became one of the reasons we decided to start looking to buy land in Costa Rica and grow fruit trees there, so 5 years later we are finca owners 💪🏽 wanted to thank you for the inspiration and maybe some day, when our trees start producing, invite you for a visit. Pura vida! - Satya & Vava

favorite video so far, thank you John for letting us travel along with you ! you are a really special guy, I love the way you were very close to drop a tear or two because of your sensibility to this matters, we humans are so undereducated on sustainability ! hopefully the word will be spreaded and we will make a change !!

I'm eating some lentils and leftovers and whatever I could find, at my parents' house since I am unemployed and disabled. a little salt and pepper on top. and guess what. it has cheese on top of all that!!! I know I am "poor" by society's standards, but this bowl of grub while watching your videos makes me so humble and thankful to my Father God

I started youtubing my gardening experience because of you!!!! Thanks Sir for your work here

Excellent video. It's to bad all homes couldn't use regenerative agriculture like this home.

We can do better. I love your very honest love for such a great cause. You are a leader and should be proud. Your work is good

I realize it’s difficult translating on the fly, but the message is much stronger the way the Costa Rican gentleman and his wife answered the questions.

@mvmoringa

6 жыл бұрын

Of course. It was difficult to translate on the fly and quick so its easy to edit. Also don Hugo was using some words that we could recall at the moment :)

John... you're a genius, man

@doctorone1028

3 жыл бұрын

even if you don't speak spinach

This is the Best Video You have Made! They should have to show this in school

Thanks brother, jah,,. Bless,,. Everybody, this farming,. Season

Truly inspiring John! Your passion is contagious and it’s definitely growing in me to have a life even close to this kind of sustainability.

Tbh this may be one of your best videos. I'm surprised I'm just now watching it. Well done

Agreed, we must change our ways!

You are an outstanding human being John.

This video is inspiring and gives me a sense of being connected with others with a common mission. I am just beginning my journey into building soil and fertility on my property and hearing from others who have done this for a long time helps me believe anything is possible for our planet. It is a message of hope.

Santiago's hat is the coolest!! It keeps the sun off his shoulders, I see. And I thought cowboy hats were cool

You are so passionate what you do. Knowledge of land and plants is so vital for selfreliance. Working in harmony with nature is survival.

Amazing! God bless him more

Thank you for your passion and love of nature ❤ you are one of my favorite heroes ❤. Blessings to you and yours.