That turkey just wants a hug 🫂 🤗

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

No doubt about that. Our 2 holland white hens are about as friendly as they come!

@Tsuchimursu

Жыл бұрын

so cute with their bubbly talking and cuddles! makes me want turkeys!

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

@@Tsuchimursu they are so much more friendly than chickens!

@hiddenvalleyfarmstead

Жыл бұрын

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm is that cuddle Tom??

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

@@hiddenvalleyfarmstead if you're talking about that opening shot on pasture, yes. The little cuddler when I was cutting back the sugar cane was one of our White Holland hens.

Y'all are so cute together! I really enjoy seeing your partnership and humor.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

4 ай бұрын

We've been working together since we met over 28 years ago, so this farming thing was just a natural progression for us!

Your garage looks like a feed store! I'm jealous.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

This time of year it pretty much is. Especially with 20 pigs to finish out over the next couple of months!

OMG, I love sugar cane!

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

We munched on a few of these and they were pretty darn good!

@terriesmith2616

Жыл бұрын

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm I freshly pressed it for the juice and I just drank it straight. Lol It's soooo good!! Especially when it's refrigerated and cold.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

@@terriesmith2616 sounds amazing!

Sugar cane juice is the best 👌

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

We didn't take the time to make that this year, but we're looking forward to it this coming Winter!!

Excellent video, Grow and Harvest Sugar Cane | Desert Farming. Lot to learn

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

Hey there Abid! Glad you enjoyed this one and it's always nice to see you here in the comments.

💕🌸Heart fulfilling work 👩‍🌾

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

This definitely was!

Never plant them standing up, always laying down. The heads will have more nodes but grow slower. Main portion cut at least 3 nodes per section. 2 weeks after sprouting fertilize to strengthen roots, 1-2 months pile on more dirt at the base to increase root at first and second node.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for these tips. We were hoping we would have someone who was familiar with growing this who could give us some tips. Totally makes sense on piling that dirt. Those nodes were obvious after a few months and more rooting means more canes in the future. Thank you again!

another great show!!

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed this one Heather!

Enjoy you hard working people

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed this one Perry!

I love what you gentle folks are doing! Keep on Keeping on and blessings from Jamaica.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

Hello in Jamaica! Wow, I imagine it looks very different from your back porch than what we see here!!

Sugar cane juice is really good 👍

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

Several people have said that, we will need to try it!

God bless USA,, respect. Very nice

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!

You looked like such a proud papa sitting there with your sugar canes on your lap.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

Lol, we were very happy with the harvest we got from just 1 year!

Love how you interact with your animals.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

10 ай бұрын

Until we have human grandbabies, these fill that space for us!

You guys are an inspiration! I am actually foraging Mallow in our area. It is antimicrobial, hepatoprotective, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant properties and is considered to be one of the most promising herbal medicinal species. I will be using it to help my old body aches and pains.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

Hey there Pam! We have been doing the same with all the mallow growing around the farm. Well, a lot of it anyway. Some we are just cutting back as chop and drop for the property. The pigs simply love the stuff!

@juneramirez8580

Жыл бұрын

IMSC A good use for all the wild marrow growing! Please tell how you use it.

@Pamsgarden213

Жыл бұрын

@@juneramirez8580 , dry it and make tea.

@suzisaintjames

Жыл бұрын

It grows wild on my property. This year I had a quarter acre, 4 foot high of the stuff. It all went to the dump. 💖🌞🌵😷

@Pamsgarden213

Жыл бұрын

@@suzisaintjames , if you live near Apache Junction, you can dump it at my house. 🙂

With the sugar cane patch expanding is there an Edge Of Nowhere Arizona Rum in the future ? 🤔😁

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

Ooh, now that does sound VERY good. May have to figure that one out.

@fernandotillman

Жыл бұрын

I would literally make it a point to buy that.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

@@fernandotillman taking notes here...

@timothyblazer1749

Жыл бұрын

Been making small batch for personal use for 20 years. Let me know if you'd like to know the tricks :-) Lots of nonsense about this in the world. Once you get your process, it's easy ( assuming you have a well planned process ). I get 12L of 80%ABV from a 100L wash. That turns into 24L of 80 proof product, and you can age it or not. I use Hungarian Oak wood chips, but many get fancier with barrels. 20kg white sugar, about 6kg amber molasses is my go to, but cane juice would get you a really nice "Rhum Agricole".

Liked and subscribed because you are really interesting and a lovely couple! 💞 greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪 🇬🇧🇬🇩

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

8 ай бұрын

Wow, Ireland how cool is that! Lori is Irish and I believe her great grandparents were born there. Glad you're enjoying the content on the Emerald Isle!

It amazes me how the animals will eat almost anything. You wonder if they really like all the stalks, weeds and greens or if they're just thinking, "I don't like it, but it's better than nothing." LOL!

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

I wonder the same thing sometimes. I can say it's probably true for the pigs. They eat pretty much everything and always seem to act like we never feed them!

So that is how you raise sugar cured hams! You finish them with cane stalks.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

Bingo Ringo! With that much sugar I imagine it goes straight to the hams anyhow. 😉

@gm2407

Жыл бұрын

So feed pigs sugar can and keep them in Arizona.... seems like a recepie for crackling. Actually your pigs look like they are super healthy and comming along nicely.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

@@gm2407 its sounds like we all need some cured meat for dinner!

@user-wn9ez3mw9v

6 ай бұрын

​@EdgeofNowhereFarm Hi I 4:29 need good quality sugercane seeds can you sent some websites I can buy it. Thanks

Great vid. Love the update on pretty much everything. Those pigs are huge, maybe about time for a new set

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed this one. It was definitely time for an update. Those pigs are definitely getting close. We usually start that corn finish about a month out from processing, but we may wind up carrying them a bit longer.

Love it as always

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Luka, glad you enjoyed this one!

Amazing team work

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

They say teamwork makes the dream work. I'd have to agree with that!

the pigs look so prosperous.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

9 ай бұрын

The pigs do really well for us and they sure do a good job of cleaning up any scraps lying around!

Sugar cane ? Hmm that’ll be interesting 😊 You two are just adorable to watch 👵🏻👩‍🌾❣️

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

The sugar cane has been a surprising crop for us. We didn't have high hopes for it when we put it in the ground, but it has done pretty well so far!

@deecooper1567

Жыл бұрын

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm I hope it continues to grow & give you another project & additional income 🤑. 👵🏻👩‍🌾❣️

Eline emeğine sağlık bu güzel vlog için kolay gelsin hayırlı işler....👍👍👍👍

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

Mesut'u her zaman cesaretlendirdiğin için teşekkürler!

@mesutozsen903

Жыл бұрын

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm thanks so much no problem😎😎😎👍👍👍

Looking super green there. You are doing a great job with ground water.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

The mulch is really the key for us here. We haven't picked this up on camera all that well yet, but the areas the wood chip pile was originally in is starting to look like a desert pasture without any other inputs from us.

@gm2407

Жыл бұрын

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Super great, must have kept a lot of moisture over the last 24 months. Hopefully the pasture will keep the ground and soil cool and moist.

Wow, everything looks great. The pigs look huge and your sugarcane very healthy. All the farms around me grow sugarcane and there is a sugar mill a few miles away.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

I imagine sugar cane is pretty happy around your parts. Especially with a bit of humidity with that heat in the summer!

Very cool. I wish however the animals we have here will devour it and then maybe us 🐻 😂

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

What animals do you have around your place?

@rci2020

Жыл бұрын

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Hi. We have deers, bears, fox. As well as the groundhog, chipmunks, squirrels and rabbits. I’ve watched your videos on how you secure your garden and will try to apply them on my garden as I build out my raised bed this year. Thanks for the tips.

I planted some in the fall last year can't wait to see them sprout..how did you guy fertilizer them?

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

The only thing we did for these guys was allow the chickens in to naturally fertilize a bit this past Fall. The plan is to add some chicken manure as these will need a solid amount of nitrogen moving forward. Fingers crossed for those starts of yours!

That would make fabulous rum!

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

Oh, now that sounds fantastic!

Great episode! Are you going to use a press on the sugar cane? I know nothing about it, but when it comes to making rum…

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

Well, we're pretty much right there with you George. We've never processed it either. As with most things around here we usually jump right in and figure things out as we go, so if we can get these to take and have a nice harvest next Fall I imagine we'll be doing a few Google searches between now and then!

What do you 2 do about insect pests? You have a large farm in the middle of the desert. Surely you must get aphids, spider mites, leaf hoppers, stink bugs, etc. I enjoy your show and I think that your insect control method would make a fabulous episode.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

Great suggestion Max. We really don't do much for insect control to be honest. While we do get those pests, they are not typically enough of an issue for us to have a regimented approach to dealing with them. I suppose the one thing we are now getting in abundance are birds which do a great job keeping the number of insects down.

How did you solve your ground squirrel problem? That's probably the biggest issue where we live (a little south of you). We can't get rid of them and they do phenomenol damage.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

We've resorted to bait stations to help keep the population down. It doesn't get rid of them completely, but it makes a solid dent in the population.

@ralphbrown359

Жыл бұрын

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm what is a bait station?

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

@@ralphbrown359 I'll link to the one we use for you here; amzn.to/3LNaDF7 Essentially it's used to hold ground squirrel bait.

In China people often chew raw sugar cane. In that form it's actually GOOD for the teeth! (Like eating an apple...)

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

Oh, now that is good to know. It's not very often eating something sweet is a benefit to the teeth!!

It's amazing how much you've accomplished in such a short time. Really impressive. My soil is too loose & drains too quickly to water with the double rings so I'm installing a drip system. I thought you mentioned how you used to drip irrigate fruit trees at the old farm in one of the irrigation videos but can't seem to find where I saw that. If the video exists, would you point me in the right direction? If not, have you seen any systems you would mimic if you had to go that route? I've got 35 fruit trees coming & still haven't seen a system I like! Thank you!

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

Hey there! We do have a video on the way we were irrigating on the old farm with drip irrigation. I'm going to apologize in advance as it's an old video and the nerves were still pretty high! kzread.info/dash/bejne/mZuqrtuYnruwo84.html Let me know if you have any additional questions on this one.

@twistedspinefarmstead1092

Жыл бұрын

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm That's the video I was looking for. You shared the link with a commenter before, that I followed & watched, but couldn't find it by searching the channel. BTW... it was a fine video; info delivered clearly & concisely. Thank you for responding to so many of you viewers!

First

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

Woohoo!!

I can't really translate much of your techniques to my own projects because I get more water than I need and it comes as white fluff for half the year, but it's still inspiring to watch others make viable business in a difficult environment!

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

Hey there! Yeah, the only white stuff we see around here is the eventual salt buildup around our irrigation heads! So where do you call home?

@Tsuchimursu

Жыл бұрын

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Eastern Finland, I live a stones cast south of the Arctic circle and get cold weather from siberia. :)

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

@@Tsuchimursu oh my goodness, what a difference from what we are surrounded by here!!

Noticed the forks on your tractor was facing up… should always face your forks towards the ground. Don’t want anyone to trip and hurt themselves…. Seen that happen before. Accidents are preventable.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's a solid piece of advice. I (Duane) won't say who keeps forgetting to do that...happy wife, happy life and all. 😉

I know you're in the desert, but I wonder wow your animals deal with the rain? It's raining up here in Pahrump and hurricane force wind...

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

Hey Michael. The pigs, ducks and geese muscle through it with no problems. The goats stay huddled in their houses and the chickens stay under cover. Once it stops raining they all come out and move around.

Consider more geese, they are very tasty.💖🌞🌵😷

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

We tried to incubate a few eggs this year, but didn't have any success. We're hopeful our male goose was just not holding up his end of the bargain and will have more luck next season!

@suzisaintjames

Жыл бұрын

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm, White House on the Hill opens his unsuccessful eggs to see exactly what stage the egg failed. He also assists if pipping goes on too long. I'm not sure I could do it, but if my curiosity got the better of me, it would be the way to know for sure and avoid mistakes next time around, instead of guessing and wasting time. 💖🌞🌵😷

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

@@suzisaintjames excellent suggestion. These were still whole yokes 30 days in, so I'm assuming they were never fertilized.

@suzisaintjames

Жыл бұрын

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm 👍

What chipper do y'all use? Are you liking it so far?

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

We are currently using the BX42 PTO driven chipper by Titan Attachments. It works great for the larger branches (bigger than 1/4" diameter), but struggles with the smaller stuff which pretty much passes through it nearly whole. For smaller branches the Sun Joe Chipper is still our go-to.

Truly wonderful what you’ve created. I am curious what you used to do, or what you do, that allows you to have a beautiful home, a huge barn filled with animal feed, a nice tractor, sophisticated watering system, etc..accomplishing this without what appears to be a solid form of financing seems impossible. I’m late to your channel, have you addressed financing in an earlier video? Keep up the good work, from a old farmer in the State to your North 😊

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

Hey Douglas. Your timing is impeccable. We just wrapped up our taxes for this season and plan on sharing some of that detail in an upcoming video. That being said, we have spoken on farm finance briefly before. We are Dave Ramsey followers, have been since 2000. 20+ years of saving for what you see around here is the basis for it all.

@dlhill1212

Жыл бұрын

@EdgeofNowhereFarm thank you. I realize that was a very personal question. Looking forward to watching more. We've recently retired and looking to the southeast corner of AZ for our next/final home.

@gm2407

Жыл бұрын

​@@EdgeofNowhereFarmWell you certainly live like no one else.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

@@gm2407 better than we deserve, that's for sure! 😉

Man, everything just looks so good!! Ok, question for ya. Why did you plant the sugar cane two different ways? I saw some small pieces planted sideways in the soil then long pieces standing up. What's the difference?

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

We had success with starting them both ways which is why you see us doing it here. Essentially you're seeing how we use not only the primary cane, but also the left over top which can also be rooted out. Last year that took off faster than the potted cuttings, but in the end they all grew well.

@hiddenvalleyfarmstead

Жыл бұрын

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm oh that's crazy!! Good to know!! Thank you!

What is your hardiness zone? I’m in Jacksonvillle Florida, which is 9a. I’m a novice gardener with a small food forest in my backyard. I’m thinking adding grape vines this year. I’m running late fertilizing my citrus. What fertilizers do you use?

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

Hey there Nanette! We're in 9b here, but we have touched 20 degrees a few times in the last few years, so we're pretty close to you. Grapevines should do wonderful for you if you're in 9a and the varieties we grow here should do well for you. As for fertilizers, I'll link to a video we did on what we do here for you that may help; kzread.info/dash/bejne/qKhp26StoMq-mag.html

Every time the ducks and geese are let out, it makes me think of Fiddler on the Roof. It's part of being a rich man, the wife would have a lot of geese. I don't know a lot about sugar cane. My knowledge is more la kana, sweet sorghum. But, I was told that cane isn't considered marute to cut till it's 2 years old. As said, I don't know. What ticks me off is, the pineapple plants all froze off. Ah, well. As God wills so am I. niio, kids!

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

Hey Martin. Sorry to hear about those pineapple. We've been watching the banana and papaya slowly succumbing to the freezing temps over the last few weeks. Good to know about the sugar cane. Assuming we can get the starts to take and grow like these did I imagine we'll have to get some research under our belts to make sure we make most of the harvest!

@marschlosser4540

Жыл бұрын

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm The papaya are OK! But, nearly forgot, these are mountain papaya, not really tropical. Planting justice carries them. No bananas but I know some varieties can be grown in Penna, but only if mulched heavily to save the roots. No, if burned down, they won't bloom. His peace be on you all, niio

Did you guys not get down to freezing or lower last winter? Danny at Deep South Homestead says if that a freeze will kill sugarcane. I just got some yesterday and I'm going to grow some this year , I would like to make some neutral alcohol from it to make some vanilla extract that has no alcohol flavor . I'm in Oklahoma and we get freezing weather every year. Thanks

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

Hey Loren. We do get down below freezing pretty regularly. This past Winter we hit 28 degrees on at least 2 occasions. That being said, we don't' get down to that temp for long. We'll only see those temps for a couple of hours in the early morning just before sunrise and then it's well above freezing until the following morning.

I have been looking everywhere for a start of my own...do you help others get started growing sugar cane

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

5 ай бұрын

This year we're hoping to have starts available here at the farm come Spring. I'm not sure if you're here in AZ, but if you are you can join our customer email list through our website. That's how we market all of the produce/events we have.

SO if i plant now in marcha i can harvest ay this time next year

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

Once we're past the frost it's ready to go in the ground. It should finish out this Fall (November/December) or you can harvest late like this if you're going to use them for starts.

How many human consumables do you have on the farm (wine, meat, whatever)?

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

Hmm, good question. I think we have 5 right now (meat, eggs, veg, fruit and wine) but soon to be 6 once the goats are in milk.

Saw y'all mention salt build up around your irrigation heads down in the comments here. We're living in West Texas and groundwater salinity is extremely common here. Is that the case in your location as well? And if so do you all do anything to reduce the salt or is there a certain way you water to prevent issues with your trees and garden? Or is it not concentrated enough to be a concern?

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

Hey there! We do get salt buildup over time and our home, like most, has a water softener to help with buildup on the fixtures in the house. As for the trees, we use bubbler irrigation for most of them which allows us to flood the rings to help with salt buildup there. The drip irrigation is the only place it tends to be a problem, but it takes a few years before it gets to the point where it starts to clog.

@estyria777

Жыл бұрын

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Thank you! I appreciate the response you guys :)

Trying to find an update on the Moringa trees? - It is May, now.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

We've shown a few glimpses in some of the more recent vlogs, but a few of the trees are just starting to break dormancy now that we're seeing consistent, higher temps. They really thrive in the heat!

So that's how you get sugar on the bacon. 🤔🤔🤔

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

It's the only completely natural way, right?

Will you sell some starts of sugar cane? I'm in 8b high desert of so ca??

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

Hey Louisa! I don't know for sure what we're going to do with those quite yet. If we can get them all to take we may sell a few, but we plan on using most of these to expand the areas we're growing them in here. Were are you in the high desert? I (Duane) grew up on LA and traveled to Big Bear regularly as a kid heading up through Victorville.

@louisaholman3838

Жыл бұрын

Hi, thank you for the quick reply. I'm in Apple Valley ca. I love your pristine home and the sharing you do.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

@@louisaholman3838 ah ok, I think I have driven through there once or twice!

Where I can get sugarcane to plant?

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

I'm not sure where you can source cuttings from right now, but we may have some available this year if we can get some of these cuttings to take.

Did you guys ever consider retaining walls around hardpan to create a pond covered by clear "poly" to grow algae? It possibly would require to trench a foundation to reach the hardpan in some spots but it seems like it'd be great for the animals and the land. kzread.info/dash/bejne/aGiXp8-jpNq4l9o.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/f5NrzMNvqLPVl5c.html Sorry, the second video has the correct nutrient measurements but the first is still insightful. Also, hearing that ducks can be naturally succulent because of fats made me think this might be a good option. Algae is very fatty. Maybe Azolla would be best though, although I'd probably still try the same nutrient in smaller sizes to see what works.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

Hey William. We have kicked around the idea of doing some ponds and covering would be essential as they would simply evaporate much too quickly to really be a sustainable option for us. That being said, a farm grown food source for the ducks is something we plan on looking at more seriously, so thank you for these suggestions.

@williampatrickfurey

Жыл бұрын

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm anytime I can help, sorry if it's ever misleading, thank you for informing and asking questions at times. The sharing of knowledge of the truth seems to be profitable in many intrinsic ways.

I would like to buy some sugar can please

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 ай бұрын

Be sure to join our customer email list through our website. We only announce items for sale to that list. 😉