Full interview with the Microgreens Farmer. He started in his parent’s basement and quickly expanded to a 2,000 sq. ft. grow space. Over the last two years he’s added new products such as sprouts and selling Easy Sprouter brand sprouting racks. He sells at farmer’s markets and makes home deliveries to coolers on customer’s doorsteps. Local restaurants buy through large food service companies so he goes direct to customers. His profit margin is very high (70-80%) because his main cost is seeds which are very cheap. His main advice is to smart small with a few varieties such as sunflower seeds and pea shoots, and only add new varieties after you master the process.
Owen Geiger
SIP Structures To Go
Structures To Go, a Structural Insulated Panel (SIP) manufacturer in Port Angeles, WA, provides building kits and completed buildings. These “pop up” building can be erected in less than 30 minutes, deployable with a roll-deck truck to anywhere anytime.
Unveiling the Air Crete Rocket Stove Bread Oven
Darwin from the Honey Do Carpenter takes the door for the bread oven out of it’s frame and walks us through the ins and outs of the air motion and why he used aircrete in an oven. This stove can be used on any flat surface including a regular wood stove, a propane burner or a fire pit. Even though the weather is heating up and I will be doing my off grid cooking outdoors I will still be able to use the oven on my other cooking surfaces. I can’t wait!
Dryland harvesting home hacks sun, rain, food & surroundings
When Brad Lancaster and his brother bought their home in downtown Tucson, the streetscape was a dusty place, devoid of trees or any vegetation.
These DIY Machines Let Anyone Recycle Plastic Into New Products
In a workshop in downtown Chang Mai, Thailand, designers turn plastic trash–mostly plastic bags they collect from the street–into marble-like coasters and tabletops. In a maker space in Lviv, Ukraine, designers use DIY equipment hacked from old industrial parts and a shopping cart to recycle plastic trash into bowls. In Seoul, designers use a mobile plastic recycling cart for education.
She Sleeps in a Piano!?! Tour her Victorian TINY HOUSE
Shorty Robbins built a civil war themed Tiny House to use during reenactments and loved it so much, she sold her big house and moved in! This tiny house has lots of clever, concealed features as well as Victorian period charm and antiques. Rave reviews on YouTube.