The DIY Tools That Save This Small Farm Hours

This week we're outside Knoxville at Chef's Harvest Farm with Chef Mikey, who farms a small property, sells everything to restaurants, and solves problems with whatever works and costs the least. He walks us through three things worth stealing: a root washer he built from a cement mixer and scrub brushes, a pool cover roller that lets him throw frost blankets over a whole tunnel in minutes, and a bed of turmeric he's growing as a perennial in the one spot on the farm too shady for anything else. In this video: 0:00 — Visiting Chef's Harvest Farm 0:46 — Five tunnels with automated irrigation 1:24 — Why he stopped bunching root crops 3:42 — Building a root washer from a cement mixer 5:31 — Drain holes and the wasted-water question 7:06 — Pool cover roller for frost blankets 9:33 — Covering a whole tunnel in minutes 11:37 — What he'd change about the roller 12:44 — Growing turmeric in a shady bed 14:06 — Why turmeric needs a second year 16:00 — Is turmeric worth it commercially? 18:40 — Where to follow Chef's Harvest Farm Gear from this video Frost and Insect Row Cover → https://www.farmersfriend.com/p/frost... Caterpillar Tunnels → https://www.farmersfriend.com/c/cater... Sand Bags → https://www.farmersfriend.com/p/sand-... Resources mentioned Ben Hartman, The Lean Micro Farm → https://store.growingformarket.com/pr... Follow Chef's Harvest Farm Instagram →   / chefsharvestfarm   Chef's Harvest Mastermind (Skool community) → https://www.skool.com/the-profitable-... What's the best DIY tool on your farm? Drop it in the comments. We're always curious what other farmers are building. Shop innovative tools for your farm at Farmers Friend: https://www.farmersfriend.com Instagram:   / farmersfriendllc   Facebook:   / farmersfriend   Newsletter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscr... #marketgardening #smallfarm #diyfarm MB01KQHNSVOLEDI