Growing tropical fruit in the freezing mountains of Colorado without heating

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4 ай бұрын

Step into the magical world of the 4 season Greenhouse in Colorado. Witness the stunning variety of tropical fruits and plants that Justy has been growing for over 20 years. From bananas to figs, avocados to coffee, this greenhouse is a true paradise. Discover the secrets of how to grow your own food and heat your home with this incredible greenhouse. Don't forget to hit that subscribe button for more inspiring videos!
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@StefanoCreatini 2 ай бұрын

Check out my latest video: Passive Greenhouse Feeds Family of 11 in Utah. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mrZ_qaR7x8nMiWQ.html

@barahng 2 ай бұрын

This man is living the life. Wishing him many more long years.

@theurbanthirdhomestead 3 ай бұрын

Just bought 40 acres in Colorado's high desert! Can't wait to make it look like this!

@StefanoCreatini 3 ай бұрын

Nice where at?

@justinsane7128 3 ай бұрын

@@StefanoCreatinilet me guess, the San Luis valley 😊

@PeonyLaneWine 3 ай бұрын

Paonia!@@justinsane7128

@aninhabitantofpaintedcliff3066 2 ай бұрын

love the gun owners out there@@justinsane7128

@Jay__EL 2 ай бұрын

@@justinsane7128 That place is a dead zone, lol

@keithtauber4153 2 ай бұрын

This guy is living the dream. Awesome. He looks great for his age too.

@simplyann2710 3 ай бұрын

It’s beautiful down by the river. This area has changed so much and has become unaffordable for many, sadly. Enjoyed the video.

@StefanoCreatini 3 ай бұрын

Thanks, that is sadly true. Its hard to buy in Paonia now.

@cheesecakefan4880 2 ай бұрын

I lived in Crawford for a few years but moved to an area closer to Telluride I feel blessed to live in one of the most beautiful areas in the lower 48s.

@deb1807 2 ай бұрын

Lived there when I was younger,Picked fruit every year ,paid for our own school clothes and supplies. Loved it there!

@XxBlindoutxX 2 ай бұрын

Pretty much all of north America has become unaffordable for the middle class or poor.

@Lwah0812 2 ай бұрын

My cousins grew up in Panina, my uncle was a teacher. I remember when I was very young my uncle would bring loads of produce to sell at farmers markets every summer. I miss those days!

@waylonk2453 25 күн бұрын

What a dream! This video inspires me to try my green thumb and maybe put up a greenhouse.

@stellaluuk2713 2 ай бұрын

Nice set up, tropical fruit trees and year round tomatoes , I'd enjoy that!

@WouterLockefeer 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely awe-inspiring. The world could use many more people like this.

@cameronfiorenza4685 3 ай бұрын

I am in CO as well! This is such a dream of mine -- having a mountain greenhouse, farm, and be completely self-sustainable as much as possible. Thank you for sharing the magic.

@StefanoCreatini 3 ай бұрын

It all starts with a dream. I just bought my farm after being broke 3 year ago. Releasing video on that soon

@jennie7 18 күн бұрын

Stunning! Wow what a green house. I think I’ll definitely be building one at my next house when I move. Fascinating

@topazfire974 3 ай бұрын

This is one of the most beautiful gardens I ever seen in a greenhouse .❤

@christcg1 3 ай бұрын

Love the seating area in the greenhouse! I'd spend my mornings there drinking a coffee and enjoying the view ☕🌄

@StefanoCreatini 3 ай бұрын

Me too!!

@JXZ-JAM 3 ай бұрын

I can say from a place of knowledge, he designed and built this place exceptionally well. I a 3rd gen Coloradoan all too familiar with the high desert and have dreams of mine own simliar place, but more of an ecovillage/transitional town.

@PeonyLaneWine 3 ай бұрын

you got this!

@kaceykelly7222 3 ай бұрын

It would be awesome if the U.S. could establish hundreds of these set-ups so we would be truly self-sustaining year-round, no matter what happens!

@rybug 3 ай бұрын

Our government would never make money, and sadly, that's the only thing the US government wants.

@DevinHeida 3 ай бұрын

Not even that, just any country that can't grow year round

@MartRichard-hm6hv 2 ай бұрын

The government does not want to help you, hello

@rpdx3 2 ай бұрын

@@MartRichard-hm6hv…except for social security, highways, defense, medicare, medical research, hospitals, stabilizing the banking system, managing public lands, paying for large parts of the education system, etc, etc. So yeah, no help at all. /s

@thefranfranify 2 ай бұрын

you are a fool if you think any government and especially this one is actually showing up for us in any of those sectors you mentioned- they poison us and then charge us to pay for our medicine with money we earned breaking our backs just so that corporations that own the gov can keep exploiting us and using us as pawns .. idk dawg shits iffy and you sound indoctrinated or blissfully ignorant.. not sure which @@rpdx3

@cindycampbell807 3 ай бұрын

This guy is a genius it’s cool he worked to make his dream come true what a beautiful place

@PeonyLaneWine 3 ай бұрын

Bad ass Dad

@EBOVyut 3 ай бұрын

A genius grows what works in their climate. If someone in Hawaii put cold tolerant fruit trees in a refrigerator, in order to get them to work… it would be a silly waste of resources. Just like this lol Half his crops were doing nothing

@barahng 2 ай бұрын

@@EBOVyut Well like he said he's not doing it for profit, just to experiment and have fun. I agree some of those plants looked a bit neglected though. I think the problem is more that than his climate, I've seen plenty of people on youtube grow tropical plants way out of their climate and they looked better than that. I've done it myself even, but on a much smaller scale with PVC hoophouses. I wouldn't go as far as genius but I applaud the man for living his dream. Also running a fridge is a LOT more power consumption than using using passive solar energy to make your plants viable so that's not really a fair comparison.

@Peaceful-resistance1 Ай бұрын

If you have more money than common sense you play and have fun but are unproductive. This guy would have a hard time surviving off of what fruit he produces. Just another example of how we americans live in a dream world and think we are living "the dream." O well have fun playing while you still can. As for me I'm using similar techniques to produce real food for myself and others. (Not for money) Just to live well.

@barahng Ай бұрын

He's retired, sounds like he has plenty of money from his previous career. What's wrong with a guy fucking around enjoying his retirement? I don't think he's trying to live off the land either. Making a hobby into a job is a good way to suck all the fun out of it.

@Ian-hx7tl 3 ай бұрын

Awesome build. Unfortunately he spent $5,000 on polycarbonate sheets... by my math those are ~ $15k - $20k in todays dollars. Still envious though

@StefanoCreatini 3 ай бұрын

Yeah, that’s true, probably more realistic number there.

@robertjustman-dj8ec 3 ай бұрын

they do last for a long time

@maxmotors9497 2 ай бұрын

The way house prices are, a small used car worth of polycarbonate sheets ain’t that scary

@kschleic9053 Ай бұрын

I counted 24 4-foot panels on the roof. He said it was "quadruple wall polycarbonate" which I assume means twinwall panels on the inside and outside of the stud walls. 12'x4' twinwall is under 60$/sheet when bought by the pallet, so 72 panels assuming a 12' rafter and 6' front window. 5000$ worth of polycarbonate seems right. Inflation has impacted a lot of things, but engineering plastics is one thing that has benefited greatly from process automation over the last 20 years.

@jillofalltradesmasterofnon2778 Ай бұрын

He did it 20 years ago

@mandyspacek1087 3 ай бұрын

In Australia here, this is brilliant and something I desperately want to do in the very near future. X

@RizeTB1 3 ай бұрын

Dude is living my dream😮

@StefanoCreatini 3 ай бұрын

Same!

@Mercedes65 3 ай бұрын

Don’t give up on your dream❤

@RizeTB1 3 ай бұрын

@@Mercedes65 I’m still young 😊

@1234GOPRO 3 ай бұрын

If I would’ve known what it could be like, I would’ve done it 10yrs ago instead of 2020 (50yo). 100% with it. Don’t know what you don’t know until you know you didn’t know it.

@hawkfarm 3 ай бұрын

Try to make your dreams come true in 20 years

@leehwhiz 3 ай бұрын

Not that I have the home now, but I had a home located in northern New York with a 12 x 15 sunroom with 28 tons of river rock under the concrete floor that PVC pipework as duct in it. We pretty much could heat the house with that. But I bought Washington Dwarf Orange tree that produced about 30-50 oranges a year with me doing manual pollination. Also grew pineapples that frankly were much better tasting than what you buy in the store. I didn't pick them until they turned yellow so they were supper juicy. Pineapples will actually send out shuts from the bottom after the pineapple is picked and I just broke them off and stuck them in the ground for the next harvest.

@albongo3949 3 ай бұрын

True American hero

@PraxisPrepper 3 ай бұрын

Nice place you built. I came SO close to putting a south greenhouse on my place like you did when I was building my place, but elected to not do it because I couldn't figure a way of keeping the snow falling off the roof from smashing the greenhouse windows below. As I see, you came up with a super simple solution to that - just have the first few feet of the lower roof be metal roofing. Simple - elegant - and you got your greenhouse! Really nice place you made!

@mollytheda9273 2 ай бұрын

Yay! Love this. We micro farm on 2/3 acre in New Castle with 21 fruit trees, table grapes, huge garden, and 18 laying hens.

@robertjustman-dj8ec 2 ай бұрын

good for you guys

@MicahBratt Ай бұрын

The 12 years old swiss chard is crazy! I didn't know they would live that long

@swoodc 2 ай бұрын

1:30 "I have a hard time taking something out once I put it in" me too my friend lmfao

@belieftransformation 2 ай бұрын

He’s done a great job developing that house, greenhouse & land. Thanks for sharing!

@4kpliter791 3 ай бұрын

Now this is incredible

@rolandbruegger4482 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing and also to Justy. Thats how we should all live. The world would be a better place.

@StefanoCreatini 3 ай бұрын

Couldn't agree more!

@sgrvtl7183 3 ай бұрын

This is wonderful! Very happy for this man and his wife. I always loved Colorado and lived near Durango decades ago. Thank You for sharing!

@StefanoCreatini 3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@qflower4982 3 ай бұрын

Seems like that gentleman can teach us alot.

@billymeyer99 3 ай бұрын

What a cool place.

@craigharkins4669 19 сағат бұрын

quite warm actually

@Mercedes65 3 ай бұрын

Wow! This was amazing! Thank you, for what you do❤

@tylersmith6762 3 ай бұрын

Happy growing from Wisconsin just started my banana plants year ago and few pineapple plants

@chadsproduce 2 ай бұрын

Awesome inspiring video and a great teacher to boot. Beautiful setup!

@resolutionarybeing1885 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing.

@Justus11167 3 ай бұрын

Our olives produced the second year. Very little but I believe they need to be cross pollinated. Our neighbors have one too.

@camronbitzer3159 3 ай бұрын

I wanna be like this man when I grow up.

@fishnntacos2227 13 күн бұрын

When you design and build homes for a living you know exactly what you want. This dudes house is probably better build than 99% of the homes today.

@yesitsthattime 3 ай бұрын

This was very inspiring! Im in my mid 40s about to embark on a new venture. So cool to see someone that started over in his 50s and what he has created over 20 years.

@sharonh2991 Ай бұрын

Red delish happen to be my favorite apples.

@kirsten8693 3 ай бұрын

This guy is incredibly wise, on all accounts.

@PeonyLaneWine 3 ай бұрын

That's my dad!

@DouglasRobinson-ud2fw 3 ай бұрын

I adore the seating arrangement in the greenhouse! I also love the idea of having battery as a power storage for the farm too. Thank so much for the video.

@robertjustman-dj8ec 3 ай бұрын

The only problem with the seating in the greenhouse is that you only have about an hour between too cool and too hot.

@tanyamewherter-covington1873 3 ай бұрын

😊❤loved it great video and lots of great info

@StefanoCreatini 3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

@teri8991 2 ай бұрын

What a beautiful farm & home you created. The fruit & veggies look amazing. That river is beautiful & a great resource. Love the way you designed your home too. ❤

@MrBmkuhn Ай бұрын

Great video! Thank you for the tour, Justy!

@P0iju 3 ай бұрын

Great video! Really enjoyed the tour, Justy's place is awesome.

@StefanoCreatini 3 ай бұрын

thanks, Justy was happy to share

@ericschmitzer 3 ай бұрын

Great video as always, keep 'em coming!

@StefanoCreatini 3 ай бұрын

Thanks! Always appreciate your feedback

@FloridaGirl- 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful set up!

@tammyburke9453 Ай бұрын

loved everything about this! thank you

@maxloewe9162 2 ай бұрын

Totally agree on the pesto question!

@citymamaontheback40 2 ай бұрын

Your videos are gold❤

@matthodel946 3 ай бұрын

What a dream house in a dream location!

@sunnysweetspot6499 Ай бұрын

Totally awesome!

@theadventuresofzoomandbettie 2 ай бұрын

This was great to see! Love all the passive stuff!

@jamesalanstephensmith7930 3 ай бұрын

Great stuff!

@CharlesNewkirk-lb6uh 3 ай бұрын

What a dream!

@susanschmid2271 3 ай бұрын

Super.

@IslandGirl40 3 ай бұрын

Wow!! You can feel his passion & commitment in every word. So cool he's doing something like this. Never thought it was possible. Learning a lot. Thanks for sharing this story! ❤👏😃

@PeonyLaneWine 3 ай бұрын

Its incredibly practical to do!

@IslandGirl40 3 ай бұрын

Absolutely! 👍

@sylmarie6494 2 ай бұрын

This was awesome! Thank you.

@suziesunshine313 Ай бұрын

I love everything about this video❣️

@StarkeyatRingo 2 ай бұрын

this one super impresses me - great job!

@TheSpecialJ11 2 ай бұрын

This is a recurring daydream of mine. So cool to see someone actually do it.

@michellemullally9217 3 ай бұрын

Some have a dream for life. This is the closest I have seen in video to mine. For me it’s about the work put into it having a greater purpose and all of it being balanced and symbiotic.

@user-ke8ht2lu9i 3 ай бұрын

I Love this😊

@aspendewco70 2 ай бұрын

Impressive operation! He's a smart guy!

@emills1417 2 ай бұрын

The follow-up tour was amazing. He's ahead of me on a few projects and this was very useful to see. I'm considering a remodel on our home's southside for a passive solar tropical fruit room, I grow bananas, citrus, avocados, surinam cherry, etc. here in Oregon. I thought sweet potatoes were not an option due to cold but this gives me courage to try again.

@NightwatchN8 Ай бұрын

Man that would be awesome to have that much space to work with! I've been doing a series I call "Doomsday Garden" up here in the high Colorado Rockies, it's definitely a science up here with the short grow season, not to mention a long character growing experience 😎

@bossmanlastking5740 3 ай бұрын

Freedom is what I see!!! Love the hard yards ✌️❤️

@growlifesociety 2 ай бұрын

excellent video... very informative

@tygautier4169 Ай бұрын

This is awesome! I own a coffee shop in Denver and would love to buy those coffee beans! Colorado grown coffee, something I never thought I would taste in my life!

@trishcyman8538 Ай бұрын

Which shop?

@TaxEvasion777 27 күн бұрын

Chicory coffee might work but probably won’t sell much lol

@alisoncarey9546 2 ай бұрын

What an incredible man

@MicahJohns 3 ай бұрын

Very cool

@kelleymcbride4633 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful homestead and very creative design well done sir!

@naturaltropicalhealth777 Ай бұрын

Grafted sweet sweet kumquats are amazing

@chefmanwhipit970 Ай бұрын

Nice place.

@MercifulFamilyFarms 2 ай бұрын

That dude is sharp! Inspiring!!

@realityhittingme 2 ай бұрын

awesome

@Stoner_Bun 2 ай бұрын

aww man this is cool as hell, he did a kick ass job!

@marencruickshank 3 ай бұрын

Wow

@canderousmorningstar3121 3 ай бұрын

I live here in Colorado. I need that house. And I'd modernize the hell out of it. 🤩

@Jimmy.Sharpe.35 3 ай бұрын

Awesome 👍🏼😎

@LukaStomp 3 ай бұрын

This is amazing! Remarkable

@SorannYT Ай бұрын

Wow not garden but a big farm amazing green farm

@TieuCaTV2024 3 ай бұрын

You are very good ❤

@hawkfarm 3 ай бұрын

So great! Wish I could come here

@rmar127 2 ай бұрын

Where i live, the sun is in the north. However you want to shade those windows as much as possible. Summer temperatures are 35-45°C. So you want to keep as much heat out of the house as possible. Deep winter really only lasts a month or so and rarely gets below zero

@hera7884 2 ай бұрын

Those purple morning glories grow like weeds in my yard! I’d love to have those pink ones too

@jamesulan1 23 күн бұрын

love the goji berry comments from you both. lol

@LoganShelton-rh3lp 2 ай бұрын

Maybe my new favorite channel. Awesome

@StefanoCreatini 2 ай бұрын

Appreciate it Logan! We got more videos like this coming out. Have you seen the other greenhouse video growing oranges with no heaters as well?

@MarlenevT 2 ай бұрын

I'm down in Pagosa. We have 3 Community Grow Domes, They have bananas and pineapples growing in one. I would love to have one and grow all those summer fruits.

@theboredblueberry 3 ай бұрын

Sweet set up 🌱💯💚👊🏻💨💨💨

@mattstuart-white450 3 ай бұрын

Ben's dad is a legend 💛

@PeonyLaneWine 3 ай бұрын

LFG

@stefan3225 2 ай бұрын

Temps going from 120 degrees during day to 40 degrees at night sounds like a recipe for mold and mildew for some species. Impressive he is able to avoid this issue!

@StefanoCreatini 2 ай бұрын

You would be surprised!

@SheMadeWhat Ай бұрын

Red Delicious is my favorite apple.

@1234GOPRO 3 ай бұрын

I’m a little southeast of and have a slightly younger story line than Justy. This is inspiring and I couldn’t have made a better decision being here. It’s not for everyone all the time, but then again neither am I. 👍🏼

@plips71755 Ай бұрын

He really needs vents and shade cloth is good like 30% in Colorado I would guess, I.e., it would allow 70% sun and 30% shade. But might need more shade. Usually further north you need more sun exposure because the sun isn’t as strong as say in Florida. But with being up in the mountains, you may get more than like New England north.

@philipireland23 3 ай бұрын

This was one of the most inspirational videos I’ve seen all year.

@WHEREtheFUNK Ай бұрын

just bought 15 acres in central michigan. This is part of my plan.

@sraightupfl3xin Ай бұрын

Good ol Paonia.. A very special place. Check out Big B's!

@sandroheidrich40 3 ай бұрын

this guy is awesome

@Agrofind6161 3 ай бұрын

Tropical plants are difficult to grow in cold weather! you guys did it and I feel great about it! Congratulations! However, if you prune it a little more neatly, I think the tree will grow better!