A couple of weeks ago John Kohler wrote me on Instagram, looking for a good place to visit and film while he was visiting Orlando.
I threw the question out to my livestream audience and got some great suggestions, one of which was “A Natural Farm.” Since I had been there before, I knew that was an excellent location, especially considering how much John enjoys his fruits and veggies. After the livestream, I got back to John and recommended he visit A Natural Farm – and he did.
Here’s the video he filmed:
Pretty funny.
Back when I started on YouTube, I used to enjoy posting how high my subscriber count was compared to John Kohler, as he’s the top gardener on the platform. I would post notations (as a joke) reading things like “SUBSCRIBE NOW! I’m only 1/256th of the way to reaching John Kohler!”
Now I’m 1/10 of the way there. Imagine that!
Unfortunately, YouTube killed notations so you can no longer see them on my older videos or I would post an example here.
I do wish I could have been in Florida at the same time as John – it would have been great to do a video together at my old food forest.
Finally, it’s good to see A Natural Farm doing so well. It’s been a few years since I visited and it looks like they have grown like wildfire ever since. Good work!
2 responses to “John Kohler Visits A Natural Farm in Howey-in-the-Hills”
DtG, both you and John got me interested/started in gardening. My wife and I stumbled upon the Joe Cross documentary, “Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead” about ten years ago, and we went looking for a juicer. I found John doing his juicing reviews and upped my knowledge on them and gardening. We moved a few times between then and now (Washington State, Kansas, and now S. Florida).
I started a compost pile in my HOA-regulated back yard, and somehow convinced myself (with John’s help) that I should by a super expensive insulated compost tumbler.
Then I started looking into what plants grow well in Florida, and found your video of how to make your own cane syrup (from homegrown sugar cane). The rest of it is history.
Thanks to you and John’s encouragement, I am growing/have grown coffee, sweet potato (boniato and standard), mango, avocado, coconut, fig, banana (dwarf cavendish and raja puri), pineapple, turmeric, okra, tomato, peppers, jackfruit, brussel sprouts, kale, collards, cucumbers, papaya, etc.
Again, thanks a ton, and keep doing what you are doing!
I will have to turn my son on to A Natural Farm. He lives a few miles from there. With a young and growing family he does not have the time for vegetable farming, but the trees they offer would work well for him and his property. I’ll swing by the next time I am up that way. Some of those plants would be good for me too.
Thanks, David, for all that you do.