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Our Story

transcription of the Video… We are the living experiment. This is the epic story of a band of pioneers–several families who have uprooted from comfortable suburbia & made their homes for good in one of the most blighted zip codes in the U.S.–64127, Lykins neighborhood, inner-city Kansas....

Methane Biodigester – How To

transcription of “Methane Biodigester – How To” video..by The Urban Farming Guys.. Today, we’re gonna bring you into the world of bio-gas digestion. The whole idea is to create methane, just like you do in your stomach; as you’re churning up your food, one of the bi-products is m....

Aquaponics How To

transcription Video.. Welcome to our phase one greenhouse aquaponics system, set up to grow 1,000 fish. We’ve got six of these tanks plumbed together, each holding various rates of growth of fish for continuous harvest. In the back, we got our vortex filters I’ll tell you about later. But, first, ....

DIY Laundry Soap 20 cents a gallon

transcription of “DIY Laundry Soap 20 cents a gallon” video..by The Urban Farming Guys.. Hey, we are gonna introduce you to Candy, one of the urban farming guys & my lovely wife. Candy, what are we doing today? We need to do laundry, but first we need to make some laundry soap. We made a [.......

Vortex Filter DIY – Organic Fertilizer on Demand

transcription of “Vortex Filter DIY — Organic Fertilizer on Demand” video..by The Urban Farming Guys.. These guys right here are our vortex filters. Retail, they’d be about $4,000 apiece…DIY version, about $100..You might be able to do it for cheaper. We’ve got a 55-gallon ....

Mammoth Sunflower POWER!

transcription of “Mammoth Sunflower POWER” video..by The Urban Farming Guys You helping? Yep. You’re doing a good job, you know that? So, the problem with mammoth sunflowers is they grow so fast that they end up falling over on their side almost 100% of the time..& I just refuse to stak....

How to make a Fruit Fly Trap under 60 seconds

Transcription of Video… So, Candy, what do we have here? We have a homemade fruit fly trap. We brought some bananas home from the store & ended up with some fruit flies. So, I learned you can take a piece of paper, just wrap it into a cone, cut the tips so you can have [...]....