Agave & Cactus Talk

Todays episode is on why having rainwater capture systems and solar energy on your farm can be beneficial and how it can make you a more adaptive, profitable, and sustainable farmer. I think energy and water systems can easily be compromised by corporations or the government and you should seek to be as independent as possible to always make sure your farm is running. Enjoy the podcast, and have a...

Hey everyone, today's podcast is on choosing a piece of land to farm. Mainly I'll be talking today about how I chose my piece of land to farm agave & cactus, and hopefully you'll learn some lessons that you can apply to the search of your land that you want to utilize to farm. Enjoy the podcast! *** If you need any Agave, cactus or furcraea plants contact me by email or message me on : instagr...

In this episode I talk about when I choose to plant to dryfarm my agave and cactus and some advice and tips for your area so you may so the same. Dryfarming has to start during s certain time and you have to be vigilant to not let the windows skip you by. in California that windows has already started as we have gotten some great storms. So we plant!! Enjoy the podcast and if you have any topics y...

In this podcast i dive into an article called "cactus cultivation boosts rural development in SW China" by CGTN . It was a very interesting article full of implications, lessons and interesting facts that can help us farmers around the world be better cactus farmers and entrepreneurs. I dive into the article through my view and it really brought me alot of excitement as a cactus farmer, consultant...

Today I talk about an Adobe & stone hybrid oven i am building with my girlfriend Nory. Her style is Adobe, mine stone, so we combined the two to make something special. The base will be all native stone, & the top will be an adobe oven inside a step pyramid. We are about halfway finished & are now preparing to make adobe bricks. These smaller ovens can be very useful to cook food like...

Today I talk about an agave that has been getting alot of my attention lately. The last time I had mature agave Ovatifolia, I used them for spirits and was very surprised by what they put out. I thought then, I need to mass propogate and grow this agave for myself. Since it was unavailable or extremly expensive, it was not feasible for a farm. Now by harvesting the mature flower stalks and saving...

Todays episode is me talking about a project i have been working on for a bit, why im planting so much, how im doing it, and just random thoughts as I discuss planting. . . If you any agave or cactus plants contact me by dm on : instagram: farmingandgardeningcalifornia agaverocaliforniano.com tiktok, youtube and pinterest: agaverocaliforniano facebook: California agave farmer email: ranchoorodelmo...

Todays podcast is on Opuntia Littoralis, also known as Coastal Prickly Pear & California prickly pear. Its one of my strongest cactus that i grow, it is a california native, drought tolerant, cold hardy, and fast growing with 1000+ uses. It is among my favorites! I hope today you learn about opuntia littoralis and get excited enough to grow it or other opuntias or cactus. Alot of potential in...

Todays episode is my conversation with my friend Qanwar. He is a local to Lancaster, CA, where i farm and he reached out to me wanting to learn about agave, so i told him to come help me plant and as we did that we could discuss his questions in depth. He planted lots of agave and i answered alot of his questions. This is an hour of me answering some questions, and these are questions many beginne...

Talking about Agave Vilmoriniana and why I think it has alot of potential in various industries. It is my favorite agave and it has been one of the strongest agaves that i have dryfarmed. Amolé is one of my favorite agaves to distill and it also is helping me get rid of pests on other agaves. Maybe it holds the key to agave being used as medicine. If you want to find out more about Amole/Agave Vil...

This episode we go over different pests that i have observed and dealt with in agave and cactus. As a farmer and consultant I have seen alot of different animals, insects or Plagues on plants, and i have alot of advice on dealing with these issues. *** If you need any Agave, cactus or furcraea plants contact me by email or message me on : instagram: farmingandgardeningcalifornia email: ranchoorode...

In this episode I discuss the agave roasting oven i am currently working on building, as well as various other aboveground and underground ovens i have built and utilized. *** If you need any Agave, cactus or furcraea plants contact me by email or message me on : instagram: farmingandgardeningcalifornia email: ranchoorodelmojave@gmail.com contact form on agaverocaliforniano.com tiktok: agaverocali...

Hey everyone, welcome back to the podcast. Today is the 2nd part of maybe a 3 or 4 part series on choosing what agave to farm, whether in California or elsewhere. There are alot of factors that can affect how your agave grow or what agave you can grow, and while i dont go through everything, this podcast series should be an excellent primer to get you started on the right foot farming agave. If yo...

Hey everyone, welcome back to the podcast. Today is the begining of maybe a 3 or 4 part series on choosing what agave to farm, whether in California or elsewhere. There are alot of factors that can affect how your agave grow or what agave you can grow, and while i dont go through everything, this podcast series should be an excellent primer to get you started on the right foot farming agave. If yo...

Talking about my experiences growing agave desmettiana variegata in california and observations ive made about the plant, how it grows, and what its potential uses are. It is an agave that is becoming one of my favorites as it is in the top 5 of agaves i cultivate in terms of numbers. Currently have over 20k of them planted. If you have any questions about agave desmettiana variegata or want to pu...

Walking the goats and talking why I love to cultivate and utilize Furcraea. In the same family as agave, Asparagaceae, Furcraea has an insane amount of potential, just like agave and cactus, to be dryfarmed and utilized for hundreds of different applications. If you need any Furcraea Foetida Mediopicta plants hit me up at any of my socials below. If you are one of my agave or cactus farms i consul...

In this episode I am driving through the LA National Forrest and talking about Chapparal Yucca aka Quixote aka Spanish bayonet, latin name hesperoyucca whipplei. Great plant!

Talking about 8 CA Native Cacti, and why I think they have significant potential to be dryfarmed in California. I discuss how you may profit off them, how ive profited from them, and how ive utilized them. I also mention 1 Naturalized and 1 usa Native Cactus. Use this podcast as a primer for farming California Native cactus and creating a framework to farm natives in your local. Here are the 10 pl...

Un poco de discusión sobre esta tema y mi opinión

Hablando de unas de las razones porque me encanta crecer agaves y Nopales juntos. Los dos se complementan mucho. Gracias por escuchar.

Hablando un poco de como crecer agave y Chivas a la misma vez es algo beneficioso para el sembrador. 

part 2, 11-20 11- if you have animals combine with animal manure in a biodigester to make your own natural biofuel and run your heating and cooking utilities off that. 12 - process leaves into fiber and dry it and sell it, make clothes or w/e 13- plant giant agave as a windbreaker and firebreak to help save you on water and potentially future emergencies. 14- make distillates from the quiotes 15-...

part 1, ways 1-10 1- sell your leaves to a BBQ spot 2- grind it up and ferment it and sell as an animal sillage 3 - sell your pinas to distillers, or create your own spirit from the pinas. 4- make and sell pulque, 5- aquamiel distillates, pulque distillates 6- sell to agave wine producers, niche market may need to do yourself 7- sell agave stalks whole or grinded to packaging producers to use in a...

This podcast is a conversation I had with Keirstyn Amponsah, who is researching Dryfarming/Sustainable Farming Practices with Purdue. She had some great questions & this convo has alot of cool knowledge i think will help you podcast listeners. New podcast coming soon on agave. Enjoy!

In this podcast I am having a talk with Adrian from Planet Mezcal for a 2nd time. We go into Agave hybrids, California Agave farming, California AB 2606, & of course what i do on my farm as well here in California. It was a fun talk and the live video is available on instagram on my profile @ farmingandgardeningcalifornia .   Feel free to leave comments or suggestions for later episodes. I wil...