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Old Fashioned On Purpose

S14 E19: How to Grow Bananas in the Snow

Old Fashioned On Purpose

Jill Winger

Cows, Home & Garden, Education, Cooking, Homesteading, Leisure, Hobbies, Canning, Chickens, Homestead, Farm, Gardening, Farming, How To

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Sometimes growing vegetables in a wintery climate can feel like an extreme sport... So when I received an email from Nate of the Manti Homestead sharing how he built an off-grid greenhouse that's growing bananas, passionfruit, and more in the Utah snow, I was intrigued. Nate shares a wealth of knowledge in this value-packed episode. Prepare to have your gardening paradigm challenged in the best of ways! Podcast Episode Highlights Nate's background and passion for growing tropical stuf...

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0:00.0

Friends, welcome to the Old Fashion On Purpose Podcast, where we explore, we have left behind as we have raced

0:14.4

towards progress as a culture and how we can get the good stuff back.

0:18.3

So I'm your host Jill Winger and my family and I have been home studying out here on the

0:22.3

wide open Wyoming Prairie since 2008.

0:25.9

And one of the, I guess, primary features of our homestead, which many of you know, is that

0:30.3

it's very cold, very windy, and potentially one of the worst places on earth to try to grow

0:36.3

up fruits or vegetables. I mean, I could probably find worse places, but it's not great here.

0:40.5

It's pretty challenging. So I talk about our struggles with this

0:45.3

extreme sport of growing vegetables in Wyoming and that's why I'm always looking

0:50.0

for unorthodox ideas and unique tricks and hacks.

0:54.8

And so when I got an email from Nate,

0:58.4

of the Mantic Homestead, I knew I had to have them on.

1:02.4

So they are growing and correct me if I'm wrong, Nate,

1:06.3

bananas, lemons, passion fruit in Utah. Did I know you have lots of other things too but

1:12.3

tell me kind of give me the rundown because this is I know you have lots of other things too but

1:16.8

kind of give me the rundown because this is remarkable to say the least.

1:22.3

Yeah, I don't forget the bananas and tanguos because like right now that's kind of our favorite topic.

1:23.4

Awesome.

1:24.4

Awesome.

1:25.4

And just so you know guys, if you're not watching this on YouTube

1:27.8

and you're listening to it,

1:29.1

Nate is in the greenhouse, so you're gonna hear some birds,

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