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 you have any questions or comments, feel free to contact me or leave a comment. If you want to get in contact with me or buy agave, feel free to contact me anywhere below:

IG: FarmingandGardeningCalifornia

tiktok: Agaverocaliforniano

Pinterest : Agavero Californiano

eBay: Cactirecycling

Etsy: honestgreens

Websites:

Agaverocaliforniano.com (Plant info & sales)

Californiaagavealliance.com ( CA agave Alliance )

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 purchase any plants for your farm/garden, feel free to contact me anywhere below or leave a comment

IG: FarmingandGardeningCalifornia

tiktok: agavexcactus

Pinterest : Agavero Californiano

eBay: Cactirecycling

Etsy: honestgreens

Websites:

Agaverocaliforniano.com (Plant info & sales)

Californiaagavealliance.com ( CA agave Alliance )

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 consult for and want more info on Furcraea, just call me homies.

IG: FarmingandGardeningCalifornia

tiktok: agavexcactus

Pinterest : Agavero Californiano

eBay: Cactirecycling

Etsy: honestgreens

Websites:

Agaverocaliforniano.com (Plant info & sales)

Californiaagavealliance.com ( CA agave Alliance )

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 plants i mentioned today:

Cylindropuntia Imbricata, CA Native

Cyllindropuntia Imbricata subs Spinosior, debatable CA native, AZ for sure.

Cylindropuntia Echinocarpa , Silver Cholla, CA Native

Cylindropuntia Ramosissima, CA Native

Echinocactus Polycephalus subs Polycephalus, red barrel cactus, CA native

Echinocactus Polycephalus subs Xeranthemoides, gold barrel cactus, CA native

Opuntia Basilaris subs basilaris, beaverstail cactus,

Opuntia Phaeacantha, Tulip prickly pears, CA Native

Opuntia Littoralis , CA naturalized, Native to baja.

Opuntia linguiformis, Texas prickly pears, TX Native

Contact me if you need any of these for your farm. I farm them at scale mostly. Have a great day peeps.

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.

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- sell the agave leaf skin, used in mexixan cuisines

16- sell agave roots, sustainable harvesting

17- create your own hybrids, interspecies hybrids. TC them. patent and lease them

18- create new farms with the plants you sell, sell installation services

19- sell carbon credits

20- seek grants or money for Carbon sequestration or heavy metal sequestration , restoration

21, sell to ngos or gov looking to restore. grow natives and restore.

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 packaging products, or sell it yourself

8- sell agave plants, preferably your pups, keep seeded, ca, usa and global market.

9- harvest the quiotes and collect seed, bubils, sell the fresh quiotes at farmers markets, to chefs, sell older quiotes and building products or stakes

10 - let your animals forage the agave fields to fertilize, aerating agave. boost pup production. increase stress for variegation. spend less on feed.