Year End Review & Update

2019 is coming to an end in less than week. It was a tough and challenging year for me and the family. But we’re doing good and very excited about the new upcoming year. I pray that you’ve had a good year and that your 2020 is full of opportunities and good health.

I wanna share with you some of what has happened on all things Berrios

Starting with my Food Forest project

We grew various tomatoes and cucumbers. I planted carrots and lots of sweet peas and green beans
Check out those potatoes, nothing beats all organic and homegrown

I followed James Prigioni’s The Gardening Channel on YouTube and did all my planting using my own composting and using wood chips as a mulch. It all worked wonderfully. The soil was covered for about a year and it was pretty fertile. I’m eager to see how much more fertile the soil will be after the winter.

Japanese Eggplant
Spinach, Arugula and Goji Berries!

I pruned my maple tree that’s located in the middle of the yard. So now I have more sunlight for the Food Forest.

I planted a few apple trees, a cherry tree, a couple hazelnut trees, two pear trees, an almond tree and peach tree. I’ll add pics and a video soon.

My mom helping out

I’m planning on planting a few more trees this coming spring and I’ll be ordering a number of new seeds that I’d like plant.

All in all it was a good second season. I’m looking forward to new things to try and more fruits and vegetables to grow and eat.

Food Forest Phase 1

I’m excited to share the progress I’ve had so far in developing my food forest in my back yard. Before I go on I’d like to thank Chip Drop for hooking me up with access to the wood chip delivery. I highly recommend the company if you’re looking for fr.ee and accessible wood chips delivered to your garden.

I’m inviting you to check out the launch of my new series on my channel documenting the food forest build.

My disclaimer is that I’m not a professional gardener nor do I have any extensive experience in gardening besides growing some lettuce and tomatoes. However, I am a believer that whatever you set your mind to accomplish you will succeed once you model yourself after those individuals who have blazed the path before you.

With being said, i welcome you to check my first video in the Berrios Food Forest Build series

Time For a New Project: The Berrios Food Forest

Call me Farmer Berrios. The idea of one day owning a farm has been a dream of mine. I’ve had a small garden in the back yard of my apartment for like the last 5 years. Since we bought the house last March, we grew some tomatoes and veggies with some success. This season I’d like to expand into a mini-farm operation.

YouTube has been my online education resource from hobby farming to chicken coops. There’s so many Youtubers with great channels that I’m inspired to get my own Food Forest started. I’ve decided to go with a permaculture process like Paul Gautschi’s “Back To Eden” technique.

My back yard has been cleared out thanks to my dogs tearing and digging it all up. Thanks Odin and Dutchess, good dogs.

I ordered free wood chips from Chip Drop to lay all over the yard but just as I was distributing the wood chips, it started to snow. This is how it looks so far…

There’s 20 cubic yards buried in snow in my driveway
Left side of the back yard
Right Side where the planned chicken coop is going

I’ve even drafted a plan drawing of the layout of my raised beds, chicken coop and dog pen. Just gotta lay out where my potential fruit trees are going. That’s how serious I am.

There’s a huge tree smack dab in the middle of the yard that I have to trim to allow more sun onto the Food Forest

Overgrown Tree that needs to be trimmed

I’d like to consider myself a handy, hands-on kinda guy. But tackling this beast may be way over my head. Literally.

My objective is to build the infrastructure DIY and with as much organic material as possible. I do plan to recycle and reuse whatever I can find to make the Food Forest as raw and natural as I can; but at the same time be fully functional.

This project is more than a dream for me. It’s about being self sustainable

Living off the grid.

Well sort of

I’m excited about this next venture and I’ll do the best I can to document the whole process

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The Power of Persistence

Last night I can hear the wind howling throughout the night. I was expecting the sound of a tree falling to the ground or worse the sound of broken glass because of the relentless wind.

As of this morning we still have high winds till like later on this evening. It is amazing how powerful the wind is. Powerfully persistent.

That is what we all have to be.

Every day be persistent about what it is that you do.

Whether it’s writing a blog post

Posting a Vlog

Following up with your customers emails

Getting in that 7 Minute Workout (Which btw, I forget to do)

What ever it is that is your modus operandi, (not to sound cliché) but like Nike says, “Just Do It”

God knows I’ve read all the self-help guru books in the world to know that the Power of Persistence is the key to success. But it’s the powerful wind, that knows no boundaries, that gave me the motivation to keep my pace for success for one more day.

Here’s to The Four Winds

Hustle Hard and Stand Strong

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Are You Struggling To Break Free?

Well it’s 2018 and Are You Struggling To Break Free? 

I was and still am despite promoting to a better title within the organization I’m with. I am being compensated well and I’m having fun too. But I’m still missing something. My entrepreneurial spirit has been swirling with angst to get started in another business venture however I don’t know what I’d like to do.

I’ve done Uber for bit with little interest, maybe because I’m an introvert and also being confined in my car for too long of a period isn’t my thing. I’ve dabbled in conventional real estate sales with some success; but having to go through the licensing stuff every couple of years along with continuing education can be a drag. Plus we moved to CT recently (Yeah, I bought a house, finally!) So getting another license for another state was out of the question.

With commuting to work and the long hours I put in on the rails (I’m Motorman, AKA Train Operator) I had to find or create an opportunity that will not require too much of my available time and it has to be flexible. So I’m back at it with my media publishing and marketing biz. It’s the best way to generate cash flow (with not too much overhead) and at the same time helping people along the way to do the same thing while I grow my business.

What are you doing to break free from the rat race?

Share your story, I’d love to hear it…

Stand Strong