Forgive the weird lens - we had an issue with the aperture and recorded two videos before fixing it! Too late now, so enjoy the awesome vintage blur. Also - you can get Compost Everything here: amzn.to/3AE7SzN
I really like the effect of the lens, a little ethereal. To be certain, I looked up what ethereal meant on Lexico: "1) Extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world." (Example: "Heavenly or spiritual.") "2) having diethyl ether as a solvent." So I'm pretty sure I was aiming at the first meaning... Anyway, thanks for the two great videos, David!
HA- I'm on the right track. I saw this a year ago, bought the seeds, and stuck them aside. Yesterday, I was looking for something else and found the bag..YESSSS! I am cleaning out my beds and I'm exhausted from battling bugs and slugs. So, today, I planted 3 beds of peas, sunn hemp and dwarf sunflowers. Shooo! Let her go, feed my beds and give myself a rest! Thanks, David.
Sun Hemp is an excellent cover crop on its own, and you can walk on it to knock it down. I started with a machete, but in my haste to cut them down, I started stepping on them and realized they were breaking off nicely, so I just walked them down to use as compost. Sun Hemp and cowpeas are my go-to summer cover crop. I really appreciate the Florida garden advice. Thank you
My cover crop this summer was clump grass 🤣🤣🤣. I couldn’t get out for about a week during that heatwave and then the rain started🙄. It was 4 ft. tall in 2 weeks. But, on the bright side, it saved my sweet potatoes and Seminole pumpkin vines from the scorching 🥵 sun and they are finally recovering. It was so hot that my purple hull and white acres even died(my cover crop)! I’m praying 🙏 that my winter crops will do better. Thanks for the encouragement.
We're calling "do over" on one of our growing beds, it's about 30x30. Most likely going to cover crop it for a whole year, then probably put in a two- or three-terrace grocery row garden. Thanks for the information and inspiration.
Oh, I am cover cropping now with rye grass and clover. Compost is the gateway drug to covercropping. Great subject that isn't put out there very much. Thanks for getting the info out there (and being entertaining too)
Thanks David for all the gardening help here in Florida. I live in central Florida and like most of Florida I have sand, sand and more sand. Along with your cover crop information I also started using Biochar at the same time. I am blessed with lots of water oaks so I get lots of wood for Biochar and tons of leaves for Leave mold compost for my garden. Leaf mold compost, Biochar and cover crops have made a huge difference in my sandy soil. Thanks to you and your Florida growing information My sand now looks more like soil than sand. Many Thanks for your efforts.
Awesome! Last week I picked up 2 bags of peas, forage oats, hay wire, Cover Crop / Grazing mix. 2020 left over stock. I asked about germination rate, the manager offered them at 50% discount! I estimate 80% to 85% germination, at 1/2 price!
This is my first year growing a cover crop and I am kicking myself for not having done this sooner! We have extremely sandy soil (it's mostly sand), and I am adding biomass - CHEAPLY - by growing cover crops.
I love it when you get excited. Good to see this success. I don't want to deflect from your books, but your suggestions remind me that John Jeavons claims 60% of the garden should be carbonaceous materials for sustainability in this manner. What is not eaten is for compost. Good job, David
I have a few amaranth in there, too! That is a great cover crop mix, Joel. Buckwheat has done poorly for me here, but the others rock, when planted in the right season.
Amaranth is a "weed" where I live. My chickens eat the seedlings, so I don't get any in my back yard anymore. But I can fill bags from the stands of amaranth in every alleyway
I planted a mix of beans, just a few bags from the store (Northern bean, Pinto bean, Black eye peas, and another type of bean) mixed them together and tossed them by hand ol DTG Style!!💪🏻💯 that was last Wednesday (Aug 17) and they are about ankle hight, I was thinking about knee high and then chop and drop, apply some garden soil and compost on top of that then mound up/row up my fall seeds!!! Thanks David!
@@mrf5347 you’re welcome! Of course it’s been around since we planted the first seeds but when you think about it or hear about it it’s like “ OMG! Why has no one thought of this!!” 🤣🤣🤣🤷🏼♂️ imagine how much has been lost through time though glad I could inspire
@@mrf5347 also the bean are fairly cheap still in stores, just go to where they sell beans, taco seasoning etc and just throw a bunch of bags in the cart, like David said it is gonna get cooler soon so Lentils would be a good choice to throw in the mix as well.
This spring we had a dense cover of dead nettle and chickweed covering our garden. I was so pleased! We tilled it in and I'm sure it will help the soil.
Always entertaining and filled with amazing knowledge. I really like this guy. 😎👏 His style is so comforting. I am just grateful that there are still people like this that is willing to share their good vibes and knowledge.🌴🌻 We need people like this for future survival. ✊🙏
String trimmers work pretty good these days. Looks like the deer are managing my cow peas this year...not sure if I will even get seed off of them for next year.
@@matthewtaylor2185 I use a Greenworks battery-powered lawn mower. The box says only mow grass. But I mow clover, weeds, grass, little trees and it is still going strong two years on. It chops it just right for layering in raised beds or lasagna gardens or adding to the compost pile.
@@Growmap I have never cut them that short. I have only used them on deep wood chips. I don't know what it is about shading the ground, but all those long stringy stems do the trick over winter. Next season, you'll have wood chips ready to plant in. Me and my kids pick off all the seed pods.
I did the same thing in one of my raised beds. Planted Sunn Hemp and two months later chopped it down and have been letting it decompose in the bed. When my brassica transplants are ready I will put them in that bed.
I did this immediately after that video you posted so I guess its been a couple months for me too. I used mostly beans out of my food storage that needed to be rotated out. I was surprised how it took in some areas . Some areas I was also surprised how it didn't take and think i probably need to get a soil analysis done. I think I'm getting salt in the yard from snow getting pushed into my yard in the winter.
I planted out some old beans from our food storage this spring too. I mixed them in the area of my garden where I also planted squash. Sporadic sprouting, but something is better than nothing.
I've been thinking about using some wheat and lentils that are getting a little elderly. We eat these things constantly, but I've got 3 lbs of wheat and 2 lbs of lentils left from 2020. Newer stuff tastes better, so this might be a good way to put it to use without waste. I'm in zone 5b, would you wait for spring or do it now?
Here in the UK, I plant fava beans in any unoccupied soil in mid October every year, then cut it off at ground level in April. The ground is then used for onions, maincrop potatoes, peas,etc (I practice nodig/no till gardening).. All the cut material goes for compost.
I'm so happy to be one of your subscribers. I'm a long time fan. You share tips and tricks that are practical and actually work! We have been using your methods for the past few years and have great success even here in Arizona Growing zone 9B. CHEERS!
Growing the cover crop is only half the battle. The most important step is how do you incorporate that biomass into the soil profile. The best way is to do it’s called heat composting. Basically, you roll the crop over on its side with a big roller that has some sharp edges on it. The sharp edges book crimp the vascular bundles in allowed to drive to decompose over the winter. You leave the heat compost on the soil surface and plant through it this means, you separate the biomass or make a small pathway and plant the seed directly into the untilled soil. If you rototill the biomass back into the soil you will have caused a major disruption in the soil microflora. organic matter is never tilled into the soil as that is an artificial measure.
I've been burying my weeds in Sandy patch, 4" layers alternating with 2" of sand. Going to burn more bio-char when it rains this fall and top off with compost for a new corn patch in the spring. Thanks to all of you and David the good, I've learned so much!
do you have any tips for coping with hot and muggy weather? Living in the south, I struggle with this, I become forgetful, and unmotivated. even though deep down I want to play an active role in my garden during the summer, I have trouble going outside in the summer months.
David, my daughters are buying me some sun hemp seed and a machete for my birthday. I am going to plant some sun hemp and chop and drop the hemp to feed everything. I just wish I had a small battery operated shredder to hep me , I have a bad back, anything to help me would be great. Seed will be going in the ground 10x 20 feet area at the back fence. Looking forward to the next few weeks.
That’s cool…. I would chop and drop it, and then tarp over it. -6-8 weeks later you have a perfect fertile weed free garden, with more organic matter and biology than before,,,
Great technique. We just put our new home at out homestead. It is at the top of a little slope. We made some swales to control erosion of our sandy dirt. Then we planted sweet potatoes at the berm. I will try some legumes too. So far I'm very pleased with the cover crop and looking forward to the sweet potatoes!
I just started my sun hemp cover crop 4 days ago. It's amazing how fast this stuff grows. The materials to get another Johnson Su composter are waiting. If I have enough sun hemp left after covering the beds. By the looks of your results I think I'll have enough for both.
That looks great! I'm having great luck with pigeon peas. They've gotten taller than I am...uhhh...ok, that's not exactly any great accomplishment, BUT, they're making a nice looking hedge, growing great in crappy rock hard red clay, and they're even starting to flower.
You had me at the intro song... LOVED IT! Growing comfy and pigeon pea trees to use as fertilizer. Thank you for this video! PS when are you going to do another garden retreat?
Wow, this is awesome, question though, does it matter whether I incorporate the sunn hemp in the soil before or after full flowering season for maximum nitrogen availability or simply "chop it" as you mentioned, and leave the root nodulation process to do what it does or leave the plants to decompose and let nature do the rest? So many options I don't want to disturb the soil by any means. Thanks.
Question from the ultra lazy: I've got tons of winter wheat and clover seed. Kinda tempted to just broadcast it all over the unturned ground in the part of the yard I'm not using and see if any grows. The soil is hard but there's a fairly thick layer of old leaf mass on top. Do you think anything would take root? Maybe even next year?
I broadcast winter rye by mowing real short, run my dethatcher over the area, broadcast the seeds and drag the dethatcher over the area again. I get good results.
I wonder if it would grow as fast exposed to free-range chickens. I want to do this just outside my yard. I have a water logged area, but is open to chickens from the community
I like using buckwheat. The stems are full of water then I inter seed brassicas into it and roll over the buckwheat and the brassicas grow under the mulch and buckwheat breaks down fast. More tillage radish than the rest of the radishes because the tillage radish digs deep and tills the ground for me. I tried pretty much the same seed u used but it didn't break down as fast. Another great video
@@mariap.894 hi. I would say any legumes make a great groundcover. They make nice flowers for bees . Our vetch is just starting off. Has a ferny type leaf. I'm from Australia queensland. Got it from my partners work at a rural shop. He's into regeneration. Helps farmers with soil improvement. Using different seed mixes. So he likes to try them out on our 2 acre block. Legumes are so versatile, they grow, flower, seed and die off. Then they grow back. I'm looking forward to seeing the vetch flower. I did ask my partner how big does vetch grow he said just under metre like shrubby.
@@ss-kz9ee oh wow! Thanks so much fir for such detailed explanation. I knew it was about soil regeneration, that's why I was particularly interested in knowing more. I'd love to use it to replace my grass. I hate the care and water consumption it requires. Blessings your way and lots of luck in all you do🪴😊👍💜💕
the problem is in so california we haven't gotten rain this summer not enough to keep bugs alive. my meringa tree didnt grow over a foot and i water them ...i guess i'll go back to the feed store and buy straw again cheapest compost i can find
Also killing all the weeds. We started a 50x50 garden plot this year on a piece of land that has never been used very sandy dead compacted soil, and had a very busy summer growing weeds hahaha but still got a good amount of food out of the deal but compared to my urban market garden it is way less productive. In particular bindweed was our nemesis so next year we are going to cover crop the whole thing including a new area we are going to start and this is our plan to solve our weed soil, and like David mentioned all the fertility will come with this biomass.
Loved the book! Absolutely has inspired me to think outside the box. We got ducks this season and by luck put them by our fruit trees that have been struggling so hoping we see similar results that you saw with your mulberry tree! Great advice in your video! We are trying similar approaches due to not having enough compost for our market garden and buying certified organic compost is ridiculously expensive. Take care!
Comfrey is another excellent source you can grow it it can be turned into compost and I believe fertilizer im new to all this comfrey helps your soil as well tremendous healing power in this plant even been known 2 heal bones
Is sorghum Sudan grass something I could grow on the edges of my beds for chop and drop? Will it keep coming back or would I have to replant? How would borage be? I'm a little confused at what to use and how to grow it.
So if I sow sun hemp in a raised bed that I don’t plan to use again until Fall all I’ll have to do is chop & drop it it down to soil level let it sit on top of the raised bed as mulch? Then how long should I let it sit and decay before planting in that bed again in Fall? I’m guessing it should sit like mulch and not be turned or tilled into the soil, right? How do you guarantee the sun hemp won’t just regrow? Newbie questions, forgive me but thanks.
I would have to know if the hay contained any herbicide residue first (see: Grazon), but if I knew it was not contaminated, I would probably mix it up with the goat manure in a big pile and soak it with water to get it composting.
@@davidthegood I'll have to figure the wetting it part out because it's way down in a field away from a water source. If you were my neighbor I'd give you a couple rolls!
I grow compost (soil) every year. The best part: I don't have to work to grow veggies. I grow soil and let the soil grow my veggies. What most people call weeds I call, beneficial herbs and living soil. I have my garden beds, Intentionally planted living soil/compost beds, and my wild herb compost/lawn. My lawn grows Yarrow, Dandelion, burdock, lambsquarters, pigweed, horsetail, thistles, on and on. I am planning to plant sunn hemp sudangrass and other high yield crops next year to boost my compost. So far I have around 8 inches of compost on some of my garden beds and working to get them all built up the same and more.
Although it's not a nitrogen fixer it would fit right into the mix of these other tall quick growing plants that can be crowded, Chia seeds are super cheap and sprout with no effort other than sprinkling them on the ground.
New gardener so forgive my silly question but if I were to sow this mix in a couple of (1 year old) raised beds over the summer months in Zone 10a FL can I just put most of the cuttings into a compost tumbler and use it next season as compost in the beds? Would I need brown material and kitchen scraps too or would the sunn hemp mix compost by itself? How can I be sure the sunn hemp mix doesn’t just keep growing and possibly crowd out any new plants/seeds that I want to grow in the Fall? Appreciate any help. Thanks
Boy howdy, I wish it would rain enough here to grow cover crops w no effort, I live in southeast AZ n don't even get enough rain for my compost pile to break down n the water levels are getting lower n lower
It hurts 😪, here in phoenix, 7 inches a yr is a good year. My parents are in AL and they get 60 inches. I dream about moving back to green country. But sometimes I remind myself, the first great civilizations in the Ancient Near East and Egypt picked hot dry climates to irrigate. So it can be done!
I've been watching Brad Lancaster drylands water strategy videos. If I can use all the greywater from our showers and handwashung, my struggling trees will appreciate it. Chipdrop is a website where they bring a free truck load of woodchips. It was a lifesaver for my trees
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Forgive the weird lens - we had an issue with the aperture and recorded two videos before fixing it! Too late now, so enjoy the awesome vintage blur.
Also - you can get Compost Everything here: amzn.to/3AE7SzN
I like the vintage look.
lol, God bless
I really like the effect of the lens, a little ethereal. To be certain, I looked up what ethereal meant on Lexico:
"1) Extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world." (Example: "Heavenly or spiritual.")
"2) having diethyl ether as a solvent."
So I'm pretty sure I was aiming at the first meaning... Anyway, thanks for the two great videos, David!
Thought maybe you were recording at night, dark and blurry
Looked like the longest and most detailed flashback
HA- I'm on the right track. I saw this a year ago, bought the seeds, and stuck them aside. Yesterday, I was looking for something else and found the bag..YESSSS! I am cleaning out my beds and I'm exhausted from battling bugs and slugs. So, today, I planted 3 beds of peas, sunn hemp and dwarf sunflowers. Shooo! Let her go, feed my beds and give myself a rest! Thanks, David.
Yeah like trap crop.
David the Good Restoring the worlds soil one rental property at a time!!
Compost everything. I really like that idea. We need to compost some congressmen 🤣
and the commies lol
😂
@@milo-qh7cvor you
Word, how bout anyone who don’t care for the earth, let’s turn em right into soil and grow our food out of em. They’ll be so much more useful that way
Glad to see you. Praying life is thornless blackberries for you and the family.
Sun Hemp is an excellent cover crop on its own, and you can walk on it to knock it down. I started with a machete, but in my haste to cut them down, I started stepping on them and realized they were breaking off nicely, so I just walked them down to use as compost. Sun Hemp and cowpeas are my go-to summer cover crop. I really appreciate the Florida garden advice. Thank you
Good tip - thank you!
Yep. Early August 2023 here in North Central Florida and our Sun Hemp and Cowpeas are growing like crazy.
I grew a cover crop and then did a chop and drop in a container and it produced incredible results. I am sold on this!
Great wailin geetar on the outro track!
My cover crop this summer was clump grass 🤣🤣🤣. I couldn’t get out for about a week during that heatwave and then the rain started🙄. It was 4 ft. tall in 2 weeks. But, on the bright side, it saved my sweet potatoes and Seminole pumpkin vines from the scorching 🥵 sun and they are finally recovering. It was so hot that my purple hull and white acres even died(my cover crop)! I’m praying 🙏 that my winter crops will do better. Thanks for the encouragement.
We're calling "do over" on one of our growing beds, it's about 30x30.
Most likely going to cover crop it for a whole year, then probably put in a two- or three-terrace grocery row garden.
Thanks for the information and inspiration.
Terraced grocery row garden?
Oh, I am cover cropping now with rye grass and clover. Compost is the gateway drug to covercropping. Great subject that isn't put out there very much. Thanks for getting the info out there (and being entertaining too)
Thanks! Always good advice, great music!
I like your style, bro. No need for complicated methods.
Ha ha I love the vintage blur. Great info, thanks!
Thanks David for all the gardening help here in Florida. I live in central Florida and like most of Florida I have sand, sand and more sand. Along with your cover crop information I also started using Biochar at the same time. I am blessed with lots of water oaks so I get lots of wood for Biochar and tons of leaves for Leave mold compost for my garden. Leaf mold compost, Biochar and cover crops have made a huge difference in my sandy soil. Thanks to you and your Florida growing information My sand now looks more like soil than sand.
Many Thanks for your efforts.
Awesome! Last week I picked up 2 bags of peas, forage oats, hay wire, Cover Crop / Grazing mix. 2020 left over stock. I asked about germination rate, the manager offered them at 50% discount! I estimate 80% to 85% germination, at 1/2 price!
This is my first year growing a cover crop and I am kicking myself for not having done this sooner! We have extremely sandy soil (it's mostly sand), and I am adding biomass - CHEAPLY - by growing cover crops.
I just planted sorghum sudangrass for the first time to do exactly this. After only a month, I’m in biomass heaven!😂
I love it when you get excited. Good to see this success. I don't want to deflect from your books, but your suggestions remind me that John Jeavons claims 60% of the garden should be carbonaceous materials for sustainability in this manner. What is not eaten is for compost. Good job, David
We all learn from each other. I agree with Jeavons on this one.
I've done something similar with Matt Powers' 5 cousins, which are all edible: Sorghum, amaranth, daikon, buckwheat and cowpeas.
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I have a few amaranth in there, too! That is a great cover crop mix, Joel. Buckwheat has done poorly for me here, but the others rock, when planted in the right season.
Amaranth is a "weed" where I live. My chickens eat the seedlings, so I don't get any in my back yard anymore. But I can fill bags from the stands of amaranth in every alleyway
Amaranth is delicious mixed with spinach!
@@GrowingGoodHair And basil! I use it to make a pesto 😋👍
Well I'm pumped to say the least. Used strictly swamp water this year and experienced a bountiful crop of tomatoes.🤛👍😃
I planted a mix of beans, just a few bags from the store (Northern bean, Pinto bean, Black eye peas, and another type of bean) mixed them together and tossed them by hand ol DTG Style!!💪🏻💯 that was last Wednesday (Aug 17) and they are about ankle hight, I was thinking about knee high and then chop and drop, apply some garden soil and compost on top of that then mound up/row up my fall seeds!!! Thanks David!
Another great idea 💡
Thanks 👍
@@mrf5347 you’re welcome! Of course it’s been around since we planted the first seeds but when you think about it or hear about it it’s like “ OMG! Why has no one thought of this!!” 🤣🤣🤣🤷🏼♂️ imagine how much has been lost through time though glad I could inspire
@@mrf5347 also the bean are fairly cheap still in stores, just go to where they sell beans, taco seasoning etc and just throw a bunch of bags in the cart, like David said it is gonna get cooler soon so Lentils would be a good choice to throw in the mix as well.
This spring we had a dense cover of dead nettle and chickweed covering our garden. I was so pleased! We tilled it in and I'm sure it will help the soil.
Always entertaining and filled with amazing knowledge. I really like this guy. 😎👏 His style is so comforting. I am just grateful that there are still people like this that is willing to share their good vibes and knowledge.🌴🌻 We need people like this for future survival. ✊🙏
I would like this twice if I could. Thanks for posting a video from the 1970's btw. lol
I really appreciate the update video!
Oh "David the Good " I'm worried about the driver of my car, so I will keep a smile on my face. You and your family are a blessing to me.
So amazing what partnering with Nature can do !! You inspire me!
Great to see you! Cover crop’s already in.
It’s all fun and games until your pulling cowpeas out of your pear tree. This topic is great and could make a whole series
You need to learn how to use a cover crop to kill a cover crop
String trimmers work pretty good these days. Looks like the deer are managing my cow peas this year...not sure if I will even get seed off of them for next year.
@@matthewtaylor2185 I use a Greenworks battery-powered lawn mower. The box says only mow grass. But I mow clover, weeds, grass, little trees and it is still going strong two years on. It chops it just right for layering in raised beds or lasagna gardens or adding to the compost pile.
@@Growmap I have never cut them that short. I have only used them on deep wood chips. I don't know what it is about shading the ground, but all those long stringy stems do the trick over winter. Next season, you'll have wood chips ready to plant in. Me and my kids pick off all the seed pods.
I just use the weed whacker to keep them from getting out of control.
I did the same thing in one of my raised beds. Planted Sunn Hemp and two months later chopped it down and have been letting it decompose in the bed. When my brassica transplants are ready I will put them in that bed.
Hello David 👋. Good to see you
Good to see you again!
I did this immediately after that video you posted so I guess its been a couple months for me too. I used mostly beans out of my food storage that needed to be rotated out. I was surprised how it took in some areas . Some areas I was also surprised how it didn't take and think i probably need to get a soil analysis done. I think I'm getting salt in the yard from snow getting pushed into my yard in the winter.
That might be. I used to have a tree that would turn yellow because it was near our lime-rock road. Too alkaline!
I planted out some old beans from our food storage this spring too. I mixed them in the area of my garden where I also planted squash. Sporadic sprouting, but something is better than nothing.
I've been thinking about using some wheat and lentils that are getting a little elderly. We eat these things constantly, but I've got 3 lbs of wheat and 2 lbs of lentils left from 2020. Newer stuff tastes better, so this might be a good way to put it to use without waste. I'm in zone 5b, would you wait for spring or do it now?
I remember watching the video where you planted this! 😳😊
Blessings to y’all from Florida 🌴🐢🌺🐊🐠🪸🌊⚡️🌀🚀😎
Here in the UK, I plant fava beans in any unoccupied soil in mid October every year, then cut it off at ground level in April. The ground is then used for onions, maincrop potatoes, peas,etc (I practice nodig/no till gardening)..
All the cut material goes for compost.
Good work!
I am doing this right now in the grocery row garden. Cut it when it was way shorter though cause it was shading my other plants too much
I'm new, I wonder if they'd survive if I regularly mowed high. I have a lot of erosion and want to buld soil.
Yes, both the sudan-sorghum and sunn hemp can be cut repeatedly.
@@part-timeprep5932 you can probably even mow them short, as long as you give them enough time to bounce back
Love your content, David. Your music is pretty legit as well.
Great video dude, love the vibe, the music, the knowledge and the passion!
I'm so happy to be one of your subscribers. I'm a long time fan. You share tips and tricks that are practical and actually work! We have been using your methods for the past few years and have great success even here in Arizona Growing zone 9B. CHEERS!
Growing the cover crop is only half the battle. The most important step is how do you incorporate that biomass into the soil profile. The best way is to do it’s called heat composting. Basically, you roll the crop over on its side with a big roller that has some sharp edges on it. The sharp edges book crimp the vascular bundles in allowed to drive to decompose over the winter. You leave the heat compost on the soil surface and plant through it this means, you separate the biomass or make a small pathway and plant the seed directly into the untilled soil. If you rototill the biomass back into the soil you will have caused a major disruption in the soil microflora. organic matter is never tilled into the soil as that is an artificial measure.
I have thought about a crimper.
I am pulling weeds up (roots too) and making compost instead of throwing away. Working great and it's FREE
I've been burying my weeds in Sandy patch, 4" layers alternating with 2" of sand. Going to burn more bio-char when it rains this fall and top off with compost for a new corn patch in the spring.
Thanks to all of you and David the good, I've learned so much!
do you have any tips for coping with hot and muggy weather? Living in the south, I struggle with this, I become forgetful, and unmotivated. even though deep down I want to play an active role in my garden during the summer, I have trouble going outside in the summer months.
I'm putting about one thrid of my garden on cover crop this fall and next spring. The garden needs a rest and so do I!
Gardens dont need rest, they need life, ita a big misconception that soil needs "rest". Check out elaine ingham the soil food web.
@@mirsidorov5112 a fellow man of culture i see
@@mirsidorov5112 According to the Bible ( KJV) it says to let your land rest every 7th year.
@@freddyb9290 there are a lot of things that aren't scientific in there my dude
@@freddyb9290 do forests rest? Amazon rainforests?
David, my daughters are buying me some sun hemp seed and a machete for my birthday. I am going to plant some sun hemp and chop and drop the hemp to feed everything. I just wish I had a small battery operated shredder to hep me , I have a bad back, anything to help me would be great. Seed will be going in the ground 10x 20 feet area at the back fence. Looking forward to the next few weeks.
"That's a lot of life."
Let's kill it for compost... (evil laugh)
This Video Brought me Joy
I planted some in various plots, definitely need the input of manure, want to use as chicken pasture, but I need poop to make the pasture!
That’s cool…. I would chop and drop it, and then tarp over it. -6-8 weeks later you have a perfect fertile weed free garden, with more organic matter and biology than before,,,
That is another great method.
Micro-plastics from tarp “ perfect”
Great technique. We just put our new home at out homestead. It is at the top of a little slope. We made some swales to control erosion of our sandy dirt. Then we planted sweet potatoes at the berm. I will try some legumes too. So far I'm very pleased with the cover crop and looking forward to the sweet potatoes!
I just started my sun hemp cover crop 4 days ago. It's amazing how fast this stuff grows. The materials to get another Johnson Su composter are waiting. If I have enough sun hemp left after covering the beds. By the looks of your results I think I'll have enough for both.
That looks great! I'm having great luck with pigeon peas. They've gotten taller than I am...uhhh...ok, that's not exactly any great accomplishment, BUT, they're making a nice looking hedge, growing great in crappy rock hard red clay, and they're even starting to flower.
What a nice idea. Thanks.
Exactly what I needed to see. My ground is lacking organic material
I liked the music.
That's going to be a great Scythe training area for your kids...
Love the music in the end
You rock God bless y’all
You had me at the intro song... LOVED IT!
Growing comfy and pigeon pea trees to use as fertilizer. Thank you for this video! PS when are you going to do another garden retreat?
Wow, this is awesome, question though, does it matter whether I incorporate the sunn hemp in the soil before or after full flowering season for maximum nitrogen availability or simply "chop it" as you mentioned, and leave the root nodulation process to do what it does or leave the plants to decompose and let nature do the rest? So many options I don't want to disturb the soil by any means. Thanks.
Great tips, and great book and tee-shirt too. :) Thanks DTG!
Question from the ultra lazy: I've got tons of winter wheat and clover seed. Kinda tempted to just broadcast it all over the unturned ground in the part of the yard I'm not using and see if any grows. The soil is hard but there's a fairly thick layer of old leaf mass on top. Do you think anything would take root? Maybe even next year?
I'm not sure but I'd like to know David's answer to this
I would just give it a try, raking away some of the leaves, throw the seeds, rake the leaves back over.
Why not?
It's possible... seeds love to germinate in leaf mould
Yes alot will
I broadcast winter rye by mowing real short, run my dethatcher over the area, broadcast the seeds and drag the dethatcher over the area again. I get good results.
I wonder if it would grow as fast exposed to free-range chickens. I want to do this just outside my yard. I have a water logged area, but is open to chickens from the community
I like using buckwheat. The stems are full of water then I inter seed brassicas into it and roll over the buckwheat and the brassicas grow under the mulch and buckwheat breaks down fast. More tillage radish than the rest of the radishes because the tillage radish digs deep and tills the ground for me. I tried pretty much the same seed u used but it didn't break down as fast. Another great video
David. I am growing black eyed peas here in Deltona Florida. When should I cut it down to compost it for making my own biomass? Today is July 18 2023.
Could be a Great cover crop for winter, chop it down and let the worms eat it.
What song did you use in this video?
"Sugar Pie" It's his own song. ua-cam.com/video/_ndLRnSXV9o/v-deo.html
We have sun hemp, sun flowers, vetch, dikon radish, cow pea, lab lab. Big difference growing cover crop next to fruit trees.
Ss@sorry to bother you, but would you recommend Vetch as a ground cover? Where did you get it? Thanks in advance 💖
@@mariap.894 hi. I would say any legumes make a great groundcover. They make nice flowers for bees . Our vetch is just starting off. Has a ferny type leaf. I'm from Australia queensland. Got it from my partners work at a rural shop. He's into regeneration. Helps farmers with soil improvement. Using different seed mixes. So he likes to try them out on our 2 acre block. Legumes are so versatile, they grow, flower, seed and die off. Then they grow back. I'm looking forward to seeing the vetch flower. I did ask my partner how big does vetch grow he said just under metre like shrubby.
@@ss-kz9ee oh wow! Thanks so much fir for such detailed explanation. I knew it was about soil regeneration, that's why I was particularly interested in knowing more. I'd love to use it to replace my grass. I hate the care and water consumption it requires. Blessings your way and lots of luck in all you do🪴😊👍💜💕
Lol I've just realised in a UK council estate house wi garden I've got 8 compost piles/bins.i haven't used waste bins in years n only 28
One of the best videos!! Great idea! When should winter rye mix be sown When should rye oats mix be sown generally in the 6b area? TY!
the problem is in so california we haven't gotten rain this summer not enough to keep bugs alive. my meringa tree didnt grow over a foot and i water them ...i guess i'll go back to the feed store and buy straw again cheapest compost i can find
I like your short videos
Anyone with info on varieties of sunhemp for zone specific use. Dwarf, mammoth, day neutral, etc.
Also killing all the weeds. We started a 50x50 garden plot this year on a piece of land that has never been used very sandy dead compacted soil, and had a very busy summer growing weeds hahaha but still got a good amount of food out of the deal but compared to my urban market garden it is way less productive. In particular bindweed was our nemesis so next year we are going to cover crop the whole thing including a new area we are going to start and this is our plan to solve our weed soil, and like David mentioned all the fertility will come with this biomass.
Can use this sorghum-sudan grass for my cattle or sheep or pigs or chickens without poisoning them?
What's the tune at the beginning of the video?
Our rabbits love Sunn hemp.
FANTASTIC IDEA!!! Thank you
Loved the book! Absolutely has inspired me to think outside the box. We got ducks this season and by luck put them by our fruit trees that have been struggling so hoping we see similar results that you saw with your mulberry tree! Great advice in your video! We are trying similar approaches due to not having enough compost for our market garden and buying certified organic compost is ridiculously expensive. Take care!
Thank you - glad you're here.
What about in fall just turning it under and let it go back into the soil?
Not everyone has a Fall. :-)
You can do that!
@@TUKByV1 Not everyone has rain either, yet here I am watching the video and reading the comments. 😂
@@part-timeprep5932so you're in the desert?
@@part-timeprep5932 so, you'll be in a desert in a few years. I'll still have no Fall or Winter, though.
Comfrey is another excellent source you can grow it it can be turned into compost and I believe fertilizer im new to all this comfrey helps your soil as well tremendous healing power in this plant even been known 2 heal bones
I actually googled what "Sunn Hemp" was.
Much Love ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿
That music is dope.
Going to try this when is best time- now?
Is sorghum Sudan grass something I could grow on the edges of my beds for chop and drop? Will it keep coming back or would I have to replant? How would borage be? I'm a little confused at what to use and how to grow it.
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Compost good!
So if I sow sun hemp in a raised bed that I don’t plan to use again until Fall all I’ll have to do is chop & drop it it down to soil level let it sit on top of the raised bed as mulch? Then how long should I let it sit and decay before planting in that bed again in Fall? I’m guessing it should sit like mulch and not be turned or tilled into the soil, right? How do you guarantee the sun hemp won’t just regrow? Newbie questions, forgive me but thanks.
I've got about six old round bales of hay and a pretty good size pile of goat poop. How would you work with that?
I would have to know if the hay contained any herbicide residue first (see: Grazon), but if I knew it was not contaminated, I would probably mix it up with the goat manure in a big pile and soak it with water to get it composting.
@@davidthegood The hay doesn't contain any chemicals. I had it cut on my own farm. Thanks for the info. 👍🏻
That is great! The key is really getting it wet, layer by layer, as you build a compost pile. The bacteria and fungi need lots of water.
@@davidthegood I'll have to figure the wetting it part out because it's way down in a field away from a water source. If you were my neighbor I'd give you a couple rolls!
I did get some plastic barrels recently to haul water in. I wonder how many barrels it will take. lol
Does this work in the Desert or a place like the Sierra foothills, valley springs, CA?
I grow compost (soil) every year.
The best part: I don't have to work to grow veggies.
I grow soil and let the soil grow my veggies.
What most people call weeds I call, beneficial herbs and living soil.
I have my garden beds, Intentionally planted living soil/compost beds, and my wild herb compost/lawn.
My lawn grows Yarrow, Dandelion, burdock, lambsquarters, pigweed, horsetail, thistles, on and on.
I am planning to plant sunn hemp sudangrass and other high yield crops next year to boost my compost.
So far I have around 8 inches of compost on some of my garden beds and working to get them all built up the same and more.
I use to grow a Lucerne crop in my garden bed.
It puts back nitrogen and fibre into the ground.
Cover cropping is where it's at!
What mixture can you plant now! In the South
Black-eyed peas/cow peas, sunn hemp, okra, sunflowers, sorghum-sudan grass, mung beans. Through maybe mid-September or so.
@@davidthegood you have a favorite online supplier for said seeds? 😁
Lots of information
Although it's not a nitrogen fixer it would fit right into the mix of these other tall quick growing plants that can be crowded, Chia seeds are super cheap and sprout with no effort other than sprinkling them on the ground.
New gardener so forgive my silly question but if I were to sow this mix in a couple of (1 year old) raised beds over the summer months in Zone 10a FL can I just put most of the cuttings into a compost tumbler and use it next season as compost in the beds? Would I need brown material and kitchen scraps too or would the sunn hemp mix compost by itself? How can I be sure the sunn hemp mix doesn’t just keep growing and possibly crowd out any new plants/seeds that I want to grow in the Fall? Appreciate any help. Thanks
Anyone have advice for cover crops in the desert? Phoenix az, here
Boy howdy, I wish it would rain enough here to grow cover crops w no effort, I live in southeast AZ n don't even get enough rain for my compost pile to break down n the water levels are getting lower n lower
It hurts 😪, here in phoenix, 7 inches a yr is a good year. My parents are in AL and they get 60 inches. I dream about moving back to green country.
But sometimes I remind myself, the first great civilizations in the Ancient Near East and Egypt picked hot dry climates to irrigate. So it can be done!
I've been watching Brad Lancaster drylands water strategy videos. If I can use all the greywater from our showers and handwashung, my struggling trees will appreciate it. Chipdrop is a website where they bring a free truck load of woodchips. It was a lifesaver for my trees
Cowpeas seemed to hold their own in the summer of the Sonora this year in Tucson. Also asparagus beans seemed to weather fairly well
@@zacharypinegar3111 Thanks!!!
Dearest Mr THE GOOD what do you do with mosquitos in your tall cover crop?