Gardening With Minimal Irrigation: The Rutabaga Experiment

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  • @PleasantPrickles
    @PleasantPrickles 3 роки тому +12

    The kids must be proud when the harvest comes to the table after working beside you and Rachel. 🌿🌿🌿

  • @msb8013
    @msb8013 3 роки тому +14

    I'm starting to see the effects of deep mulch but also I have a very vigorous plant or two growing from sand. I spend most of my time trying to put life back in the soil when I'm not out there under constant threat of you know what and unloading trucks. Y'all have fun. I love gangsta farming.

  • @davidthegood
    @davidthegood  3 роки тому +2

    We may never have to water these beds again!
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  • @koicaine1230
    @koicaine1230 3 роки тому +6

    OMG! Love the song!

  • @marthaanderson2594
    @marthaanderson2594 3 роки тому +4

    A great video. It is enjoyable to see how the family is involved, even when the fence falls on someone's head.

    • @GrandmasGardenofHope
      @GrandmasGardenofHope 3 роки тому +1

      Hi, Martha. Xoxoxo. @David the Good: we each had our turn with the others, riding with Dad on the tractor

  • @whatsmamadoing9420
    @whatsmamadoing9420 3 роки тому +19

    After watching this I went and looked up rutabagas. You may have said this and I missed it, but according to The New York Times Book of Vegetable Gardening by Joan Lee Faust, “Unlike turnips, which deteriorate if left in the ground too long, rutabagas can be stored in the ground if well mulched and dug as needed. The flavor is better after a few frost.” Sounds like a perfect survival crop to me. Now if I can find some seeds!

    • @TRINITY-ks6nw
      @TRINITY-ks6nw 3 роки тому

      Agreed
      Squash as well

    • @lisakukla459
      @lisakukla459 3 роки тому

      Good tidbit!

    • @candypodratz
      @candypodratz Рік тому

      If stored in the ground, do you cut off the greenery and mulch.... or leave the leaves on it?

  • @tomh4591
    @tomh4591 3 роки тому +5

    ALL I WANT TO KNOW...is where to get your full albums. Those jams though

  • @markirish7599
    @markirish7599 3 роки тому +2

    Best wishes from Ireland 🇮🇪 Mr good 😎

  • @valoriesmith8875
    @valoriesmith8875 3 роки тому +2

    So excited about the new book...can't wait!

  • @scharlenewinningham5579
    @scharlenewinningham5579 3 роки тому +1

    My Uncle farmed a "dry land" farm in the Floydada, Texas area. No irrigation but he always produced a successful crop. My dad also farmed but he irrigated his land. They only lived about an hour away from each other. Such different methods but two successful farmers! I always wondered how the dry land farm could be successful. I will be watching your crops with much anticipation! Thanks for sharing with us.

    • @davidthegood
      @davidthegood  3 роки тому

      That is excellent. I would love to hear his methods.

  • @tjiacab3272
    @tjiacab3272 3 роки тому +2

    Beautiful garden video. Love it. Thanks for sharing. How rude are begas? Bad joke, Dad joke or not. I grew up with a Dad that loved to grow a big garden every year. Size - about 200' x 200'. In Texas near Houston so subtropical. As a youth i did not always enjoy the garden. Looking back, it was so awesome. I have grown small gardens for myself since then. What a concept grow food for yourself. Great life learning to grow food. Amazing, most old timers had gardens and
    fruit trees, plus big pecan trees for food and shade. Thanks for sharing.

  • @AM-dc5yz
    @AM-dc5yz 3 роки тому +1

    The little one trying so hard like her brothers and sisters, that was adorable!

  • @oneperson5760
    @oneperson5760 3 роки тому +1

    Dude! Im just SHOPPING with y’all today! I ordered grocery row gardening. Then i signed up for the newsletter to get water wise, then i thought of etsy and checked again for seminole pumpkin seeds. Score! Finally! And then i saw the mexican sunflower cuttings and ran back to grab those too. Such fun!

  • @gerhardbraatz6305
    @gerhardbraatz6305 3 роки тому +2

    My problem is a small back yard and acidic black sand. Constantly adding amendments and watering. My neighbors do love me for removing their fall leaves though and I do grow some mean blue and black berries here, 2 miles from the Atlantic.

  • @pattigsbh4392
    @pattigsbh4392 3 роки тому +3

    Everyone got to join in on the fun😉 thanks for the reminder of using alfalfa tablets. I used them them in the spring in one bed. It did well but I forgot. Going to plant my rutabagas 👍👍

  • @user-he3ek3cs4z
    @user-he3ek3cs4z 3 роки тому

    New to channel. Also a Florida gardener...this is much needed! I need this 2nd book soon ! Tx! Happy to have found you thanks to Epic Gardner!

  • @ourcozygarden
    @ourcozygarden 3 роки тому +2

    Got the FREE e-book. Thank you very much!

    • @notmyfault6835
      @notmyfault6835 3 роки тому

      Please share... I'd like to read it before the second edition is released. 🙏 👩‍🌾 💧📚 🌱

  • @craigdonald551
    @craigdonald551 3 роки тому +3

    Called neeps in Scotland. Taste better with a frost. Mince and tatties with neeps & mealie puddings or haggis neeps and tatties. Food of the Gods 😉
    We used to carve them out for Halloween lanterns, long before pumpkins were even thought of.

  • @carlafawcett3851
    @carlafawcett3851 3 роки тому +6

    Bahahahaha I love that each of your family took a turn : )

  • @elizebethparker5412
    @elizebethparker5412 3 роки тому

    Looking forward to Steve's new book

  • @notmyfault6835
    @notmyfault6835 3 роки тому +3

    San Diego growing zone 10b checking in 🌱👩‍🌾
    What has this world 🌎 🤔 come to when humanity turns to experimenting on rutabagas?! 😱 😭 😳 (On page 110 of your book, "Free Plants for Everyone"!!)

  • @jcdesignsandboat-works8290
    @jcdesignsandboat-works8290 Рік тому

    On the Alfalfa, I like to make fermented alfalfa tea and use as a root drench feed once a week first 5-6 weeks, then every other week after skipping a feeding here and there if plants are super vigorous “they usually are too”! I make the tea in 55 gallon drums at a rate of 1-2 cups per 5 gallons depending on nitrogen needs along with 1/4 cup of dried feed molasses per 5 gallons. Allow to brew for 1-2 weeks and typically feed 1 qt per plant straight out of the drum after stirring. When the drum runs out, I put the leftover solids in the beds or in compost. I found that this is best for me in this Florida sand as I build some OM in the soil and get enough biochar and clay in to hold on to nutrients! I read somewhere the most efficient way of accessing the Triacontanol is through fermentation, plus the microbial benefits are great! Hope this helps someone and David the good, you should try it as well! I grew a 35lb head of cabbage one year with this tea!😊

  • @midkiffsjoy
    @midkiffsjoy 3 роки тому +1

    Our new kitchen beds at the top of the hill had such amazingly soft soil. Last week I marked out grocery row gardens going down the hill. Yesterday we dug to plant a pear tree. 8" of the hardest, worse soil I've ever dug followed by 2 feet of solid sandstone. I wouldn't even be able to use that broadfork. The tines are too long. I commented we need to write Santa for a jackhammer for Christmas. Hubby said, "Man. We may have actually managed to beat DtG for worse soil." :'(

    • @midkiffsjoy
      @midkiffsjoy 3 роки тому

      3yo William- Momma. Why didn't he sneak up an BITE the okra this time???
      Me- roflmbo
      I can't believe he remembered that.

  • @PastorCombsy
    @PastorCombsy 3 роки тому

    Really looking forward to that water book. As someone who lives in Southern Oregon and had their irrigation turned off at the end of July, water management is going to be key in the years to come.

    • @OfftoShambala
      @OfftoShambala 3 роки тому

      Was your irrigation turned of by choice??

    • @PastorCombsy
      @PastorCombsy 3 роки тому

      @@OfftoShambala we’ve been in drought for quite some time. Our irrigation district turned it off, we simply had no water left.

  • @92bagder
    @92bagder 3 роки тому +10

    It would be interesting to research how agricultural desert tribes, like the Navajo irrigated their gardens

    • @TRINITY-ks6nw
      @TRINITY-ks6nw 3 роки тому +1

      There are many books on this subject

    • @OfftoShambala
      @OfftoShambala 3 роки тому +3

      The hohokam established a canal system we have in the Phoenix area today… kind of along the lines of irrigation.. my understanding is that the Navajo used waffle gardening where they berm up around planting squares, in which they would flood, concentrating the water where the plant is

    • @TrickyVickey
      @TrickyVickey 3 роки тому +3

      Check out the Hopi no irrigation farming. They have heirloom varieties they use which will grow when seeds are planted 12 inches deep.

  • @dylancummings398
    @dylancummings398 3 роки тому +4

    You will probably still have to water them until about November. Iv'e tried the wide row method before here in the FL panhandle (with the same pathetic sandy soil lol) and I had to water them a few times (planted around October 1st) up until about November. The night time temps start to drop around the beginning of October but the day time temps still soar into the 80's and 90's and it just sucks the water right out of the ground. By the beginning of November when the day time temps come down into the mid to high 70's the wide spacing method starts to work pretty well. Don't roll all the hose up yet is all I'm saying lol.

    • @nancyfahey7518
      @nancyfahey7518 3 роки тому +1

      That's where the chop n drop or top mulch comes in. Water once and that's it.

  • @cat3rgrl917
    @cat3rgrl917 3 роки тому

    no over wintering here. looking forward for book release .

  • @scotmhead
    @scotmhead 3 роки тому +2

    Another good one!

  • @OfftoShambala
    @OfftoShambala 3 роки тому

    I’ve been meaning to tell you for the last few minutes, since I read the composting guide… I’m confident it’s not a coincidence that the cover photo has a close up of a shovel.

  • @gidget8717
    @gidget8717 3 роки тому

    Ok had to watch it again. I got sidetracked at 8:30 🤣 Dang son, I believe that one was about the best one I've heard from you. Although the last one you were beginning to sound like Joe, I was having flashbacks to 1970 and Funk#49.✌️

  • @bigwooly8014
    @bigwooly8014 3 роки тому +3

    At what point will you be renting your kids out for garden labor? My back could sure use some well trained assistance. Haha. It really is good to see someone getting their children outside to learn and enjoy. Good on you sir. 👏

    • @davidthegood
      @davidthegood  3 роки тому +3

      They are good workers - it's a blessing to have them all.

  • @GardeninginIdaho
    @GardeninginIdaho 3 роки тому

    Awesome! Can’t wait for the book to come out. Exactly what I’ve been looking for 👍

  • @rehoboth_farm
    @rehoboth_farm 3 роки тому +2

    They make an implement called a subsoiler. I've seen some that will go up to 28 inches deep. Sometimes you can pick one up at an auction for $100. It's on my list of thing to get for the tractor.

    • @michaelbertzfield908
      @michaelbertzfield908 3 роки тому

      Spec the tractor after the subsoiler you want to use. Subsoiler will take a big tractor.

    • @rehoboth_farm
      @rehoboth_farm 3 роки тому

      @@michaelbertzfield908 I've got an 85 horse Landini. I'm guessing that I could bend any cat 1 subsoiler straight if I wanted. With my black clay I might. I have a cat 1/2 3 point so I could probably get a pretty nasty cat 2 shank to drag through this stuff. Of course it would probably be better to just find somebody with a D6 dozer with ripper shanks. I'm just never really satisfied with water penetration in my soil.

  • @floydgraves3997
    @floydgraves3997 3 роки тому

    Let me know when the book comes out. Thank you

  • @rubytuby6369
    @rubytuby6369 3 роки тому +1

    Have you ever tried doing the heavy mulch sheet composting method? Try a 10 x 20 spot fence it in with chicken wire fill the whole thing with mulch 2 feet deep in the fall. By spring the mulcher will only be about 5 inches thick you can move it aside and plant just about anything. The worms till the soil for you. It’s the biology in the soil that releases the fertility in the soil. This is my third year using this method my soil is almost pure compost I have a crazy amount of worms and life in the soil Very little weeding or watering

    • @davidthegood
      @davidthegood  3 роки тому +1

      Yes I have, but do not prefer it for multiple reasons.

  • @williamvillar7134
    @williamvillar7134 3 роки тому +1

    I have a tiller attachment for my weed eater but I don't bother with it. I use my broadfork and then turn over the sod/weeds and plant into that now. I've been putting down alfalfa pellets and triple 13, turning over and applying again, then raking it and planting.

  • @MrMantraMan
    @MrMantraMan 3 роки тому +2

    Allan Nation RIP former editor of Stockman Grass Farmer in his MS garden he planted tomatoes in square bales of alfalfa.

  • @DDWASH9595
    @DDWASH9595 3 роки тому +1

    A tarp will probably help hold more moisture while the seeds sprout

  • @betty8173
    @betty8173 3 роки тому

    My Daddy used to cook rutabagas with a carrot, a bit of onion, and a potato, makes it smooth, sweet, we loved it! Thanks for the memories, and the good news of gardening in the fall!
    Help, please, I just was asked for a review of this video, I liked it, checked the reasons, I thought I clicked on 5 stars, but as it was disappearing, it had only 1 star....can I find this and change it??? So sorry if it made it a 1 star! I looked for it, but not a tech person at all...thank you!

    • @davidthegood
      @davidthegood  3 роки тому

      It's okay. I doubt it makes much difference.

  •  3 роки тому +1

    Rutabagas are a prime ingredient in a recipe for Yooper Pasties, a sort of meat -n- potatoes hand pie wrapped in a pie crust. If you've never had that, Google for the recipe, they're delicious, hot or cold.

  • @Roescoe
    @Roescoe 3 роки тому +1

    If you click through the newsletter link to the "Start composting here" link it leads to a 404, I'm not sure if you're in the process of reorganizing your site right now.

  • @shaneswing2016
    @shaneswing2016 3 роки тому

    Never grown rutabaga before either. I'll even have to look up the picture as I cant picture the plant in my mind.
    You have a drone? Dont recall seeing you use one, but it'd be cool seeing the plots from above.

  • @enjoy_being
    @enjoy_being 3 роки тому +2

    I will check back later to see if the page is working. It really does come up with a page not found. Cheers!
    The second page, like I click the link, and then presume I need to click the green button to "Start composting now" at which point it is a 404

    • @enjoy_being
      @enjoy_being 3 роки тому

      I guess I am wasting my time anyway, as I cant purchase anything from Amazon, being that I dont play the credit card game. I'll just have to carry on regardless. I am sure I will be fine.

    • @Roescoe
      @Roescoe 3 роки тому +1

      @@enjoy_being Have you ever considered purchasing one-time visa cards that are "gift cards" basically.

    • @enjoy_being
      @enjoy_being 3 роки тому +1

      @@Roescoe Yes, I attempted to use one of those with Amazon.. oh actually to charge an Amazon card, and they wouldn't let it through. Now that you remind me, maybe it would let me plain purchase. The other issue being I am in New Zealand, so shipping can be quite expensive if things come from the USA.

    • @Roescoe
      @Roescoe 3 роки тому

      @@enjoy_being Yeah which is why audiobooks are great and I hope DTG has some for any new books.

    • @michelifig6356
      @michelifig6356 2 роки тому +1

      @@enjoy_being amazon temporarily blocked orders to Oz, maybe same for Nz, they're backlogged.

  • @lmgorbea1
    @lmgorbea1 3 роки тому

    How do you deal with wild life? I have armadillos here in Corpus Christi tunneling and digging all my plants, even the herbs! How can I deter them from eating all my crop?

  • @trulylyn2325
    @trulylyn2325 3 роки тому

    I never found what part of Florida you are living? I am in NE Florida outside of Jacksonville. BTY my husband uses alfalfa pellets in our self wicking tubs in our high tunnel. We also use drip irrigation outside.

    • @davidthegood
      @davidthegood  3 роки тому

      We are currently in AL, an hour from Pensacola.

  • @wayfaringfarmer2724
    @wayfaringfarmer2724 3 роки тому

    Please tell me there will be some info on sunken bed systems?!?

  • @freewillchoice8052
    @freewillchoice8052 3 роки тому +1

    Yup, that's what it sounds like in nature.

  • @hilarylonsdale608
    @hilarylonsdale608 3 роки тому +1

    If you can get rutabagas to grow successfully there, you could try mangelwurzels. Those make some serious roots.

  • @rehoboth_farm
    @rehoboth_farm 3 роки тому

    I would totally chop the central leader on those okra plants down to about 3 feet. They will bush out and go nuts.

  • @a4000t
    @a4000t 3 роки тому +1

    getting a workout on the old stairmaster eh :D

  • @tonyalogan3535
    @tonyalogan3535 3 роки тому

    Their getting a good water 💦 right now, rain 🌧️ here

  • @senorjp21
    @senorjp21 3 роки тому +1

    I just watched Elaine Ingham's soil master class on the youtubes. It was super interesting and made me question everything I think about soil. She advocates using a microscope to monitor soil biology. It's long, but it's interesting.

    • @davidthegood
      @davidthegood  3 роки тому +1

      I don't agree with her that much, but she has some interesting ideas.

    • @jroberts1734
      @jroberts1734 3 роки тому +1

      Soil science was the most intense class I had in college

    • @bobertcronos8433
      @bobertcronos8433 3 роки тому

      No one way is perfect for every situation I suggest experimenting and making different beds and see what works for you.

  • @user-he3ek3cs4z
    @user-he3ek3cs4z 3 роки тому

    ORGANIC --------whoooooooooo hoooooooooooo!!!!!!! Who sings song?

  • @FreeFood2
    @FreeFood2 3 роки тому +2

    Never knew you had that older kid with the long black hair. Looks like he gets into your tobacco stash. Doesn’t seem to have stunted his growth.

  • @emmyhusfloen
    @emmyhusfloen 3 роки тому +1

    Wouldn't the roots fight through it? You should see if they like the tilled or not, but maybe this is the experiment till or no till the deep soil.. Thanks for sharing. I found you from 'Roots Shoots & Coffee' live.

    • @davidthegood
      @davidthegood  3 роки тому +1

      The roots mostly stop at the hard layer. Daikons were pushing themselves out of the ground. And welcome!

    • @manguydude287
      @manguydude287 3 роки тому

      I have also had roots grow very shallow when they don't have deep loose soil

  • @shawnfromportland
    @shawnfromportland 3 роки тому

    The Tropical Santa strikes again

  • @poodledaddles1091
    @poodledaddles1091 3 роки тому

    thanks

  • @duncannok
    @duncannok 3 роки тому +1

    Raw they are a great sub for green papaya to make somtam green papaya salad.

    • @davidthegood
      @davidthegood  3 роки тому

      Interesting. I love green papaya salad.

  • @eyewokeupinhell
    @eyewokeupinhell 3 роки тому

    The music though ... 😅🙌

  • @Carolynfoodforest355
    @Carolynfoodforest355 3 роки тому +1

    I love rutabagas they are a great alternative to potatoes because they have less calories. We always ate rutabaga for Thanksgiving and Christmas growing up. But I make them just because they are good when they are in season.

    • @Mr71paul71
      @Mr71paul71 4 місяці тому

      You don't want less calories, as calories are life !!!!

    • @Carolynfoodforest355
      @Carolynfoodforest355 4 місяці тому

      For me, I need less calories. I am a very large person. I don't eat any starches at all anymore. If I ever got to a point that I need starch in my diet. Then I will grow potatoes. Red potatoes grow easy in my climate. I grew them for years. But, the kids are grown and my husband is in a nursing home. So, I grow lettuce these days just for me. But, I still love rutabagas. Keep watching David's videos and I suggest you buy some of his books. Start with the book Compost Everything. David is a very good writer. Also, you can buy T shirts like the shirt David has on, Compost your Enemies. It's a great conversation starter.

  • @manguydude287
    @manguydude287 3 роки тому

    6:06 oh yes he is certainly a Good

  • @allmantree
    @allmantree 3 роки тому

    No rutabaga?
    Unreal!!
    🇺🇲🦅🪂👍🏼

  • @selinanguyentv5125
    @selinanguyentv5125 3 роки тому +1

    khu vườn rộng quá ạ

  • @jackieroberts6316
    @jackieroberts6316 3 роки тому +1

    tried to sign up. 404 page not found.

  • @whatwhat1175
    @whatwhat1175 3 роки тому

    i love the videos david The Good! Sadly i can only use so much of the information given being i live in a zone 3a (usd hardiness) My usually almana "plant seeds" time is typically around may long, and when i was a kid had snow for halloween here.
    I Do enjoy the content, and how you go about it all good vibes/ way about it and your wife is better on the camera then most people in movies it seems!!
    Hate to ask, but do you/anyone know of someone same kinda vibe/info for colder climates to add to my view list?

    • @davidthegood
      @davidthegood  3 роки тому +3

      I like Temperate Climate Permaculture: tcpermaculture.com/site/ - Also, there are a lot of great resources from Paul Wheaton and the folks at permies.com

    • @whatwhat1175
      @whatwhat1175 3 роки тому

      @@davidthegood thank you! And keep up the amazing work! You make learning a little more fun :D can't wait to see next year's gardens

  • @mwnemo
    @mwnemo 3 роки тому

    The rap went pretty hard

  • @billclinton6040
    @billclinton6040 3 роки тому

    You REALLY should be wearing steel-toed shoes/boots when using that broadfork.

  • @Pidgin1
    @Pidgin1 3 роки тому +1

    When can we get the music playlist?

    • @davidthegood
      @davidthegood  3 роки тому +2

      ua-cam.com/channels/WLUc97nUjo-OjUgyPZKxBQ.html

    • @Pidgin1
      @Pidgin1 3 роки тому

      @@davidthegood Thanks! I'm happy you're streaming again as well.

    • @davidthegood
      @davidthegood  3 роки тому

      @@Pidgin1 Thank you.

  • @ramthian
    @ramthian 3 роки тому +1

    Hi!.

  • @rosehavenfarm2969
    @rosehavenfarm2969 3 роки тому

    "We're going to grow these over the winter."
    Although we bought our place where we did b/c of family needs, I still sometimes wish we had a place further south. Ah, well, God's will.
    Edit: can't wait for Solomon's new book; we have had less than 1" of rain over the last 10 weeks. Rain all around us, but not *here.* i hand watered the parsnips and potatoes a couple times after planting them, just to get them started (in "zone 4"). Still, this old lady would like to NOT drag a hose around!

  • @JRileyStewart
    @JRileyStewart 3 роки тому

    I have a theory that one of the reasons farm kids are so healthy is because they go barefoot so often when outside; what better way to reduce our electron loads (and oxidative state) than by regular grounding, right? I'm convinced it's the best anti-oxidant nature provides. So, kick off the shoes and walk in the dirt.

  • @donteatthefoxgloves377
    @donteatthefoxgloves377 3 роки тому +3

    Okay. I absolutely loved seeing those beautiful children but I’m getting irritated by your omission of King Solomon’s seminal work which was Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades, not to mention founding Territorial Seed Company. Don’t go stealing our King and pretend he started gardening in Alabama first! Seriously though, you couldn’t have found a better mentor and that’s a big reason why I love your channel. 🌿🌿🌿

  • @urflofit2010
    @urflofit2010 3 роки тому

    You remind me of Christian Sundberg - kinda

  • @maryt8184
    @maryt8184 3 роки тому

    I have never tried to grow rutabegas; don't think I've even ever eaten one. Will watch to see how they do for you. i see folks barefoot in the garden - Yikes - do you not have fire ants there?

    • @davidthegood
      @davidthegood  3 роки тому

      We do have fire ants, but I watch for them.

  • @matthewkizziahcuzia...gott9632
    @matthewkizziahcuzia...gott9632 3 роки тому +5

    No introduction to the farm help? The one guy needs more training 😁.

    • @Roescoe
      @Roescoe 3 роки тому

      Blades up or down? Doesn't matter.

  • @ccccclark2605
    @ccccclark2605 3 роки тому +1

    🇨🇱🇺🇸✝️🙏❤️👍

  • @andrewscottnews7767
    @andrewscottnews7767 3 роки тому

    How do you grow marijuana in sand is it possible can I get a fully grown mature plant in Florida

    • @davidthegood
      @davidthegood  3 роки тому

      I know people do. I've never grown it, though.

    • @ETXChris
      @ETXChris 3 роки тому

      👀

  • @ollielife1
    @ollielife1 3 роки тому

    smack that chemical farming in the face bro.