What is the soil blocker that appears on minute 23:40?? Look like something really practical! Your videos are so inspiring, thank you for sharing, it encourages me to grow and share as well💪🏻
So I’m doing a practicum for a hort master’s degree, and 3 of my projects are on hand tools, irrigation systems, and growing under cover. I apply my learnings at a local community garden in Kansas (yay tornadoes, I’m so sorry) that supplies produce for our city’s warming shelter. This video was insanely useful, thank you soooo much! I appreciate the time you invest in us! Also, tell your kitty I said “psst psst psst psst.” Thanks again!
Awesome video- here’s a few more gear recs because he’s right, it often gets over looked and it can be such a difference maker!: For leather boots I love Redbacks. I have a pair of short xtratuf that look just like the speaker’s- can’t remember the name of his brand but the xtratufs are a slam dunk on my end. My philosophy on farm work is that I just expect to be wet all the time or at any given time, and I’ve come to embrace it rather than repel by wearing lightweight, quick drying clothing: - your preferred hiking pants (khul are good and long lasting but pricey. Pranas that go on sale are nice but lack the side, thigh pocket I depend on so much) Patagonia tropic long sleeve hoodie- it’s wearable shade I keep my phone on me in a water proof hip bag with a **velcro flip top**- fussing with a zipper will fail in under a season, and takes two hands to open which will make you crazy. My “buy it once” is from a company called Fabric Horse in Philadelphia
I'm standardizing all of my tarps to 50 by 50 because I never have to worry about do I have the long side or the short side? Then javing to move it again. Also thinking about growing older, I'm not always going to want to be pulling around 150 ft of tarp. It's always just a perfect square. 50x50 One less step to worry about.
The value and insight of these videos is amazing. So practical for a no-till farmer and I love how they explicitly address issues we as no-till farmers have. And with videos like these that give you exact tools and estimated cost is invaluable. Thank you so much for this!
I don't market garden but I do plant about 1/3 acre of garden. I don't have any mechanized equipment(I probably would if I could afford it😁). I use the Creature broarfork, and a wheel hoe along with various hand tools and I have even mastered the scythe. I employ many of the methods you show. Love your show.
I appreciate Jackson giving his words of wisdom on the tools of the trade. A couple of these I need to look into. Thanks this was very helpful and keep up the good work.
Thanks Jackson I know it took a lot for you to do these videos. I had always wondered why we didn't see you. Glad to finally see you. Keep sharing your awesome and eventually you will look at us so we can see your beautiful face better.
Lots of good advice but one piece I resonated with was keeping the area/garden mowed. It's so pleasant to garden when the space is mowed and tidy. It sucks when the grass is long, wet, and sluggy.
Thanks for this. I just bought 2 acres and I'm slowly clearing it in preperation for growing next year. These videos have been super helpful. Keep up the good work, y'all.
Wish I’d seen this 5 years ago! That said I do think the greens spinner is essential. It opens the door to a wider range of crops as does the greens cutter. Too many freezing nights cutting kale By head land. That cutter was a god send.
Great info from someone who clearly knows what he's doing and has done away with the unnecessary. Particularly love the comments on mesh and the info on shoes - why are practical hard wearing shoes/boots so difficult to find. My last pair lasted less than 2 months and I thought I'd researched them well. Fab video, well delivered, many thanks.
Its been great seeing more of Jackson this season! Love these videos he's been in, im starting a fair amount of garden space and redoing my whole yard so his how to start a no till garden from scratch is perfectly timed! Gonna go look at broadforks now . . .
This is a great series- thanks! Also for growers local to KY, Grow Appalachia is offering the more durable insect netting as a part of their growing supplies catalog. Glad to hear the recommendation for it, I was curious about it when I saw it added to their inventory...
After building a garden with just a hoe, spade fork, rake and a half sized shovel, i have a burning desire for better tools. Its a labor of love, but i couldnt see me still being able to chop up heavy clay in a couple decades. Y'all rock, Nerds
@@VictoriousGardenosaurus if you have beds that can be empty in the fall diakon and buckwheat worked for me. You get a double out of it. The buckwheat will seed and we save it for next season and the diakon we eat or let it rot in soul to break up the clay and to turn to compost. Sunflowers are also good for breaking up soil. Im rehabbing a lot that has gravel , fill clay over dirt. Labor of love and patience
@@VictoriousGardenosaurus im a big fan of southern peas also. Soil gets nitrogen, i get peas, rabbits get fodder. Im all about stacking function. Im also not trying to make money off my garden atm. Just trying to build soil and reap a small personal harvest and get seeds for next year
I got a 20 dollar small pick ⛏ that is my favorite tool. It busy right through the clay and caleche rock and I even used it to break up some concrete that had gotten a bit wet. I use one of those garden cushions and get down onto the ground and try to have something nearby to push on when I need to get back up. 😂
A few of these tools we have. A few that we are going to buy or consider adding to our tool collection. A good and thorough why and how and a bit more as to each tool. As ALWAYS Thank You for another informative and fun video!
Man, I am either doing something wrong or my clay loam is super compacted... i am super jealous of how quickly everyone can run their broadfork. It takes me an hour to hour 15 for every 100 foot bed...
Thanks Jesse for the video. Btw talking about tractors : what do you know on compaction and the different sizes of wheels and those round kind of flat ones to even spread the weight? What’s your experience on these on easy to saturate soils like yours, etc?
Man, you two in the same garden would be intense! Thanks for a great video. I'm surprised you don't use a Kentucky High Wheel cultivator. I still use my grandfather's from the 1950's. Another tool I like is a sod lifter for shallow cultivation, especially effective for getting underneath spreading plants.
I started out with a regular hoe. Upgraded to a circular hoe, a scuffle hoe, and a trash fork. I end up using a stick to make rows and holes for planting seeds. I have small 5x25 beds, 7 of them and 6 smaller 5x16 beds. Its all as expensive as you want to go. If i had a larger space i would use a seeder and a bed rake.
@@goodboysongs some have already lasted for generations. We have some Planet Jr. tools that have already lasted 100 years, and show no sense in of giving up the ghost any time soon
Farming is not cheap but I would argue it's one of the more affordable businesses to start. Just the ventilation hood alone in a restaurant (to use that common business) often starts around $25K 😬
I just tilled a 50’ by 50’ garden with a simple Stihl Yard Boss cultivator. That was a lot of work. Time to upgrade to a BCS or something bigger than 8” tiller. Please, don’t try this at home 🤪
Any ideas on what to do if it just won't stop bloody raining (UK)... we're drowning! lost so much season, seeds rotting in the ground... short of covering everything with tunnels of course! Still cold.. been wearing jumpers on and off this week.. JUNE and we're in jumpers.. mad!!!
Water management is all about initial preparation and site assessment. I usually suggest people in wet areas plan for wet seasons (build raised beds and make sure the water has somewhere to go when in excess like potentially drainage tiles) because it's (generally) easier to add water than take it away. Building your soil organic matter will also help tremendously.
ThanQ Jesse & Jackson! This is invaluable information as I am starting a new farming venture in Ky! You are so very appreciated for everything you do to guide us towards success!
Swiftblocker. They are heavy as sin, but fast. I knocked out 12 trays the other night in about 20 mins. Highly suggest a Bakery scraper to go with it. Jesse did a review of one a while back.
Not sure one exists. The power harrrow or a tiller with a precision depth roller are the closest equivalents. Those are more expensive and heavier and require a tractor though.
@@notillgrowers it seems to me like an existing power tool like a sunjoe style de thatcher or cordless broom or edger could be modified to fit the bill .
I know recording audio out and about is difficult and i dont wanne nag. But the audio has a weird static (?) and it makes it diffcult for me to listen :/
Jesse barely is gardening in during the months since is his hobby only bc he is mostly working his full time job playing music in tours around the world and he is showing us his music. He just sows plants 🌱 as a hobby, music is his job really.
Wow! Sounds like you got to spend 50k to 75k to make about 30k a year. I surely hope I can do it cheaper. Otherwise, I should probably choose a different career. 😊
A lot of professional interviewers use the same sort of format. The only difference here is that we're not switching back and forth from the host to the interviewee. It always amazes me the number of complaints people get for free content.
@@milesroane1228if you are talking to a person would you not see that person or at least hear the other person during the interview? That would be showing the “interaction”
What is the soil blocker that appears on minute 23:40?? Look like something really practical!
Your videos are so inspiring, thank you for sharing, it encourages me to grow and share as well💪🏻
Swiftblocker!
@@notillgrowers you like it? because it looks awesome!
So I’m doing a practicum for a hort master’s degree, and 3 of my projects are on hand tools, irrigation systems, and growing under cover. I apply my learnings at a local community garden in Kansas (yay tornadoes, I’m so sorry) that supplies produce for our city’s warming shelter. This video was insanely useful, thank you soooo much! I appreciate the time you invest in us! Also, tell your kitty I said “psst psst psst psst.” Thanks again!
Would you share your work ? Where can we see it please?
Sounds like some amazing work.
What sort of size is the community plot there? Sounds like something that should exist everywhere.
Awesome video- here’s a few more gear recs because he’s right, it often gets over looked and it can be such a difference maker!:
For leather boots I love Redbacks. I have a pair of short xtratuf that look just like the speaker’s- can’t remember the name of his brand but the xtratufs are a slam dunk on my end.
My philosophy on farm work is that I just expect to be wet all the time or at any given time, and I’ve come to embrace it rather than repel by wearing lightweight, quick drying clothing:
- your preferred hiking pants (khul are good and long lasting but pricey. Pranas that go on sale are nice but lack the side, thigh pocket I depend on so much)
Patagonia tropic long sleeve hoodie- it’s wearable shade
I keep my phone on me in a water proof hip bag with a **velcro flip top**- fussing with a zipper will fail in under a season, and takes two hands to open which will make you crazy. My “buy it once” is from a company called Fabric Horse in Philadelphia
I'm standardizing all of my tarps to 50 by 50 because I never have to worry about do I have the long side or the short side? Then javing to move it again. Also thinking about growing older, I'm not always going to want to be pulling around 150 ft of tarp. It's always just a perfect square. 50x50 One less step to worry about.
I like that logic.
We need more of this guy on camera. He's great.
The value and insight of these videos is amazing. So practical for a no-till farmer and I love how they explicitly address issues we as no-till farmers have. And with videos like these that give you exact tools and estimated cost is invaluable. Thank you so much for this!
These two videos Jackson did on farm set-up are absolute gold.
That was one of the best explanations of how to be efficient and practical.
I don't market garden but I do plant about 1/3 acre of garden. I don't have any mechanized equipment(I probably would if I could afford it😁). I use the Creature broarfork, and a wheel hoe along with various hand tools and I have even mastered the scythe. I employ many of the methods you show. Love your show.
Wow cloning yourself and working on two farms really makes a lot of sense. Seriously though, one of your best videos!!!! Thanks
I appreciate Jackson giving his words of wisdom on the tools of the trade. A couple of these I need to look into. Thanks this was very helpful and keep up the good work.
Thx, J. U and Jesse give lots of info in a short time with no fluff. Very useful and enjoyable.
Just met your old gardening mentor at a grazing school this weekend. Great guy! He says hi😁
Thanks Jackson I know it took a lot for you to do these videos. I had always wondered why we didn't see you. Glad to finally see you.
Keep sharing your awesome and eventually you will look at us so we can see your beautiful face better.
Lots of good advice but one piece I resonated with was keeping the area/garden mowed. It's so pleasant to garden when the space is mowed and tidy. It sucks when the grass is long, wet, and sluggy.
Jacksons a good man, and thorough.
Thanks for this. I just bought 2 acres and I'm slowly clearing it in preperation for growing next year. These videos have been super helpful. Keep up the good work, y'all.
Really informative and practical. Thank you. Also I had no probs with your music list. Keep doing what you are doing!
Wish I’d seen this 5 years ago! That said I do think the greens spinner is essential. It opens the door to a wider range of crops as does the greens cutter. Too many freezing nights cutting kale
By head land. That cutter was a god send.
Great info from someone who clearly knows what he's doing and has done away with the unnecessary. Particularly love the comments on mesh and the info on shoes - why are practical hard wearing shoes/boots so difficult to find. My last pair lasted less than 2 months and I thought I'd researched them well. Fab video, well delivered, many thanks.
Wow that irrigation equipment was waaaay cheaper than I expected. Awesome video guys, thanks for the transparency!
This was great, guys. The rapid-fire Q&A format was really well paced.
Its been great seeing more of Jackson this season! Love these videos he's been in, im starting a fair amount of garden space and redoing my whole yard so his how to start a no till garden from scratch is perfectly timed! Gonna go look at broadforks now . . .
im only on a quarter acre of growing but an action hoe, tilther, bed rake are the most important tools for me maintaince wise
This is a great series- thanks! Also for growers local to KY, Grow Appalachia is offering the more durable insect netting as a part of their growing supplies catalog. Glad to hear the recommendation for it, I was curious about it when I saw it added to their inventory...
After building a garden with just a hoe, spade fork, rake and a half sized shovel, i have a burning desire for better tools.
Its a labor of love, but i couldnt see me still being able to chop up heavy clay in a couple decades.
Y'all rock, Nerds
Use diakon radish to break up that clay.
@@sassafrasred6657 if time and capability allows, it's something I'd try in the future.
@@VictoriousGardenosaurus if you have beds that can be empty in the fall diakon and buckwheat worked for me. You get a double out of it. The buckwheat will seed and we save it for next season and the diakon we eat or let it rot in soul to break up the clay and to turn to compost. Sunflowers are also good for breaking up soil. Im rehabbing a lot that has gravel , fill clay over dirt. Labor of love and patience
@@VictoriousGardenosaurus im a big fan of southern peas also. Soil gets nitrogen, i get peas, rabbits get fodder. Im all about stacking function. Im also not trying to make money off my garden atm. Just trying to build soil and reap a small personal harvest and get seeds for next year
I got a 20 dollar small pick ⛏ that is my favorite tool. It busy right through the clay and caleche rock and I even used it to break up some concrete that had gotten a bit wet. I use one of those garden cushions and get down onto the ground and try to have something nearby to push on when I need to get back up. 😂
Happy Father's day fellas.
A few of these tools we have. A few that we are going to buy or consider adding to our tool collection. A good and thorough why and how and a bit more as to each tool. As ALWAYS Thank You for another informative and fun video!
5:27 tip don't shovel wheelbarrow. Just dump a little backup dump a little more. Great video other wise. A lot of tarps.
Man, I am either doing something wrong or my clay loam is super compacted... i am super jealous of how quickly everyone can run their broadfork. It takes me an hour to hour 15 for every 100 foot bed...
Great common sense approach to market gardening!
More Jackson! ❤
Love love this interview. Thanks guys!!
Thanks for the informative breakdown, it would be nice to have a cost breatkdown for the seedstarting area and equipment, too!
Definately a 2 wheel wheelborrow & a good quality broad fork. Flat tine potato fork & wire weeder with all the heads.
Thanks Jesse for the video. Btw talking about tractors : what do you know on compaction and the different sizes of wheels and those round kind of flat ones to even spread the weight? What’s your experience on these on easy to saturate soils like yours, etc?
I love farmers friend for some stuff but you can get much cheaper pricing on rowcover and tarps from other sights
Man, you two in the same garden would be intense! Thanks for a great video. I'm surprised you don't use a Kentucky High Wheel cultivator. I still use my grandfather's from the 1950's. Another tool I like is a sod lifter for shallow cultivation, especially effective for getting underneath spreading plants.
Happy Fathers Day nerd ❤
Wow ... what a magnificent insight. THANK YOU. Invaluable information. Helped me see some gaps in my tool kit.
Thanks!
Amazing, thank YOU!
The best agricultural techniques
Did you have a video about putting the drain on the wash tub?
Wow, there’s a huge expense when you add it all up, all the tools and equipment 😁🇦🇺
I started out with a regular hoe. Upgraded to a circular hoe, a scuffle hoe, and a trash fork. I end up using a stick to make rows and holes for planting seeds. I have small 5x25 beds, 7 of them and 6 smaller 5x16 beds. Its all as expensive as you want to go. If i had a larger space i would use a seeder and a bed rake.
Yep, farming ain’t cheap. But recognize a lot of these are one-time purchases that will last for decades if taken care of well.
@@goodboysongs some have already lasted for generations. We have some Planet Jr. tools that have already lasted 100 years, and show no sense in of giving up the ghost any time soon
Farming is not cheap but I would argue it's one of the more affordable businesses to start. Just the ventilation hood alone in a restaurant (to use that common business) often starts around $25K 😬
@@notillgrowers no one in their right mind opens a restaurant. That being said......
Always awesome! Thank you 🙏
Thank YOU!
I just tilled a 50’ by 50’ garden with a simple Stihl Yard Boss cultivator. That was a lot of work. Time to upgrade to a BCS or something bigger than 8” tiller. Please, don’t try this at home 🤪
How do you combat voles in these hoop houses? I have two and they both got dug into my raised rows/beds and ate all the roots of my plants
Any ideas on what to do if it just won't stop bloody raining (UK)... we're drowning! lost so much season, seeds rotting in the ground... short of covering everything with tunnels of course! Still cold.. been wearing jumpers on and off this week.. JUNE and we're in jumpers.. mad!!!
I’d love to know the answer to this too, had a terrible season so far glad it’s not just me
Water management is all about initial preparation and site assessment. I usually suggest people in wet areas plan for wet seasons (build raised beds and make sure the water has somewhere to go when in excess like potentially drainage tiles) because it's (generally) easier to add water than take it away. Building your soil organic matter will also help tremendously.
@@notillgrowers thanks.. yes I've done/doing that.. half the trouble is it's just so cold and cloudy.. it's a bit like 1816.. the Summers just AWOL.
How do you typically deall with water sourcing? I would worry about contaminated irrigation. Dig a well?
Loved this. Thanks
Great video!
Very interesting.
Love this guy is there more of him?
Recent one: ua-cam.com/video/HUMC0BR0Sns/v-deo.html
I have a sub compact tractor, starting a 1/4 acre plot, what’s the best 3pt implement to prep the beds?
I think Jackson learned his presenting skills from Jesse
do you direct seed any crops?
ThanQ Jesse & Jackson! This is invaluable information as I am starting a new farming venture in Ky! You are so very appreciated for everything you do to guide us towards success!
Does anyone know the name of the soil blocker he used at the end of the video? Thanks for the great info!!!!
Swiftblocker. They are heavy as sin, but fast. I knocked out 12 trays the other night in about 20 mins. Highly suggest a Bakery scraper to go with it. Jesse did a review of one a while back.
Those tilthers require you to have a drill dedicated to it?
You do have to have a drill for the tilther, but it does not have to be dedicated to the tilther alone
hey another orthodox grower!!
What is that soil blocker setup at the tail end of the video called?
Swiftblocker!
Terrateck double wheel hoe for most of my three row cultivation needs
What was that soil block contraption at 23:39? Is it a retail product or bespoke?
It is a Swift Blocker.
@@della6889 Thank you
Those low-blowing crops, they bl..., I mean grow the best!
Great video 🇳🇿❤️
Great video! Jackson has really come into his own as a host.
Whats the best alternative to a tilther?
Not sure one exists. The power harrrow or a tiller with a precision depth roller are the closest equivalents. Those are more expensive and heavier and require a tractor though.
@@notillgrowers it seems to me like an existing power tool like a sunjoe style de thatcher or cordless broom or edger could be modified to fit the bill .
Maybe a RYOBI 18V ONE+ HP Brushless Cordless Dethatcher/Aerator Kit
14 inch wide and can bend the scarifier tines to fit the bill of a tilther
All the acronyms are scrambling my brain! Help!!
Spent the money on the tilther all It does is smoke the drill. What am I doing wrong
I’m a noob so many terms I don’t know lol. Hard to listen and learn
I see why y’all are partners.
Whole Earth Catalog
Music is so disrupting
5 minutes to broadfork a 50 foot bed. Wow beats me 55 minutes. I am 65. That's my excuse
Are you two brothers because your speech patterns and mannerisms are very similar
I'm surprised at the amount of plastic and tillage there is in a non-till, organic operation
I know recording audio out and about is difficult and i dont wanne nag.
But the audio has a weird static (?) and it makes it diffcult for me to listen :/
Background traffic by the sounds of it. That noise used to help me sleep
Bcs are like swimming pools. Its better to have afriend with one than owning one
Plastic and more plastic...and even more micro plastic...eco friendly...na
When you are doing a educational video try not to use abreviations
This music was so loud, it was disturbing. Why have any music at all. Totally unnecessary.❤
i feel for you, i get really autistic about audio, and most creators dont balance the audio in their video. no shame in that, just a valid criticism.
Agreed. It was jarring and unpleasant.
I enjoyed it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 🤘
Jesse barely is gardening in during the months since is his hobby only bc he is mostly working his full time job playing music in tours around the world and he is showing us his music. He just sows plants 🌱 as a hobby, music is his job really.
"Got the new 26 inch flail mower" *BUNUHNUHBUHNUH*
Wow! Sounds like you got to spend 50k to 75k to make about 30k a year. I surely hope I can do it cheaper. Otherwise, I should probably choose a different career. 😊
But just about everything he mentioned lasts more than a year.
Y would you interview someone and have them not face the camera for 25 minutes?
A lot of professional interviewers use the same sort of format. The only difference here is that we're not switching back and forth from the host to the interviewee.
It always amazes me the number of complaints people get for free content.
Why not?
@@jeffree9015 bc it makes the person you are interviewing seem aloof.
Because he is talking to a person not a camera. The camera is recording the interaction
@@milesroane1228if you are talking to a person would you not see that person or at least hear the other person during the interview? That would be showing the “interaction”
Let's be honest.... it's just faster to burn your money 😂😂😂