Autumn Fruit of Our Labors Test Results | Engels Coach Shop
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- Autumn is only weeks away and we need to check our results on a sub-irrigated test plot, and get the split firewood put under shelter. I've been spending weeks, after work, cutting and splitting firewood and now it needs to get stacked. We also planted a test garden on our creek bottom to see it it could survive the heat of summer without any special attention. We were amazed at the results! Thanks for coming along.
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So nice to see Dianne haven’t seen her in a long time. Teamwork makes the Dreamwork.
No better feeling than a full woodshed and pantry going into winter. Good job.
What a true comment, been burning wood for decades Guy and just finished putting all my wood into the woodshed. Dave had good potato harvest for soil that looks pretty chunky and hard.
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Dave and Mrs.E are probably the only people anywhere that can make wood stacking and potato harvesting interesting. Thanks for posting it!
Really nice to see the wife , she is a awesome worker as well
This man, and his wife, can turn their hands to ANYTHING. Great stuff Dave.
Hyy#ivaandixit
Your wood shed is full, and you have a nice bag of fresh potatoes, you also got to spend time with your spouse, I’d call that a good day!😊
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I sure like your videos, it doesn't matter what you film.
Dave, I love how you and Diane work together it reminds me of the picture with the farmer and his wife standing together with pitchfork, Diane must be old school always wearing a long skirt Thanks Dave and Diane👍😊
Diane is a former Naval Officer.
@@michaelrunnels7660, I didn't know thank you Michael,
Former army nurse
@@dianeengel4155 Sorry! My mistake.
Everyone, thank you, I didn't know Diane was a former Army Nurse, and about the name of the Picture
Only you could make a video about stacking firewood and digging potatoes and get 4K approvals. Nicely done.
Thanks for taken us with you on your day
Every man needs a Bobcat. I am so envious!
What a blessing you have that sub irrigated spot! There is just something special about growing/harvesting/eating food you grow yourself.😊
Its amazing how much faster you work when fully supervised! Lol
On harvest day grandma used to make her "Forked potato salad" with the ones we stabbed. Great memory.
Good idea😅
I have been meaning to say "thanks" for the music that frequently accompanies your videos. And of course, thanks for your videos, too.
That was a very successful experiment! Looked like 10lbs or more of potatoes! Nice to see you too Diane!✌🏻❤️🇺🇸🙏🏻
Closer to 20. Thank you.
@@dianeengel4155 Closer to 32 lbs.
Let's see the guesses from everyone and see who is the closest when the report comes out?
Dave would have got far more potatoes if he earthed up during the early part of growing
Quote from RHS (Royal Horticultural Society)
"As the plants grow, soil should be gradually piled up around the stems, known as earthing up, to bury the developing tubers."
Don't plant potato crops in the same place every year
^ no I'm no farmer, horticulturist - just your average guy who used to grow his own vegetables in his (UK) garden^
@@philhunt9297 Here we call that "hilling". I had 3 rows around 60ft long in my backfield and they got hilled as the plants grew, and it yielded 900 lbs of potatoes.
@@richardclifton4120 Wow!
I noticed the brown guy rubbing his neck over that platform. I once saw a rancher who installed nylon heavy bristle brushes on large posts for his cows to rub up against. Some of them he had the brushes attached to electric motors like you'd see in an automatic car wash only vertical...the cows would come up to them, rub against them, the motor would come on and they'd stand there for a full rub down ! It was a crazy sight to see them maneuver around the turning brush. They sure loved them and learned fast how to use them.
My friends from Minnesota would always exclaim, "wood pile envy." whenever we drove past a beautiful wood pile. They knew the joys of having it ready for cold weather. I enjoyed this video so much.
Well done Dave, great use of lower ground, and a willing helper as well. What a great spot to spend time at.
Nothing beats the smell and taste of home grown potatoes, tomatoes, etc. A very good idea to plant those potatoes in a creek. That keeps them moist.
Two piles of gold, potatoes and firewood good job enjoy!
It was good to have Diane with you picking those tatos: she is closer to the ground that you are.
Cream Cheese Bacon, half and half....and New Potatoes....Fallin in love in the crock pot....w/a chili or two of course. Life is Rich, if you let it.
That bunch of firewood looked like a pile of treasure to me. Being able to scoop that with a tractor must have been more fun than playing in a pile of gold coins.
I need to get mine split up, too. I have three different trees piled up as rounds but it all still needs splitting to be useful.
Firewood is so much work but when it's cold outside sure feels good to come in and warm up buy the wood stove. Years past I used to wait till fall to get the wood in but two years ago I found a supplier that deals in Oak and it takes much longer to air dry so been getting it delivered, split and stacked as soon as the frost laws allow them to haul in the spring. Love that wood heat.
What could possibly be cooler than a bobcat!😊
My kinda gardening: plant and ignore, then harvest! Good on you!!!
"hey, that's not in my notifications" looks at time . . . 31 seconds ago . . . "oh"
On UA-cam there's young guy from Estonia who calls himself 'Ants Pants.' He constructs rough structures out of about 2 meters high on top of pallets out of wood in which he stacks his firewood. The advantage of this is he can move them around with his Bobcat and the surplus he sells off by loading the pallets on a truck.
It made me smile when your wife and you were stacking firewood.
Your a very lucky man having a wife who is always willing and ready to chip in and help with the manual work around the farm
Maybe plant something else in that spot next year. The reason is that you might find all the next potato crop with scab or blight. Rotate the crops to minimize pests and diseases. Beets,rutabaga,turnups and carrots or some other root crop would work but if you lay down a cover over the grass after the cows knock it down and fertilize the ground which would make a good garden with most of the grass and weeds smothered by next spring.
I loved what you said about old equipment. I drive a 17-year-old pickup with 185K miles and all my family says to trade it for a newer vehicle. Each time I hear that, I just say why? It starts and runs as well as the day I bought it. Seriously. I am not exaggerating. I honestly believe if I traded for a new vehicle, it would not last anywhere near as long as mine. I just had to give you a "thumbs up" for that comment.
Your experiment with the potato location is nice. Now would be a good time to actually prepare the ground again before winter for spring planting. Thanks.
I always enjoy spending time with you, thanks,
Could be that the potatoes did well, because the cows hang out there and the ground is well fertilized. 💖🌞🌵😷
We are of the same era, keep it maintained and it will last forever!!✌️
I once threw out some old potatoes into a makeshift compost pile I had in the back of a rented place. Couple of weeks later and I see something growing out of that pile. I let it grow when I discovered it was potatoes growing. I got two 5 gallon buckets of potatoes out of it.
Man, I wish I was able to garden again. Fresh, homegrown vegetables are the best.
Hi Dave and Diane ☺, good to see you both out there enjoying that good weather, nice stack of firewood, and the potatoes did just fine, for very little effort, you didn't apear to earth them up at all, so pretty good result, thanks for the video, stay safe, best wishe's to you and Diane, Stuart and Megan UK.
Amazing what one can do with a little bit of Water and a wonderful Lifes Companion
When I was a kid, we harvested potatoes and laid them in wooden barrels. One layer of potatoes and one layer of loam. Laid in burlap, and started another layer of potatoes covered in loam and kept going until full. We also did carrots and turnips the same way!❤
That’s an interesting method, mind if I ask how long they would keep for?
@@tcsmith4838Thats called a clamp in the uk. Bit old fashioned but works well Will keep ok through winter if dry and frost free (and rodents too🐀). A straw clamp on a breathable base like a pallet works for apples if they're a keeping kind
Some of the better quality house had outdoor root cellars built in 1650 onwards and where they still exist are serving original purpose yet.
@@causewaykayak oh good to know I’m always looking for different methods to try, my cousin is in the uk as we speak and as an American it always amazes me when I here dates like 1650, for the oldest home I have ever worked on was built 1889!! We don’t have much here from the 17th century, anyway beautiful country over there, thank you for the info
It is nice to see people enjoying the benefits of a simple life
It's great to see Dianne on the video. It's been a while since we have seen her. It was nice to have a different type of video, as much as I love the others. Thanks for sharing!
I see scallops, fries, mashed, pancakes, shepherds pie, hashbrowns, chowder/soup,... and just from those potatoes! Plus heat from the wood... never have enough firewood! I used to remove the plant carefully, shovel out a foot, and screen/sift the potatoes out, then put the dirt back and the plants...they would come back next year (sometimes).
Sounds like the best kind of farming. Keep the cows away and look at it every once in a while.
Mrs. E seems to be very trusting of your fork skills! I would be a little slow to reach down while that fork is flying! 🤠
🥔Fried taters, baked,🥔 scalloped, 🥔Au Gratin, French fries🍟, BBQ taters,🥔 Mashed potatoes,🥔 Pie, you'll be eatin a lot of taters!! And home grown fresh are the Best!!
Le' Oink!! 🐷 😋
Thanks for sharing with us Dave and Diane, that was a great harvest of potatoes that you planted. I like the way you cared for them with the hog panels. Great stack of firewood you managed to put in the shed and then had some left over for the house and shop too plus the smaller firewood for the cooking stove you have in the building, that's the good firewood to have on hand and dry. You all have a safe winter that is tolerable and you can get around to when you need to tend to everything. Have fun and keep up the great videos. Fred.
Thank you.
Thanks, it has been a while since I have seen a POTATO FORK, especially one In Use!! Such good fun!!!
We used a spade to unearth peanuts and ran a plow through the potatoe rows to unearth them. Of course we had enough potatoes planted so that it didn't matter if the plow sliced through a few of them
Idaho!
Ridging or earthing up is simply the process of adding soil to the crop such that the bed height is increased. Yields are increased by ridging because tubers are formed from the stems,Ridging also improves soil aeration, and enhances tuber growth, and minimises tuber greening.
no work life without a home life. thanks for keeping it real. luv from Australia.
Nice crop for 12 hills. Would be great to grub some new taters and make gravy on them. Brought me to my childhood, when my grandfather, father, and uncle would plant 100 to 150 lbs of seed potatoes, and have a full pickup load in the fall.
Been there done that firewood stacking as a kid working on the ranch they did like you did and moved the wood near the woodshed and they paid us kids to do the stacking. This was back in the 1950's they paid us a whopping "Penny a minute." It was barely ice cram money but then again things were dirt cheap compared to now and we had a blast goofing around and getting the wood stacked and dodging Black Widows and Rats and the occasional Rattler.
One thing I'd recommend is building a few Beaver Dam Analogs where you can. It doesn't require a flowing stream b/c you're working to slow any water flow. One Rock Dams or BDA's can do a lot to capture snow melt and let it soak into the ground, creating more lush growth in the grass for longer throughout the year. Lots of good videos on UA-cam about how they work, but the story of Suzie Creek is probably the best example and most famous. A healthy Riparian Zone, that area of lush growth right next to a creek, is great for grazing cattle, and any subsurface moisture you can hold back will return big dividends when it comes to cows or potatoes. Plus, they're just fun to build.
Agree that it's great to see the other half of the team. Stay safe and well you two.
The older gadgets can be fixed easier. I love them.
A good stack of firewood is always satisfying even if you’re sore. Picking and eating the fruits of one’s garden is a great reward too. 😊
Know what you are having for supper..nothing beats fresh dug potatoes.
I would say that your potato experiment went well. I remember digging them from our garden as a kid, Like digging treasure!
Hi Dianne and neighour's dog! Those potatoes look great.
You two are adorable.
I miss the meadow lark song in late summer, early fall in the PNW.
Never thought I'd enjoy watching someone 'tattie howking' 😀
Big Sky ! I miss the Meadow Lark songs , I grew up in Alberta to the North of you. Live I. NorthAlabama now.
Wonderful to see the enjoyment from the simple way of life. Your living the dream. Very envious 😊 Thanks for sharing and making such wonderful videos. Dan-UK
Firewood and free potatoes. You and Diane had a productive day. The crop looks quite healthy. Maybe mix some sand into the planting area for bigger taters and easier digging.
Now that you've got Diane making guest appearance perhaps Rick and his wife will stop by the ranch and say hello. Certainly do miss his video's.
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Hey Dave , have you ever considered stacking the firewood straight from the bucket? Would save a lot of bending!
But it would require turning the bobcat on and off repeatedly. I suspect he's more worried about wearing out the bobcat than wearing out his own back.
@@EmilyGOODEN0UGH Thanks for your insight. I would never assume I knew a better way to do something than Mr Engel. But, that one had me puzzled. Obviously a better choice than a possible flat battery from stopping and starting. Cheers from Australia.
POH TAY TOE! My favorite vegetable! and those looked lovely too! Love the idea of using a loader to drop the firewood outside the woodshed... would have saved me quite a few wheelbarrow trips back in the day... Hope the cows enjoy that nice bottom grass. Nice to see Diane do a cameo!
The Meadowlark in Montana's state bird. My dad used to tell me when they sing is sounds like "Who stole my whisky jug"
That's a nice crop of taters you got, next year you should add some other veggies like some brussel sprouts and some corn. 👍👍
Well, I'd say it's worth expanding that crop out some. Worked out very well indeed!
Hyyy#ivaandixit
Loved the bull having a neck scratch... :)
Dave, Several years ago, using a one bottom plow,shallow depth, I planted my potatoes; 8- 80' rows. Then at the harvest I used that same plow to dig them up setting the plow deeper than at the first; plowing one row at a time; storing them under the house in a cool room. John, Michigan P.S. I don't much now that I am 77.
Anxious to find out how many pounds. Great video, always good to see Mrs. E. with you Dave. Thank you!
Baked potatoes with butter, sour creme and chives or green onions...
Or some golden brown fried potatoes...
Very nice harvest! ✌🇦🇺
Puttin' up wood and diggin' taters, yep fall is just around the corner.
Home memories here. Cut, split and hauled my share of wood in the day. I always enjoyed digging up potatoes! Beautiful country you have out there!
always makes my day to see a new video from you. i am a woodworker self-taught. i have learned a lot from you. seems to be a great place for a garden. maybe an electric fence with a solar charger
I hope the potatoes are delicious.Good harvest. Thanks for sharing.Best wishes from Germany
Thanks for sharing this with us, best time of year but winter isn't pleasant here in Minnesota. But watching you two get ready for winter was enjoyable👍. I plan on burning firewood again this year😊.
Looks like potato soup time OR fried potatoes with scrambled eggs. Good Bless you and Mrs. Engels.
Truly love to watch your videos. Thanks for taking us along.
Dave We enjoyed the harvest of your potatoes. We may try that next year in our small backyard. Nice to see Dianne ThankYou from La Pine Oregon
We'll be looking for Diane's recipe for potato soup, now!
It is just so cathartic to dig up potatoes.
I just love your life style I know you work hard but what a great place to live and work so jealous thanks folks.
So I thought this was great viewing. But then again, I'm 60 and have my own seed potatoes just about ready to plant here in the Australian springtime. Down by my woodpile. Hope I do as well come harvest time.
Those potatoes look delicious and remind me of Grandpa's farm garden.
It would be sooooo great if that was Crystal Lake in the background. I would donate a week of my time helping with any of your projects, if it was.
Very nice to see Dianne. She is the other half of teamwork.
Good potato experiment. You will enjoy them for months. Nice stack of firewood. Shed addition completed. Productive summer.
We used to plant potatoes in a stack of 2 or 3 old tires. Then all we had to do was kick the tires over. Looks like you had a good result!
WOW! A woodpile without a family of skunks in it.
There’s nothing as good as new spuds with butter and salt.Yummmmmmmm...
Buried treasure. My grand likes love to help when digging potatoes.
Hi dave you plant potatoes on a 3 year cycle to try to prevent potatoe blight. Also dont forget the weeds compete for nutriants just keep em weeded till the plants start to meet then they'll take care of themselves.
There is nothing tastier than fresh prepared potatoes right out of the garden
Hi Diane are you going to make a meat and potato pie? Great to see you out, David. You did a good job to only stab 6 vegetables.
A dozen spud plants.... for quarter feed bag of spuds..... That is a really nice crop.
Definately worth a repeat next year.