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Experiencing a mysterious desire to plant pumpkins in a burning boat.

@notmyfault6835

3 жыл бұрын

Now THAT'S funny! 🙂🙃🙂

@cherriemckinstry131

3 жыл бұрын

@@notmyfault6835small boats make a great raised bed..

That puff of dust that came up after the green bean casserole made me lose it! 😂

"Mostly peaceful" pumpkin planting

@rachelhall4808

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@dilletanteproprietor

2 жыл бұрын

Soooo perfect!🤣🤣🤣🤣

I’ve planted 10 chicken trees so far, I’m zone 9b so I should have chicken fruit by late summer

@mikenewell9217

3 жыл бұрын

I have clean chickens, ya they take A dirt bath every day

@gailde2319

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I did this last summer. Some melon mounds got 10-10-10, some got pits. Both did very well. Also grew a a pumpkin in the melon patch cause it got in from the compost

This technique IS a great way to clean out your fridge and freezer. Been doing this for about a year now since I watched a Black Gumbo video where he credited you with the concept of composting EVERYTHING! I now bury everything I can find that's gross and disgusting from my kitchen, including pantry items along with paper bags, leaves, shredded paper and straw. I plan to try the bio char method soon. My hard, dried-out clay soil in northern California is now rich and full of worms, thanks to you for extending my comfort zone about composting everything.. Great way to dispose of leftover bones from bone broth and stinky, spoiled fish and I don't feel quite so wasteful of food. You are so much fun to watch, and I am so grateful to Black Gumbo for sending me your way.

My husband hates turnips so when I got given a three pound bag of them, I experimented. Boiled IS yucky! Grated and fried in a little avocado oil and butter with a dash of salt is wonderful!

@moniquegebeline4350

3 жыл бұрын

They make chicken broth taste so rich it is unbelievable. Along with parsnips. I always add them to my bone broth. Since no one likes them I compost them but after cooking in stock it takes all the nutrients anyhow and just the fiber is left.

@moniquegebeline4350

3 жыл бұрын

Also good roasted with other root vegetables. 😉

@slaplapdog

3 жыл бұрын

I like them mashed with rutabaga and butter.

@sueyoung2115

3 жыл бұрын

@@slaplapdog Mmmm, any thing with butter is probably yum!

@SuperSherry1957

2 ай бұрын

Raw is sweet/hot

Squash bugs are eaten by birds....put out birdseed every morning...they will eat the hatching worms!

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

I like that idea. I am planning to build some bird feeders.

@zoeysunshine504

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! Life saver! I hate squash bugs and didn't think about this factoid. Will have to put out nets to keep them out of my berries though

@peterlamont647

3 жыл бұрын

and then the birds eat your darn corn! You can't win.

@cherriemckinstry131

3 жыл бұрын

@@zoeysunshine504 I used to put out bread or cracker crumbs that can't grow in the garden and they feast on the bugs too.

@cherriemckinstry131

3 жыл бұрын

@@peterlamont647 reply.. I cover the ground with bark chips or green plastic fencing laid on top of soil ( cats dont like to per where they can't dig too) and they usually don't find the sprouting seeds, but a cat helps too.

Excellent video. I can't thank you enough. I've been dumping buckets of slop and manure in random places in our backyard. Mulling over how long it will take me to transform our hard soil in to a food forest. I now feel so much better small steps to get to the big picture.

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome.

Ok who else can't help but to sing along at the end. I really like that song. Lol.😎😂🎶

@TSis76

3 жыл бұрын

Catch myself singin' it all the time: gardening, feeding critters, milking goats, driving.

@bunnyscan

3 жыл бұрын

I love it too❤️

@chasethegreatgardener3312

3 жыл бұрын

I always sing it anytime I'm burying a fish or chicken or anything else that died and plenty of other times

@tubulartopher

3 жыл бұрын

I honestly wish David would upload videos dedicated to just his music.

We had a pond where the brim were over populated. I caught several buckets full at tomatoe planting time each year. I buried them 3 feet deep so the raccoons wouldn't dig them up. And by the time the roots went down through the compost and soil to the fish, the fish had started to break down. My tomatoe plants are always 7 feet tall.

@beebob1279

Жыл бұрын

But did you get tomatoes?

@66bigbuds

Жыл бұрын

@@beebob1279 tons

16:44 Great job, Mr. Good Jr.! The next generation of Goodstream is in great hands! ❤️❤️❤️

Gonna have to give this melon pit thing a try, I have a tonne of pumpkins, squashes, melons and gourds started in the house and it’s nearly time to ready the beds, thanks David 😁

i didn't know pumpkin roots grew so deep. i read this, "The taproot of mature pumpkins grew 6 feet deep and had 10 or more lateral branches that extensively branched outward for 5 to 17 feet or more. Many of these lateral roots were 2 to 4 feet long and all complexly and minutely rebranched, forming a “wonderfully efficient root complex”.Apr 8, 2019"

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

Yes - it's insane! Watermelons can grow 8' deep!

@Michael_Howard59

3 жыл бұрын

that's weird because watermelon roots only grow 8 to 10 inches deep.

@peterlamont647

3 жыл бұрын

That' explains how such a massive plant doesn't need rerooting like most vines do. Just one trunk feeds a plant 36 Sq ft in size and makes a dozen pumpkins. Crazy.

@cherriemckinstry131

3 жыл бұрын

@@Michael_Howard59 depends on where the moisture is at. If constant light watering the roots stay up where the water is.. I miss deep soil

@katherinepettus5132

2 жыл бұрын

Great Scott! I'm amazed.

Your lucky to own land with a house, creek etc even though you've got crappy soil, you've been blessed with the knowledge to improve it 💐🤗😊

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

I am renting, but we are blessed to be here.

It's worth watching you dig holes for 14 minutes just to get to the vacation bit.

OK this is right up my alley. Thank you for posting this video! I do composting in place to build fertile beds so that I don’t have to haul compost from a pile to a planting space. And now because you talked about melon pits I can do it on a micro scale and put old meat and bones down in there too. Zero waste and free fertilizer, baby!!!

Im beginning to wonder if David is a pyromaniac? Not that theres anything wrong with that.

I read your book Compost Everything, but it was nice to watch the video of you making the melon pits. Thank you for all that you share.

David, I am 78 years old, and you crack me up! I'm trying to improve my gardening skills here in HOT southwest Arkansas.

Clean out the fridge and top it off with Pop Pop juice. That's what I did for my avocado tree. It's growing like a champ. I put in canned salmon liquid too. Wish I could get some Seminole pumpkin seeds I would try your method. Thanks for the great video.

@jonmat442

2 жыл бұрын

My seminole pumpkin lasted 9 months and if the cold snap didn't finally kill it, it was still producing!

Just here getting a refresher for the coming season. I find it so entertaining to see what people put in their pits. Your commentary on the food items is just the icing on the cake. Hmm, cake...good for pits, too? I've watched Scott Head's video on these more than once 'cause he puts cool stuff in, too. Love watching all the leftovers go in there..

@LavenderSkyla

Жыл бұрын

Yup thats what I'm here for.

Hey David, you ever think about planting a Manuka tree (leptospermum scoparium)? If you have bees you could potentially get Manuka honey and that would be just awesome

The thumbnail had an "Annoying Orange" vibe to it. Love it. Annoying Pumpkin.

@starlessstephtx

3 жыл бұрын

I was like, how high WAS he?

Terra preta has really changed my Florida garden. No doubt

You cutting open that pumpkin/squash with your knife reminded me of your machete incident a few years back. Thankfully you survived this one injury free. Lol and god bless.

"Fire in the Hole"! 🔥🔥🔥 That's how you do it! 👩‍🌾🌱🎃

Love this idea!

So gonna try this!

Such a neat idea!

Sounds like your growing a mini me too!!! LOL Always Good!!! TY DTG

Thank you! You just have me hope for growing watermelons and squash in my clay soil. 🙏🏼

Thank you for sharing, I've learned alot from you and I share your love for growing💐😊

I get the Burpee nostalgia too. Thanks for this, gonna try it! Thanks for the laughs too!

I love this idea thanks,😊

This gives me so many ideas for our garden thanks and I will be checking out your books

@davidthegood

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Stacy.

I’m going to attempt pumpkins for the first time this year! 🤠

Thanks for all the help with my bugs in my pumpkins.

What are you going to be about the fleets of squash beetle we get in The Panhandle? Spotted the first one three days ago- They're coming.

@cherriemckinstry131

3 жыл бұрын

Netting to cover plants till bloom time may help.. also some people make an a spray from a mum plant.

@GardenerEarthGuy

3 жыл бұрын

@@cherriemckinstry131 that doesn't work on the Gulf Coast- squash beatles can blot out the sun...

The Pumpkin Gods have accepted your offerings and in return you shall have a bountiful harvest.

@Jo_mommah

3 жыл бұрын

Pumpkin Gods must be easy to pleasy 🤣

Great video David! Doing your melon patch pit idea now! Thanks for sharing.

I'll watch everything you put up

Great again. I just found your channel tonight and I'm watching a few of your videos before bed. I never knew a compost pit like what you've done. Interesting.

Green eggs and ham, Sam, “I am growing a Chicken Tree!” 🤣😂🤣 I believe I need to try this, if they grow on trees the city obviously can’t fine me. They just grew on this tree officer after I burned up green eggs and ham. If only political correctness paid so well.

@cherriemckinstry131

3 жыл бұрын

Love your comments..

Man. I'm breeding squash this year, and as enticing as this is, I don't think I can practically do 200-300 of those. Maybe I'll do a few to get the ball rolling.

@mmccrownus2406

2 жыл бұрын

4 plants per pit

Awesome sauce 😎

Stay awesome !!

David I can't build a fire for the life of me but I've discovered cotton balls with Vaseline on him works beautifully I can now start a fire. Another thing I have done is taking the large restaurant size steel cans and Bury them in the bottom of the whole open side up hoping that it would hold a little water since I am in zone 10 B and everything dries out so bad I think it's worked they do rot out after a couple of years

@c.j.rogers2422

3 жыл бұрын

Drier lint makes great kindling, Babette!

You may could take some 5 gallon buckets to the fast food places, and they may fill them up. Just go by every day. And pick them up. Give them fresh buckets.

@ramtharthegreat

Жыл бұрын

I get coffee grounds this way. I have tried with food, told no by everyone. They are worried about humans either eating the buckets of food and getting sick and suing them, or attempting to return the food as though they had paid for it and attempting to get a refund. Even the grocery my wife worked for and was a manager at said no. However, smaller coffee shops LOVE filling a 5 gallon bucket of coffee grinds every day for me.

Ok so I have a field with cattle roaming around . I like your idea very much so I want to copy your holes and I shall cover them over with a nice hill of soil and then I am going to lay branches over the freshly planted holes so the cattle will stay out of them hopefully. I want to do pumpkin, watermelon, and like you a big Ole hubbard squash. Such FUN

Nice idea David. Have you tried unglazed pottery shards and horse manure yet? The pottery is great at holding water and nutrients as in a Chia pet. The horse manure is self compostable and shouldn't burn roots. I've found the local nursery use a couple of road apples in newly up potted plants they sell. Please give this a try in one of your tera petra holes.

Thanks for the video! I save every seed from any food I can lay hands on. Many are prolific. I've been noticing, that many of them are also not viable, they're empty with no germ. Even the organics. ( ? Lack of pollination)

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

Probably. I have noticed that as well.

Your wife seems like a very blessed woman! This video is like yoga for me.🙌

" Thooomphfff" The answer to the question; What does gravitationally directed GB casserole sound like, meeting an abrupt stage of inertia at the bottom of a melon pit?

Looks like fun... but I CANNOT do that in Northern California right now - There's fires in every county surrounding my city due to dry conditions and the air quality is horrid. I am VERY thankful for all the firefighters. I was planning on some (lots) compost and planting pumpkins though... we have lousy clay soil. It's always fun to plant and pray. Harvesting is wonderful as well:-)

Love this! (It should be one of the events in the Olympics.)

Such a hoot! Really enjoyed this one : )

Reminds me of where I grew up in PA ...there were places where smoke was always coming out of the ground from smoldering coal!!

@ES-mc3cc

3 жыл бұрын

Didn't they evacuate a whole town because of underground burning coal? Maybe a good place for some pumpkins!

@Iloveorganicgardening

3 жыл бұрын

@@ES-mc3cc I know there was a town in Eastern Pennsylvania it was closed down I don't remember why. One of my friends did a blog walking through that town!

@chrisk1669

3 жыл бұрын

Centralia

Great lesson! Going to do this. Son giving botanical name for pumpkins (?) was a hoot. Its a winner!

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. It works well.

I like using mychorizae too

The pits work well but I find the most work is getting rid of bermuda without chemicals

@releventhurt

3 жыл бұрын

Nice to meet u great gardener

@chasethegreatgardener3312

3 жыл бұрын

@@releventhurt nice to meet you too

Wow! Missed this IRIE Goodstream, but I'm here watching and lol....so then in the compost comercial, you were really serious when you'd ask Miss Rachel, "Do you compost your stale ham?" And she'd frown and sadly nod 'no',...hambones, rotten eggs, even some of that leftover green bean casserole that you say is so SCRUMPTIOUS! This is COOL, and knowing your intuition about your Aunt's Seminole pumpkins, they'll do great. It wasn't until 2019 when we discovered the yummy, SCRUMPTIOUS Butternut Squash, so I'll be copying you David and composting anything stale or spoiled, like the other day I had some slimy sweet potatoes, If I'd a known that would have been great compost material for a future Butternut Squash plant! Uprated, thanks for sharing and greetings for The Good Family from Mexico. :)

That bone looked like it still had some life in it. ..I always think bone broth or soup.. I like the post hole method. It realky helps.

Now I want an elusive chicken tree🤣

By suprise last year, i realized cow pies im my field were great beds for radish and turnips and sunflower, seeds landed on them while broadcasting them. Great result. Walking down my field and looking at those hundreds of beautiful cow pies today me and my wife thought of this exact video,decided to seed some of our extra zucchini, pumpkins and squashes seeds to see what it will give. Have you tried that with your cow pies since you have cows?

Garden science!!!🤣I love this video..

I really like this idea for planting hardy vigorous crops like pumpkin in an in-ground setting, just dig a big hole and throw in lots of scraps to compost. Any idea about hydrogen sulfide production from this? I've heard lots of permaculture folks warn against putting too much organic matter in a hole when planting a fruit tree because it can produce hydrogen sulfide which functions as a herbicide. I accidentally did this last week when planting tomatoes, I put 4-5 whole rotten eggs and a bunch of coffee grounds in the holes when I transplanted tomatoes, and within a few days, the tomato plants were dying. The holes where I just used coffee grounds the tomatoes look fine. I think 4-5 whole eggs was way too much to put in the hole and it is killing the tomatoes. Interested in your opinion on how much undecomposed organic matter can go into a hole for various crops.

Hey david I recently got a banana plant but all my soil is clay, I have heard it is bad to grow bananas in clay. Would a 300 gallon grow bag be good for it? It is goldfinger btw. Thank you! Also i cant really like dig a hole and burn stuff since i have closebye neighbors who would not like me for that

Hi! Can you please talk about what you’re doing and why BEFORE you do it so we can follow along better? Thank you!

I work in newport news thats cool man

A Chicken Tree with a Side of Ham Shrub yummers!

Do you thin the pumpkins that come up to just one per pit, or do you let all 4 that sprout grow out in different directions?

It would take me forever to dig that many holes in my clay soil.....BUT.... there's a place in town that rents a trencher! And to sound really smart I think I will call it a "nutrient inoculation source" instead of a pumpkin hole. LOL

Been looking for something on chicken trees ☺️

will you please post a recipe for green bean casserole?

You could take the fast food places buckets to put their scrap food in. Then go back when they usually fill them up.

When life gives you rotten eggs, make charred rotten egg tree

Science of burning stuff I like it.

This title spoke to me

lighting OTF

Burpee seeds are awesome.@David The Good Do you also buy Dollar Tree seeds?

Firefighters also do prescribe burns, I could be wrong

Cool stuff thanks buddy cheers Ricky 🎵🕺🎈💦🦃🐓

I saw a bunch of seeds per hill How many do you thin that down to?

Rad gardening methods....

Ever try liquid nitrogen? Ever try a super high trellised Pumpkin grow. Picture the result. Dangley. No ugly side of the pumpkin. They grow on a vine. Etc.. Exactly. You pour the liquid nitrogen on the compost, etc.. That's after you're finished with it, had there been any left. 🤣

Back to the basics! Love it! #PutridPit

I just came here to watch you work hard. You need to pick up the pace.

Dakota Smoke Hole, not to be confused with a Dakota Fire Hole...

Dave I just dumpster dived McDonald’s, a Thai restaurant, a Chinese restaurant, Pizza place, Denny’s, and a Mexican restaurant. I’ve dug 22 3’ deep holes. I started 60 lbs of lump charcoal and then dumped the charcoal on mixtures of tacos and hamburgers in said 3’ holes. I’m going for it. Do you think my egg plant, tomatoes, corn, and bell peppers will make it? I was kinda excited when I saw this and just started. I’ve just been hopping it would work on things other than melons lol! Yahweh bless you Dave. Thanks for the cool idea.

I LOVE homegrown turnips! I would have eaten them every which way I could figure and no doubt farted myself to death! Unfortunately, I can't start a pit fire like you in my apt courtyard. Someday.... How in the world are you going to keep the squash bugs and other pests away from your pumpkins?!

How long do they keep? I had perfectly good spagetthi squash well over a year after harvest. And i heard they dont store well 🤷‍♂️

Any updates on this? Did they grow and bring fruits?

So I was out cutting grass today with the push mower since it has a bagger as opposed to the riding mower because it does not have a bagger and I wanted to collect the clippings to use as mulch. I was cutting the grass around my melon patch and thinking about how many melons I wanted to get planted today in this second succession, and was wondering if there's any reason not to just use a bag full of clippings in the hole where I'm going to make a melon pit as opposed to waiting for a bunch of kitchen scraps?

@johnbrownlee5213

2 жыл бұрын

Never mind. Working on it now I'll let you know how it goes

Hey, I grow giant pumpkins. My pits are five feet wide. But maybe I need to start adding the carbon at first?

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

You are ahead of me - we can't grow giant pumpkins here. I like how the biochar has worked with my other crops, though. And the ashes have been great for all my vining cucurbits.

DAVID!!! Where's the links to your books????

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

In the description of the video. And here: amzn.to/2pVbyro

Mmh, can't beat the spectacular texture of boiled turnips.

Is David using a microtech? Knife nut mucj

When you burn in place, are you concerned that the heat sterilizes the ground? I know there is a sterile circle around a burn pile that takes two or more years to fill in with grass.

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

No, not really.