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

@maryswanson1123

Жыл бұрын

I like the vintage look.

@Anonymous-km5pj

Жыл бұрын

lol, God bless

@jeanproctor987

Жыл бұрын

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!

@busygirl2681

Жыл бұрын

Thought maybe you were recording at night, dark and blurry

@ac-hh1pg

Жыл бұрын

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.

Compost everything. I really like that idea. We need to compost some congressmen 🤣

@milo-qh7cv

Ай бұрын

and the commies lol

@JP-nz4em

Ай бұрын

😂

David the Good Restoring the worlds soil one rental property at a time!!

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

@davidthegood

Жыл бұрын

Good tip - thank you!

@JackFolsgood

Жыл бұрын

Yep. Early August 2023 here in North Central Florida and our Sun Hemp and Cowpeas are growing like crazy.

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.

@davidthegood

Жыл бұрын

I have thought about a crimper.

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!

Glad to see you. Praying life is thornless blackberries for you and the family.

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.

@priestesslucy3299

Жыл бұрын

Terraced grocery row garden?

I've done something similar with Matt Powers' 5 cousins, which are all edible: Sorghum, amaranth, daikon, buckwheat and cowpeas.

@JoelNisly

Жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/a6F4mKaOmbC2lcY.html

@davidthegood

Жыл бұрын

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.

@flash_flood_area

Жыл бұрын

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

@GrowingGoodHair

Жыл бұрын

Amaranth is delicious mixed with spinach!

@flash_flood_area

Жыл бұрын

@@GrowingGoodHair And basil! I use it to make a pesto 😋👍

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!

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)

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,,,

@davidthegood

Жыл бұрын

That is another great method.

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

@davidthegood

Жыл бұрын

We all learn from each other. I agree with Jeavons on this one.

"That's a lot of life." Let's kill it for compost... (evil laugh)

I just planted sorghum sudangrass for the first time to do exactly this. After only a month, I’m in biomass heaven!😂

What a pleasure it is to hear your awesome songs. Ridiculous 😎 👍

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.

Great wailin geetar on the outro track!

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

Жыл бұрын

Another great idea 💡 Thanks 👍

@StubbsMillingCo.

Жыл бұрын

@@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

@StubbsMillingCo.

Жыл бұрын

@@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 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.

Well I'm pumped to say the least. Used strictly swamp water this year and experienced a bountiful crop of tomatoes.🤛👍😃

So amazing what partnering with Nature can do !! You inspire me!

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

@joeyl.rowland4153

Жыл бұрын

You need to learn how to use a cover crop to kill a cover crop

@matthewtaylor2185

Жыл бұрын

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.

@Growmap

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@matthewtaylor2185

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@matthewtaylor2185

Жыл бұрын

I just use the weed whacker to keep them from getting out of control.

Thanks! Always good advice, great music!

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!

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.

@davidthegood

Жыл бұрын

Good work!

Great to see you! Cover crop’s already in.

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!

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. ✊🙏

Good to see you again!

I really appreciate the update video!

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.

Hello David 👋. Good to see you

I would like this twice if I could. Thanks for posting a video from the 1970's btw. lol

Ha ha I love the vintage blur. Great info, thanks!

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.

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.

This Video Brought me Joy

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.

@davidthegood

Жыл бұрын

That might be. I used to have a tree that would turn yellow because it was near our lime-rock road. Too alkaline!

@trishapomeroy9251

Жыл бұрын

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.

@suzyq6767

Жыл бұрын

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?

Blessings to y’all from Florida 🌴🐢🌺🐊🐠🪸🌊⚡️🌀🚀😎

Love your content, David. Your music is pretty legit as well.

I remember watching the video where you planted this! 😳😊

I am pulling weeds up (roots too) and making compost instead of throwing away. Working great and it's FREE

@mrf5347

Жыл бұрын

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!

Great video dude, love the vibe, the music, the knowledge and the passion!

You rock God bless y’all

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.

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

@part-timeprep5932

Жыл бұрын

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.

@davidthegood

Жыл бұрын

Yes, both the sudan-sorghum and sunn hemp can be cut repeatedly.

@Legit_SuperFall

Жыл бұрын

@@part-timeprep5932 you can probably even mow them short, as long as you give them enough time to bounce back

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!

@mirsidorov5112

Жыл бұрын

Gardens dont need rest, they need life, ita a big misconception that soil needs "rest". Check out elaine ingham the soil food web.

@Legit_SuperFall

Жыл бұрын

@@mirsidorov5112 a fellow man of culture i see

@freddyb9290

Жыл бұрын

@@mirsidorov5112 According to the Bible ( KJV) it says to let your land rest every 7th year.

@mirsidorov5112

Жыл бұрын

@@freddyb9290 there are a lot of things that aren't scientific in there my dude

@mirsidorov5112

Жыл бұрын

@@freddyb9290 do forests rest? Amazon rainforests?

Love the music in the end

Great tips, and great book and tee-shirt too. :) Thanks DTG!

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.

FANTASTIC IDEA!!! Thank you

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?

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

That's going to be a great Scythe training area for your kids...

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 music is dope.

Much Love ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿

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.

Our rabbits love Sunn hemp.

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!

@davidthegood

Жыл бұрын

Thank you - glad you're here.

Exactly what I needed to see. My ground is lacking organic material

Just got the book! Chapter 10, Grow Your Own Compost, page 103.

@davidthegood

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Mac!

I like your short videos

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!

Lots of information

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

😀🌱🐢 Compost good!

To quote John Cleese (investigating a murder - where no one had died): "I don't like it - it's too simple..."... 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

exciting!

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.

Dave ✌️

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.

You forgot one of the main things you can do. Chop it, let it air dry, then turn it into biochar. Two of the best things for soil, compost and biochar both you grew for yourself. That is a ton of mass produced for biochar fast, no need to go harvest brush or get scraps from anywhere. That is easy manageable plant material unlike wood and branches and brush. And the bonus is this was all nitrogen fixing!

@davidthegood

Жыл бұрын

You sure can!

@micklee7018

Жыл бұрын

You have to make sure you change up your bio char with microbes. Otherwise you will be disappointed.

@WaterspoutsOfTheDeep

Жыл бұрын

@@micklee7018 Biochar does a lot beyond being biological media. It has a good water holding capacity, loosens soil, holds fertilizer/nutrients, I believe donates carbon to the plant. Likely more also like adjusting charge of nutrients to make them more available and improve gas exchange and other stuff. It is probably one of the if not the most important soil amendment there is after fertilizer.

@shellyirwin2562

Жыл бұрын

@watersproutsofthedeep how do you make biochar from the chopped dried cover crop?

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.

We have sun hemp, sun flowers, vetch, dikon radish, cow pea, lab lab. Big difference growing cover crop next to fruit trees.

@mariap.894

Жыл бұрын

Ss@sorry to bother you, but would you recommend Vetch as a ground cover? Where did you get it? Thanks in advance 💖

@ss-kz9ee

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@mariap.894

Жыл бұрын

@@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🪴😊👍💜💕

Dr.Christine Jones, soil scientist recommends a minimum of 4 plant FAMILIES in a cover crop, not just 4 legumes or 4 brassaacas ect. Diversity is the secret sauce

@spriteespritee1237

Жыл бұрын

Can you please give any example of those 4 plants??.🧐

@davidthegood

Жыл бұрын

The more the merrier. But don't let not having a bunch of types hold you back.

@timpye6162

Жыл бұрын

@@spriteespritee1237 watch anything on youtube with Dr,Christine Jones she explains better than I can

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!

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.

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

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

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

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?

@katieyungen1647

Жыл бұрын

I'm not sure but I'd like to know David's answer to this

@ninemoonplanet

Жыл бұрын

I would just give it a try, raking away some of the leaves, throw the seeds, rake the leaves back over. Why not?

@kshaywash

Жыл бұрын

It's possible... seeds love to germinate in leaf mould

@jjw5165

Жыл бұрын

Yes alot will

@billypabst3272

Жыл бұрын

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.

Permaculture with Geoff Lawton in Australia He compost in 3 weeks IT WORKS

David i have a Question. I have a 5 pound bag of sunn hemp seeds. Do I have to inoculate the seeds before planting. I cannot find any in my area. Thanks

Dearest Mr THE GOOD what do you do with mosquitos in your tall cover crop?

Stunning 👌👍👍👍👏👏🌎🌍🌏🌻🌳🌴

I actually googled what "Sunn Hemp" was.

Got halfway through your intro song and thought “that’s a ‘subscribe’ for me dawg”

@davidthegood

Жыл бұрын

Welcome.

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?

@misterdubity3073

Жыл бұрын

"Sugar Pie" It's his own song. kzread.info/dash/bejne/kaKYrrSng7u8adI.html

I grew the sorghum sudangrass this year, the stalks are going to be brutal getting out of the bed.

@davidthegood

Жыл бұрын

They aren't too hard to pull in sand.

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.

Your music is groovy 🙃

God youtube has been pumping me such garbage lately this video is a GREAT change! Thanks!

Is it to late in the season for our zone to be putting nitrogen around our fruit trees 8b

Your music reminds me of Beck.