This is what we’re doing right now to get ready for fall gardening and a winter food supply.
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We’re planting carrots for fall, as well as turnips, cabbages, broccoli, radishes, brussells sprouts and more. Today we’re working on getting our garden beds back into shape and composting the cover crops.
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We are planting potatoes, cabbages, carrots, green beans, turnips, radishes, broccoli and Brussels sprouts right now. Some will go through winter, some we'll harvest before the first frost.
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Great video, love the song as well. As I mentioned before I'm just down the road in Pensacola and totally agree, the weather made a real nice change the past week. You're also absolutely spot on about the weeds, they are unstoppable for a few weeks, pretty much all of August. I did finally get a quality machete and sharpening stone so I had been entertaining myself with the sharpest edge I could get and slaying weeds and more weeds, then mincing them into the ground. Extra fun chop and drop I guess, plus a good workout. Now i'm pre sprouting carrots and started seedlings for variety of fall crops in the Florida room which is practically a greenhouse, transplanting happens very soon. Hopefully no hurricanes. Last year Sally took out my meticulously planted fall garden just 2 weeks after I planted it. Also took out my roof, that sucked. Best and cheers.
One of my favorite root crops is beets because they give excellent greens as well that are good sauteed, juiced or thrown in a green smoothie… I slice the beets 1/2 inch thick and cook them on a rack at high pressure in the instant pot ~ 3 minutes and they come out perfectly tender and so sweet! Then I use them like chips and dip them in a mix of mashed carrots, sweet potato, basmati rice (all of which I cook in aquafaba under the beets) and chickpeas (which are pre-cooked so I add those after) with some sea salt and black pepper. So simple and so delicious 🙂
Another root crop I want to try is Celeriac / Celery Root, it's supposed to be a great potatoes replacement that is less starchy. Anyone in DTG land grow this one before?
Try the Danvers half long carrot for Florida. Everything looks great!
Thank you for sharing.
Be well and be safe.
Peace
Most things failed again this year except for the okra. So I planted 62 more plants about 4 weeks ago. Hoping I get another round of them. This time I'll be dehydrating, pickling and canning them. I've only got a small garden space because of big oaks. I'm also doing more potatoes in containers and a few collards and kale here n there. We are fixing the green house roof so when thats done we'll keep on keeping on with the good garden stuff inside. 🌱👍
Always excited when I see notification ''David The Good '' !!! Please make a video when possible vol2 about growing fruit trees from seed. Keep up the great work!!!!
There’s a Pakistan hook machete on eBay right now… just under $30 including shipping. Looks similar. Do a search for hook machete… there’s more, but the cheapest looks like $30… could be cheaper or better ones.
Good to know about the velvet beans.
planting Alabama Blue Collards and Red Russian Kale today with the drizzilly rain moving in from Texas.
My experience with carrots in clay soil in the Spanish Mediterranean: high germination rates, but they stay in "baby size" cause clay is hard to break. But they are very tasty.
There’s a guy in jersey I believe, who claims that sunflowers will loosen and till the soil for you… but of course you gotta grow em for three months or so… he cuts them to the ground, leaves the roots in and plants in between.
what were your results with the Sudan Grass?
Parsnips also do great over the winter in my area, not too far from you. I just planted mine this weekend along with carrots. I tried three varieties of parsnips last year, and the Harris Model outperformed the others. While they aren't super popular right now, parsnips were a staple in Europe before potatoes were a thing there. Plus, they are quite yummy and versatile.
Not sure what's better the information or your music!?!? 😏
I love that your growing in a hard area. It gives me motivation. I'm trying to grow but that soil is stubborn. Feed the soil not the plant. I'm assuming in 3 years it will be fertile enough. I wish fox farms or another company would sponsor you. To show how there stuff could help in that environment. One side natural and the other with bought goods.
Can we get a DTG Songs to Garden To? Loving the music!🔥🔥🔥
I miss the southern humidity, but not the heat. I'm sure I'll figure out where I want to live eventually.
I find that kind of brush knife at flea markets and antique stores.
I LOVE THESE SONGS !!!!
We did really well with carrots this last spring here in Central FL. Actually that was one of the only things that we got a decent crop out of! Probably would have gotten a better harvest if I had thinned them like I was supposed to. I’m gonna try to plant another round this fall. Fermented carrots with a little garlic and dill are delicious, my family ate them like crazy!
I'm so looking forward to reading your newest book. I bought Noah Sander's book while listening to your interview with him. Wonderful and I look forward to using this new information to add to this upcoming season's gardens. All this month I have been adding Chicken made dirt to my gardens, and plan to plant only the veggies I love. Like Broccoli, Cauliflower, Brussel Sprouts, some Greens, and tomatoes this month. I am a bit late to plant seedlings but have plenty of seed and the temps are reasonable. Glory to God for my future bounty of food. I loved how in Noah's book he said we plant seeds, and water then sit and wait on God to Grow our food. I plan to tend my land with Joy, Love, Peace, Long Suffering all for FAther God. In the Name of Jesus Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit. God Bless Dave and your family.
M an thats a really nice song!! thankyou and awesome video 🙂 really tosh bro.. can i get your plants for everyone on a ebook or pdf format? im on Uruguay south america, no chance to get it on paper.. love and bless
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Is there a P.o Box to send seeds?
Hiya, DTG. I like your brother's channel. I stopped by today to bother him. You may thank me later.
Dude!
Oh my gosh, been looking for velvet beans! So hard to find.
David, do you sell your music? I've always been impressed with your borrowed styles, nostalgic tones, and clever humor with great arrangements and overall musicality. In short I dig it… I always love when it pops up in a video
David, how bout a music album we can buy from you? I'm loving your songs!
Are you going to sell some of the black velvet beans?
Awesome. Your low key just the facts style is terrific
The knife/machete is a corn knife. Looks like an older one. We used those back in the day for corn and tobacco harvesting. You can buy a modern version at TSC, but the older ones are much better.
South Florida. Gonna do carrots, planted pak choi today, want a star fruit tree, Everglades tomatoes going strong (thin skin), try to get eggplants and peppers. Don’t have a lot of luck with those. When are y’all harvesting sweet potatoes?
Will parsnips grow there? They generally overwinter, even a lot farther north.
We are heading into our proper spring here in Australia and got mango trees from seed from last year December summer now growing new growth on them along with my pineapple plants
Your family should consider keeping Shabbat on saturdays instead, you’d love it! 😁
Just put in carrots too. My son wanted to grow them. Gotta encourage the kids.
Who sings that song???
Your production quality has improved. Good work.
May I ask what zone your in? Never mind you just mentioned it in your new vid…Tks
Just watching you cut down the cover crop beans and thinking about my cover crop beans that have taken over the garden. It turns out that the lima beans I got in the grocery store are climbers.
Keep those carrots wet. Looks like you're planting them in moon dust it's so dry. For the record, I also have never successfully grown carrots.
I just switched up my garden probably the same day you did. Planted beans, collards, broccoli, turnips, lettuce will be next day or so. I keep hearing how turnips are not great so now I'm kinda worried. Never had them before and planted a good amount. Just started gardening in February and already have put alot of food on the table.
laughing in still 90+' heat
David, that tool you are using is called a "billhook," and they are still made in Germany by Garrett Wade. You can order one from their website for $34 + $15 shipping and your state tax. All in. around $52 total, but it's the only one I could find like yours. It's a little heavier; like a cleaver, but I suspect yours is thinner due to a LOT of sharpening over the years which has slimmed it down a bit. They are essentially a mini/sickle version of a brush axe
May have found you a hook knife, cousin hubby forges knives right there
Great song
Awesome video David! I like the songs too. Back up singers are great! Lol. You are multitalented.
Zone 7B 8A Atlanta Ga. When do I plant purple Yams from Publix. Thanks from "D"