Clearing The Garden of Weeds and Bugs With Ducks, Turkeys and Goats
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My go to channel in these uncertain times. You teach anyone how to grow with what you have
Great video love the turkey and the grasshopper
I love catching bugs for the birds lol
Yes plant your own weeds swiss chard is a good one
Much love xoxox
Glad you liked it!
So many good tips and hacks to save money and feed. You are so helpful.
You are so kind! Thank you for the comment!
We've used carpet before as mulch in walkways. Since we had 2 foot walkways, we could roll it up at the end of summer before we let the goats and sheep and later, ducks into the garden. Just had to do it after several dry days with a breeze and store it until spring in a shed... Here we had to wrap it in a tarp or use contractor trash bags for the rolls to keep the bees and mice from trying to make nests in them during the fall and winter. We put it in upside down because the leaves and dirt blow off of it better. It's nice to put in muddy pathways and gate areas in the barnyard too, also upside down. Small pieces go across the patio and decks, right side up to wipe feet on. After a few years, if we get more from somewhere, we just toss it, but have hung it on a fence and pressure washed it to use again when they get matted/very dirty.
Our turkeys and ducks love wandering in the mature garden areas. My rogue chickens try to follow them.
Love it, was always a little leary of how funky it would get and the maintenance ( time ) required for upkeep
Love it! Thank you for giving me feedback on my ideas for the garden this year! Can't wait to try it!
Ya know, if rolled up and covered , then left at the foot of the beds ( out of way of course) that would be very ' economically practical ' - presently, i use the black woven landscape cloth / staples which is less cumbersome but isnt free - the carpet can be had by dropping by any ' remodeling site ' - they will be pleased to not have to drag it off to landfill
Oh, I would love to see your garden.
Good to know it's possible!
Your videos are so inspirational.
Wow, thank you!
I'm concerned about chemicals in the carpet soaking into your plant roots. Please check this out before you put any down. Your precious family mean so much to us all. God bless.
Thank you for your concerns!
For mulch I like layers of newspaper and cardboard under agricultural landscape type fabric (like heavy duty weed block fabric). Planting space should be long rows no wider than your hand (just wide enough for the stems..if you make it as wide as the whole plant you will have weeds). You need wider walking paths so as the plants grow the can lean onto the path. You'll still have the middle of the path that the plants can't reach. The soil stays moist and undisturbed and creates optimum habitat for worms that then feed and aerate your soil. Put heavy rocks or sandbags on top to stop the layers from blowing away. In the spring take a day to peel back all layers to add compost and manure on top then cover up with the layers. You want your paths higher than the planting rows so water flows into them.
Great tips thank you!
Thank you for showing us the trumpeter swans!
They are pretty cool right?
I love your ideas, I learn so much from your videos, also good to see you made it back on here.
Thank you!
Thanks for giving me something to ponder on for my upcoming growing season.
That is what I am talking about! I love being intrigued by what other people are doing too!
Weeds can grow through the carpet and anchor it down. Left the carpet at times. I use broken down cardboard boxes or shedded paper. Mow areas with a bagging lawnmower cover the paths.
Interesting. We usually use a weedwacker on the paths when we run out of mulch. Tried to use just cardboard but our wind here is so bad that we couldn't keep it anchored without something else on top. Do you have a solution for the wind? I am intrigued.
Consider leaving 1 or 2 beds un-tilled to test wether or not they will perform better. I stopped tilling my established beds and they are doing better in all aspects. More yields, less weeds, and less pests. Instead of mulch or carpet, which could also leach chemicals, consider using the waste hay from the sheep and goats in the paths. You could also add tree pruning and leaves to the paths.
That is a great idea.
@@dirtpatcheaven thank you
Wow those birds pretty ty for sharing this with us
My solution to mulch was to buy and repair a used chipper and get tons of landscape waste dumped on my land. I chip it and spread it. The ducks dig around in it and decimate most insects and weeds. I have not had any weeds at my lot or home for many years now.
It's amazing how good your garden looks even in winter! Wow, cattle panels are still $25 here. It's crazy how different prices are across the country and how expensive things are getting! 💙
I am so glad it is less expensive there. You have good representatives, maybe they were able to protect your economics better than ours have?
Wow, I didn't realize your garden was so large. You all do a great job. I live in FL and all kinds of mulch is difficult to get and plus we have to worry about termites and wood ants if we do get it sooooo. My lil small garden has no mulch. It would really help if it did. Janice
Did you see the video I made about Kashi? It is there in Florida and is REALLY worth visiting if you can.
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@@dirtpatcheaven Thank you I just watched it. We don't have any tree's for leaves but I could probably get them just driving around at the right time of year. My sister, who I live with would not be a big fan off leaves and stuff just hanging around for a year breaking down. I will probably do more of this stuff when I have my own place. I watched the video. Good to see our sand can be improved.
Looks lovely! Have you considered making your own instant mashed potato flakes? Easy to do and takes up much less space. :) Best of luck!
I haven't tried that yet. One more thing on my bucket list now!
I must learn how to do this!
Cold weather homesteading is just another world. Love watching these videos!
It is isn't it?
Glad you are back. :) Good video. As usual. Your daughter looks so much like her Dad. Seems like saw dust is quite a popular thing these days. People are using it for bedding of different animals. Soaks up moisture pretty good. Blessing to all :)
Yes, Paige does look just like Jon!
I would use cardboard and flyers, which decompose naturaly, while providing protection from weeds, and retaining the moisture.
I have used cardboard and newspaper under all of the pathway mulch. I had to add the mulch on top because our winds are very strong and gusty. What do you use to keep your cardboard from flying away in strong winds? Very interested as I have an endless supply of cardboard from our local feed store.
carpet system works well for me. Some roles hve lasted 10 years if rolled up during the winter. I fiil paths with mowed grass then roll the carpet out on top. Plant squash between 2 strips to prevent weeds from shading and soil contact with squash.
Wow that is so cool. I wish I had mowed grass. We are a desert so what I don't physically water myself doesn't grow.
I think you really hit it with the squash. I am trying really hard to figure out how to use it more since the goats and pigs love the resulting food at the end of the season too.
You'll have to keep up on your carpet compost, I've got some carpet down behind the barn and I can't till because it will clog up the tiller tines, so I avoid that 10' X 20' patch. It's also grown through by plants so it's hard to pull it up. Keep up on recycling your carpet, it's going to increase your garbage bill, especially if it's wet when you go to the dump, so dry it out.
Thank you for the insight!
Nice job JA.
Thank you!
Loved your video & thank you for all the good information. Just a note...Avon "Skin So Soft" is the best for those pesky little knats, fleas, etc. They even sell it in a spray now but it's expensive, so I buy the big bottle when they have sales & put it in a sprayer with some distilled water myself. My son told me about it when he came back from Marine Corps basic training in Paris Island. Seems the drill instructors have used it for years! Even use it on my animals to keep the bugs from their eyes & ears. Much better than the chemicals in bug sprays & it works great!
Thanks you for the great tip! I will go find some!
A river of "Skin So Soft" is used every year in the Alaskan bush. Forest Rangers use it daily. There are little, painful knats people call "no seeums" because they are so tiny and black you can barely see them. SSS is about the only thing to repel them. This was a brilliant suggestion.
Loggers have used this since at least the late 70’s perhaps longer. That’s when I heard about it. Probably around 1978-79ish. I lived in Wausau WI and travelled for my job in Northern Wisconsin and the UP of Michigan for about 4-5 years.
I use strong Peppermint Oil because Skin so Soft is hard on the budget when we have to use it daily vs on a camping trip. We do keep it for outings but use our own oil daily
I have read that hot water freezes quicker than cold
It could, we give it to the goats hot so that they can drink it warm. I like to keep their core body temperature up instead of having them drink or eat cold food. We do the same thing with all of the animals.
i have a friend who have alergy and now she keeps animalls far from her nose and she feel much better andi saw in fit farmer chanell to use the salt water bottel to prevent 80 percent of frezing water you should try that it worked for me.
Great ideas!
The log yard near me has a mountain of ( what I use as) mulch I get around ten ton for 50 euros ..
Well worth asking in your local log yard 👍
Oh wow, that is an amazing deal! I get mine from our local sawmill (log yard). It is two miles down the road from our farm. It is $100 for the sawdust and then I have to hire someone to haul it for me and that is about $90 for a dump truck load.
Yeah, the tree companies never responded to my requests even with a $50 offer.
Yep. It is tricky now, everyone is on the list.
My suggestion is to go visit the arborist companies directly. I’ve been on ChipDrop over a year with no results. I saw a guy pulling a chipper one morning at the gas station and spoke with him. That same day I got 14 cu yds delivered free. Since then he has dropped off two more loads and is welcome to drop more anytime.
@@Skashoon I'll keep an eye out for them.
Hey hello how is everyone? Are you back home? Would love to come see your garden. Take care.
Hi Rienna! How are you? What are you guys up too? We would love to have you over.
This was very instructional. I have a 15'x15' bed that I was wanting to double crop with brassicas and potatoes, but I didn't know if it would do well. By the time the potatoes start sprouting, the brassicas should be about done..right?
By the time the potatoes are coming up I am harvesting the lettuce or swiss chard for ourselves and the rabbits/pigs/goats. When the potatoes are big enough to shade their own grounds and compete with weeds there is no swiss chard left to compete with them. It has all been eaten.
I'm not sure what the area you live in looks like. I put my name on every free tree company list there is in my neighborhood. I haven't gotten wood chips that way. Having said that I have been able to get wood chips. For the last two years I've gone up to the people trimming trees in my neighborhood and asked the company trimming the trees if I could have the wood chips they're chipping. So far I've been lucky and they gave me the wood chips. I know they have to pay to dump the wood chips at the dump. So I'm saving them money. Like I said I don't know if this is a viable option for you. Hopefully it helps. You've given me so much information on how to improve my garden. I appreciate you channel so much.
Yep, that is what I do too. I just ask them while they are cutting.There are so many names on the list that even if they are next door to me I don't get the chips 9 times out of 10.
maybe you could grow stuff to mulch in the garden with the not so good soil?
Yes, I mulch the garden with other vegetables, mostly swiss chard. I haven't figured out how to do it in the paths though. Our growing season is barely 90 days so I don't have a long enough season to get a green manure/mulch to grow and make a difference? The only one I really have is alfalfa and that is a perennial so it needs multiple seasons.
I get mulch from the city from their tree clearing. It's free, but you have to get it yourself. No guarantees on chemicals and bugs though...I just mulch the individual plants from our forest floor. Labor intensive and crazy as I'm doing it with 5 gallon buckets...it's all trade offs of cost vs labor vs risk. I feel your pain!!
So, re-read my lack of clarity. I use city mulch for house walkways. I use forest floor mulch for plants. And when I say, city, I mean our small town...
Yep, I used to shovel it at a farmer's down the road. Now if I can't get it delivered I do without. Thinking I will do some alfalfa or buckwheat in my most weed happy spots this year. That way I can just chop and drop.
I put down carpet to control weed. What a mistake! When I went to change things it was almost impossible to get it out. It came apart in string s and the weeds came through after a few years.
Good information. Thank you so much for sharing. It looks like a lot of people have had the same results.
Do you clip the ducks and geese wings to keep them from flying?
If they were not hatched here I do. If they are hatched here they know where home is and they stay. EXCEPT FOR MUSCOVIES. Muscovy babies can REALLY fly and they will fly up and roost on our plastic greenhouse with their sharp little claws. I do clip baby muscovy wings even if they are hatched here.
@@dirtpatcheaven So glad I read this. I have a pair of Muscovys coming soon.
You have been very busy!! Farm looks great! Reward for your hard work. Do you sell yarn, finished items? Hat, scarves, mittens?
I do special orders for people.
@@dirtpatcheaven 👍❤
Can you winter the potatoes in the ground if you cut off the stalks and cover with hay?
We freeze down to eight feet so I don't. We also have voles that eat all our roots crops just as soon we stop watering. I do know people who leave carrots in the ground. They put a foot of Fall leaves on the carrots and then cover with a carpet.
Do guineas work too?
I have used guineas but I really don't like them. I get a lot more out of turkeys in the end of the year when we butcher them than I do a guinea. Turkeys are much friendlier too so easier to raise in my opinion.
Glad I can still see your pretty face
Well thank you!
very soon that road noise will stop, Hopefully you'll have a nice quiet farmlet then.
Isaiah 33:8
8 The highways lie waste, The traveling man ceases. He has broken the covenant, He has despised the cities, He regards no man.
Thank you for sharing.
Move to no-till.
I used to do no till in this space. It just wasn't as productive and the weeds took over in a massive way. Now I deep mulch when I have mulch and then I till it in. VERY productive and as weed free as it has to be so that we can get into the garden.