New to your channel but it only took a couple of viewings to KNOW it’s perfect for me. I’m on 3 1/2 acres in central Florida,good water,possibilities for sure. Looking forward to everything you offer(except dog bucket)…YEP,you guessed it!gonna be a GATOR BUCKET
I think you are the FIRST PERSON I have seen on youtube with a thermostat on their heat mats! You also fertilize your developed seedlings. I give them a very weak liquid fertilizer at about 2 or 3 weeks. I am on a much much smaller scale than you. I just started sowing seeds with 7/8 potting soil with thin layer of seed starting mix on top so I don't have to uppot so soon....Love your garden and your videos....Where do you get that super coarse vermiculite from? The journey has been awesome so far....
Thank You Travis! Love your choice of music, by the way. Almost wish the wheelhoeing was in real time so I could enjoy the music more. Ha! Cheers, Chuck in Jensen Beach.
Fella, you look just like your Mama! Grow her some flowers in your garden.... Every fella should grow something special for the women they love. Think how loved, she would feel, with a fresh bouquet from you.
I wish you would have shown the attachment on wheel hoe that you used. Was it the small cultivator blades or the winged cultivator blades, or something else?
Hey, Travis. This is a side subject, so please bear with me. I read somewhere recently that there was a big recall on air fryers. You may have heard about it already. My Motto is always, "better safe than sorry." Apparently, the Cosori air fryer and other air fryers are heating up and causing fires. If you have one that is a danger, you can get a new one - for free - from the Company that they are made at. Hope this helps you and/or someone else who reads this. Keep up the good work! GOD bless you and your whole family!~Sincerely with much Respect. ^Dr. Lady S.^
I am not able to do no till, but that being said I have somewhat adapted some of the technique, and lightly tilling. It has greatly helped with the weed seed bank. Like you said nothing fits everyone, but there is always something to learn.
We use several different ones depending on the season. The mix we had in this plot was called "Overwintering Mix" that we got from Green Cover Seed online.
Love the no till advice your giving Travis, I've bee working on it with my spots for a second year now and with your info, I'm anticipating a great year.
Fire ants don't like disturbance. Weeding the garden with a light cultivation will usually keep them out the garden. They usually only build beds around here in low traffic areas.
Have you ever used a tarp to get your garden ready for spring? Let us know! SHOP LAZY DOG FARM FIG TREES: lazydogfarm.com/collections/fig-trees 0:00 Intro 0:50 Tomato and Pepper Seedling Update 3:48 Removing the Tarp from Our Backyard Garden Plot 6:26 Cultivating Our Garden with a Wheel Hoe 8:06 Using a Chicken Tractor to Terminate Cover Crops 11:17 No-Till Gardening on a "Medium" Scale
No I haven't! Glad to hear that is what is going on with your technique! Lots of weeds in my garden beds. Also got a used Troy built pony last year, runs great! Doing inground beds 4 ft wide and 12 feet long. Plus more.... Love your chicken tractor, got out of chickens. Have three rabbits for manure. Been watching you guys for about a year or so... Enjoyed for sure!!!!
Totally agree on the squash. Daggum aphids and squash beetles.........i also do a round in fall here in 7b if the frost doesnt get it its totally worth it.
I'd till it several times, then put a tarp on it for a few weeks. Pull back the tarp, till it again and water well. Put the tarp back on and keep repeating that cycle 3-4 times. It will eventually get rid of it, but it takes a good bit of disturbance and light exclusion.
Travis, we have the high arch wheel hoe, I notice you use the single wheel hoe a good bit. Would you suggest the single over the double for weeding and tilling?
I use the Single mostly for weeding just because it's a little more maneuverable. I use the Double for making furrows and the High Arch for closing furrows or hilling.
How are you dealing with th faux spring we having , is my first time having a green house and my seedlings are suffering this temperatures, all my lettuce and brassicas are bolting
The snow plow just roared by, as you are having a baby fussy about planting corn😄 I love how our different growing zones are well, different. And how you can grow year round? When do you rest a bit?
Today it was in the 40s and as I was walking into the pharmacy I was thinking that soon I'll be complaining of 100F+ temps instead of being cold. Wish we could just average out the temps all year around.
What would happen if you knocked the cover crop down flat instead of cutting it down? Three benefits I can see would be >it would keep the temperature of the ground considerably lower, >it would suppress weeds because the cover crop would still be covering, >there would be less need for the multiple runs of the chicken tractor
I've not had good luck "crimping" a cover crop. That chicken tractor is fairly heavy and it's crimps it as we move it around the plot. You can see from this video that it stands right back up in a few days.
Between nut sedge and bermuda grass all over, I am planting above ground in planters, no weeds now! Nut sedge has a pea sized nodule that can last for years in hibernation, and when started up, can spread laterally above and below ground. I have seen roots go 6 inches under ground laterally! Victory seeds adopted a dwarf tomato project done with volunteers around the nation working in cooperation with a university extension service. So, these determinant, dwarf varieties ought to be low maintenance, weed free, above ground. I will be putting in dwarf Kodiak King and Hanna's Prize. We will see what happens. I will plant a few indeterminate varieties, and the way to do that is to dig a pit deeper than the bermudas and nut sedge, put in clean soil, and line it with a plastic barrier below and above ground to keep the bad stuff out, and then when the tomatoes are mature enough, put in cardboard around the plants, then cover with pine straw mulch. For the plastic ligner, we had vinyl plank ripped up from the kitchen floor to replace, so this will be the barrier I will put in each pit. That way, we should have something like an in ground, bottomless planter to use for a few years before they get invaded by bermuda and nut sedge. What a nightmare!
Nut sedge and Bermuda is about standard for a gardeners #1 nemesis.ill tell you if you cultivate or lightly till the top few inches and pluck up as much of that Bermuda as you can . tarp it a few months Force that nut sedge to germinate then stirrup hoe or wheel hoe remove any remanence of bermuda you uncover. and retarp.compost heavy and re tarp.youll get it under control!. I also recommend a cover crop of sorghum Sudan planted thick as you can get it with a good tarping after.within a season you'll have the upper hand. A good wheel hoe and tarps are a investment but are hard to beat and worth every penny !
My land has tons of bramble roots... it was logged. I'd love to be able to run a tiller in it without it jamming up! I was going to dump good soil on it, but it would only feed the weeds. The land is hilly, so raised beds would be really difficult, but might be the only option at this point. 🤔
You might want to try putting up a few hot wires and put a few pigs in ther to eat the nut grass bulbs and Bermuda roots. If it doesn't work you still have pork.
Yes it will bring up fresh weed seeds. That's why we do it several weeks before planting. That way once it rains, those weed seeds will germinate and we can kill them. It's a great way to reduce the weed seed bank prior to planting.
If you can time it right, pulling that tarp back on for a bit after initially working that soil will take care of those weed seeds stirred up in the process. I really like to do it twice before I plant, but always at least once.
Travis, you have it going on. I enjoy your videos. When using the wheel hoe what attachment do you recommend? I am converting a grassy area to a garden. I tilled with a tiller 3 weeks ago and tarped it. I am thinking I will need to till again before the wheel hoe. What is the best practice in your opinion?
I think what's more important is the results than the label of the method. So many people get hung up on doing whatever the gardening wizards say and overlook individual results. Do what produces results for you and allows you to feed your family and friends. Anyone casting judgement on your gardening methods is clearly not busy enough in their own garden.
I try not to get too bogged down in the definition of no-till. Some folks are hardcore and say it means no disturbance. To me, it means exactly what it says -- no tiller.
Yes. I have had to move a few times, so, have started 2 no-till gardens now (my 1st one had been plowed and tilled when we 1st moved in, this was just before I'd learned why not to, and I did have more weed pressure I think due to that. Anyways, since then I have used black plastic or a tarp ( not as good but better than nothing) to kill off grass on parts, but since it was already May or June those times, I also had to get going, and have used cardboard and/or construction paper rolls, held down by bricks as I went, doing a pass or 2 at a time then adding hay, grass clippings or whatever I had as mulch as I went. The paper tears very easily if walking on it when wet, without decent layer of mulch on top. Esp. where the grass had been thin/weak anyways ( my new rental, very, very unhealthy soil :( ! ), &/or I'd been able to weaken it by mowing a few times over a day or 2 then covering asap, I didn't have too much able to push up through. When It does, and I can't pull it out by the roots well enough, I cover it with cardboard and mulch. Then, if it comes through again, it's weaker plus the ground is softer by then, and it comes out.
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New to your channel but it only took a couple of viewings to KNOW it’s perfect for me. I’m on 3 1/2 acres in central Florida,good water,possibilities for sure. Looking forward to everything you offer(except dog bucket)…YEP,you guessed it!gonna be a GATOR BUCKET
I think you are the FIRST PERSON I have seen on youtube with a thermostat on their heat mats! You also fertilize your developed seedlings. I give them a very weak liquid fertilizer at about 2 or 3 weeks. I am on a much much smaller scale than you. I just started sowing seeds with 7/8 potting soil with thin layer of seed starting mix on top so I don't have to uppot so soon....Love your garden and your videos....Where do you get that super coarse vermiculite from? The journey has been awesome so far....
Thank You Travis! Love your choice of music, by the way. Almost wish the wheelhoeing was in real time so I could enjoy the music more. Ha!
Cheers, Chuck in Jensen Beach.
Love the Chicken Tractor!! Did you buy it or build it?!
Built it
Awesome!! Do you have plans? Or did you wing it?!
Fella, you look just like your Mama! Grow her some flowers in your garden.... Every fella should grow something special for the women they love. Think how loved, she would feel, with a fresh bouquet from you.
Thank you! Have you ever used alfalfa for cover crop?
If so, how do use term it?
I've only used alfalfa pellets. I've never actually grown alfalfa.
Glad to see you spreading that "tarp love"! I've never had a tarp fail to start, run out of fuel, or need it's plug changed! 😂😉
Correct!
Travis, I'm new to your channel and I love it. Can I use this tarp method on a spot in my yard, just over the grass to make a garden spot. Thanks.
Thanks again Travis. Always full of great information.
When will you have more Turkey Creek tomato seeds? I missed it😞
I'm out. They went fast. Hope to have more next year.
Hot chillis, not germinate, is driving me nutz. Everything else has germinate..... Everything else!!!
I enjoy your channel. Thanks.
Glad you enjoy it!
New subscriber from Australia, I appreciate the way you don’t waste time with nonsense, you just get on with the video 😃🇦🇺🦘
Thanks Sue!
got me the large jug plus the 2 freebie of agrothrive, for the young plants would you use. may couple onces per gallon?
1-2 ounces per gallon for seedlings.
Starts 4:00
I wish you would have shown the attachment on wheel hoe that you used. Was it the small cultivator blades or the winged cultivator blades, or something else?
I used the 12" oscillating hoe attachment in this video.
Do you have any deer that you have to deal with.
We don't. We're surrounded by a bunch of huge farm fields, so not much prime deer habitat near our gardens.
Hey, Travis. This is a side subject, so please bear with me. I read somewhere recently that there was a big recall on air fryers. You may have heard about it already. My Motto is always, "better safe than sorry." Apparently, the Cosori air fryer and other air fryers are heating up and causing fires. If you have one that is a danger, you can get a new one - for free - from the Company that they are made at. Hope this helps you and/or someone else who reads this. Keep up the good work! GOD bless you and your whole family!~Sincerely with much Respect. ^Dr. Lady S.^
Ours is the Phillips brand and we've had it forever. No issues so far, but thanks for the heads up.
@@LazyDogFarm You're eternally welcome, My Friend. Stay safe! 😇
I am not able to do no till, but that being said I have somewhat adapted some of the technique, and lightly tilling. It has greatly helped with the weed seed bank. Like you said nothing fits everyone, but there is always something to learn.
Enjoyed the video! What seed mix do you use for your Cover Crop?
We use several different ones depending on the season. The mix we had in this plot was called "Overwintering Mix" that we got from Green Cover Seed online.
Love the no till advice your giving Travis, I've bee working on it with my spots for a second year now and with your info, I'm anticipating a great year.
Hey Travis! How do you keep fire ants from taking over your garden?
Fire ants don't like disturbance. Weeding the garden with a light cultivation will usually keep them out the garden. They usually only build beds around here in low traffic areas.
Have you ever used a tarp to get your garden ready for spring? Let us know!
SHOP LAZY DOG FARM FIG TREES: lazydogfarm.com/collections/fig-trees
0:00 Intro
0:50 Tomato and Pepper Seedling Update
3:48 Removing the Tarp from Our Backyard Garden Plot
6:26 Cultivating Our Garden with a Wheel Hoe
8:06 Using a Chicken Tractor to Terminate Cover Crops
11:17 No-Till Gardening on a "Medium" Scale
No I haven't! Glad to hear that is what is going on with your technique! Lots of weeds in my garden beds. Also got a used Troy built pony last year, runs great! Doing inground beds 4 ft wide and 12 feet long. Plus more.... Love your chicken tractor, got out of chickens. Have three rabbits for manure. Been watching you guys for about a year or so... Enjoyed for sure!!!!
Hell yeah everythings look awesome gromie, cheers fam
Totally agree on the squash. Daggum aphids and squash beetles.........i also do a round in fall here in 7b if the frost doesnt get it its totally worth it.
What was the type of cover crop that you grew?
We got it from Green Cover Seed online. They call it their "overwintering mix."
@@LazyDogFarmthanks
How would you start a plot where you have a Bermuda grass lawn?
I'd till it several times, then put a tarp on it for a few weeks. Pull back the tarp, till it again and water well. Put the tarp back on and keep repeating that cycle 3-4 times. It will eventually get rid of it, but it takes a good bit of disturbance and light exclusion.
Travis, we have the high arch wheel hoe, I notice you use the single wheel hoe a good bit. Would you suggest the single over the double for weeding and tilling?
I use the Single mostly for weeding just because it's a little more maneuverable. I use the Double for making furrows and the High Arch for closing furrows or hilling.
How are you dealing with th faux spring we having , is my first time having a green house and my seedlings are suffering this temperatures, all my lettuce and brassicas are bolting
Our greenhouse has roll-up sides. Otherwise, we wouldn't be able to grow in there.
my tomato seedlings are coming up great, but the leaves are turning a purple color. What do I need to do to correct?
They probably need some fertilizer.
💪🏽 How often if ever; do you deal with fire ants 🐜?
Fertilome Come And Get It will kill the nest if treated twice about 5 days apart. No other treatment has worked for me.
The snow plow just roared by, as you are having a baby fussy about planting corn😄
I love how our different growing zones are well, different. And how you can grow year round? When do you rest a bit?
We usually take a break in August and September, when it's too hot to grow much but sweet potatoes and okra.
still have a month before time to start my tomato seeds. can't safely plant till may here. i'm jealous lol
Just ordered the turkey Creek seeds. I can't wait to taste one. 😋
Thanks! Hope you enjoy them.
@@LazyDogFarm I will!!❤🍅
Why put Perlite on top of the seed trays?
Helps with drainage and keeps the soil from crusting.
@@LazyDogFarm AH! Thanks.
Spring is in the air, car literally covered in pollen, its time to drown some crickets, perch jerkin.
Yep!
🤔🤔🤔 Curious, Why "drown" Crickets? You know something I don't....
Today it was in the 40s and as I was walking into the pharmacy I was thinking that soon I'll be complaining of 100F+ temps instead of being cold. Wish we could just average out the temps all year around.
What would happen if you knocked the cover crop down flat instead of cutting it down? Three benefits I can see would be
>it would keep the temperature of the ground considerably lower,
>it would suppress weeds because the cover crop would still be covering, >there would be less need for the multiple runs of the chicken tractor
I wondered the same thing.
How would this be done? Sorry having a hard time imagining how it gets flat other than a lot of people running all over it lol
I've not had good luck "crimping" a cover crop. That chicken tractor is fairly heavy and it's crimps it as we move it around the plot. You can see from this video that it stands right back up in a few days.
@@LazyDogFarm ohhhh that makes tremendous sense. Thanks for clarifying
Between nut sedge and bermuda grass all over, I am planting above ground in planters, no weeds now! Nut sedge has a pea sized nodule that can last for years in hibernation, and when started up, can spread laterally above and below ground. I have seen roots go 6 inches under ground laterally! Victory seeds adopted a dwarf tomato project done with volunteers around the nation working in cooperation with a university extension service. So, these determinant, dwarf varieties ought to be low maintenance, weed free, above ground. I will be putting in dwarf Kodiak King and Hanna's Prize. We will see what happens. I will plant a few indeterminate varieties, and the way to do that is to dig a pit deeper than the bermudas and nut sedge, put in clean soil, and line it with a plastic barrier below and above ground to keep the bad stuff out, and then when the tomatoes are mature enough, put in cardboard around the plants, then cover with pine straw mulch. For the plastic ligner, we had vinyl plank ripped up from the kitchen floor to replace, so this will be the barrier I will put in each pit. That way, we should have something like an in ground, bottomless planter to use for a few years before they get invaded by bermuda and nut sedge. What a nightmare!
Nut sedge and Bermuda is about standard for a gardeners #1 nemesis.ill tell you if you cultivate or lightly till the top few inches and pluck up as much of that Bermuda as you can . tarp it a few months Force that nut sedge to germinate then stirrup hoe or wheel hoe remove any remanence of bermuda you uncover. and retarp.compost heavy and re tarp.youll get it under control!. I also recommend a cover crop of sorghum Sudan planted thick as you can get it with a good tarping after.within a season you'll have the upper hand. A good wheel hoe and tarps are a investment but are hard to beat and worth every penny !
My land has tons of bramble roots... it was logged. I'd love to be able to run a tiller in it without it jamming up! I was going to dump good soil on it, but it would only feed the weeds. The land is hilly, so raised beds would be really difficult, but might be the only option at this point. 🤔
You might want to try putting up a few hot wires and put a few pigs in ther to eat the nut grass bulbs and Bermuda roots. If it doesn't work you still have pork.
Terrace your land scape or look into hugelcultur. Hugelcultur literally translates to hill culture
I love your videos! What zone are you in?
8b
Do you use a Florida weave on the turkey tomato plant?
No they'll get too big for that. You'll need some big cages or a drop string trellis method.
Can we see baby girl more often?
No soil tests this year? Was hoping to see the results on your original no till plot
Never got around to it. Maybe we'll do that again before fall planting.
Travis how big is your green house
10x16'
Oh man leave a portion "not wheel hoed" to compare. Doesnt hoeing bring up fresh weed seeds from below?
I was thinking the same thing.
… hoeing and tilling absolutely stirs up weed seeds … the least you can disturb the soil the better regarding weeds and the microbiome …
Yes it will bring up fresh weed seeds. That's why we do it several weeks before planting. That way once it rains, those weed seeds will germinate and we can kill them. It's a great way to reduce the weed seed bank prior to planting.
If you can time it right, pulling that tarp back on for a bit after initially working that soil will take care of those weed seeds stirred up in the process. I really like to do it twice before I plant, but always at least once.
@@tommathews3964 that's a great method!
Travis, you have it going on. I enjoy your videos. When using the wheel hoe what attachment do you recommend? I am converting a grassy area to a garden. I tilled with a tiller 3 weeks ago and tarped it. I am thinking I will need to till again before the wheel hoe. What is the best practice in your opinion?
I am interested in which attachments you were using. I've got a brand new wheel hoe with clay soil.
@@gilhutcheson6615 Looks like just cultivator teeth. That's what I run in the same conditions.
I mostly use the 12" oscillating hoe attachment and the cultivator teeth attachment. I used the oscillating hoe on this video.
@Lazy Dog Farm Thanks Travis! I've got a brand spanking new oscillating hoe I'll try out.
How did you make the pathways in your raised bed garden? I am disabled and looking for something I don't have to redo later. Any suggestions
I just added bagged red mulch.
How many ppm is your injector set to? Or can you adjust it?
It has four settings from slow to fast. I usually keep mine on fast, which injects at a 100:1 ratio I believe.
Does it still count as "no-till gardening" if you wheel-hoed the whole thing just like as if you had tilled it?
I think what's more important is the results than the label of the method. So many people get hung up on doing whatever the gardening wizards say and overlook individual results. Do what produces results for you and allows you to feed your family and friends. Anyone casting judgement on your gardening methods is clearly not busy enough in their own garden.
@@IntentionalHomesteading I tend to agree. But then, why use the label in the first place?
I try not to get too bogged down in the definition of no-till. Some folks are hardcore and say it means no disturbance. To me, it means exactly what it says -- no tiller.
@@mattpeacock5208 moral superiority 😄 Hope you have a great growing season!
Where do you get your toringino tomatoe seed
Johnny’s Seeds
Yes. I have had to move a few times, so, have started 2 no-till gardens now (my 1st one had been plowed and tilled when we 1st moved in, this was just before I'd learned why not to, and I did have more weed pressure I think due to that. Anyways, since then I have used black plastic or a tarp ( not as good but better than nothing) to kill off grass on parts, but since it was already May or June those times, I also had to get going, and have used cardboard and/or construction paper rolls, held down by bricks as I went, doing a pass or 2 at a time then adding hay, grass clippings or whatever I had as mulch as I went. The paper tears very easily if walking on it when wet, without decent layer of mulch on top. Esp. where the grass had been thin/weak anyways ( my new rental, very, very unhealthy soil :( ! ), &/or I'd been able to weaken it by mowing a few times over a day or 2 then covering asap, I didn't have too much able to push up through. When It does, and I can't pull it out by the roots well enough, I cover it with cardboard and mulch. Then, if it comes through again, it's weaker plus the ground is softer by then, and it comes out.
How can I find the seed
www.lazydogfarm.com